The 2019 Stories That Changed Sports: Soccer
The Lead
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🗓️ 27 December 2019
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Over the holidays The Lead is featuring episodes from its first year about how sports changed in 2019 or signaled a major trend that’s shaking up a particular league or sport.
Women’s Soccer is here to stay. The North Carolina Courage defeated the Chicago Red Stars 4-0 in the final of the NWSL on October 27, 2019. This summer's World Cup generated a lot of talk about equal pay, and also led to a new broadcast deal and a major corporate sponsor for the NWSL. We chat with The Athletic's Megan Linehan about the future of the league, the team that's been pulling in 20,000 fans for home games, and what U.S. star Megan Rapinoe has been up to now that she’s no longer in a Twitter war with the president.
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| 0:00.0 | It's been an eventful year in U.S. women's soccer. |
| 0:09.8 | Over the summer, the national team brought home a World Cup victory in France and everyone |
| 0:14.8 | looked toward the National Women's Soccer League to build on that momentum. |
| 0:18.6 | Back in October, we spoke with the athletics Megan Linnahan just after the NWSL final |
| 0:23.5 | of 4-0 victory for the North Carolina Courage over the Chicago Red Stars about how the |
| 0:28.8 | league has been progressing and where it could be headed next. |
| 0:32.6 | And we're replaying that episode today as part of our look back at 2019. |
| 0:37.7 | From wondering on the athletic, I'm Kabytha Davidson. |
| 0:40.2 | And I'm Anders Keltow. This is The Lead. |
| 0:44.2 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 0:48.3 | There was just something about the emotion and the moment you know the verse for verse. |
| 0:52.5 | The failures of the past don't matter because you got this done. |
| 0:56.0 | You can't bang up see anything like that. |
| 0:57.6 | That's not good news. |
| 0:58.4 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in your home. |
| 1:02.6 | It stays with you. |
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| 1:16.0 | James Dolan is a man born to immense privilege. |
| 1:18.8 | And in the new podcast, Rain of Error, you're going to see his rise from a |
| 1:22.3 | aspiring musician to the throne of one of the most beloved franchises in sports. |
| 1:26.4 | Rain of Error details how Dolan has become a lightning rod for criticism |
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