This past weekend, the U.S. Women's National Team qualified for the Olympics, and leading

the way once again was talented young midfielder Rose Lovelle.

Lovelle also turned heads at the World Cup last year, capturing the bronze ball as the

tournament's third best player. And there's now a growing feeling among many fans that she is

the future star of this team. Today, the Athletics Megan Linahan joins us to talk through Rose Lovelle's

rapid ascent to start them, how she cracked a U.S. lineup that stocked with veterans,

and just how bright her future could be. Her technical skills are unbelievable, her soccer brain is insane.

From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow.

And I'm Kavita Davidson. It's Thursday, February 13th, and this is The Lead.

It felt like something great was happening.

There was just something about the emotion and the moment you got to go first.

The values of the past don't matter because we've got this now.

You can't wait to see the beautiful highlight.

That's not good, there's no way.

This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home.

It stays with you.

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Hello, I'm Hannah, and I'm Seruti. And we are the hosts of A Redhanded, a weekly true

podcast. Every week on Redhanded, we get stuck into the most talked about cases.

From the Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders, and our recent rundown of The Murdoch's

Arga. Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us

to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like.

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