Diaspora United

The NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup is upon us and oh would ya look at that our friends at Our Futbol Pod just announced their new platforms and celebrated 150 episodes! So Courtney & André invited one of the cohosts, Amelia Lopez, onto the pod to give us everything we need to know about the six Liga MX Femenil sides in the tournament.

We go group by group to discuss the history, present-day success, players to watch and predictions for Tijuana, América, Tigres, Pachuca, Chivas, and the champs, Monterrey.

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Courtney & André are back to review the USWNT's two matches before flying off to Paris.

Courtney saw concerning things in the match against Mexico, and André saw concerning things in the match against Costa Rica. We discuss the trends that have us #shooketh, and what can be done about them.

It's not all bad though, S.O.S. scored the only goal across both games and hit us with another catharsis celly, and Tierna Davidson hit an incredible pass. But uh, yeah, other than that........um........hm. Ok!

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Courtney & André are joined by Sylvs (a.k.a. Shea) of Shea Butter FC for a mini crossover to preview the Olympics! Part 1 on She Butter FC's feed is our breakdown of the USWNT's roster, so we start off by analyzing Brazil, Canada, Japan and Australia's squads. Then we preview each group by asking which is actually the dreaded Group of Death, discuss matchups in each group we're most hyped for, predict the top scorer in each group, and decide who we think will make it to the knockout round. New Zealand, we are sorry in advance. Anyway, come vibe w...

We hit the midpoint of the NWSL season so Courtney & André decided it was time for a vibe check!

First, though, we previewed the NWSL Summer Cup cause we're both kinda hype about it. We predict winners, and why it's an important competition for the two leagues to continue playing one another.

Then we vibe check all NWSL teams. If they're ballin, we look at why, what they're doing, and standout performers. If they're not, we look at why not, and if anything can be done to improve their season in the next dozen games.

Courtney & André review key moments over the NWSL weekend, including Soph Smith entering NWSL shithousing lore, Liz Ball hitting an DIME, Syd Leroux's ancestral assist, and Christen Press joining team training after 730 days.

Then we shift our focus to international football to talk about Argentina women's players leaving camp and reporting poor treatment. Then we get into the Summer Of Soccer and review all the matches + tournaments kicking off in addition to the Olympics.

We also talk about a couple transfer rumors, plus an accidental Heated when we said we weren't gonna do Heated & Hyped – oop...

With Sister Emma's first callup, training camp and matches before she must name her USWNT Olympic squad, we decided we needed another crossover!

In this episode we look at each position group and discuss who's on the bubble, who might've played their way into contention, and who might've played their way out.

We ask 'Where the yung GKs at?', 'Will we see an emphasis on center backs over fullbacks?', 'Did #5 player her way out of contention?', 'Will Emma Hayes make a football decision regarding Morgan?', and a LOT more.

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Moments after Sister Emma picked up her first dub in her first official game, Courtney & André hopped on the mics.

We talk about the starting XI, Mallory Swanson being great, base formations versus in- and out-of-possession formations, why the two styles of goals were notable, plus our wants for the second matchup with South Korea.

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Fresh off hoisting her fifth consecutive WSL title and 16th Chelsea trophy overall, the Sister Emma USWNT era has now officially begun with a roster drop ahead of two June friendlies versus South Korea.

Courtney & André hop on the mics with 1/2 of Shea Butter FC, Skye, to discuss the drop. We get into each position group, why we're hype or have questions, and also look at who may have been left out. After a break, we also get into what we expect to be different about the USWNT under Emma Hayes.

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It's been a minute so Courtney & André power through loads of woso news. We start with a sad addition to the sick & shut-in list, then talk about the Women's Club World Cup, Brazil's 2027 World Cup bid, and FIFA threatening to suspend Zambia.

Then we move to the NWSL to spotlight Orlando de Janeiro, and discuss how there's a lot more happening down there than Barbra Banda (though she is outrageous). We also discuss Kansas City, Gotham and Portland, plus André goes on a rant about Jaedyn Shaw and Casey Stoney.

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Courtney & André review the shambolic shenanigans at Stamford Bridge. Courtney was in London to see the heist in person, and gives her eyewitness account. We talk about how frustrating it was that a ref ruined the most intriguing 150 minutes of football all season.

Then we update the NWSL weekend that was, including Barbra Banda reintroducing herself, Jaedyn Shaw doing a madness, and Reilyn Turner being the truth.

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