What is Angel City’s ceiling? | Cat Macario’s San Diego homecoming
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
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4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Undefeated with a perfect three wins from three in the NWSL, the time has come to wonder: What is Angel City’s ceiling?
On this episode of Full Time, hosts Jillian Sakovits and Tamerra Griffin analyze a captivating press conference from ACFC head coach Alex Straus and what the Los Angeles team’s impressive start means for their contender status in the NWSL. Tamerra also takes the listener inside her trip to San Diego, where she sat down one-on-one with U.S. women’s national team star Cat Macario to talk about her historic transfer to Wave FC.
PLUS: Who is Erica Meg Parkinson? The pod unpacks the surprise 17-year-old debut call-up by Sarina Wiegman for England’s upcoming Women’s World Cup qualifiers.
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits, Tamerra Griffin
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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Referenced on the show:
USWNT’s Catarina Macario on returning home to San Diego, leaving Chelsea and ‘having fun’ again
One team remains undefeated in NWSL. Is it parity or time to panic?
Arsenal’s Beth Mead back in England squad as Erica Meg Parkinson gets first call-up
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| 0:00.0 | but they're definitely trending in the right direction. |
| 0:07.0 | My like ceiling definition goes a little bit beyond 2026, but can I still say it? |
| 0:11.5 | If Alex Strauss is allowed, you're allowed. |
| 0:13.4 | My parameters to Mara are an illusion. |
| 0:15.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:16.5 | Okay. |
| 0:17.5 | This podcast is an illusion. |
| 0:18.8 | This podcast is an illusion. I love it. |
| 0:28.3 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:29.4 | A very warm welcome to full-time. |
| 0:31.4 | I'm your host today, Jillian Sackavits. |
| 0:33.2 | There is one perfect team in the NWSL, and that is Angel City. |
| 0:38.7 | Top of the table after three weeks. |
| 0:40.9 | While it doesn't get you any trophies, we are all wondering what is Angel City's ceiling. |
| 0:47.1 | Plus Tamara Griffin's secret trip to San Diego, California. |
| 0:50.5 | She gives us all the insight, all the behind the scenes in her one-on-one with |
| 0:54.3 | Cat Macario. |
| 0:55.5 | This is a special moment for me. San Diego is obviously where I grew up, and it's where |
| 1:00.7 | my journey began. |
| 1:02.8 | To have this opportunity to come back and represent this great club means a lot to me. |
| 1:07.7 | I never would have imagined, I guess, that 12-year-old cat, not knowing how to speak |
| 1:12.7 | English, being super scared would one day come back and get to represent her hometown team. |
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