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And just like that, Canada are Olympic gold medal champions.

Wow. Just ... wow. It's not like us to have trouble finding words, and yet.

This episode was tough for us to do justice. Beating the USA for the first time in 20 years. Winning Olympic gold in a nerve-wracking and challenging final. Our final episode. These are all such Big Deals for us. But, like always, we we sat down and started talking about what we love—the Canadian women's national team.

We admit, it feels like absolute poetry we had the privilege of ending on this glorious high note. In this episode, we talk about:

- the semi-final match vs. USA

- the final gold medal match vs. Sweden

- what we hope for the future of this team and this sport

- and finally, we make a call to action to anyone who loves this game and feels like they have something to share; your voice is no smaller than ours so if you've been thinking about sitting down in front of a podcasting microphone (not even a very good one, ours was terrible for the first few years) our advice is to just do it.

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In Jess's words, "I can't even say how much I love this team."

After coming second in Group E following a draw with Great Britain, Canada opposed Brazil in the quarter-finals and will advance to the semi-finals following a dramatic win in penalty kicks.

In this episode we talk about the matches vs. Great Britain and Brazil in an attempt to process all our emotions. We also talk about our upcoming semi-final match vs. USA and Canada's chances to take a medal in the finals.

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So far Canada is sitting second in Group E after two matches against Japan and Chile as the 2021 Olympics got started in Tokyo this last week.

In this episode, we discuss both matches, including the starting XI and substitutes, what we liked, what we didn't like, and all the dramatics that come along with an Olympics soccer tournament.

We also looked ahead to what it's going to take to beat our next opponent, Great Britain, to ensure Canada comes out on top of the group before heading to the quarter finals.

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For Kicks Update by Jessica and Katie

With the Tokyo Olympics kicking off in a little over a week, our focus is in full Olympics mode. We start our coverage with this mini episode and will have extra episodes during the tournament.

In this one we talk about:

- the final CANWNT Olympic roster and the decision to change to a more flexible full roster of 22

- Diana Matheson's retirement announcement

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In this episode, we discuss:

- Canada vs Czech Republic

- Canada vs Brazil

- Who we think is on the Olympic roster

- Local women's footy news

In this episode, we discuss:

- Canada's 28-person camp roster

- Canada's upcoming friendlies against Czech Republic and Brazil

In this episode, we discuss:

- Canada's friendlies against Wales and England

- The standout players in those two friendlies

- Who we think is a lock for the Olympic roster

In this episode:

- we discuss the CANWNT in the SheBelieves Cup

- the team's scoring woes, and what we saw that we liked and disliked from Canada's performance

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In this episode:

- we have Meaghen Johnson, Canadian women’s soccer contributor/manager/producer for TSN, on the podcast for a pre-SheBelieves Cup chat about the CANWNT

- UWS + NISA partnership to create another professional women's soccer league for 2022

- St. Albert Impact Supporters Group

- the upcoming watch parties we're hosting with NWSL Vancouver, wsoccer.ca, and FC Mingo for the SheBelieves Cup

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