Midge Purce's Broadway debut & are the Portland Thorns contenders?

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

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4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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On this week's Full Time Review, host Jillian Sakovits looks back over Matchweek 7 of the NWSL season. From the league's first-ever 'Sister Sister' goal, to how likely it is that Seattle Reign and the Portland Thorns can build on their recent marquee results and become contenders. To unpack the NWSL chaos, Jillian is joined by The Athletic's Asli Pelit, who also takes the listener inside a special one-off night on Broadway with Gotham FC's Midge Purce. PLUS: Meg Linehan stops by to talk about London City Lionesses' dramatic promotion to the English Women's Super League, and owner Michele Kang's ambition. _______________ Articles mentioned on the show: Backstage with Midge Purce as the Gotham and USWNT forward makes her Broadway debut in ‘Chicago’ ⁠Michele Kang’s London City Lionesses promoted to WSL for first time _______________ HOST: Jillian Sakovits GUEST: Asli Pelit, Meg Linehan 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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0:29.6	T's and C's apply. Hello, everybody. Happy Monday. I'm Jillian Sackavits and welcome to full-time review. It is presented by Amazon Business. What a show we have for you today. We look back at the biggest storylines of the NWSL weekend.
0:55.1	Then Asla Peli Basker joins me to talk about what we learned from this weekend's action,
1:00.6	including are the Seattle rain and the Portland Thorns contenders this season?
1:05.6	Asla and I then dig into her night on Broadway.
1:09.9	That's right, hanging out with Gotham forward Mitch Purse when
1:13.2	she makes her debut in Chicago. And then we'll close out the show with Meg Linahan, who joins us to
1:18.9	talk all things, London City lionesses and their promotion into the English Women's Super League.
1:25.0	Let's get into it.
1:37.3	Thank you. English Women's Super League. Let's get into it. None of the NWSL's Elite 4 won this past weekend. The top two teams both took the loss
1:43.7	in the Pacific Northwest. The Kansas
1:45.3	City current were held to a shutout for the first time this season defeated 1-0, thanks to a goal
1:50.6	from Lynn Biondolo for the Seattle rain. That came in the first half and Laura Harvey parking the bus
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