Orlando Pride are champions, and talking NWSL growth with Melissa Etheridge and Lo LaBonta
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
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4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
On a very special final podcast of the NWSL season, Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan react to the Orlando Pride winning the 2024 Championship live from CPKC Stadium in Kansas City.
How did Barbra Banda deliver the match's championship-winning moment? Should the referee have intervened more? Were the defeated Washington Spirit unlucky not to find a goal in the second half? Was Trinity Rodman fit enough to go 90 minutes? What does this trophy mean to the legendary Marta?
PLUS: Ahead of the final at CPKC Stadium, Tamerra and Meg also sat down with GRAMMY award-winner and queer icon Melissa Etheridge, as well as KC Current midfielder Lo Labonta, to talk about the growth of the NWSL this year and how the magnificent final encapsulated that.
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Orlando Pride, Marta win first NWSL championship thanks to a goal from Barbra Banda
Marta already has an illustrious legacy, but this year with the Pride was one of her best ever
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HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan
GUESTS: Melissa Etheridge, Lo LaBonta
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Full Time with Meg Linnehan. I am Tamara Griffin, joined by my co-host Meg |
| 0:18.1 | Linnehan. And we are standing on the field of CPKC Stadium right after |
| 0:23.5 | the Orlando Pride claimed the NWSL championship with a 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit, Meg. |
| 0:31.1 | But we're here. We're on the field. It's incredible. What a game? That game. |
| 0:40.8 | The championships have just been getting better every season. |
| 0:47.4 | And I think this game in particular, for so many reasons that we will get into in this episode, set incredible precedence. |
| 0:49.0 | Like there is no going back. |
| 0:51.8 | There's only bigger, bigger and better. |
| 0:52.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.4 | I think especially being in the stadium, right, having this moment in CPKC Stadium. |
| 0:58.9 | I started my season here. |
| 0:59.8 | Full circle. |
| 1:01.4 | Finishing the season here. |
| 1:03.2 | So I think, yeah, there's a lot to talk about. |
| 1:06.6 | And it's just been like an incredible week overall. |
| 1:10.9 | Truly, we have had some incredible conversations throughout the week. |
| 1:16.4 | We have incredible video for you, so make sure that you're following us at TA full-time, across social. |
| 1:21.2 | But in this episode, we are going to be featuring conversations with Melissa Etheridge, |
| 1:23.3 | who sang the national anthem before the game. |
| 1:27.3 | We also had a great chat with Kansas City current midfielder Lola Bonta about what it means to be hosting the NWSL championship here and what this says about the women's game moving forward. |
| 1:33.3 | So buckle up. |
| 1:35.4 | We have a lot to discuss, including that crazy game itself. |
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