What does Midge Purce's return mean for Gotham?
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
After 385 days, Midge Purce is back. On Sunday, the USWNT forward made her NWSL return from an ACL injury.
But what does Purce's return mean for Gotham FC? A club
On this week's Full Time Review, staff writer at The Athletic Asli Pelit hosts a discussion of the weekend's NWSL action. Starting with the scene in New Jersey to witness Purce's comeback and Gotham's first win, then moving to the continued perfection of Orlando Pride and KC Current at the top of the standings and signs of life for the Chicago Stars.
PLUS: Megan Feringa hops on the pod to give her verdict on the English women's FA Cup semifinals, Olivia Smith's determination, and another Phallon Tullis-Joyce masterclass.
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Articles mentioned on the show:
Gotham FC forward Midge Purce returns to the field a year after ACL injury
Alanna Kennedy, toughest player in women’s soccer?
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HOST: Asli Pelit
GUEST: Megan Feringa
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Ashtaleplet and welcome to full-time review presented by Amazon business. |
| 0:18.7 | Jillian Salkovich is away on holiday, so I will be your host for this show. |
| 0:23.0 | Let's see what we have coming up. |
| 0:25.0 | The full-time crew were in New Jersey to see Gotham get its first win of the season over North Carolina Courage |
| 0:30.9 | and the long-awaited return of Mitch Purse. |
| 0:34.5 | There was more perfection from Orlando and Kansas City Current, a banger from |
| 0:39.5 | Lacey Santos that keeps the spirit in the chase, and Chicago are showing signs of life |
| 0:45.2 | thanks to the brilliance of Ludmilla. And if all that wasn't enough, I'll be catching up with |
| 0:50.3 | the athletics Megan Ferringa to get the lowdown on the woman's FA Cup semifinals. |
| 0:55.0 | Let's get to it. |
| 1:02.1 | I would like to welcome producer Theo, who is on the other room because we just got back from |
| 1:08.5 | Jersey. |
| 1:08.9 | It was so nice to hang out with you today, by the way. |
| 1:12.1 | Yes. What a treat. Asla, me, Leah, the whole, well, not the whole, a good chunk of the full-time |
| 1:19.7 | crew all hanging out going through the Holland Tunnel, Manhattan, Brooklyn, seeing it all |
| 1:25.3 | to the wonderful orb-like Sports Illustrated Stadium. |
| 1:29.4 | Thank you so much for a lovely drive, Asta. What a day? |
| 1:32.7 | I take that drive over suffering, waiting for the path to train that doesn't show up when we need it to show up. |
| 1:40.1 | It was a risky decision. We could have be stuck in traffic, but with the spring break and |
| 1:46.2 | Passover, New York was all hours, I think. You and Leah, our video producer, did a fantastic job |
| 1:51.8 | getting out early. We were out in Harrison talking to people. You were interviewing people |
| 1:56.3 | talking to fans about the return of midge purse, which we'll get into, and how they were feeling about the Gotham season before the game and now how they're |
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