The NWSL Takes Flight
The Lead
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🗓️ 3 July 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
The NWSL became the first professional U.S. sports league to resume play this week, kicking off the Challenge Cup, a month-long knockout tournament, in Utah. The Athletic’s Meg Linehan joins us to discuss what happened in the opening matches, a much-talked-about moment during the national anthem, and whether or not anyone can stop the North Carolina Courage.
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| 0:00.0 | This past weekend, professional team sports resumed in the US. |
| 0:10.0 | Fall in! |
| 0:11.0 | Do we have our first goal? |
| 0:15.0 | I think we do! |
| 0:17.0 | The North Carolina Courage Cup threw the score! |
| 0:20.0 | The first goal! |
| 0:21.0 | At the end of your self-challenge cup! |
| 0:24.0 | Well, let me remind you. |
| 0:25.0 | The NWSL kicked off the challenge cup. |
| 0:27.0 | A month-long knockout tournament in Utah. |
| 0:30.0 | Today, the Athletics Meg Linahan joins us to talk about what happened in the opening matches. |
| 0:35.0 | Much talked about moment during the national anthem. |
| 0:38.0 | And whether or not anyone can stop the North Carolina Courage. |
| 0:42.0 | I do think that they are ultimately the best American domestic club team we've ever seen. |
| 0:48.0 | Throughout every single professional league. |
| 0:51.0 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 0:54.0 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 0:57.0 | It's Friday, July 3rd, and this is the lead. |
| 1:00.0 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:04.0 | There was just something about the emotion and that moment. |
| 1:08.0 | You know the first, the first. |
| 1:10.0 | The first and the past don't matter because we've got this. |
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