Women's Soccer is Here to Stay
The Lead
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🗓️ 29 October 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The North Carolina Courage defeated the Chicago Red Stars 4-0 in the final of the NWSL on Sunday. This summer's World Cup generated a lot of talk about equal pay, and also led to a new broadcast deal and a major corporate sponsor for the NWSL. We chat with The Athletic's Megan Linehan about the future of the league, the team that's been pulling in 20,000 fans for home games, and what U.S. star Megan Rapinoe has been up to now that she’s no longer in a Twitter war with the president.
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| 0:00.0 | The NWSL, the National Women's Soccer League, wrapped up its season this past weekend. |
| 0:20.1 | The North Carolina Courage blew out the Chicago Red Stars 4-0 on Sunday in Kerry, North |
| 0:25.6 | Carolina. |
| 0:26.6 | It was a wide open game with some impressive goalkeeping and a wild crowd. |
| 0:31.3 | The League got a shot in the arm after this summer's World Cup, including a major sponsorship |
| 0:36.2 | deal from Budweiser and a TV deal with ESPN. |
| 0:40.3 | And all of this has some people believing that this league, unlike its predecessors, is |
| 0:45.0 | here to stay. |
| 0:47.0 | So today, we're going to speak with the athletics Megan Linnahan about the future of the NWSL, |
| 0:52.3 | the team that's been pulling in 20,000 fans to home games. |
| 0:56.3 | And what US star Megan Rapinoe has been up to now that she's no longer in a Twitter |
| 1:01.1 | war with President Trump. |
| 1:03.1 | I stand by the comments that I made about not wanting to go to the White House with |
| 1:07.3 | the exception of the expel of my mom will be very upset about that. |
| 1:11.5 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Andres Kelto. |
| 1:14.2 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:15.9 | It's Tuesday, October 29th, and this is the lead. |
| 1:20.6 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:24.6 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the game. |
| 1:28.6 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:31.6 | You can't pay, I'm seeing anything like that. |
| 1:34.6 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
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