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A lot of soccer players can go their entire playing career never playing for a national team. An even smaller crowd get to the level where they get to represent their nation at the World Cup. Celia Jiménez Delgado at age 24 already has two World Cups campaigns under her belt. The Spanish international defender was drafted by Reign FC in 2018 and officially joined the squad this season this year.

The year gap allowed her to complete her degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Alabama, but she was still active on the soccer field. Splitting time at Seattle Sounder Women and FC Rosengård in Sweden allowed her to ease into a squad that has mainstays like Megan Rapinoe and Jess Fishlock, but also be part of a rising crops of young players that can play now and for years to come for Reign FC.

On this episode of "Coffee & Valkyries," get to know Celia, from chasing a dream of becoming a professional soccer player as a child to the present as her and her team prepare for a midweek rivalry match.

HOSTS

Susie Rantz (@SusieRants)

Jacob Cristobal (@jacobcristobal)

CREDITS

Artwork: Amy Camber

Music: "It Feels Good To Be Alive Too" by Loyalty Freak Music

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Way back in February, Will Bruin off-handedly mentioned to me that he’d like to do a podcast. I didn’t think much of it. But he was serious, or at least he seemed serious. He even announced it on Twitter.

Well, I think he may have underestimated just how hard it is to find time for things like recording a new podcast when you are also becoming a first-time father.

Six months later, though, we’re finally here. Somehow, we managed to not settle on a name yet, bu this is the first of what I hope is many podcasts.

The idea was to basically give Will room to just talk about stuff he’s interested in. We touched on the upcoming MLS CBA negotiations, got his thoughts on League Cup and how he went down a YouTube hole watching Sasquatch videos. Oh, we talked a lot about Jonathan Campbell’s Instagram page. Seriously, we talked a lot about that. Hope you enjoy and feel free to share ideas.

 

Musics: "Bumped into Bigfoot" - Bedford; "Cutthroat" - prod. by Syndrome

Jeremiah has a special guest, Sounders legend Brad Evans!

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The Women's World Cup is firmly in the rear view mirror, and the NWSL is now taking center stage, trying to capitalize on the momentum from the tournament. 

A number of teams have posted impressive attendance numbers, and they have a new sponsorship deal with Budweiser, but there is still a lot to be done.

To discuss the next steps for the league, I called up Jonathan Tannenwald, writer for the Philly Inquirer who spent several weeks at the WWC in France. We discuss his experience at the tournament, the successes and setbacks there, and what the NWSL is doing (or not) to use the boost from the tournament make inroads with the soccer consumers stateside. 

We also delve a little into the teams specifically, and the challenges they’re facing in their respective markets. Finally, we chat about the role US soccer, MLS and SUM will play in helping the league grow.

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The one where Mark and Jeremiah talk about Houston and Transfers. 

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Last season, goalkeeper Michelle Betos returned to Reign FC. She was with the team for the inaugural season in 2013 but then spent time at four different clubs before coming back in 2018. This season, she made 4 appearances and was pretty much entrenched as the starter while Lydia Williams was off at the World Cup. Then on May 18, her season came to an abrupt and tragic end as she ruptured her Achilles tendon.

It's very much a career-altering injury but Betos is determined to not let it outright end her career. And on this episode of the podcast, she gives an update on her road to recovery, her thoughts on the state of the club as they begin the second half of the campaign, and more.

HOSTS

Susie Rantz (@SusieRants)

Jacob Cristobal (@jacobcristobal)

CREDITS

Artwork: Amy Camber

Music: "It Feels Good To Be Alive Too" by Loyalty Freak Music

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All things considered, this seems to be a good time to be doing a live show. After a bit of a rough patch, the Sounders have now won 3 of 4, and find themselves second in the west and second in the Supporters’ Shield standings by points per game. Their latest win was probably their best of the season, beating the defending MLS Cup champs 2-1 at home.

The scoreline doesn’t quite do the performance justice. The Sounders had the far superior chances on the whole -- only giving up two shots on goal -- which showed in a season-best expected goals total. 

It was a performance I think we were all hoping to see from the Sounders, especially given that they were playing with as close to a first-choice squad as they’ve had for months after getting Raul Ruidiaz, Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan back from international duty.

This week's music: Perry Como - "Seattle", "RVIVR - "Ocean Song", Woody Guthrie - "Roll On Columbia", "Your Journey Begins" - OurMusicBox (Jay Man) (CC BY 4.0)

Thanks to James Woollard, Sounders Public Address Announcer, for doing our sponsor reads. You can follow him on Twitter at @BritVoxUS - if you’re looking for a British Voice to advertise your business or non-profit, please reach out to him.

Want to hear the music from the show in their glorious, full versions? Check out the Nos Audietis playlist on Spotify!

The Chicago Fire entered MLS red-hot, winning MLS Cup in their first year. While the first ten years of the team's existence on the field was by any measure good, their off-field (along with a ill-fated move into the suburbs) have left the team all but irrelevant in the Chicago area. The change in ownership coupled with restrictive lease terms on the stadium only served to make matters worse.

However, the Fire look set to leave Bridgeview and return to Soldier Field in Chicago, but is playing in a 65,000 seat stadium really a cure for the disease, or could it actually make matters worse? I discussed the state of the Fire with Guillermo Rivera, writer for The Athletic, and Nicole Hack, chair of the Section 8 supporters group (warning, audio is a bit wonky on this episode; apologies in advance).

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Remember when Seattle killed soccer? Well, we get to do that get. 

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Back in Columbus! And while I was here, it would have been remiss of me not to talk some Save the Crew. So I gathered four guests who were intimately involved in the fight from start to finish. Morgan Hughes, David Miller, Charles Campisano and Darby Schnarfus joined me to talk about the political, legal and public relations fight to save the team. 

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