Welcome to episode 86 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, Skye and Sylvs discuss the chaos of the NWSL of the final matchday, and discuss NWSL Playoffs and format with a few predictions. Then they deep dive into the importance of listening to your community all the time , not just when it's convenient for sustainable paths forward to truly grow WOSO. Lastly, we give you our Hits and Riffs and  Raves of the Week. 

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Much love and appreciation to KC Nevijay for letting us use some of his beats and mixes within many of our episodes. His beat appears at the intro piece at the beginning of the episode. Peep his other work at YouTube Channel @ KC Nevijay

Also much love and gratitude goes to D.O.P.E Chick Beats for allowing us to use some of her beats for several of our episodes. Her beats appear during SBFC Superlatives and at the end of the episode.  Follow her on ig :  alexandria_theaudiowiz and on twitter: DOPECHICKBEATS

Photo featured in this  episode is of Sydney Leroux after scoring an incredible bicycle kick for Angel City FC. This photo is courtesy of the NWSL on the NWSL Instagram