Queers United International Footballers

Stefanie and Gina are BACK for a brand new year of QUIF, LFG! They dive right back into all the wedding szn happenings covering all the amazing suits in detail, there’s BIG Marta NWSL announcements & schedule teasers, expansions, USWNT retirees competing in feats of strength, maybe a new book club, lil WSL check-in, girlfriends of the week and because she can’t help herself Gina gushes about W...

Stefanie and Gina put a bow on 2024, the year we brought QUĒĒF back! We stretch our memories alllll the way back to the feats of W Gold Cup and She Believes, revisit the Olympics, a history making NWSL season, all the retirements and MORE before casting some dreams for women’s soccer in 2025. Plus! GF of the YEAR! Queers United International Footballers celebrates the women and nonbinary side of t...

Stefanie and Gina check in on the status of Offszn Wedding Szn, Lynn - Laugh-Legsleeve gets hitched, Rapinoe & co squad rolls deep, and will santa officiate Lindsay Horan’s wedding? Who knows! We round up all the random fun from the past week in women’s soccer social media then dive into UEFA Women’s Champions League just as the final 8 teams are locked in! + there’s always more, tap play! Que...

Stefanie and Gina venture into the NWSL offseason by reviewing The Offseason, BOS Nation FC rethinks what they’ve done, we question what Ashlyn Harris has done 😅all that and also Jill Ellis descends to her rightful place in 🤝😈 FIFA-hell. Plus, you know there’s girlfriends of the week! Queers United International Footballers celebrates the women and nonbinary side of the beautiful game. ✨🌈⚽ W...

Stefanie and Gina talk about the NWSL finaleeeee weekend extravaganza, we’re talking a touch more, fan fests, overall vibes, 🌈stuff, and yes, even the match. Then we parse through our sadness over Uncle Naeher’s retirement from the  international game AND THEN we dive into the upcoming USWNT friendlies. As always there’s girlfriends of the week, go listen already! Queers United International Foot...

Stefanie and Gina triumphantly return to preview the NWSL Championship AND talk about allllll the things we need to catch up on in rapid succession. There’s birth announcements, USWNT has a new lil baby, there’s BIG investments in the game, NWSL awards, quarterfinals, semifinals, capsule couture collections, dating rumors (oooooh!)  and we’ll get you pumped for next season with our last two Tops &...

Stefanie and Gina are back AGAIN this week and wow, does this. episode. have. everything. They cover the Ballon d’Or winners (and will never forgive them for snubbing Naomi Girma), they cover Sinc’s last regular season home game, the last few playoff spot scenarios, USWNT matches – and Stefanie’s surprising conversion with Korbin Albert, yes, you read that correctly. Then of course dear listeners,...

Stefanie and Gina are BACK! Gina once again slayed covid and now we’re catching up on all the action in US soccer. Special Guest Julie Two Times joins us with an EXCLUSIVE look at alternative names for BOS Nation FC, that’s right we missed the 24 hr news cycle on the Too Many Balls campaign but we’ve got thoughts about the name. Then we catch up with, one of the main reasons this podcast exists…to...

Stefanie and Gina gush about the new NWSL shield that Orlando Pride wielded over the weekend…it’s like a for real Avengers level – there need to be more badass women’s Avengers – shield . There’s animal ASMR and squirrel netflix and squandered sponsorship deals and then, of course, you don’t want to miss the exciting 4th installment of Tops & Bottoms with KC Current Angel City FC. Is Stefanie...

Stefanie and Gina are back with the series near and dear to your hearts, Tops & Bottoms, this week getting into NY/NJ Gotham FC and San Diego Wave FC. We journey into the mystique of Christine Sinclair as more legends of the game are preparing to step out of the cleats for the last time. Plus, banter about new trophies and hardware both large and small. Also, what the hell do you call a double...

Stefanie and Gina discuss the incredible fits Gotham FC blessed us with on their White House visit, they check in on the NWSL, WSL and Gina cries a bit over Kelley O’Hara retiring again again. Then they go once more into the chart for our 2nd installment of your fave new series, Tops & Bottoms to see who’s 🌈on Utah Royals and Washington Spirit and in the midst of that journey dig up a bunch o...

Stefanie and Gina debut their immediately legendary new segment Tops & Bottoms where they get into deep research about a team from the top of the NWSL table and a team from the bottom of the NWSL table. This week: Orlando Pride | Tops and Houston Dash | Bottoms. Plus! Ali Krieger steps into a new role and we’re one month away from NWSL’s first reality series premiere!  Queers United Internatio...

