USWNT lessons from London and The Hague, plus the importance of supporting Barbra Banda
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week on Full Time, Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan unpack the USWNT's eventful final matches of 2024 against England and the Netherlands.
To help do that, The Athletic's Charlotte Harpur and Megan Feringa pop in to offer their perspective from being at those friendlies in London and The Hague.
Which players stood out, and which struggled? How did the home fans receive Emma Hayes on her return to Wembley Stadium? Do the Lionesses view the USWNT as their biggest rival? Will the American midfield ever get fixed?
PLUS: Tamerra and Meg discuss the failure of the NWSL to protect Barbra Banda amid racist and transphobic attacks and bad-faith media in women's sports needs to be called out.
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NWSL missed a chance to help Barbra Banda amid bad-faith attacks. More are inevitable
Alyssa Naeher stays true to her stoic ways in final game, but U.S. teammates are full of emotion
Carli Lloyd undoubtedly earned her National Soccer Hall of Fame induction, and few will argue
Former USWNT coach Jill Ellis leaving San Diego Wave role to become FIFA’s chief football officer
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HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan
GUESTS: Charlotte Harpur, Megan Feringa
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:32.3 | Music Hello, hello, hello. Welcome back to full-time with Meg Linnahan. I'm Tamara Griffin and joined, as always, by Meg Linnehan. Meg, how are you doing? I feel like it's been ages. |
| 0:56.1 | No. |
| 0:57.0 | It's like we were all together and then the holidays and, yeah, I mean, it feels like forever since we recorded. |
| 1:04.5 | It feels like a million things has happened. |
| 1:06.3 | It also feels like we need to start by holding some space for Wicked, because we both saw it. |
| 1:12.4 | You know, if we didn't have such a jam-packed episode, I would have spent probably way too |
| 1:16.7 | much time forcing Wicked references into our U.S. Women's National Team, NWSL chat. I'm going to |
| 1:22.6 | restrain myself, try my best, but just know that I want to do it more than I probably will. I was wearing my |
| 1:30.0 | pink coat the other day and reached into my pocket and still have the gold confetti from the |
| 1:35.2 | end of USL championship, which was, and I left it there because I'm that kind of person. But yeah, |
| 1:40.7 | it was so nice to record together. But we're back. |
| 1:44.5 | And I feel like we always talk about how much there is to talk about. |
| 1:47.5 | But I truly mean, this is extraordinary. |
| 1:51.8 | This is extraordinary because not only are we going to break down the U.S. |
| 1:56.4 | Women's National Team's final two games of the 2024 calendar against England and the Netherlands, |
| 2:02.2 | England, a nil-nil draw, and the Netherlands a two-one victory. But we're inviting some friends |
| 2:07.9 | to help us do that. The athletic Charlotte Harper and Megan Ferenga, both from across the pond, |
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