WNBA underdogs struggle, plus a look into the NWSL playoff landscape

The Late Sub with Claire Watkins

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🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This week, Claire discusses the first day of games of the WNBA playoffs, where postseason experience is key in a short set of series’ that could see some of our faves go home. Then, she takes a deeper look at Kansas City’s big win over Washington in the NWSL, and makes a case for the Current’s chances in the playoffs. She closes us out with quick updates on volleyball, college soccer, and a salute to the U-20 USWNT.

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0:00.0	Is Orlando starting to get a little bit too close to the other side of the shield
0:04.0	first line? Talk about that with Kansas City, right? Maybe if the shield is getting away from you,
0:07.6	you say, that's fine. Take the shield. We'll see you in the post-season.
0:10.4	Orlando has not lost a game. I always say this about the psychology of it. I kept saying
0:14.4	this about South Carolina women's basketball and it did not matter, which is what does it do to you
0:19.1	mentally if you haven't suffered your first loss before you go into win or go home.
0:24.0	And I am really curious what that means for the Orlando Pride.
0:27.0	Hello everybody and welcome to this week's edition of the late sub I am your
0:34.3	host Claire Watkins it is Monday September 23rd and we have a lot to dig into
0:39.0	W MBA playoffs we've got the playoff picture for NWSL. We've got some
0:43.4	quick hits on volleyball. We've got some ACC soccer results that were pretty
0:48.2	interesting in NCAA soccer and I want to talk briefly about the U-20 field
0:51.4	cup of the Perry and lots of really good stuff to talk about
0:54.3	welcome to fall everybody much discuss let's jump in all right so I think we should start with the
0:59.1	sport of the hour the NBA playoffs have begun.
1:03.9	It's amazing what just one week can do in the playoff picture.
1:09.1	So if we're speeding up here,
1:10.6	going from last week to this week,
1:11.8	last week we were still talking about who was going to get the eighth and final spot I went oh for two it was Atlanta
1:18.2	Congratulations to the Atlanta dream for making it to that eighth and final playoff spot. And now we already have had our first day of games.
1:25.0	I really enjoyed it.
1:25.8	It was on Sunday, the whole afternoon slate was just WMBA game just back to back to back to back.
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