The SoccerGirl Podcast

This week on the podcast we chat with USWNT legend Shannon Boxx. We chat about the current USWNT team and NWSL, her hopes for the future of the league and becoming a part owner of Angel City FC. We also learn so much from Shannon about playing with an autoimmune disease, the challenges that came with playing with lupus and how once she told her teammates how incredible their support was. Shannon's...

Today on the podcast we chat with Canadian National Team and Juventus FC's Julia Grosso. Julia tells us about coming out of her comfort zone by playing in Italy and how her game has grown and elevated so much by challenging herself to do so. She also chats with us about what she loves most about the Canadian National team and the benefits of having a team mental health coach. We loved hearing abou...

This week on the podcast we chat with Angel City FC defender, Paige Nielsen. Paige tells us about her journey back from her blood clot injury (from the first day of preseason last year) and what the recovery process looked like. She also tells us about why her biggest mentor was her mom and how she always believed that her kids could always do whatever they put their mind to and undoubtedly believ...

Today on the podcast we chat with FSU alum and current NC Courage pro, Malia Berkely. We chat with Malia about playing overseas in France, how she grew as a player there and her biggest advice to joining a new team, embrace it! She also talks about how quickly things can change in women's soccer, how you will be challenged but to stick with it and stay true to yourself and your journey.  Learn mor...

Today on the podcast we chat with OL Reign's Marley Canales. We chat with Marley about how being goal-oriented can help in your success both on and off the field. We also loved hearing Marley talk about the impact of team culture on the OL Reign and the importance of how helping your team in anyway you can! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the podcast we have OL Reign and Brazilian National Team's Angelina Alonso Costantino. Angelina tells us about her ACL injury and recovery with the support of her teammates, staff and trainers. We also find out about the biggest difference betweens living and playing in Brazil vs US.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the podcast we chat with Canadian National team and Houston Dash's Devon Kerr. Dev tells us about how she grew up playing more than one sport and what she thinks others can gain as an athlete and person from doing the same. She talks about her humbling experience in college and how her Coach told her what qualities she needed to grow to become a better teammate and player.  Dev also talks...

Today on the podcast we have Orlando Pride and Brazilian National Team's Thais Reiss. Thais tells us about her journey to play college soccer in the states, the challenges off the field, learning a new language (and taking college classes in that language) to leading by example on her college team and being a big part of the growth to the next level for the team. Thais also talks about what it's l...

Today on the podcast we chat with Chicago Red Stars keeper, Emily Boyd. We chat with Emily about her hopes for the 2023 season with a very new and young Chicago Red Stars team and how to treat new teammates to feel welcome and comfortable. Emily is really passionate about nutrition and having healthy foods available to everyone. We loved hearing tips from her on how to fuel properly as an athlete....

Today on the podcast we have midfielder Nicole Baxter. Nicole played on Gotham FC last year and before that played professionally in Sweden. Nicole tells us about her journey, from graduating college to getting a desk job and finding out she had lyme disease which caused her to take a step back. Part of her recovery was living a "stress-free" life which included for Nicole an outlet to have fun an...

This week on the pod we have San Diego Wave and English Women's National Team, Carly Telford. Carly gives great advice on how to stay positive and be a supportive teammate in all roles. She also talks about how your comfortability in goal and strong mentality in goal can be influenced by how early you learn technique, and tells us about how far the goal keeper union has progressed since she was yo...

Today on the podcast we chat with Orlando Prides' Carrie Lawrence. Carrie gives great advice on owning up to mistakes, taking countability and growing from them, often it's the harder path to take but you'll learn the most about yourself from it. She also chats with us about her growth on the mental side of the game including shedding the "embarrassed" feeling of not playing in a game as well as h...

Today on the podcast we chat Savannah McCaskill of Angel City FC. Savannah gives great advice on how you can show leadership in different ways and roles on  different teams, and that doesn't mean you have to be a captain to be a leader. We also loved hearing how she stays motivated and avoids burnout by keeping busy off the field and not letting soccer consume you at all times (even when you want...

Today on podcast we chat with NC Courage and Irish National Team's, Denice O'Sullivan. Denise tells us about how she has grown as a player since coming to the NWSL, including her mentality and her intensity. She also talks about the growth of her national team, how their passion and hard work has led them to making the 2023 WWC. We loved hearing about her taking courses to get her coaching license...

Today on the podcast we chat with USWNT and North Carolina Courage's keeper, Casey Murphy. Casey gives great advice to keepers on how to deal with the pressure in a tough position and balancing nerves with good feelings. She also chats with us about taking ownership and learning from mistakes so you can grow as a player. We especially loved learning about how she goes into every practice with 2-3...

Today on the podcast we chat with Chicago Red Stars' Ella Stevens. Ella played college soccer at Duke before being drafted by the Red Stars in 2020. Her Coach describes her as having a "don't give up attitude" on the field but we also see it off the field in dealing with a chronic back injury in college and learning how to properly take care of the injury and really heal rather then just putting a...

Today we chat with Head Coach Margueritte Aozasa. Margueritte is the first head coach in NCAA women’s soccer history to win a national championship in their rookie season! Her team also made history. Her UCLA team also made history Monday night coming back from a 2-0 deficit to force overtime and defeat UNC 3-2 win the National Championship. Margueritte tells us about the game, what made her team...

Today on the podcast we have forward of Houston Dash and defender of the Nigerian National team, Michelle Alozie. And yes you read that right, playing professionally on two completely different places on the field is just one of the many examples of how Michelle puts herself out there and is capable of doing whatever she puts her mind to. After getting a degree in from Yale and then the University...

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Today on the podcast we chat Chicago Red Stars defender, Tatumn Milazzo. Tatumn gives great advice on college recruiting and how planning the order of your visits can help set you up for success.  She also chats about the importance of having a support system and the advice she would give younger self would be that "it's okay to talk about your feelings with that support system."  Get a FREE 1 yea...

Today on the podcast we chat with María Sánchez of the Houston Dash and Mexico Women National team. We loved hearing María's incredible story from growing up with no club soccer to playing on a D1 college team and then on a whim traveled hours to an open try out for the national team (you'll have to listen for all the amazing details). She gives great advice to other players who may not have the t...

Today we chat with Portland Thorn's defender, Kelli Hubly. Kelli tells us about the exciting Championship win last weekend and what makes this Portland squad special as well what makes the backline work so well. We also found Kelli's college experience extremely inspirational, from being suspended on her collegiate soccer team to finding out she has an autoimmune disease that she had to step away...

Today on the podcast we chat with Angel City FC and Jamaican National team's, Allyson Swaby. Allyson tells us about playing pro in different countries and what it means to her to play on her national team. We loved hearing about the culture Angel City FC is building and all the celebs who she's seen at her games! We loved her advice on rising to the challenge and working hard no matter what team y...

Today on the podcast we chat with Tyler Lussi, Angel City FC forward and Princeton University. Tyler emphasizes the why and how of her “always on” mindset and how it paved the way for her success today. She gives great advice on the recruiting process and talks about her passion to help other athletes find their perfect fit school. We also chat about her hopes for the future of the NWSL and women'...

We have journalist Meg Linehan back on the podcast to chat about what's happened in the NWSL  since her story broke last year about the sexual misconduct allegations in the NWSL and the structural changes that need to take place in order for women's sports to grow and be treated equally. We chat about the key take aways from her article, what's currently happening (including just this week the Sal...