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Full Time with Meg Linehan: A show about women's soccer

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4.8 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

A pretty jam-packed show this week on Full Time. First, Paul Tenorio of The Athletic joins to discuss the story of the lawsuit filed on behalf of 15-year-old Olivia Moultrie, who’s trying to sign a contract with Portland Thorns FC. Then, Howard Megdal of The Next and The IX Newsletter is on to break down all of the storylines around the NWSL Challenge Cup final, make a case for New Jersey’s finest Carli Lloyd, and take a step back to discuss the landscape of the NWSL and women’s sports coverage in general. Read Paul’s news story on the lawsuit: https://theathletic.com/news/teen-soccer-phenom-olivia-moultrie-sues-nwsl-for-right-to-play-in-league/Wz5D56HklWta Read Paul’s feature on how the age limit might pose antitrust problems for the NWSL: https://theathletic.com/2516805/2021/04/13/olivia-moultrie-nwsl-mls/ Follow Howard Megdal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/howardmegdal The Next Hoops on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheNextHoops The IX Newsletter (with Annie Peterson on women’s soccer!): https://twitter.com/TheIXNewsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome back to full-time with Meg Lenehan. You are listening to a show all about women's soccer on the
0:21.0	Athletic Podcast Network. I am Meg, your host, and I am a national staff writer at the Athletic
0:25.7	covering the NWSL and the U.S. Women's National Team. We do have our Challenge Cup final set for
0:31.3	this weekend out in Portland with the Thorns and Gotham FC trying to lift the first
0:36.2	trophy at play for 2021.
0:39.7	We're also nine days out, at least if you're listening to this show on Thursday,
0:43.8	the day that we release episodes.
0:45.7	So nine days out from the start of the regular season.
0:48.2	And the league also at the same time has been bouncing from the results of the investigation
0:53.7	into the incident that
0:55.9	occurred in Houston and then into a lawsuit. And honestly, none of these things are going over well.
1:02.4	So today, two segments for you. First, Paul Tenorio from here at the Athletic, hops on for a bit
1:07.8	to walk everyone through the latest on this new lawsuit filed on behalf of Olivia Moultrie
1:12.9	concerning the age limits, the NWSL and antitrust law and all of the other implications
1:17.7	this might have on the league, but also CPA negotiations.
1:21.5	And then Howard Magdal of the next and the nine newsletter joins to discuss the Challenge
1:26.6	Cup.
1:27.0	Final narratives, Car lloyd the
1:28.9	landscape of women's sports kind of a bigger discussion about the nw cell as well a lot happening
1:33.8	as always before we get started your reminder that you can support this podcast and also get all
1:39.8	of the nw cell and u.s. women's national team coverage at the Athletic plus everything else we have to offer
1:44.9	with the site and app by signing up for a new subscription at theathletic.com slash full time. I promise
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