NWSL is back, RIP BOS Nation, and Chelsea wins League Cup
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the new Full Time Review hosted by Jillian Sakovits.
Your Monday morning rundown, looking back at the weekend’s action on the pitch and the top stories from the NWSL and beyond. All in under 20 minutes.
On the show this week, Jillian talks about the biggest storylines from the opening weekend of the new NWSL season. Barbra Banda and Temwa Chawinga kick off the 2025 MVP race in some style, while the Chicago Stars break records for the wrong reasons.
PLUS: Sonia Bompastor wins her first trophy with Chelsea and Meg Linehan stops by the show to talk about NWSL Boston's big news.
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Articles referenced on the show:
Manchester City and life after Gareth Taylor: A dismissal, a week of change and a cup final lost
Gotham FC forward Mak Whitham, 14, becomes youngest player in NWSL history
Everything you need to know about the 2025 NWSL season
Chelsea’s new Bompastor era claims first trophy but familiar face Bright ‘sets the tone’
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits
GUEST: Meg Linehan
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:13.9 | I am Jillian Sackavits and welcome to the new full-time review. |
| 0:18.1 | Your Monday morning rundown looking back at the weekend's action on the pitch |
| 0:21.5 | and the top stories from the NWSL and beyond. We're going to do it in all under 20 minutes, |
| 0:27.3 | and I'll be your host every single Monday. Can't wait to hang with you. On today's show, |
| 0:32.2 | we're going to be looking at what caught our eye on opening weekend of the new NWSL season |
| 0:37.0 | from Barbara Banda's excellence to on opening weekend of the new NWSL season from Barber Band is Excellence |
| 0:38.9 | to on the eve of Angel City's home opener World Cup champion, Sydney LaRue, announcing that she is taking a break from the game for mental health reasons. |
| 0:48.5 | And after that, we'll take you over to England where Sonia Bonpastor won her first trophy with Chelsea in the Women's League Cup final. |
| 0:55.3 | And before we close out the show, the great Meg Linnehan will stop by to talk about NWSL Boston's |
| 1:00.3 | major news. Let's get into it. Here are your biggest stories from the NWSL, the elite, state |
| 1:08.2 | elite, just three teams teams won over opening weekend. |
| 1:11.4 | And all three of those teams were in the top four at the table in 2024. |
| 1:15.9 | Orlando, Washington, and Casey. |
| 1:19.1 | It was a similar story for the players, MVP candidates Barbara Banda stunts with two goals and an assist. |
| 1:26.1 | And it was a similar story for Tamwa Chowanga, |
| 1:28.4 | who scored in what was her first shot in the opening minutes of the new season. |
| 1:33.3 | The 2025 MVP race is out of the gate with both of those African superstars looking ready to go. |
| 1:39.8 | And then they get players like Bob Rabanda. |
| 1:41.6 | Here we go. |
| 1:42.5 | Thunder! |
| 1:44.7 | Go to Shiawika! |
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