Into the Channel ⚽️ A Podcast Primarily About Women's Football

We have our eight contenders qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League knockout stage, and the heavy hitters are all represented. In this episode, we go alphabetically through the groups one more time and discuss how we feel about every team we saw in this eventful and fun group stage. The format is pretty straightforward: - We focus on one group at a time - We start with the two teams that...

The fate of Group C and Group D in the UEFA Women's Champions League is on the line in Spain and England Wednesday evening. In this episode, we discuss an ailing Manchester City flying to Barcelona in hopes of keeping a close scoreline and holding onto the top spot in Group D. After that, we head to London to ponder the idea that Arsenal have completed a stark turnaround in form and can avenge the...

Matchday 5 in the UEFA Women's Champions League offered further clarification on the eight teams making the knockout stage and where they'll land in their groups. But there are still a few things to be decided, as well as some intriguing matchups to get excited about. In this episode, we lock in on Real Madrid hosting Chelsea in a match to decide who will win Group B. We go over the squads' recent...

The conclusion of Matchday 5 in the UEFA Women's Champions League promises to be a good one. We open the day with Bayern Munich vs. Juventus and Vålerenga vs. Arsenal. While the German and English giants are jockeying for position to win Group C; the Italian and Norwegian sides are looking to play spoiler. Then we get to see if St. Pölten can recreate some of the set-piece magic they employed vs....

The UEFA Women's Champions League is back. After three weeks of international matches and domestic league play, the best teams in Europe are back at it for Matchday 5 in the group stage. In this episode, we start with what we believe will be the match of the week between Wolfsburg and Roma, which has some major stakes attached to it. (Grant's explanation of those stakes is a little shaky on the sh...

Peter Weis, the intrepid German football reporter and analyst from Bulinews and the Over the Bar podcast, joins the show once again to share his perspective on the UWCL, Frauen Bundesliga, and the German national team. In this episode, we largely focus on Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich, the two German teams in the UWCL, but Vicey also gets us up-to-speed on the very competitive race for the top-four...

The USWNT went down 1-0 to the Netherlands in The Hague. It was a dark, scary time for many. USA was chasing the game for large stretches of the match. They allowed multiple chances for Jill Roord. They were getting cooked by Romee Leuchter, and the team looked downright slow compared to the Ducth in many spots on the field. But whaddya know: The Stars and Stripes got a little bit of luck on a Net...

In this episode, we give a quick preview of the USWNT taking on the Netherlands in The Hague. Will Lily Yohannes take the pitch for the first time since fully committing to the USA for her international career? Will the Dutch put all their stars in the starting 11 and push for a big win on their home soil? Will Grant and Dino make oddly specific predictions in hopes of getting at least one right s...

Even with plenty of star-power missing on both sides, the USWNT and England put on a pretty good show at Wembley Stadium. In this episode, we discuss everything from the relatively quiet first half to the much more open second half. We highlight some of the individual matchups that caught our eye, and we try to look ahead at what this could mean for future squads. At the end of the episode, we sal...

Orlando Pride defeated Washington Spirit in the NWSL Championship, capping a historic season. It turns out, in fact, "the Double [was] on" for the Pride, whose season included the league's most dominant defense, the immediate impact of an MVP-candidate at forward in Barbra Banda, and incredible contributions from the greatest footballer who ever lived, Marta. In this episode, we recap the final, w...

After an eventful Matchday 4 in the UEFA Women's Champions League, the eight teams that will be progressing to the knockout stage seem to be coming into focus. In this episode, we talk about what happened on MD4 and what we're looking forward to when the UWCL returns on Dec. 11. 0:00 - Wolfsburg vs. Galatasaray 5:45 - Twente vs. Real Madrid 9:30 - Lyon vs. Roma 14:50 - Eugénie Le Sommer scored her...

It's here. We've arrived at the NWSL Championship match between Orlando Pride and Washington Spirit. In this episode, Dino and Grant talk about the two classic semifinal matches that led us to this point and give a quick preview on what they expect on Saturday. Before we end the show, we chatted about the USWNT roster that was named for the upcoming international friendlies vs. England and the Net...

Let's talk about the Thursday slate for Matchday 4 in the UEFA Women's Champions League. In this episode, Dino and Grant focus on the Group C and Group D matches. - Hammarby vs. Manchester City - Vålerenga vs. Bayern Munich - Barcelona vs. St. Pölten - Arsenal vs. Juventus *Quick note: We didn't talk about Lauren Hemp and Viv Miedema's injuries because we didn't know much about them at the time. T...

