This is Sophia Smiths USWNT attack now, and a brief look at WNBA all-star

The Late Sub with Claire Watkins

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This week, Claire breaks down in depth the days prior to the USWNT’s first send-off series game, also discussing performances, what worked and what still needs developing, as the team moves towards a crucial Olympic competition that will dictate the future of the team. She then turns toward WNBA All-Star weekend, with a short chat with Gatorade women’s basketball player of the year Joyce Edwards alongside former WNBA All-Star and Dallas Wings star Satou Sabally.

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0:00.0	Sophia Smith really fascinates me for this this Paris Olympic team and for what's going to happen this summer right Alex Morgan this is the first time
0:07.4	This is not the first time Smith has played center forward and Alex Morgan has not been with the team
0:11.4	This is the first time that Sophia Smith has played center forward and Alex Morgan has not been with the team. This is the first time that Sophia Smith has played Center Forward
0:14.6	and Alex Morgan is like really no longer with the team, right?
0:19.3	That is different.
0:20.8	If maybe in 2023, Sophia Smith was a player to watch for the US attack,
0:25.2	now she is the player to watch for the US attack.
0:28.8	Hello everybody and welcome to this week's edition of the late sub I am your
0:36.1	host Claire Watkins it is Monday July 15th as we record we have a deep dive
0:41.9	to do into the United States women's national team game against Mexico this Saturday
0:46.7	The past the present the future what it all means going into this year's Olympics and then we're going to have a little bit of a chat about
0:54.4	basketball with some very very special guests I cannot wait for you guys to hear it let's go
0:59.4	okay so the big topic of this week is the U.S. women's national team doing their two-game
1:06.9	send-off series before they ship off to France to play in the group stage of the Olympics.
1:12.8	These are the last two games we will see under Emma Hayes
1:15.3	before it is go time.
1:17.2	They did win their first game of the weekend against Mexico
1:20.8	one to nothing.
1:21.4	We will go into that in depth, but this is crunch time.
1:24.3	This is truly where things get very, very real. And to start, I do think we have to talk about
1:29.8	some of the significant pieces of news that came out before this game on Saturday before we dive into the deeper
1:35.8	analytics of it, which again this is the moment where you're like, wow, the Olympics are in, you know, two weeks,
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