'Seizing the moment': Commissioner Jessica Berman on the NWSL's Olympic momentum
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
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4.8 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
From a café in Paris, Meg Linehan sat down with NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman for a special one-on-one interview episode. The conversation focused on how the league is strategizing to maximize the impact of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Can the NWSL build on the success of the gold medal-winning U.S. women's national team, as well as dozens of high-profile foreign players who featured in Paris? With the second half of the NWSL regular season beginning on August 23, how much of a catalyst could these Games be?
With a renewed vision to be the best league in the world, Berman shared her thoughts on Naomi Girma, Marta, the power of joy, club ownership, the importance of marketing, "Super Bowl-esque events" and more.
This bonus episode of the Full Time podcast was recorded on the eve of the 2024 women's Olympic soccer final, which eventually saw the USWNT secure a memorable 1-0 win over Brazil.
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HOST: Meg Linehan
GUEST: Jessica Berman
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:40.2 | Yes. |
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| 0:48.2 | Just regular. |
| 0:49.1 | Oat milk latte. |
| 0:50.2 | Yes, in a cafe latte? |
| 0:51.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.3 | Setting the stage, I'm sitting here with Jessica Berman for a special episode of full-time. |
| 1:12.5 | We are legitimately in a little cafe in Paris, so you will hear some background noise, |
| 1:17.4 | but it feels like the perfect setting. We're here on Friday the day before the gold medal game to talk about what the final means for the NWSL, just league stuff in general. So Jessica, |
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