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Peel, sip, collect. Welcome to this episode of Kennedy saves the world, and it is up to the U.S. women's national team.

The soccer gouts of the universe to save the world from their despair and any

sort of soccer dearth we might have found ourselves in. Luckily, once again, I'm in the company

of arguably the best American soccer player in history. Alexei Lawless, welcome back to Kennedy

saves the world.

Arguably. Yeah. Thank you for having me back. It's too wishy-washy. I'd like it a little more definitive, but whatever. I'll take what I can get here. Yeah, we were just saying off air, you know, we live in interesting times. And from a soccer perspective, you know, it was only a few, six, seven months ago that I was here talking to you about the Qatar World Cup, the Men's World Cup, that came and went. And now we're right around the corner from yet another World Cup, the Women's World Cup down in Australia and New Zealand. Big difference being U.S. women, number one in the world, two World Cups in a row, going for three in a row, and that is unprecedented. Men's or women's never been done. So there is history in the offing. Yes, and the only reason it wasn't three in a row and that is unprecedented men's or women's never been done so there is history in the offing yes and the only reason it wasn't three in a row because the penalty kicks uh well a couple yeah well three world cups ago yes carly lloyd i'm with carly lloyd today uh doing some uh that's awesome and uh you don't want to bring up 2011.

No, that's still painful.

I remember watching that with my best friend Nadine and we were,

Nadine played college soccer and she, I love it as a fan.

She was devastated.

She was emotionally devastated as a soccer player, a fan of the game and as a woman.

But that's what's so great about it is, yes, the U.S. women dominate, but these other teams

are now so much more competitive.

It's almost like the women's program in the U.S. has forced other countries, other teams,

to go back and made us where we are.

Well, we're awesome, as we know, right, as a country, and we do things before others.

And we, as you know, also many decades ago, even from a law standpoint, did things that make

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