On Sunday morning, England and Spain will face off in the Women's World Cup final.

Both countries are playing in the Women's Final for the first time and whether you'll be

watching for the first time or a die-hard soccer fan we've got you covered. I'm

Stephen Thompson and on this episode of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour we

are talking about the Women's World Cup.

Joining me today is Jasmine Garz, NPR's Criminal Justice Correspondent and host of the podcast, The Last Cup.

Welcome, Jasmine.

Hi, thanks for having me.

Oh, it is such a pleasure.

Also with us is Daisy Rosario, Senior Supervising Producer of Audio at Slate.

Hey, Daisy. Hey Daisy!

Hey Stephen, so excited to be here.

It is great to have you both.

So for those who don't follow soccer closely,

until this year the U.S. women's national team

had never finished worse than third in an official Women's World Cup tournament,

but earlier this month in a game that went to penalty kicks the U.S. lost to Sweden in the round of 16.

That loss helped usher in some new powers for this year's final, Spain which

beat Sweden earlier this week, and England which just beat co-host country Australia. Neither Spain

nor England has ever played in a women's World Cup final until now.

That final game will air live in the US on Sunday at 6 a.m. Eastern time, 3 a.m. Pacific.

It'll be live on Fox and streaming on peacock in Spanish.

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