Full Time: A show about women's soccer
Kanaal Besonderhede
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
Full Time is The Athletic’s dedicated podcast for the U.S. women’s national team, the National Women’s Soccer League, and the larger world of international women's soccer. Three times a week, join Meg Linehan, Tamerra Griffin and Jillian Sakovits as they tackle the culture, context, and conversation...
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Chris Armas on what he will bring to KC Current & NWSL | Inside Gotham's FIFA Women's Champions Cup preparations
After a record-breaking season, the Kansas City Current made a shock head coaching switch and in came Chris Armas for his first-ever job in profession...
What Sam Coffey's move to Manchester City means for the WSL
Manchester City are six points clear at the top of the English Women's Super League table, but they're not stopping there. What does the blockbuster a...
Why Lindsey Heaps signed for Denver Summit & inside Angel City's move for Emily Sams
NWSL expansion team Denver Summit got its hometown star, announcing this week that U.S. captain Lindsey Heaps is headed home this summer. So why did H...
The method behind the USWNT's January roster | Phallon Tullis-Joyce on Manchester United, science and UWCL
Emma Hayes has announced her first U.S. women's national team roster of 2026 and it looks a bit different from normal. So, what's the method behind th...
Meghann Burke on why the NWSLPA opposes the High Impact Player rule
The NWSL Players' Association has opposed the league's new High Impact Player rule, but what exactly is at the root of the opposition? And, what is th...
Navigating the NWSL's High Impact Player rule & the NWSLPA's response
Last week, the NWSL announced it had introduced a roster mechanism to allow teams to pay certain players up to $1 million above the current salary cap...
2025 in review: England's dramatic Euros glory, WAFCON culture in Morocco & Marta's epic Copa America
2025 is almost over, so it's time to look back at a remarkable summer of international women's soccer
On this special edition of Full Time, re-l...
Holiday gifts for every NWSL team
If you could, what holiday gift would you get for every NWSL team? A gift that would take care of their biggest need ahead of the 2026 season?
O...
Is the new Women's Champions League format a success?
The first-ever UEFA Women's Champions League Swiss-style league phase is in the books, but was the inaugural campaign in the new format a success?
What Sophia Wilson returning to Portland means for the NWSL & USWNT
On this edition of Full Time, Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan unpack the return of Sophia Wilson to the Portland Thorns and what it means for her to e...
NWSL at a crossroads: How Trinity Rodman's next contract could usher in a new era
The NWSL is at a crossroads. As the league and the Washington Spirit hash out the ways to keep Trinity Rodman, a new era of superstar spending, salary...
Why did the NWSL reject the Washington Spirit's contract offer to Trinity Rodman?
The NWSL is at risk of losing one of its biggest superstars. But what exactly is holding back the Washington Spirit from re-signing Trinity Rodman?
2025 Top Moments, 2026 Hype List & Mailbag
On a very special episode of the Full Time podcast, hosts Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan are on the podcast together for the final time in 2025.
Grading the USWNT's 2025
This week, the USWNT closed out 2025 with two shutouts against Italy. But what did we learn from the two stellar performances in those games, and how...
Briana Scurry & Aly Wagner on how will the past shape the future of women's soccer?
For the first time, the Full Time podcast hosted a live event at the 2025 NWSL Championship in San Jose, CA, where U.S. women's national team legends...
Haley Carter on leadership, Lauren Holiday talks community, Temwa Chawinga chats greatness & more
It's a blockbuster episode of Full Time, loaded with special guests and legends of women's soccer.
Recorded live from the San Jose Civic in the...
Does Gotham's NWSL Championship final win make them a dynasty?
NJ/NY Gotham FC are the 2025 NWSL Champions. Seemingly, against all odds, the lowest-ever seeded champions just kept on showing up. And now, with two...
Live in San Jose with Midge Purce & Croix Bethune
Live from the San Jose Civic, it's a very special episode of the Full Time podcast building up to the 2025 NWSL Championship Final in the Bay Area.
Gotham and Washington Spirit reach final & will Trinity Rodman stay in the NWSL?
NJ/NY Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit are heading to the NWSL Championship Final.
On this week's Full Time Review, Jillian Sakovits is join...
