meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Full Time: A show about women's soccer

Is Copa America Femenina evolving or stagnating?

Full Time: A show about women's soccer

The Athletic

News, Soccer, Sports News, Sports

4.8756 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The start of Copa America Femenina 2025 has been marred by a protest by the Uruguay players over investment, and complaints from Brazil regarding facilities and marketing. So, as the women's soccer world celebrates an incredible month of international soccer, is CONMEBOL's continental championship evolving or stagnating?


On this week's Full Time, Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan are joined by The Athletic's Melanie Anzidei to go deeper into the state of Copa America Femenina and how South American women's soccer is trying to keep up with the the rest of world. Will the hosts, Ecuador, see the same surge of interest as seen this summer at Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco and at the Euros in Switzerland? How have Colombia emerged as a contender? What is Marta's legacy at the competition? How important is investment in the region with the next Women's World Cup coming to Brazil in 2027?


PLUS: Producer Theo catches up with Houston Dash and Venezuela midfielder Barbara Olivieri. The Texas-born player talk about what it means to represent the country of her parents, her love and passion for Venezuelan culture, and La Vinotinto's chances out in Ecuador this summer.


Articles referenced on the show:

Copa América Femenina alters practice rules following outcry from Brazil

Uruguay resumes training for Copa América after players protest conditions

_______________

HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan

GUEST: Melanie Anzidei, Barbara Olivieri

PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes

VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen

_______________

Get in touch: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Follow on Instagram and TikTok: @tafulltime

Subscribe to the Full Time newsletter ⁠⁠here⁠⁠

Visit the Yahoo Women's Sports hub ⁠⁠here


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Two Titans of Silicon Valley, one prize, dominance in the world of artificial intelligence.

0:07.0

Supremacy is the real story behind the struggle to own our digital future and potentially the very nature of human experience.

0:16.0

Supremacy by Parmy Olson, described as a riveting tale by the new scientist,

0:21.7

winner of the Financial Times Business Book of the Year,

0:24.4

and now the Waterstone's nonfiction book of the month.

0:27.5

Listen to the audiobook of Supremacy Now.

0:34.9

Cominable on one side, outwardly, is doing exactly what it needs to do by creating more opportunities for players, but then also players saying, hey, these are the very basic things we need.

0:43.9

So while they are addressing some of the issues, they aren't addressing the very, very basics, like allowing players to use the pitch, marketing the tournament or doing all these different things.

0:53.0

And I do think that

0:54.3

speaks to the struggle of South American football, you know, the ground level investment that needs to

0:58.7

happen. So we are able to have success, especially, you know, with 2027 around the corner.

1:14.3

Hello and welcome to full-time. I am Tamara Griffin, and on this week's episode, we are heading south to discuss Copa

1:19.4

America Feminine 25, the third major continental tournament happening right now.

1:25.6

I can't even say summer because it's South America,

1:28.2

which means it's winter in Ecuador who is hosting. And there's a lot you need to know about this

1:33.5

tournament. It is not your Wafcon. It is certainly not your Euros. We're talking 10 teams,

1:38.3

two groups of five. If you're doing the math, don't worry. We will walk you through it because

1:43.7

we will be joined on this episode by our colleague, the athletic soccer writer Melanie and Zide, who has been doing excellent with her coverage of this tournament. We're going to be talking to her about what's happening on and off the pitch as always. Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, a bunch of teams who are vying for five places, not only the championship, of course, but there are a lot of other ways that these teams can advance in this tournament, not just continentally, regionally, with other big tournaments coming up.

2:15.7

There's a lot to learn. And I know that I learned a lot from talking to Melanie, but we're not only talking to her.

2:21.6

We also have an interview with Houston Dash and Venezuela midfielder Barb Olivieri,

2:26.8

who talks about what it means to represent her country.

2:29.0

They've also been having a very interesting coppa.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Athletic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Athletic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.