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🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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On Saturday, soccer lost one of its most beloved coaches. This weekend's devastating news that former Liverpool women head coach Matt Beard had died at the age of 47 sent shockwaves across the English Women's Super League and the National Women's Soccer League.
On this week's Full Time Review, Jillian Sakovits is joined by The Athletic's Charlotte Harpur to remember Matt Beard, and look over the tributes that poured in over the weekend. How he cared so much for players, past and present. The ways he invested in women's soccer before many in England did. And why he was one of the great connectors amongst coaches across the globe. Wherever Beard went he brought smile and warmth.
After that, soccer reporter for the Kansa City Star, Daniel Sperry, comes on the podcast to talk about the KC Current winning its first major trophy on Saturday night, clinching the NWSL Shield with five games to spare. The conversation takes you inside the nerves and jubilation at CPKC Stadium, as well as Vlatko Andonovski's close connection with star striker Temwa Chawinga.
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Articles mentioned on the show:
Matt Beard was a ‘special’ man who helped transform English women’s football
Former Liverpool women head coach Matt Beard dies aged 47
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits
GUESTS: Charlotte Harpur, Daniel Sperry
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 1:38.7 | We've seen tributes across the world beyond the WSL, also also in the NWSL, in stadiums on the BBC. |
| 1:48.6 | Charlotte, can you tell us more about that? |
| 1:50.9 | Yeah, and there are so many that stand out. |
| 1:54.5 | Jilly Flaherty, who is captain under him at West Ham, said she would have followed him around the world to play for him. |
| 2:02.3 | And that says so much as a manager that trust that he made them feel safe. |
| 2:11.2 | Hello, everybody. I'm Jillian Sackavits. |
| 2:17.4 | A very warm welcome to full-time review. |
| 2:20.3 | Coming up on today's show, we are talking history. The Kansas City current lifting the NWSL shield over the weekend for the first time in club history. |
| 2:29.8 | And they do it in a never-before-seen with still five games to spare. |
| 2:34.9 | We're going to be heading to the heartland to talk to Daniel Sparry of the Kansas City Star. |
| 2:39.3 | We'll have all the details around what is the first major trophy for the Kansas City Current. |
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