Jameese Joseph: Trinidadian roots and legacy playing for the USWNT
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Family can shape us. For U.S. women’s national team forward Jameese Joseph, the pride she feels playing soccer is the result of the hard work and dedication of her parents, who put her in a position to be great.
On this episode of Full Time, Tamerra Griffin is joined by Joseph, from the USWNT’s training camp at the 2026 SheBelieves Cup, to talk about her journey from college to the Chicago Stars and now an international soccer player for the four-time World Cup winners. They get into the legacy of her parents immigrating from Trinidad, as well as the lessons learned playing in the USWNT U23s that helped her develop into the right player for head coach Emma Hayes.
PLUS: Jillian Sakovits and Tamerra give their thoughts on the new kits for the 2026 NWSL season that dropped on Thursday and look ahead to the start of the 2026 SheBelieves Cup. Does winning a friendly tournament really matter for the USWNT? Which opposing player should fans be looking out for? What are the latest changes to the USWNT’s roster this week?
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HOSTS: Jillian Sakovits, Tamerra Griffin
GUEST: Jameese Joseph
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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Referenced on the show:
Key Europe-based players return to USWNT roster for SheBelieves Cup; no Catarina Macario
Arsenal’s Olivia Smith withdraws from SheBelieves Cup with Canada due to concussion
USWNT midfielder Sam Coffey says team has ‘responsibility’ to speak out about social issues
Reviewing NWSL’s bold new 2026 jerseys: Big swings, city ties, and falling short
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| 0:00.0 | Going on to the field, getting that hug from Kat meant a lot for me. |
| 0:06.4 | She's a player that I looked up to and I still look up to. |
| 0:09.4 | But everyone throughout that camp would have been so supporting of me. |
| 0:13.7 | And I think they really made the feeling easier for me when I did step on the field. |
| 0:20.0 | And I think all that nerves went away when I |
| 0:22.6 | touched the ball for the first time in the game. Perfect time for the nerves to start melting. |
| 0:28.8 | Not a moment too soon, but right on time. |
| 0:43.8 | Hello, everybody. I'm Julian Sackavits. A very warm welcome back to full-time. The first FIFA international window of 2026 is here. And what a show we have for you today. Coming up on the show, |
| 0:50.1 | we'll have an interview with the U.S. Women's National Team and Chicago Stars Forward, Jimmy's Joseph, and then Tamara Griffin and I will be chopping it up on all things She Believes Cup that kicks off this Sunday. |
| 1:01.6 | We're also going to talk roster updates, who the players from Canada, Colombia, and Argentina are to watch in the She Believes Cup. |
| 1:09.2 | And we'll even get a little existential as we wonder. Is the She Believes Cup and we'll even get a little existential as we wonder. |
| 1:13.0 | Is the She Believes Cup a proper trophy? What do you think, Tamara? Is it a proper trophy? |
| 1:19.9 | It is not. It is an honor to win, but it is not a proper trophy. I think anything round |
| 1:26.1 | Robin style, it just needs to be its own separate category that we can appreciate in its own right. |
| 1:32.6 | But the way the game is growing, we're adding more tournaments every year, it seems. |
| 1:37.0 | I feel like the more is on the calendar, the more we can distinguish competitions from each other. |
| 1:41.5 | So let she believes be her own girl is my take. |
| 1:44.4 | So spoiler alert, we don't really think it is. Something else, Tamara, I need to get your take on is, |
| 1:51.7 | as of Thursday morning when we are taping this podcast, we got our first looks at the many NWSL kits |
| 1:59.1 | that are going to be out there this year. And my first reaction was they did not hold back on the colors. |
| 2:05.4 | Yeah. |
| 2:05.7 | I mean, as someone who is recording this podcast with green nails, a pink t-shirt, and blue mascara, |
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