Stefanie and Gina are talking NWSL chaos with playoff clinching scenarios and discuss how much witchier NWSL after dark can get on Friday the 13th. They get into the ESPN NWSL GM anonymous survey feedback and recap Alex Morgan’s final professional match. Then Gina really bends the genre of girlfriend of the week. Hit play already! Queers United International Footballers celebrates the women and no...

Stefanie and Gina — listeners, hi this is Gina, breaking the fourth wall, I’m gonna be honest, I thought we were gonna break up at the end of this episode, but yeah, before that we talk about Alex Morgan’s BIG news today, the Ballon D’Or nominees (and how our stellar French totally evades us now that the Olympics is over), highlights from our DC trip and yes, unbeknownst to us we did have a lot to...

Stefanie and Gina journey back to Saturday August 10th and relive all the excitement of the USWNT taking gold AND the after-party! Tag yourself in the USWNT’s version of “Renaissance painting portraying feminine badassery (& hangoverishness)”. We close out our Olympic coverage without any library-based threesomes  *le sigh* we’ll always have Paris.  Queers United International Footballers cele...

Stefanie and Gina break down the USWNT’s semifinal re-match against Germany, get all deep into the storied history of the squad in the Olympic Games and all the times we’ve clashed with Brazil in major tournaments. We’re going to need all your vibes and crystals aimed toward Paris on Saturday as Triple Espresso spearheads the USWNT in a showdown with Brazil and a well rested 🐐. Stay tuned after t...

Stefanie and Gina and you dear listeners survived a gauntlet of 8 hours of Olympic quarterfinal soccer, congrats and glute stretches all around. We are wildly speculating about what was on THE NOTE, celebrating Trinity Rodman going ful hero mode and getting ready to two semifinal clashes of teams that have alllllready played each other in this tournament. What a time to be alive!  Queers United In...

Stefanie and Gina deliver some rants and hot takes on the upcoming Olympic Quarterfinals. We recap the USWNT’s match v. the Matildas, mourn Marta’s red card exit from Brazil’s match v. Spain, plus is gymnastics all smoke and greenscreens?! Oh, and of course Happy National Girlfriends Dayyyy! Queers United International Footballers celebrates the women and nonbinary side of the beautiful game. ✨🌈...

Stefanie and Gina get into a threesome at a library in Paris…wait, no no no, that was all part of the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremonies…as you do. We’re dipping into the olympic women’s football action: there’s scandal, last minute golazos, first-half hat tricks that aren’t enough to seal the deal, choreographed dance numbers, welcomed threats of a Kristie Mewis/ Sam Kerr live stream…this oly...

Stefanie and Gina are gearing up for the summer of women’s soccer kicking off with the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics Football tournament. Jessica Luther joined us for an Olympics chaos discussion – seriously this 12-team tournament is stacked – all groups are groups of death, what happens next is anyone’s guess and we’re excited for the ride. And as always, girlfrie...

Stefanie and Gina are joined by freelance sports journalist and author, Jessica Luther to have a discussion about the latest on the San Diego Wave situation. We talk about the ins and outs of covering hard moments in sports fandom and our hopes for women’s sports forging their own unique path. As the author of Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan, Jessica kno...

Stefanie and Gina are on one this episode (maybe especially Gina?) we’ve got the USWNT Olympic roster drop to discuss, a trip to KC Current’s home stadium, we touch on the unfolding situation with the San Diego Wave and you KNOW we’re checking in on some international break travel between best-of-friends and teammates. #SPORTSMANSHIP! Queers United International Footballers celebrates the women an...

Stefanie and Gina connect across continents to bring you this ✨🌈PRIDE MONTH🌈✨ check in, catch up on allllll the amazing content coming our way in the women’s football/sports space, Offseason FC trailer, Kelley O’Hara accepts an award as a film EP, breaking down NWSL team pride merch and what’s happening as we slide into mid-season in the NWSL! Tune in next week for USWNT Olympic Roster chaaaaa...

Stefanie and Gina delve deeper into our conversation with Cheryl and Clair. We get into creating their patch business, Odd Colored Sheep, the amazing organizations their proceeds go to, and the growing patch culture in the NWSL. You don’t want to miss how Cheryl became besties with Brandi Chastain – patches just form strong bonds, y’all – and we’ll get into girlfriends of the week and journey fort...

Stefanie and Gina have known Cheryl and Clair through the Austin FC community, their badass patch business Odd Colored Sheep, and by living vicariously through their extensive travels for women’s football BUT we had no idea in sitting down for this interview we’d also uncover THE GAYEST LOVE STORY THAT EVER WAS TOLD. Dear listeners, get ready for Part 1 of the Patch Moms Saga: Gayest Love Story, l...