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Manifesting with U.S. midfielder Croix Bethune

Full Time: A show about women's soccer

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4.8807 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Full Time Focus, host Jillian Sakovits sits down with USWNT and Kansas City Current midfielder Croix Bethune for a one-on-one interview. The duo chats about the 25-year-old’s career-shaping move away from Washington Spirit, the U.S. women's national team's trip to Brazil one year before the World Cup and her three manifestations for 2026. Plus, hear Croix's thoughts on Current head coach Chris Armas, what it's like to have Triple Espresso back with the national team and the bring she brought with her to Brazil.

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HOST: Jillian Sakovits

GUEST: Croix Bethune

This podcast was produced by The Athletic.

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Referenced on the show:

Mallory Swanson returns to USWNT as ‘Triple Espresso’ reunites for Brazil friendlies

Triple Espresso, to go: USWNT trio happy to be back together ahead of friendlies in Brazil

NWSL championship returning to Washington, D.C., in 2026: Sources

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0:00.0

I feel like in the past I would have said the Olympics, but I feel like I'm proud of the

0:08.0

decision I've made to go to the Kansas City Current. Like that's not easy and I think I'm

0:13.7

handling the challenge pretty well.

0:15.4

Hello, everybody, a very warm welcome to Friday's full-time focus.

0:28.6

In this episode, I sit down with an absolute ray of sunshine in the United States and Kansas City

0:34.8

current midfielder, Croy Bethune, and my favorite part of this

0:39.0

interview that you're really going to enjoy today is Croy divulges the three things that she has

0:44.1

manifested for this year. And I see these are goals that for many people you'd say, huh, dream big,

0:51.2

why don't you? But for Croy, I believe it. I think there could be checkmarks on all three of these.

0:56.4

Corbythune announced herself to the world of professional soccer in 2024,

1:01.7

a rookie at the time tying the league's single season assist record at 10 within the first six months of playing.

1:09.4

She won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics

1:11.4

and earned herself NWSL, rookie and midfielder of the year,

1:15.7

despite getting injured in late August

1:18.4

and missing the rest of that season.

1:20.8

And yes, all in the first year of being a professional.

1:25.8

She followed that up with another strong season for the Washington spirit

1:28.7

last year, as that team made their second final in just as many years. Then this past January,

1:34.2

she goes on to score her first goal for the U.S. Women's National team in their 5-0 win over

1:40.1

Chile. Shortly after that, in the midst of all of the Rodman chaos, Moore's

1:46.4

dropped when she made the surprising move from the spirit to the Kansas City current in a

1:51.5

trade that all party said came at the player's request. We definitely dive into that on today's show.

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