Meet the new NWSLPA President, and how Chelsea bounced back in the UWCL

Full Time with Meg Linehan: A show about women's soccer

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4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Recently elected as the new President of the NWSL Players Association, Kansas City Current forward Haley Hopkins joins Full Time Focus to talk about her vision for the role. Also on the podcast, host Jillian Sakovitz gets you ready for Week 3 in the NWSL by looking back on the historic rivalry between the Portland Thorns and the North Carolina Courage. Meg Linehan stops by to talk about Boston Legacy FC and the NWSL's investigation into alleged abusive comments made by a fan at Barbra Banda during a match in New Jersey last weekend. Producer Theo has a round-up of the UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinal second legs, featuring Jessy Parker Humphreys calling into the show moments after Chelsea completed a historic comeback at Stamford Bridge. _______________ Articles from the show: NWSL, Gotham FC, Pride, NWSLPA address ‘incident involving hateful language’ directed at Barbra Banda Introducing Boston Legacy FC: NWSL expansion team announces new name Chelsea defeat Manchester City to reach Champions League semi-finals: Is this their year? How Arsenal and Chelsea overturned 2-0 deficits to reach Women’s Champions League semi-finals How Arsenal stunned Real Madrid: Calmness, resilience and aggressive in-game decisions _______________ HOST: Jillian Sakovits GUEST: Haley Hopkins, Meg Linehan, Jessy Parker Humphreys 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	Happy Friday and welcome to full-time focus, presented by Amazon Business, your weekly
0:50.3	podcast from The Athletic that gets you ready for the weekend's action while also
0:54.4	catching you up on the key women's soccer news that developed during the week.
0:59.0	On today's show, I'm going to get you ready for the NWSL weekend with a history lesson
1:03.4	coming from the Rose City. Also, Meg Lynn Hanz stops by to talk about the newly renamed
1:08.7	Boston Legacy and the NWSL opening an investigation into
1:13.2	abuse directed at Barbara Banda from a Gotham fan last weekend. After that, I'm joined by
1:18.7	Kansas City Forward Haley Hopkins for a conversation on why she ran to become the new president
1:23.8	of the NWSL Players Association. And as if all of that wasn't enough, producer
1:29.0	Theo is going to catch up with Jesse Parker Humphreys on the latest from the conclusion of the
1:34.2	Women's Champions League quarterfinals. There's a lot to get into, so let's get into it.
1:40.2	First up, it's going to be a great slate of games for an NWSL week three.
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