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

Round 2 of the UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying stage is nearly here, and we're back to talk about the biggest matches in the bunch. 0:00 - BK Häcken vs. Arsenal 7:30 - Paris FC vs. Manchester City 13:55 - Juventus vs. Paris Saint-Germain 18:25 - Fiorentina vs. Wolfsburg 24:35 - Sporting CP vs. Real Madrid 29:55 - Hammarby vs. Benfica 31:55 - AS Roma vs. Servette FCCF + the rest of...

The 2024 NWSL season is more than 75 percent over, but the playoff picture has yet to come into sharp focus. In this episode, we take a look at the match of the week between top-of-the-table Orlando Pride and the somewhat-reeling Kansas City Current. After that, we play a game of "arrow pointing up" or "arrow pointing down." You can probably guess the gist of the game. 0:00 - O...

We joined Shades of Blue, the internet's finest Manchester City FC podcast, to talk about the UEFA Women's Champions League. There's obviously a fair amount of MCFC discussion here, but we talk about several other teams in the tournament, as well. We covered a lot of ground from what happened in Round 1 of qualifying to the draw for Round 2, so here are the highlights: Manchester City...

Orlando Pride kept their scorching form vs. Gotham FC this past weekend, and Dino was in the press box to witness it. We start this episode with the undefeated Pride, their seemingly endless list of excellent players, their stout defense, and their gutsy style of play. After that, we take a trip to the middle of the table, where big results in Matchweek 18 has set us up for another round of banger...

The UEFA Women's Champions League is returning, and we are PSYCHED. For those who picked us up over the last couple months covering the USWNT, the entire genesis of this podcast was built on us wanting a place to talk about last year's UWCL, and we've made dozens (DOZENS!) of internet friends since. In this episode, we talk about the early qualifying stages of the UWCL, which kickoff S...

Matchweek 17 in the NWSL provided some very interesting results all across the table. We talked about the implications of those results and what we think we'll see in the remaining 30-ish percent of the season. 0:00 - Washington Spirit jump out ahead of the KC Current and never look back 8:15 - Dino discusses the Current's results against playoff teams this season, and a spicy take emerges...

The transfer window has been quite eventful around the globe. Naturally, we held a draft as an excuse to take turns talking about the transfers that have us intrigued, excited, hopeful, concerned, or any other human emotion you can associate with football. We each picked five players, then we tried to name as many honorable mentions as possible. Turns out a lot of important players moved around, s...

After a week to reflect on the USWNT's triumph at the 2024 Olympics, we welcome back Bridie O'Toole of Busy Watching Women's Soccer to recap what she saw in the tournament and what she expects to see with the team in the short- and long-term future. We talked about the squad and the coaching staff's adaptability; the physical play and dominant defensive backline; the remaining ques...

Hey! Did ya hear? The USWNT defeated Brazil 1-0 to win the Gold Medal in the 2024 Olympics. We talked about that football match. Brazil was fast, smart, and aggressive early. The USA's defense and goalkeeping held up. It was entertaining. We also talked about hydration breaks, who played "the better match," a bright future for Brazil and USWNT, and so much more. Toward the end of the...

Before Germany took home the bronze medal vs. Spain, we sat down with our new pal Peter Weis of Bulinews.com to discuss how this tournament played out for Frauen-Nationalmannshaft. Peter talks in depth about the exhaustion the team was facing leading up to the semifinal vs. the USWNT, the tactics that seemed to work for Germany, the impact of legendary manager Horst Hrubesch, what he saw from Ann-...

USWNT defeated Germany to advance to the gold medal match, while Brazil scored a major upset over Spain. We talked about the two semifinal matches and looked ahead at what promises to be an intriguing final. 0:00 - USWNT wins; Naomi Girma is incredible 11:40 - USA's passing combinations + Sophia Smith's match-winner 16:10 - Emma Hayes' substitutions appeared to work 20:00 - Smith's...

In this episode, we recap the Olympic quarterfinal matches and get ready for the semifinals. 0:00 - USWNT beats Japan 8:50 - Dino fixes Olympic football 11:00 - Trinity Rodman's goal + teams playing the low block vs. USA 14:25 - Spain survives vs. Colombia: Mayra Ramirez is incredible 29:35 - Germany beats Canada in penalties 34:35 - Brazil sends France on the short trip home 42:40 - Previewin...

