Attacking Third: A CBS Sports Women's Soccer Podcast

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full Houston Dash preview. Dash head coach James Clarkson is the only NWSL coach to retain his head coaching position after the 2021 season, the 11 other clubs have a different head coach from the 2021 preseason (2:22). Heading into his 4th season, James Clarkson welcomes other members to the front office. They take a look at th...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full OL Reign preview. Head Coach Laura Harvey is back in Washington State with this squad and she has high hopes for 2022 (5:05). They take a look at the biggest roster signings, particularly some re-signings in 2021 MVP Jess Fishlock, Megan Rapinoe, Sofia Huerta and Tziarra King (17:22). A few players departed from OL Reign li...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman recap the SheBelieves Cup tournament following the final match between USWNT and Iceland (3:06). A brace in the first half from 22-year-old Catarina Macario for the USWNT and then a brace in the second half from Mallory Pugh while Kristie Mewis subbed on in the 85' minute to make it 5-0. This impressive win marks the fifth SheBelieves Cup title and third straight tour...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman recap the inaugural Arnold Clark Cup. The tournament coming down to not just the final matchday but the final match between England and Germany. Canada entered the final matchday in first place after tying England and defeating Germany. The reigning Gold medalists looked to clinch the first-ever Arnold Clark Trophy over Spain but Alexias Puttelas notched a first-half...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full Angel City FC preview. One of two newest expansion clubs in the NWSL starts their inaugural season with a familiar face at the helm in Nj/NY Gotham FC former head coach Freya Coombe (2:09). Sandra and Lisa run through the front office at Angel City, starting with coach Coombe and the lengthy and impressive list of owners an...

