Hello, everybody. I'm Jillian Sackavids. Happy Friday and welcome to full-time focus, presented

by Amazon Business, your weekly podcast from The Athletic

that gets you ready for the weekend's action while also catching you up on the key women's

soccer news that developed during the week. On today's show, I'm going to get you ready for

the NWSL weekend with a history lesson coming from the Rose City. Also, Meg Lynnahan stops by

to talk about the newly renamed Boston Legacy

and the NWSL opening an investigation into abuse directed at Barbara Banda from a Gotham fan last weekend.

After that, I'm joined by Kansas City Forward Haley Hopkins for a conversation on why she ran

to become the new president of the NWSL Players Association.

And as if all of that wasn't enough, producer Theo is going to catch up with Jesse Parker

Humphreys on the latest from the conclusion of the Women's Champions League quarterfinals.

There's a lot to get into, so let's get into it.

First up, it's going to be a great slate of games for an NWSL week three.

We have the league's perfect top two teams, the Orlando Pride and Kansas City Current,

both back at home Saturday.

Raining champions Orlando hosting San Diego on the big national TV spot with a lunchtime

noon-eastern kickoff on ESPN,

while the current will welcome a winless Utah Royal side to the raucous CPKC Stadium,

that game 7.30 p.m. Eastern on Ion.

And on Sunday, the match week closes out with a reunion on the touchline between Sam Lady and Laura Harvey.

Longtime NWSL watchers will know that Lady was the assistant to Harvey for six and a half seasons with the rain.

Lady is now the interim manager of Angel City, while Harvey is the head coach of the rain for a 10th NWSL season.

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