Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman welcome North Carolina Courage defender and NWSL PA representative Merritt Mathias to the podcast. Merritt was an active part of the CBA negotiations and helped the players association come to terms of a deal for the league’s first-ever CBA ahead of its 10th season. Merritt discusses how she got involved with the Players Association, her personal fight for a CBA, the most important points of the deal and how it feels heading into 2022 NWSL preseason with rights. 

Merritt's involvement in the CBA (2:48)

Free Agency (10:28)

A standard for Fields (14:58)

Threatening a strike (29:33)

Announcement of the CBA (35:07)

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