With Olympic Matchday 3 in the books, we head into the knockout stages of this incredible tournament. We try to cover the upcoming matchups from as many angles as possible. Editorial Note: Grant was pretty sick at the time of recording, so please excuse the gravelly voice, time zone mistakes, and general loopiness. 0:00 - USWNT vs. Japan 7:00 - The impact of Sam Coffey's absence 10:00 - Possib...

Matchday 2 of the Olympic women's football tournament group stage DELIVERED on many levels. We talked about the USWNT's decisive 4-1 victory over Germany; Canada's wild upset over France with the cloud of ( **gestures wildly at the abyss** ) everything going on with their team and in their federation; Japan's late-winner to devastate Brazil; the mayhem in Australia's 6-5 victor...

We watched a lot of football, and many things happened. 0:00 - USWNT beats Zambia 3-0 16:40 - USWNT vs. Germany 17:45 - Germany batters Australia 22:00 - Is there a twitter bot sending us good football takes? 24:00 - Germany's quality on display 27:45 - Spain beats Japan in battle of two favorites 39:20 - France holds on vs. tough Colombia 45:40 - Canada beats New Zealand amidst wild spying th...

Yeah, the Olympic women's football tournament has started by the time this will be published to Spotify and Apple podcasts, but now you'll have the opportunity to laugh at what predictions we immediately got wrong on Matchday 1. In this episode, we put all 12 Olympic sides into neat little tiers based on our expectations for them. Who can go for the gold? Who will celebrate a silver or bro...

The Olympics are nearly here, so let's take a (figurative) trip to France to cover the home side for the tournament. Our guest today is Assile Toufaily, former Lebanon Women's National Team player, PhD Candidate, and freelance football writer for Forbes. Assile is based in France and does incredible work covering Division 1 Arkema and the global women's game. In this episode, we discus...

The Olympic previews roll on, and this time we're talking about the US Women's National Team. In this episode, we sit down with Bridie O'Toole, the founder and host of " Busy Watching Women's Soccer ," the phenomenal YouTube show where Bridie breaks down film and gives in-depth tactical analysis. We started with the incredibly unfortunate news about Cat Macario's inju...

Our Olympic previews march on, and we are thrilled to welcome Júlia Belas Trindade to break down Brazil. Júlia is an educator, researcher, PhD student, and freelance football writer for the Guardian, where she regularly contributes to the newsletter " Moving the Goalposts ." In this episode, we chat with Júlia about the evolving landscape of women's football in Brazil, the team's...

Our Olympic preview coverage continues as we're joined by the great Mariam Kourabi of She Scores Bangers , who breaks down her home team of Canada. In this episode, Mariam discusses the ups and downs the Canadian national team has gone through the past few years, with winning the 2020 Olympic Gold Medal, struggling through a disappointing 2023 World Cup, and now managing the departure of legen...

We continue our trek through the Olympic contenders by chatting with Peter Weis of Bulinews . Peter has been writing about football for more than 20 years, and has covered every major women's international tournament since 2011. In this episode, Peter talks tactics and how Germany's group of Frauen-Bundesliga stars will connect for the national team after a disappointing showing in the 202...

The 2024 Olympics is nearly here, and that means the incredible women's football tournament is here with it. In this episode, we chat with Samantha Lewis, a true pioneer in women's football journalism. Samantha currently writes for ABC News in Australia covering the Matildas and all things women's football, and you can listen to her on the ESPN podcast, The Far Post . We talked about A...

In our endless search to discuss the NWSL through as many lenses as possible, we decided to look at Matchweek 15 through the lens of two teams and two players who jumped out to us. Spotlight teams - North Carolina Courage smothered Washington Spirit in their 1-0 victory in Washington DC Saturday, and their smothering defense caught Dino's eye. On top of that, the club is anxiously awaiting the...

The USWNT announced its Olympic roster, and we have notes! Players not on the roster - Lily Yohannes was not included on the roster, but it's not so simple as her being "left off." Dino did some reporting, and we have the inside scoop. After that, we talked about the potential implications of Yohannes not being in the squad - Croix Bethune is an alternate, and that's cool and all...

San Diego Wave FC announced the club has parted ways with manager Casey Stoney. Dino and Grant talk about Stoney's time at the Wave, including the club winning the 2023 NWSL Shield and the 2024 Challenge Cup, before diving into what's been a dismal 14 weeks to start this season. After that, your boys talk about the three teams at the front of the line in the title race: Kansas City Current...