Yael Averbuch West, Former USWNT Player, Techne Futbol Founder, NWSLPA Executive Director

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

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Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Grant sits down with Yael Averbuch West, a former USWNT player, University of North Carolina star and 10-year club pro who these days works as the executive director of the NWSL Players Association and owns the soccer training app Techne Futbol. She talks about how she's able to wear so many hats, why she had to step aside from playing in the NWSL, and what daily life is like for the rank-and-file NWSL player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Hey there, I'm Grant Wall.
0:30.0	Welcome to the Planet Football Podcast.
0:32.0	This week's interview guest is Yale Eberbush West,
0:35.7	former US women's national team player,
0:37.8	founder of Techni football,
0:39.9	and the executive director of the NWSL Players Association.
0:44.4	A quick reminder, if you like the podcast, it would really help us if you go to Apple Podcasts
0:49.5	and provide a rating and a review, and we'd appreciate you recommending the podcast to someone else. a She is a former star at the University of North Carolina who had 26 caps for the U.S.
1:05.6	Women's National Team and has played in 10 seasons of professional club soccer.
1:11.2	She's the executive director of the NWSL Players Association and the
1:15.7	founder of Techny Football, a soccer training app.
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