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Y'all, we don't know what that was either but we tried to talk through it. The USWNT needed to put in a good performance but instead Vlatko's tactics left the team looking toothless and confused. We try to figure out what went wrong, and what we now want from the USWNT in the rest of this tournament, plus André wonders if Vlatko is quiet quitting. Please listen, subscribe, rate and rev...

WAKE UP or maybe even stay awake? Whatever it is we got your post match reacts to the USWNT's 1-1 draw with Netherlands. We discuss a familiar but frustrating disjointed first half performance, Rose Lavelle's impact, not making subs, #FreeLynnWilliams, the lack of fluidity in attack, and Vlatko's many unserious quotes that hit our timeline in the aftermath of the match. Please listen,...

Welcome to a special WAKE UP edition of the pod! Courtney & André got on the mics to immediately react to the USWNT's 3-0 win over Vietnam. We talk Sophia Smith wasting no time claiming her moment, Vlatko experimenting on matchday-1 of a World Cup, whether Julie Ertz is a starting CB now or not, Savannah DeMelo being flung into a whirlwind, the return of Pink Lava, our best front three, an...

WHAT'S GOOOOOOOD! It's almost World Cup time and we are SO ready! In order to help you get ready Courtney & André previewed every single group, every single team, and who we think is heading to the knockouts. In this episode: Group E: Netherlands, Portugal, U.S.A., Vietnam Group F: Brazil, France Jamaica, Panama Group G: Argentina, Italy, South Africa, Sweden Group H: Colombia, Germany...

WHAT'S GOOOOOOOD! It's almost World Cup time and we are SO ready! In order to help you get ready Courtney & André previewed every single group, every single team, and who we think is heading to the knockouts. In this episode: Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland Group B: Australia, Canada, Nigeria, Republic of Ireland Group C: Costa Rica, Japan, Spain, Zambia Group D:...

Courtney & André hopped on the mics on this blessed PUT IT IN REVERSE TERRY day to say a thousand 'thank yous' and chat some NWSL! First things first, we cannot believe y'all. We are humbled, honored, touched, hyped and still in disbelief at what y'all did. Thank, thank you thank you. After thanking you all, and André being forced to say 'Tallstralian', we look at a wil...

The World Cup is coming and Vlatko Andonovski recently dropped his 23 player USWNT squad, and we had to talk about it! But we couldn't do it alone, so we crossed over with Skye and Sylvs from Shea Butter FC! We review the squad line by line, from goalkeeper to the attacking line. Is Alyssa Naeher in good form? Can she get there? How did Andonovski manage the loss of Becky Sauerbrunn? Is Julie...

Courtney, Sylvs, and André are all Chelsea FCW fans and all three woke up to the BEST NEWS OF ALL TIME! CATARINA MACARIO SIGNED FOR CHELSEA FOR REAL FOR REAL SHE HAD THE SHIRT ON AND EVERYTHING AND SAID "UP THE CHELS" AND NAMEDROPPED SAM KERR, GURO REITEN AND LAUREN JAMES AND IS REALLY TRULY ACTUALLY FOR REAL A BLUE!!! #CFCW💙💙 Please listen, subscribe, rate and review – we appreciate y...

WE BACK! André is back in good health while Courtney is dodging the remnants of wildfires but we backity back to start our next hundred episodes! Since we haven't spoken to y'all since the CRYSTAL DUNN INTERVIEW we had to do a live recap. We dish on how it all came to be, and why the phrase 'never meet your heroes' doesn't apply in any way to Crystal Dunn. Then we dive into som...

AYYYYY IT'S EPISODE 100!! For our 100th we were honored, delighted and hashtag blessed to be joined by the one and only, the GOAT, the great Crystal Dunn! The former MAC Hermann winner, NWSL MVP and Golden Boot winner, and World Cup winner sat down to chat with us about everything from completing her first 90 minutes as a mom and the significance it holds, her son Marcel and the joy he brings,...

WE BACKITY BACK! The 2023 NWSL season is matchdays old so Courtney & André take a tour around the league to perform some necessary and vital vibe checks! First we visit Seattle, Washington and Portland for some good vibes before dropping to the 5-out-of-10 vibes level, then plummeting further to check on the teams with the bad vibes. Along the way we also give shoutouts to some teams whose vib...

Courtney & André are BACK with a new episode and both feeling a little tired and loopy but we had a lot to talk about so we did it anyway! We get into NWSL storylines including the three remaining undefeated teams, something not being right in our spirit about Kansas City, Houston going tall/small with Ordóñez & Salmon, LYNN MF'N WILLIAMS and YAZMEEN MF'N RYAN, plus both of us bein...

