The Most Dominant Team You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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We shine our party spotlight on one of the most dominant dynasties in sports you’ve probably never heard of: the U.S. Women’s Deaf National Soccer Team. Julie and Abby are joined by legends Amy Griffin and Joy Fawcett, alongside current star Erin Cembrale, to break down the team’s unbelievable record—44 wins, zero losses, five Deaflympics gold medals, multiple world titles, and a culture built brick by brick through grit, fundraising, and community. They also chat the massive week in women’s sports, including Texas A&M’s historic NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship run and record-breaking viewership, WNBA Players Association strike authorization amid ongoing CBA negotiations, and the soaring franchise valuations revealed in Forbes’ most valuable women’s sports teams rankings. Follow @welcometothepartyshow on: YouTube — @welcometothepartyshow Instagram — @welcometothepartyshow TikTok — @welcometothepartyshow Email — partypeoplequestions@gmail.com Keep the Party Going: Come See Me in the Good Light: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/come-see-me-in-the-good-light/umc.cmc.27uh51l7oh3ghql2gxb6xvb1s Forbes releases the Most Valuable Women’s Sports Teams rankings: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2025/12/17/the-worlds-most-valuable-womens-sports-teams-2025/ Our Chat with Nneka Ogwumike, WNBAPA on the WNBA CBA negotiations: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-the-party/id1835504451?i=1000741514338 How to Support the Women’s Deaflympics Team: https://usdeafsoccer.com/get-involved/ https://www.facebook.com/USADeafSoccerWnt/ https://www.instagram.com/usdeaf_wnt/?hl=en Thank you to our sponsors: -Ally’s got you covered. Ally Bank, Member FDIC -Get 20% off your first order at https://vuoriclothing.com/pages/pod_f -Get your business data all in one place using Intuit Quickbooks. Visit https://quickbooks.intuit.com/ to learn more. -Shop tons of deals, including member-exclusive savings, all season long during the Season of Savings at https://www.shipt.com/

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0:00.0	The mantra's always been like, everyone's like adapt and thrive.
0:03.5	And Aaron will tell you we're like, nope, we adapt and just what we do. And adapt. With all the little boys and girls, like just know that there is a place for them, like, there is a home for them. We just take out of hair nays and then we just kind of just go play and just fully feel free. The biggest difference in deaf soccer is there's problems. I mean, hey, louty fowdy, you try solving a problem.
0:24.3	I would be screaming. fully feel free. The biggest difference in deaf soccer is there's problems. I mean, hey, loudie fowdy, you try solving a problem.
0:23.6	I would be screwed.
0:25.6	Just move on.
0:26.6	They're never going to get it.
0:28.6	And then the interpreter says, just move on.
0:31.6	You're never, and I'm like, shut up.
0:33.6	Attention.
0:35.6	The party is about to commence. What up? Attention.
0:39.8	The party is about to commence.
0:47.0	Oh, welcome to the party,
0:51.4	what's up party people?
0:52.1	I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:57.2	And I am Abby Wambach. Hey, Jules. I know how you say that.
1:04.0	How are you? You've got some exciting news. You should share. I think you should tell the party people. This is really cool. Yeah. Okay. So a couple of years ago, we got a call from our friend Tignotaro and a comedian.
1:14.5	She's so funny.
1:15.6	We actually saw her perform last night at her holiday show.
1:21.4	And she said, because she understood and knew that we were friends with Andrea Gibson, the Poet Laureate of Colorado.
1:30.3	And, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and incurable cancer and the process by which they went through
1:50.4	their diagnosis and their treatment was different than, I think, the way a lot of people do.
1:59.3	And so Glennon and I decided, like, yes, like, let's figure out
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