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I think it's one of the things that I think it's just going to be really interesting is, again, we're in uncharted territory with the NWCL, right? Like, we've never had a pro league that's lasted past three years. Now we're in this sort of generational fight for fans in women's soccer. Like, yes, Euros, right? But I think we've seen this trend across the NWSEL this year in particular of you look at the Washington Spirit, racing Louisville, all these teams figuring out how do we get new people into the stadium to then hopefully convert them into a fan. So I don't think we could have better timing for this conversation right now.

Wow. Hi, hello. It is Meg Linnehan, and you are listening to full time. Now, today, I don't usually do the intro anymore, so it's very strange for me to be back in the seat. But the reason why I'm doing it is because I actually got an email from a listener a couple of weeks ago that had two very specific questions. And it immediately went into our little group chat

because I thought it was a great topic. So Kurt P sent me this email and asked two very

straightforward questions. Why is NWSL attendance down in 2025 and what factors are causing NWSL attendance to drop?

Now, before we get into all that and we went all across the league to try to grapple with this question,

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