NWSL is back, RIP BOS Nation, and Chelsea wins League Cup

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

The Athletic

News, Soccer, Sports News, Sports

4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

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. _______________ 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’ _______________ HOST: Jillian Sakovits GUEST: 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
0:04.8	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable
0:10.4	themes that let you build your brand, marketing tools that get your products out there.
0:14.7	Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time. From startups to scaleups, online,
0:20.1	in person and on the go. Shopify is made for
0:22.8	entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup. Hello, everybody. I am Jillian Sackavits and welcome to the new full-time review.
0:48.1	Your Monday morning rundown looking back at the weekend's action on the pitch and the top
0:52.4	stories from the NWSL and beyond.
0:55.1	We're going to do it in all under 20 minutes and I'll be your host every single Monday.
0:59.4	Can't wait to hang with you.
1:01.3	On today's show, we're going to be looking at what caught our eye on opening weekend of the new
1:05.8	NWSL season from Barber Band is Excellence to on the eve of Angel City's home opener World
1:12.6	Cup champion Sidney LaRue announcing that she is taking a break from the game for mental health reasons.
1:17.6	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.
1:24.6	And before we close out the show, the great Meg Linnehan will stop by
1:28.2	to talk about NWSL Boston's major news.
1:31.3	Let's get into it.
1:33.9	Here are your biggest stories from the NWSL,
1:37.1	the elite, state elite, just three teams,
1:39.9	one over-opening weekend,
1:41.2	and all three of those teams
1:43.0	were in the top four at the table in 2024.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Athletic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Athletic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.