I think when you force these NWSL reps, I'm not saying it's right.

But when you force NWSL reps in these 50-50 calls are not always going to go your way.

Hello, everybody.

This is today's edition of the late sub.

I am your host, Claire Watkins.

It is Monday, November 25th.

And we are going to do a deep, deep, deep dive into NWSL championship weekend, the ins, the outs, the off the field, the on the field, what happened before, during, and after the game.

There's so much to dig into. I'm just not even going to do even more of an intro.

We got to go. We got to go. We got to talk soccer. Let's dig in.

NWSL championship weekend. We got to talk about it. We're going to talk about it in full in detail. We're going to talk about

the beginnings, the durings, the afters, the impressions, the previews, the things happening on the field,

the things happening off of the field. I love NWSL Championship weekend. It is the focal point of

the year in women's soccer in the United States. It is the summit of the business side of women's

soccer in the United States, which that part's growing. And that's very exciting. People keep

referring to it as the Super Bowl. You know, it's the Super Bowl of women's soccer. And every single

year, that becomes more and more true. Not even just because of the importance of the game and the

way that the players do such a good

job of being ambassadors for the league and ambassadors for the game, but also the way that

everyone comes into town. Kansas City was an excellent, excellent host. Their love of women's soccer

was obvious beginning, middle, and ending of the whole weekend from talking to, you know,

baristas, Uber drivers, you know, just people who come to the live

shows, people who came to the game, came to Fan Fest. It's so obvious just what lovely organic

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