NWSL playoff vision boards featuring Taylor Flint

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

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4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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It's all to play for. With four matches of the NWSL regular season remaining, it's time we got serious about the teams still trying to book their tickets to the postseason. This week on Full Time, Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan break down the four teams, the Chicago Red Stars, the Portland Thorns, Bay FC, and Racing Louisville, that are trying to squeeze into the final three NWSL playoff spots (sixth, seventh and, eighth place in the standings). What are the major questions that need answering? How will form and injuries come into play? Which team is trending up at crunch time? And, which is falling apart at the worst possible moment? During the show, NWSL Best XI candidate Taylor Flint stopped by to take us inside her impressive season, the positional tweaks she has had to incorporate under head coach Bev Yanez, as well as offer a behind-the-scenes view of Racing Louisville's quest for a first-ever playoff berth. All of that plus Fran Alonso departing the Houston Dash, Christine Sinclair's retirement announcement, UWCL Group Stage draw takeaways, and a new NWSL Shield trophy! _______________ HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan GUEST: Taylor Flint PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen _______________ Articles mentioned on the podcast: Emma Hayes tours the U.S: Players the USWNT coach could consider for the team’s future NWSL, Tiffany & Co. unveil redesigned Shield, MVP awards: ‘The most majestic, iconic trophies’ NC Courage's Hurricane Helene relief efforts with United Way _______________ Get in touch: [email protected] Follow on Instagram and TikTok: @tafulltime Subscribe to the Full Time newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.4	And welcome back to another episode of full-time with Meg Linnehan.
0:47.5	I am Tamara Griffin.
0:49.5	I am joined by my co-host, Meg Linnehan.
0:53.1	And I, Meg, have to tell you, after our last episode about the U-20 national team,
0:58.0	I really ended up leaning into my auntie era this weekend.
1:01.0	I went to see Thames in concert in San Francisco, which was amazing, but was not prepared
1:07.0	to be in like the older bracket of folks in the audience. But you know, I'm leaning into it.
1:13.9	And I just needed to get that off my chest because I know that last week's episode touched on a lot
1:18.8	of age things that people tend to feel sensitive about. But how are you doing? Good. Yeah. I mean,
1:25.5	I feel like we keep talking about fall and maple things, but it's very much now fall in Vermont.
1:32.1	I did a little hike this week in New Hampshire up in Franconia notch, like peak foliage.
1:39.0	So good.
1:40.8	So yeah, definitely feeling the October vibes.
1:44.1	I mean, like October and WSL, we've got some good stuff happening.
1:50.3	It's always a very special and strange time of year.
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