NWSL Final Preview! How the Chicago Red Stars and the Washington Spirit got here, Trinity Rodman, Sarah Gorden, and other key players, predictions, and more w/Claire Watkins and Jason Anderson
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🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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It's almost time for the NWSL Final! On this show, Joe is joined by two special guests to preview that final (Saturday, 12PM ET on CBS). First, Joe chats with Claire Watkins about all things Chicago Red Stars. Claire gives some background on the Red Stars' season, their coach, key players, tactics, and more. Then in the second half of the show, Joe chats with Jason Anderson about the Washington Spirit. Jason discusses the Spirit's tactical changes, Trinity Rodman's sci-fi-esque stardom, Washington's resilience, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:25.2 | My name is Joe Lowry, and on today's episode, we're going to take a detailed look at the NWSL final. |
| 0:32.5 | The final is between the Washington Spirit and the Chicago Red Stars, and it'll be on Saturday, November 20th at 12 p.m. Eastern Time at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville |
| 0:41.8 | and on TV on CBS. |
| 0:45.1 | To help us all learn more about the final and the two teams playing in it, |
| 0:48.6 | I chatted with a pair of folks who covered the NWSL |
| 0:51.2 | and know more than a little something about the Red Stars and the Spirit. |
| 0:55.4 | First, I chatted about all things Chicago Red Stars with Claire Watkins, who writes about |
| 1:00.1 | the NWSL for the Equalizer, the Defector, and Just Woman Sports, and hosts the Southside |
| 1:06.3 | Trap podcast about the Chicago Red Stars. And second, I spoke with Jason Anderson, who covers the Washington Spirit for Black and Red |
| 1:13.4 | United, and who hosts the Plex Weather podcast about the spirit. |
| 1:17.7 | Jason also serves as the managing editor for Black and Red United. |
| 1:21.9 | If it isn't clear from those bios, Claire and Jason know their stuff. |
| 1:25.4 | So without further ado, let's get into this NWSL final |
| 1:28.9 | preview episode. I'm now joined by Claire Watkins. Claire, thank you so much for coming on the show. |
| 1:38.2 | How are you? I'm good. Thanks for having me. A little surprised to be speaking on the vantage. |
| 1:43.5 | I'm about to be discussing, but thrilled, |
| 1:45.7 | you know. So let's just dive right in there. This is somewhat of a surprising final, right? |
| 1:51.9 | Third and fourth seed coming into these playoffs, making it all the way to the final. The Red |
| 1:57.4 | Stars for themselves finished fourth in the regular season with 38 points |
| 2:01.1 | from 24 games. |
| 2:02.6 | How did they get here? |
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