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Courtney & André get to chat about the new NWSL CBA with two people who helped make it happen, Simone Charley (Vice President, NWSLPA) & Meghann Burke (Executive Director, NWSLPA)!

We talk about what it's like to negotiate with NWSL owners, getting on the same page as players, the big brains across the NWSL, player autonomy and empowerment, why they fought for massive changes and what it took to secure them, and more.

Also, while the completed document hasn't been released, we ask about details in the final document that they're most excited about—and get some ter...

Courtney & André love when labor wins so after discussing public transportation and Courtney's questionable Citi Bike habits, we talk about the NWSLPA unveiling a brand new CBA. We review the main topics, give a shoutout to all involved, and discuss why and how we think it will make the league better.

After that we dive into the return of the NWSL. We shoutout some clubs who seem primed to do some ballin the rest of the way (Seattle Reign, Utah Royals, maybe Rahsing Louisville), and whomst might struggle (San Diego Wavé, Bay FC). We talk about Jill El...

Courtney & André get you ready for the restart of the NWSL season. There are just ten matchdays to go and everyone on the table has a reason to scrap til the last minute of their season.

We review the league table and fights for position to come, good and bad summer moves, trading rookies, which teams currently out of the playoff picture we think will battle their way to the postseason, and more.

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Courtney & André chat with the host of Tested, Rose Eveleth. Tested is a six-episode podcast series that digs into the history, and unfortunate present, of sex testing in women's sports. It also chronicles athletes subjected to these tests and how it impacts their lives and careers.

Rose discusses the depth of journalism that went into the near-decade long project, and her journey pitching the series. We delve into current examples of harmful policing of women's bodies, including the gross social media firestorm that wrongly surrounded Algerian boxer Imane Khelif during the Olympics.

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Courtney & André review the USWNT's 1-0 win over Brazil to secure the gold medal in Emma Hayes's first international tournament!

We discuss an intense first half, and why Hayes might have gotten away with a few iffy calls. We also laud Brazil, who were an offside flag, a penalty non-call and an Alyssa Naeher save away from going into halftime with the lead.

We also talk about what changed in the second half, plus have a discussion about The Balds™. Then we pay tribute to the Blackest USWNT ever, and thank the trailblazers who came bef...

Courtney & André react to a wild quarterfinal round in the Olympic, and a semifinal round full of suffering and surprises.

André is big mad at Japan's approach while Courtney flames France as Croissant Norway, then we cackle about Spain getting back-to-back doses of CONMEBOL. We discuss "real football", boiled noggins, clutch goals, Naomi Girma's greatness, Trinity Rodman's ascent, and whether suffering is truly necessary.

We also preview the gold medal match and why, no matter the outcome, we will be both big happy and big sad at the final whistle.

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Courtney & André review a whirlwind slew of games in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. It was chaotic, spicy, delightful, delicious, heartbreaking, annoying, and full of bangers—so we talk about it all!

Then we shift into Heated & Hyped, where Courtney has some words for NABJ, André is mad at the International Olympic Committee's lack of understanding of social media. But we end on a high, with both of u being hype for the return of CP23 and André loving the NWSL x LigaMXF Summer Cup.

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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...