What it means for Atlanta to be the next NWSL expansion team
The NWSL is coming to Atlanta. Following The Athletic's Asli Pelit's report on Sunday, on Tuesday, it was officially announced that the capital of Geo...
Who should win the 2025 NWSL Awards?
How do you measure Most Valuable Player? Who deserves Coach of the Year? What sort of midfielder is worthy of Midfielder of the Year?
On this we...
Did Gotham pull off the biggest NWSL Playoff upset ever?
For the first time in NWSL history, a No.8 defeated the top seed in the playoffs. But this wasn't just any top seed. This was a record-breaking Kansas...
What NWSL Playoffs and fashion mean to Mandy Freeman & Kenza Dali
The 2025 NWSL Playoffs are here, and they’re bigger than ever. And that means, on this episode of Full Time Focus, host Jillian Sakovits is joined by...
Everything you need to know about the 2025 NWSL Playoffs
Leaves are falling, soup season is upon us, and the NWSL Playoffs are back!
On this week's Full Time podcast, hosts Tamerra Griffin and Meg Line...
Racing Louisville ends playoff curse & more drama from NWSL Decision Day
On a dramatic Decision Day, Racing Louisville has clinched a spot in the NWSL playoffs for the first time in team history. But how did Bev Yanez's tea...
Bev Yanez on her coaching journey & Racing Louisville's date with destiny
In 2011, after the Women's Professional Soccer league folded, Bev Yanez flew to Japan to hold onto her dreams of being a soccer player. That journey c...
Lessons from the USWNT's October window & why the NWSL needs clarity on where it stands
The U.S. women's national team's October window has come to an end. But what did we learn from the trio of friendlies against Portugal and New Zealand...
How the youthful USWNT bounced back against Portugal
Just three days after their worst performance under head coach Emma Hayes, the U.S. women's national team burst back into life with a rejuvenating 3-1...
What went wrong for the USWNT against Portugal?
Did the USWNT just put in its worst performance under head coach Emma Hayes?
On this week's Full Time Focus, host Jillian Sakovits is joined by...
First draft: USWNT 2027 World Cup roster
For months now, U.S. women's national team head coach Emma Hayes has stated that she wanted to identify her core group for the 2027 World Cup cycle by...
Injury fears for Temwa Chawinga & Rose Lavelle magic in New Jersey
The NWSL and soccer world held their collective breaths when Temwa Chawinga went down in Saturday's upset defeat of the KC Current by the Houston Dash...
Trinity Rodman injury latest & how Kay Cossington is building Bay Collective
On this week's episode of Full Time Focus, host Jillian Sakovits is joined by Meg Linehan to unpack the latest U.S. women's national team roster that...
Christen Press’s legacy in NWSL, USWNT and beyond
One of the most iconic women's soccer players of the 20th century is hanging up her boots. Christen Press has announced she is retiring at the end of...
KC Current break more records & are the Orlando Pride out of its slump?
Records, they absolutely hate to see the Kansas City Current coming. Another week means more history made at CPKC Stadium as the number one team in th...
Avery Patterson talks the Houston Dash's growth and USWNT gratitude
On this week's episode of Full Time Focus, host Jillian Sakovits is joined by Avery Patterson to go inside the Houston Dash’s impressive second half o...
Why is NWSL attendance down?
After several years of significant growth, NWSL attendances are decreasing. But why is this? And, by how much?
On this week's Full Time podcast...
The WSL's 'Big Four' gets complicated & the Women's Champions League returns
The English Women's Super League traditional 'Big Four' all clashed this past weekend, but what did we learn from those two blockbuster matches?
Riley Jackson: Teenage NWSL starter, budding journalist with a USWNT future
In 2023, Riley Jackson turned down an athletic scholarship at Duke University to turn professional with the North Carolina Courage in the NWSL. Two ye...
How do we fix women's soccer awards?
Last week, Aitana Bonmati won her third consecutive Ballon d’Or – essentially crowning her as the best player in the world for a third consecutive sea...
How Gotham is using Rose Lavelle and Jaedyn Shaw to go up a gear
One month ago, NJ/NY Gotham FC was sitting eighth in the NWSL standings and questions were mounting about their playoff credentials and who would be s...