Victoria Beckham’s Soccer Beef, Bieber’s Halftime Show, and Making History at the Queen’s Classic

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🗓️ 15 July 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Two things remain consistent in the world of soccer: fans still hate refs, and Victoria Beckham still couldn't care less about soccer. We break down why FIFA can’t beat the corrupt allegations in what fans are dubbing “Vargentina”, plus how Posh Spice maintains her beef with soccer. Also in soccer, Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit are headed to NYC this week to play in the first women's-sporting event ever hosted at Citi Field. New York Giants and Gotham FC co-owners (and sisters), Carolyn Tisch-Blodgett and Emily Tisch-Sussman, join the pod to tell us why Gotham FC’s relocation to NYC will grow women’s sports, the differences working in men vs. women’s sports, and whether Sam Kerr will take the pitch in her first match back in the NWSL. Call us, beep us, if you wanna reach us: (828) 412-4825 Follow Emily Tisch-Sussman: @emtsuss @shepivotsthepodcast Follow Gotham FC: @gothamfc Follow Blake: @blaaakkkke Follow Caroline: @cghendy Haaland bridal hair inspo: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/DapZP6SDQ0y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==⁠⁠ Taylor & Travis dog confirmed: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/DavS0TpIG-1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==⁠⁠ The WNBA’s “shoegate”: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/shorts/ooVPcAT0lJs?si=csnpxxZ2b0mqIftc⁠⁠ Plus, Marina Mabrey introduces her “crashout jar”: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/cflcCtRywn0?si=k-hm3kO7BwFeZwE4&t=55⁠⁠ FINALLY: we’re recording a live episode of Well Played at Fanatics Fest this Friday at 11 AM! Come meet us IRL. Get your tickets to Fanatics Fest in NYC and use WELLPLAYED10 to get 10% off your single or multi-day ticket: ⁠⁠https://www.fanaticsfest.com/tickets⁠⁠. Send Its: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Coca-Cola Zero, official partner of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
0:06.0	Coca-Cola has also partnered with Panini to bring fans closer to the tournament.
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0:24.1	Pick up a Coca-Cola zero sugar and start collecting.
0:27.9	Peel, sip, collect.
0:30.1	Hello and welcome back to another episode of Well Played.
0:32.1	I'm Caroline Hender Shops.
0:33.4	I'm Blake Morgan.
0:34.6	Brynity for Life.
0:36.4	What?
0:37.1	Brittany for Life. That's who won Love Island, Bryce, and Trinity. We all knew from the beginning they were going to win. Okay. Sincere can get his ass out the villa. I just knew that Sincere was not sincere. That's the only thing that I picked up from the internet of Love Island culture. He's just public enemy number one. I've heard that. He's like not great.
0:56.5	Melanie, I sincerely hope you will leave sincere.
1:09.9	And that's all. Those are my thoughts on Love Island. But we have a really busy show today. So I kind of just want to get into a show preview real quick. We have such a busy show. And we say that every week, but we really mean it. We got really minute. Yeah. Yeah. So we have to talk about Vargentina.
1:12.6	Yeah, of course, because we all know what that means.
1:13.3	Yep, I don't.
1:13.9	We're going to learn. We have... really minute. Yeah. Yeah. So we have to talk about Vargentina. Yeah, of course, because we all know what that means.
1:12.6	Yeah, I don't.
1:13.6	We're gonna learn.
1:14.6	We have Wimbledon to recap.
1:16.6	And then also some Wimbledon love romances, Alex Earle and Lando Norris, both of which are not tennis players.
1:22.6	Queen's Classic that we're going to when you are listening this tonight, Wednesday night.
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