Racing Louisville ends playoff curse & more drama from NWSL Decision Day
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
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4.8 • 756 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
On a dramatic Decision Day, Racing Louisville has clinched a spot in the NWSL playoffs for the first time in team history. But how did Bev Yanez's team pull it iff on the final day of the regular season and what does it mean for the players, the coach and the fanbase?
On this week's Full Time Review, Tamerra Griffin is joined by Melanie Azidei and Asli Pelit to analyze all the drama from the NWSL's regular season finale. From Ella Hase's historic goal for Racing, to the North Carolina Courage's big win over Gotham, that wasn't enough.
Which teams rotated squads? What emotional goodbyes did we see from retiring legends? How much can we read into the performances of teams heading off to the playoffs? Has the return of Decision Day created a new marquee event for the NWSL?
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HOST: Tamerra Griffin
GUESTS: Asli Pelit, Melanie Anzidei
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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Referenced on the show:
NWSL Decision Day recap: Racing celebrates, Current earns crucial win and an exciting rematch
Chicago Stars are not letting a poor 2025 stop them from dreaming about a stadium and the future
Bev Yanez on her coaching journey & Racing Louisville's date with destiny
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| 0:00.0 | It is interesting because it does make me wonder. |
| 0:06.0 | I mean, what do you think? |
| 0:07.4 | Would you guys want to know how other games are going? |
| 0:10.8 | Would you... |
| 0:11.4 | Nah. |
| 0:11.9 | Put me in like a noise cancellation, sensory deprec- |
| 0:16.0 | Like to the extent that you can just block it out for me, I think I would prefer that. |
| 0:21.1 | I would love to know. |
| 0:22.7 | Really? |
| 0:23.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.2 | Even though you have to win regardless? |
| 0:26.2 | I think I would just go like all in even like if I'm giving 100 percent, I would give my 110. |
| 0:32.0 | And breathe. We made it. |
| 0:43.9 | My name is Tamara Griffin, and I want to welcome you to a very, very special episode of NWSL Decision Day, full-time review. |
| 0:53.5 | Full-time review, NWSL Decision Day, however you want to flip it. |
| 0:56.4 | Like I said, we made it. |
| 0:58.1 | Seven games, six of which kicked off at the same time to give us a playoff picture at last. |
| 1:06.7 | And we have to start with Racing Louisville. |
| 1:09.6 | We have been talking about this team all season, the perennial ninth place finishers. |
| 1:15.0 | Up until now, this team has punched the very first club ticket into the postseason with a 1-0 win over Bay FC. |
| 1:25.2 | Huge, major, massive, definitely the biggest headline coming out of this day |
| 1:30.8 | of games on games, on games, and drama, because by making it into the postseason, racing |
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