Julie Foudy and Abby Wambach think vibes are crucial and that youth sports have lost the plot

The Sports Gossip Show

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4.8 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Julie Foudy and Abby Wambach are USWNT legends and the co-hosts, along with Billie Jean King, of the podcast “Welcome To The Party.” They joined Madeline and Charlotte to talk about the importance of vibes, drinking wine with the 1999 World Cup team, the fact that youth sports have gotten completely out of control, and so much more!

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0:00.0	Hi Charlotte.
0:08.9	Good day, Madeline.
0:09.7	We're back with another episode of the sports gossip show presented by eBay Live.
0:14.3	Woo, baby.
0:15.0	Woohoo.
0:16.2	I'm so excited for this episode.
0:18.2	Me too.
0:18.7	We have soccer legends, Julie Fowdy, Abby Wambach. I do feel like I
0:23.9	was starstruck for a moment. Rightfully so. Yeah, the 1999 Women's World Cup. That's my first
0:31.2	best sports memory. Yeah. And so seeing Julie was pretty cool. I think we talked about it in the interview.
0:36.8	So yeah, we talked about it. Talk about it twice, but we talked a lot about what it's like being a professional athlete and how important the vibes are on a team. So that was really great. I think everyone will enjoy that piece of the conversation especially. Really close to some youth sports. Yes. Wild youth sports stories. It's gotten out of hand, people.
0:55.5	A comment about the U.S. men's team heading into the World Cup.
0:58.3	Oh.
0:58.8	Really good stuff.
1:00.1	Before we do that, however, we need to do our mailbag segment.
1:05.1	Yes.
1:05.6	Sponsored by eBay Live.
1:06.9	We love doing this segment.
1:08.7	And eventually we're going to have the bags that we got from eBay Live to pick the questions out of.
1:14.8	But for now, just pretend that they're here.
1:16.2	They'll be here soon.
1:17.6	Madeline, would you pick the imaginary piece of paper out that has our question written on it from a lovely shareholder?
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