After six years of fighting for equal pay, the U.S. Soccer Federation and the USWNT have agreed to a $24 million settlement in the equal pay lawsuit (1:44). Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman discuss the timeline dating back to 2016 when Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd and more first raised the question of equal pay to the USSF. In 2019 this lawsuit was officially brought to the courts and has been a long fight...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full Chicago Red Stars preview. The Red Stars start the 2022 preseason without a named head coach but did add new front office members during the offseason (3:29). They run through Chicago’s changes during the offseason, mainly adding a lot of younger players to the pre-season roster along with the biggest signing of Yuki Nagasa...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman recap the USWNT vs New Zealand, the second of three matches in the SheBelieves Cup. They discuss the difference in starting lineups from Thursday's match vs the Czech Republic and Sunday's vs New Zealand. The USA ended the first half up 3-0 over the Kiwis, yet didn't find the back of the net (14:46). All three goals came from New Zealand own goals, forced by great off...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full Kansas City Current preview (2:11). While trying not to crack too many current water puns, they run through the roster starting with new head coach Matt Potter and new hires in Cami Levin as the General Manager. Sandra and Lisa label KC’s Biggest Roster Signings in the offseason, deciding between Sam Mewis and Lynn Williams...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman preview the inaugural Arnold Clark Cup (4:06)They discuss the origin of the cup, hosted by England and welcome fellow Top-10 ranked nations Canada, Spain and Germany to compete in a round-robin style tournament from February 17-23. They go through each team and discuss the biggest matchups, players to watch and how these matches help prepare the teams for World Cup qu...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full Racing Louisville preview (5:03) They run through the roster starting with new head coach Kim Björkegren. Sandra and Lisa label Racing’s Biggest Roster Signings in the offseason (5:!7), the most Detrimental Losses for Racing including Savannah McCaskill and Yuki Nagasato (10:27). Louisville welcomes many draft picks, non-ro...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman preview the USWNT SheBelieves Cup set to kick off on Thursday, February 17. The United States welcomes the Czech Republic, Iceland and New Zealand to California and Texas for the first matches of 2022 for America (9:53). Sandra and Lisa discuss the latest roster changes for the Cup by head coach Vlatko Andinovski adding forward Trinity Rodman and midfielder Jealin How...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full Orlando Pride preview. They run through the roster starting with new head coach from UCLA Amanda Cromwell and her staff. Sandra and Lisa label their Biggest Roster Signings for the Pride in the offseason, the most Detrimental Losses for Orlando and take a shot at their starting IX based on the preseason roster (5:57). They...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full Portland Thorns preview. They run through the roster starting with new head coach Rhain Wilkinson and new GM Karina LeBlanc (2:41). Sandra and Lisa label their Biggest Roster Signings for the Thorns in the offseason, the most Detrimental Losses for Portland, which area of the field needs the most work and who is listed on t...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full North Carolina Courage Preview. They run through the roster starting with new head coach Sean Nahas and his staff. Sandra and Lisa label their Biggest Roster Signings for Courage in the offseason, the most Detrimental Losses for Courage and who is listed on their pre-season roster. They predict starting lineup, name the You...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman discuss the latest news in the NWSL. Former Chicago Red Stars head coach Rory Dames was accused of sexual misconduct by former youth players through Eclipse Soccer Club. Players come forward about years of verbal and emotional abuse by Dames as well as sexual misconduct, inappropriate touching and manipulation with young soccer players starting as young as 10 years ol...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full NJ/Y Gotham FC Preview. They run through the roster starting with new head coach Scott Parkinson and his staff. Sandra and Lisa label their Biggest Roster Signings for Gotham in the offseason, the most Detrimental Losses for Gotham and who is listed on their pre-season roster. They predict starting lineup, name the Young Pr...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman break down the latest in the world of women’s soccer. The United States Women’s National Team is set to play their first matches of 2022 (3:15) and head coach Vlatko Andonovski has named his 23-player roster (5:01). Sandra and Lisa discuss the biggest names missing from the roster (10:01) - Sam Mewis, Alex Morgan, Trinity Rodman - and highlight some of the players cal...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman welcome former USWNT stars and NWSL players Yael Averbuch West and Lori Lindsey to discuss the historic CBA ratified ahead of the 2022 season. Both Yael and Lori touch on their playing days, their highest salaries and how proud they are of the current players for finding their voice and fighting for what they deserve. Yael heIped found the NWSL Players Association whe...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman welcome North Carolina Courage defender and NWSL PA representative Merritt Mathias to the podcast. Merritt was an active part of the CBA negotiations and helped the players association come to terms of a deal for the league’s first-ever CBA ahead of its 10th season. Merritt discusses how she got involved with the Players Association, her personal fight for a CBA, the...

After months of meetings, over 400 hours of negotiations, the NWSL and the NWSL Players Association have agreed on its first-ever historic Collective Bargaining Agreement ahead of the 10th NWSL season. Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman break down the terms of the CBA, the timing of the announcement on the night before preseason and how this CBA changes the future of women's soccer. 'Attacking Third' i...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman discuss the latest news in the world of women's soccer. More loose framework about the NWSL Challenge Cup and Regular Season Schedule comes out. The Chicago Red Stars announce they will not have a head coach to start the 2022 NWSL preseason. The original deadline the club assigned themselves of January 2022 has passed and they cannot "find a candidate that our players...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman discuss the latest updates in the world of women’s soccer. The NWSL Players Association demands that the league agrees on a deal for a collective bargaining agreement ahead of the 10th NWSL season, or the players will not report to their respective clubs for preseason on February 1. They discuss the process for securing a CBA, the best-case scenario and what happens i...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman welcome Sweedish International Sofia Jakobsson to the show. San Diego Wave FC traded with Bayern Munich for the striker and aim to make a 3-year deal with Jakobsson. Sofia discusses her long European soccer career in Germany, France, Sweden and England, and how that will help her when joining the NWSL. Although she is joining the NWSL Expansion Club, Sofia discusses h...

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman welcome Mexican international forward Maria Sanchez to the show. Maria was drafted in 2019 to the Chicago Red Stars but ended up transferring to Liga MX Femenil for the 2020-2021 season. She tried to return to the NWSL in 2021 but only did so on a short loan with Houston Dash. Maria discusses her time in Mexico, her World Cup 2023 hopes and what she looks to bring to...