NWSL This Week Podcast

By Dan Lauletta, Bekki Morgan, and Michael MinnichSports Soccer

NWSL This Week Podcast episodes

January 27, 2025 Ep. 23: Remembering the Draft Class of '14
This week, Dan and Michael recap the 2014 NWSL Draft that marked the career births of Crystal Dunn, Julie Ertz, Vanessa DiBernardo and others. Bekki joins the discussion to break down Angel City’s coaching decision, the potential Dash sale, and more

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59 min
January 22, 2025 Episode 22: Moves and shake-ups
This week, Dan, Bekki, and Michael discuss all the latest moves in the NWSL including the re-signing of Christen Press to Angel City, Jaedyn Shaw’s surprise move to the North Carolina Courage, and more. We also debate the potential value of adding a designated player to the roster rules and discuss if we’re entering a post-scandal era in the NWSL fandom.

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58 min
January 13, 2025 Ep. 22: Schedule footprint, U.S. callups and more
Dan and Michael go off the cuff to discuss Brazilians in Washington, surprising names in national team camp, the 2025 NWSL schedule footprint and more!

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1 hr 1 min
January 06, 2025 Ep. 20: Talking soccer analytics with Evan Davis
We kick off the new year discussing advanced soccer analytics with Evan Davis, co-host of the xowngoals podcast.

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1 hr 2 min
December 30, 2024 Ep. 19: All I want for New Year's is a better NWSL
For the final episode of 2024, Dan, Bekki, and Michael discuss New Year’s resolutions they would like to see for the NWSL in the new year ahead.

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1 hr 1 min
December 17, 2024 Special Episode: Becky says goodbye
Dan and Michael fire up the mics to discuss the retirement of one of the all-time greats. Becky Sauerbrunn hung up her cleats on Tuesday.

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23 min
December 16, 2024 Episode 18: Putting the 2024 Orlando Pride into perspective
This week, Dan and Michael attempt to put the Orlando Pride’s 2024 NWSL Championship series into perspective. Plus more drama in Boston and could NWSL soon be more talked about than MLS?

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1 hr 4 min
December 09, 2024 Episode 17: The best of the rest
In this episode, we discuss how the playoff teams made out, who seems poised to stay in the mix next season, and who might be destined for a drop down the table. The week’s biggest free agent and front office moves are also discussed.

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1 hr 1 min
December 02, 2024 Episode 16: What went wrong for the non-playoff teams?
With the NWSL playoffs and championship in the books, Dan, Bekki, and Michael discuss what went wrong for the 6 sides that failed to qualify. And analyze which ones are best positioned to flip the script in 2025.

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1 hr 1 min
November 25, 2024 Episode 15: The Pride take the crown
The Orlando Pride achieved a storybook ending to their spectacular 2024 season by winning the NWSL championship against the Washington Spirit. We discuss the game, the controversies, and the atmosphere at the final as well as Jessica Berman's news about expansion.

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1 hr 3 min