Sean Nahas interview: Inside the North Carolina Courage's process

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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On this week's Full Time Focus, host Jilian Sakovits sits down with North Carolina Courage head coach Sean Nahas. The two talk candidly about the Courage's challenging start to the season and the importance of trusting the process, especially when things aren't going your way. Nahas opens up about how the Courage can get the best out of Jaedyn Shaw, why he's taking a break from social media, and his deep admiration for Pep Guardiola. PLUS: Later on, Amelia Lopez, of the Our Futbol podcast, joins the show to help shine a light on the LigaMX Femenil playoffs, which began this week. Who are the players and storylines that you need to know? And which teams are primed to win the 2025 Clausura title? _______________ Mentioned on the show: Olympic gold medalist Lauren Holiday joins North Carolina Courage NWSL team ownership group USWNT midfielder Jaedyn Shaw reflects on trade to Courage: ‘I just wanted to be playing a certain style’ _______________ HOST: Jillian Sakovits GUESTS: Sean Nahas, Amelia Lopez PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen _______________ Get in touch: [email protected] Follow on Instagram and TikTok: @tafulltime Subscribe to the Full Time newsletter here Visit the Yahoo Women's Sports hub here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.2	On today's show, we have two fantastic interviews lined up for you.
0:53.9	First, I'll be hanging out
0:55.3	with North Carolina Courage head coach Sean Nahas as he navigates arguably the toughest start
1:01.0	in club history for the North Carolina Courage after five match days his side, still in search
1:07.0	of their first win on the season. And after that, we'll have Amelia Lopez on the
1:11.6	podcast to tell you who, what, and why you should care about the League of Macis Feminio
1:17.3	playoffs. Sean, thank you so much for joining us.
1:30.8	I highly doubt you had on your bingo card.
1:33.7	This is how you'd be ringing in the big four-six talking to me here today.
1:37.9	But happy birthday.
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