The UEFA Women's Champions League is back again, and there's a lot up for grabs on Matchday 4. In this episode, Dino and Grant discuss the MD 4 fixtures in and what they're planning to see: - Wolfsburg vs. Galatasaray - Twente vs. Real Madrid - Lyon vs. Roma - Chelsea vs. Celtic ***We heard that uploading a video file to Spotify would produce better sound quality. Please let us know what you think...

Lily Yohannes, star-midfielder for Ajax, has announced she will be playing her international football with the USWNT. If you’ve seen her play football in Vrouwen Eredivisie or the UEFA Women’s Champions League, you will likely immediately understand why this is important and good news for the USWNT and its supporters. In this episode, we talk about the implications of this 17-year-old supernova br...

The 2024 NWSL Shield-winning Orlando Pride was a defensive juggernaut this season, and one of the squad's key contributors joined the show before taking on Chicago Red Stars in the Quarter-finals. In this episode, Cori Dyke drops by to chat with us about her excellent rookie year, the culture at the club that enabled such a wildly successful season, how her time at Penn State prepared her for the...

The NWSL Playoffs are here, and we have four excellent matches ahead of us. In this episode, we take a look at every matchup and discuss our picks for some of the major awards: NWSL MVP, Defender of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Rookie of the Year. 0:00 - Orlando Pride vs. Chicago Red Stars 7:55 - Some awards 14:45 - Kansas City Current vs. North Carolina Courage 17:05 - More awards 24:35 - Was...

It's international break, but the football news keeps on rolling. In this episode, we span the globe to cover international matches of interest and big news over in Europe. 0:00 - Aitana Bonmati wins the Ballon d'Or 5:45 - Alex Popp's final match with Germany 9:00 - Defense optional in Germany-England friendly 12:05 - Some notes from the Euro qualifiers (recorded before the second legs) 13:05 - US...

Matchday 2 of the UEFA Women's Champions League added more intrigue to the proceedings with convincing wins for some and tough losses for others. In this episode, we look ahead to the Matchday 3 and Matchday 4 "pivot" matches, where two clubs play each other home-and-away in two consecutive weeks. 0:00 - Intro (special shout to the Brann Battalion) 3:30 - Juventus vs. Arsenal 10:50 - Manchester Ci...

The UEFA Women's Champions League is back (back). We watched group stage matches in this glorious competition, and that felt great. We cover all eight matches in this episode with varying degrees of depth. 0:00 - Manchester City vs. Barcelona 11:45 - Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal 23:05 - Chelsea vs. Real Madrid 31:00 - Lyon vs. Galatasaray 35:55 - Roma vs. Wolfsburg 43:55 - Vålerenga vs. Juventus 45:5...

As the internet's foremost Orlando Pride + Seattle Reign FC podcast, it is our duty to preview Matchweek 23 for our NWSL-invested pals. In this episode, we start with the Match of the Week: Orlando Pride vs. Washington Spirit. It's the No. 1 vs. No. 2 battle we've all been waiting for, but how much of a factor will injuries play? Next, we slide down the table (wheeeee) to discuss Seattle Reign FC...

Group C: Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Juventus, Vålerenga Group D: Barcelona, Manchester City, Hammarby, St. Pölten We're back for the second half of our UEFA Women's Champions League Group Stage preview, and these two have a ton of intrigue across the board. 0:00 - Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal 7:30 - Hammarby vs. St Pölten 14:15 - Manchester City vs. Barcelona 21:45 - Vålerenga vs. Juventus Subscribe now...

Group A: Lyon, Wolfsburg, Roma, Galatasaray Group B: Chelsea, Real Madrid, Twente, Celtic The groups are set, and we have ourselves a proper UEFA Women's Champions League calendar. In this episode, we take a look at the groups that will start off our true UWCL journey starting on Oct. 8. 0:00 - Intro + respect to the nine clubs who didn't return to this year's UWCL 2:30 - Lyon vs. Galatasaray 8:50...

There are multiple potential bangers on deck for Thursday. We talked about all of them through the lens of what happened during each first leg. 0:00 - Manchester City FC vs. Paris FC 13:30 - Arsenal vs. BK Häcken 22:45 - PSG vs. Juventus 29:50 - Real Madrid vs. Sporting CP 35:50 - Servette FCCF vs. Roma 40:00 - FC Twente vs. WFC Osijek 41:45 - ZNK Mura vs. SKN St. Pölten 47:25 - Shoutouts! Subscri...

In part one of this two-part episode, we preview the second legs that will be played on Wednesday, Sept. 25. We start by discussing what we saw in the first leg of each matchup, including a maturing Benfica, a dominant Wolfsburg, an overmatched Fiorentina, scrappy Slavia Praha and Galatasary, a solid Vålerenga, and more! 0:00 - Benfica vs. Hammarby 7:15 - Wolfsburg vs. Fiorentina 13:15 - Slavia Pr...