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Well Played LIVE at the National Women's Soccer League Championship with Sarah Spain

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4.5 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Well Played headed to the West Coast for a LIVE podcast recording at the NWSL Championship weekend. Joined by special guests Sarah Spain, we recapped the NWSL awards, handed out a few of our own (hi, Midge Purce), and set the scene for the title match, including alll the drama the led to the big game. Plus, we mentioned our favorite storylines from a season that proved — yet again — that women’s soccer is operating on another level. theSkimm’s IG: @theskimm Blake’s IG: @blaaakkkke Caroline’s IG: @cghendy Sarah's IG: spain2323 Want more sports? Sign up for theSkimm’s sports newsletter at theskimm.com/sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, everyone.

0:05.0

What's up?

0:06.0

How's it going, everybody?

0:09.0

I walked the wrong way.

0:11.0

Okay, my name's Caroline.

0:12.0

This is Blake.

0:13.0

Hi.

0:14.0

We have a podcast called Well Played.

0:16.0

It's presented by the Skim.

0:18.0

And we are so excited to be here doing a live podcast in front of you, could not

0:23.9

be more jazzed about it. We're so excited. Does anybody know the skim? Yes, I see some skimmers in the

0:30.2

audience. Okay, period. Okay. All right. Well, so for those who don't know the skim and well played,

0:35.9

we are a sports pop culture podcast,

1:12.7

best of both worlds. So my Bravo TV lovers, yes, this is for you. Tap in. My sports lovers, yes, this is for you. Lock in. It actually couldn't be better. It's the best of everything. So if you haven't listened, now you know, and you're going to listen. Especially right now, because we have an amazing guest, who I'm sure many of you know. The one, the only. Miss Sarah Spain. Come on out, Sarah, Spain. Get out here, girl. Come on. She's the hope of a good game with Sarah Spain, a show that breaks down the biggest stories in women's sports. Sarah could not be more thrilled to have you.

1:18.4

How are we feeling? I'm feeling good. I can't believe it's finally game day. I know. This has been like the longest foreplay of all time. Truly. Does it feel like a really long time coming? Yeah. Okay. So what has been

1:24.8

your favorite part of the weekend so far? Oh my God, that's impossible. I know. Sorry. Okay, so what has been your favorite part of the weekend so far? Oh my God, that's impossible. I know, sorry. Okay, so friends of mine were invited to a brunch this morning that I was not invited to that Emma Hayes spoke at. Okay. And she said something that was relayed to me that I feel speaks to the whole weekend and not just the game. She said when people go to a men's sporting event, they feel cortisol. And when they go to a women's sporting event, they feel dopamine.

1:48.9

Oh my God. My mind was blown. And I'm like, that's what this weekend is, is like,

1:55.5

everywhere I go, I'm running into friends, colleagues, other journalists, players, former players,

2:00.7

coaches, people in other

2:01.9

adjacent industries. And we're all so happy to see each other, so genuinely thrilled for

2:07.1

each other's success. We're all going on each other's shows. It's just like the vibes of the

2:13.0

whole weekend are so different. And for me, especially having worked at ESPN and I still do ESPNW for them,

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