Courtney & André are BACK to discuss a wildly eventful international break! First we get into the most interesting results from the international break, including Australia ending England's 30 match unbeaten run and Brazil taking down Germany in Germany. We also talk about Haiti, France (#TheRenardaissance), and Nigeria. We also get big mad about not being able to watch a lot of these game...

WE BACKITY BACK! Courtney & André return and there's a LOT to discuss! First, André welcomes Courtney back from England where she indulged in the HASHTAG GO TO GAMES CAMPAIGN and was rewarded with a moment of a lifetime as she was live to see Chelsea defeat Lyon at Stamford Bridge. Then they move onto the NWSL where it's time once again to shout about Sophia Smith, but also yung gawds...

We got a special one for y'all! Yung GAWD Messiah Bright stops by to chat with Courtney & André! We get into her experience at the draft, falling to the second round and subsequent chip formation, Orlando Pride's new shirt The Highway Woman Kit and its dope backstory, her creative outlets, favorite goal, working with a Black woman agent, and more! Please listen, subscribe, rate and rev...

🚨NWSL SEASON PREVIEW🚨 Courtney & André are reviewing each NWSL team ahead of 2023 season by looking at key additions, key departures, surprise players, team MVPs, plus a prediction from each of us for every squad. In this episode we discuss Portland Thorns, Rahsing Louisville, San Diego Wavé and Washington Spirit! (At the end we also give our much too early picks for NWSL Champions, Shield W...

🚨NWSL SEASON PREVIEW🚨 Courtney & André are reviewing each NWSL team ahead of 2023 season by looking at key additions, key departures, surprise players, team MVPs, plus a prediction from each of us for every squad. In this episode we discuss Kansas City Current, North Carolina Courage, OL Reign and Orlando Pride! Please listen, subscribe, rate and review – we appreciate y'all! ===========...

🚨NWSL SEASON PREVIEW🚨 Courtney & André are reviewing each NWSL team ahead of 2023 season by looking at key additions, key departures, surprise players, team MVPs, plus a prediction from each of us for every squad. In this episode we discuss Angel City FC, Chicago Red Stars, NJ/NY Gotham FC and Houston Dash! Please listen, subscribe, rate and review – we appreciate y'all! ============= Fo...

WE BACKITY BACK! Courtney & André return with a brand new episode to discuss the dismissal of Corinne Diacre as head coach of France, the NWSL coming to FIFA23, player ratings they got very wrong and need to fix asaptually, and we review some new kits that dropped across the NWSL (no prizes for guessing which shirt doesn't wash its legs). We also get into daylight savings time, Utah messin up...

Hey hey, we're back! That's right, after dropping some dope interviews on y'all the OG squad of Courtney & André return to discuss all things international break and looking ahead to the World Cup! We get into the SheBelieves Cup, where we believe in Mal Swanson, Lynn Williams, Naomi Girma and Japan (also maybe Brazil). We then take a trip around the world where we shoutout the World Cup playo...

Courtney & André were honored to interview goalkeeper extraordinaire and friend to all ocean life, Phallon Tullis-Joyce! After asking our contractually obligated soccer questions, we dive into all things marine life! We talk about Phallon's smash hit series 'The Puget Zone: Zombie Apoctapus' and get fresh news about a possible sequel 👀. Then we chat about her becoming a certified diver, her f...

WE BACK! We're just over a week away from the 2023 SheBelieves Cup so Courtney & André brought in reinforcements to get us through. We welcomed Skye & Sylvs of Shea Butter FC for another crossover! In this Part 2, after hyping up Courtney, we dive right in by discussing Canada head coach Bev Priestman's approach to the tournament, and why we envy it. Then we get into what has us excited ab...

Y'all really thought we were gonna let Black History Month start without an episode for y'all? TUH! Courtney & André were joined by a very special guest, Darian Jenkins! Darian chats with us about retiring at 28, drops some MAJOR BREAKING NEWS, lets us in on her long-term plans post-soccer, what she'll miss, and what she's excited about in this new phase of her life. She also shares what it wa...

Y'all knew we weren't gonna let a whole NWSL Draft go by without talking about it! Courtney & André's react to a wild draft full of the special kind of NWSL chaos we've come to love. Although, we talk about things getting maybe a little too chaotic with Kansas City shocking Lynn with a trade. We also spotlight all the melanin coming into the league, discuss overall draft winners and losers, sh...

Hello good people, we back and with a special guest! Courtney and André bring back their interviews in a big way by sitting down with Stanford legend and soon-to-be A-League Golden Boot winner, Madison Haley! We talk to Haley about everything from her entryway into soccer, the absurdly LOADED Stanford squads she was on, her thoughts on the draft process and decision to go to Sydney FC, blue things...