What makes an NWSL rivalry?
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
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4.8 • 756 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
On Full Time this week we're talking about NWSL rivalries. Over the last 12 years, we've seen some true, real rivalries, but we've also seen some that raise a few eyebrows. So, how do rivalries happen? Who are they for? Why are they important to the NWSL? And, what are the key ingredients to sustaining them?
For this discussion, hosts Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan are joined by esteemed NWSL journalists Susie Rantz, Jason Anderson and Jenna Tonelli to help discover what makes an NWSL rivalry. From the historic Cascadia Rivalry, to the burgeoning SoCal Derby, the newly dubbed East Coast Rivalry, and the lesser-known rivalries that may have come and gone along the way.
Articles referenced on the show:
NWSL teams are embracing tension, new and old: ‘People love a good sports rivalry’
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HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan
GUEST: Susie Rantz, Jason Anderson, Jenna Tonelli
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:34.7 | And then Megan Rapino has been one of the most dominant players in this rivalry. And gosh, I think it was 2017 when she picked off Emily Sonnet and scored and then screamed in her face while she was celebrated. |
| 0:48.4 | Oh, my God. Yes. So I don't, I think that like the original players, the original coaching staff are what have created such an amazing rivalry atmosphere. |
| 1:00.2 | And then the supporters follow that, obviously. |
| 1:07.5 | Hello, and welcome back to full-time, presented by Amazon Prime. |
| 1:15.9 | I am Tamara Griffin, and this week we're talking rivalries. |
| 1:20.5 | You know how sometimes people ask that philosophical question that always goes viral on social media, like, what is a sandwich? |
| 1:26.7 | And people are like, is it a hot dog? Is it a burrito a sandwich? That's sort of what we're digging into right now. |
| 1:32.0 | Because in the NWSL over the last 12 years, we've seen some true, real rivalries, but we've also |
| 1:38.5 | seen some that raise a few eyebrows. So we're digging into the question of what is a rivalry |
| 1:43.8 | in this league in the year 2025? And to do that, we're digging into the question of what is a rivalry in this league in the year |
| 1:46.2 | 2025. And to do that, we're bringing in some friends of ours, season journalists who have |
| 1:51.1 | been covering this league deeply and thoughtfully over the years and have some really interesting |
| 1:56.4 | thoughts about what composes a rivalry, a derby in this league. Of course, I can't do all of this on my own. |
| 2:03.5 | I'm joined by my co-host, as always, Meg Lennahan. And I believe congratulations are in order. |
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