The Lion's Pitch

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On this very special episode, we are joined by CTID Cast, Six Point Weekend, and The Uproar.

We kick off by talking about the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup game against Orlando Pride, which ended in a draw. The Courage clinched the victory in PKs, largely due to Marisa Bova's outstanding performance, which included two crucial saves in her professional debut. Even with the Olympic athletes' absence, the team's performance was exceptional!

With it being about halfway through the season, we picked our outstanding players of 2024 (so far):

• Ryan Williams
• Manaka
• Narumi Miura
• Riley Jackson
• Kaleigh Kurtz
• Ashley Sanchez

Everyone explains what we need for the last half of the season:

• Score more
• Adjust to new and returning players after the Olympics
• Road wins
• Take down top-of-the-table teams
• Full squad availability
• Get selfish in the final third and shoot

Everyone shares where they think we'll finish this season and in the post. With the mountain climb to the top, everyone believes we'll be around 3-5th place with a third star at the end of this season. This team has so much upside, and the rest of the season will be fantastic.

We end with the most significant impact player of the season (who wasn't previously covered):

• Kerolin
• Cortnee Vine
• Olivia Wingate
• Brianna Pinto
• Denise O'Sullivan
• Feli Rauch

Do y'all agree with our selection, or is there an outstanding player we missed? Your opinion matters to us. Leave us a review and let us know who and why.

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. New content is released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod. We’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

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• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

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In This Episode

The North Carolina Courage beat Racing Louisville at home. For the first time in Courage history, they came back after being down at half. Trevor and Katie discuss the three beautiful goals and the impactful half-time subs of Meredith Speck, Olivia Wingate, and Manaka Matsukubo. We give special recognition to Narumi Miura and Ashley Sanchez for their outstanding performance and impressive stats. We go on to provide an Olympic refresher with Casey Murphy, Sydney Collins, Kerolin Nicoli, Feli Rauch (alternative), and Courtnee Vine, all named to their rosters.

We take a look around the league to relive that beautiful game against KC Current and Orlando Pride. We also take a moment to address what is going on at San Diego Wave, the Angel City FC sale.

The NC Courage win 3-1 against Racing Louisville.

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. New content is released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod. We’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

Subscribe & Follow

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and find us online at lionspitch.com or follow us on Twitter @lionspitch.

• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

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In This Episode

The North Carolina Courage beat the Washington Spirit on the road. With Trevor out, long-time supporter Jeff joins us on the pod to discuss our first road win of the season. In this episode, we discuss the revenge goal from Ashley Sanchez, neutralizing Trinity Roadman and Croix Bethune, Denise O'Sullivan's continued outstanding performance, and Narumi Miura's best game yet. We end by talking game stats, look towards Racing Louisville, discuss the Amy Rodriguez and Casey Stoney news.

The NC Courage win 0-1 against the Washington Spirit.

Find Jeff on Twitter, or at a game in section 204!

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. New content is released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod. We’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

Subscribe & Follow

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and find us online at lionspitch.com or follow us on Twitter @lionspitch.

• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

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In This Episode

The North Carolina Courage beat the Chicago Red Stars. The Courage ended their goal drought in exciting fashion, with three goals from three different players: Tyler Lussi, Ashley Sanchez, and Meredith Speck. Riley Jackson got her first start, and we discussed how she looked. We share our love of Brianna Pinto and how we would love to see her get more starts. Then we dive into stats, take a look ahead at our Saturday match Washington Spirit, and briefly touch on our thoughts on the potential Olympic roster (which had yet to be announced as of recording).

The NC Courage win 3-1 against the the Chicago Red Stars

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. New content is released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod. We’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

Subscribe & Follow

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and find us online at lionspitch.com or follow us on Twitter @lionspitch.

• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

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In This Episode

The NC Courage tie Orlando Pride. We discuss how we've never been so relieved with a tie and how great the team looked, in fact, perhaps the best they've looked. With Ryan Williams out on a red, the team stepped up and were able to play their game against the Pride. Since September of last year, no team has been able to keep the Pride from scoring. We take ahead to the Chicago Red Stars and discuss what went on in the league.

The NC Courage end level 0-0 against the Orlando Pride.

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. We’ll kick off on March 21, with new content released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod and we’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

Subscribe & Follow

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and find us online at lionspitch.com or follow us on Twitter @lionspitch.

• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The NC Courage lose to the Portland Thorns. We discuss how we should have come out with at least a point, the Sophia Smith red card and where we have been lacking. We also touch on TST, look around the league and expansion.

The NC Courage lose 1-0 to the Portland Thorns.

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. We’ll kick off on March 21, with new content released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod and we’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

Subscribe & Follow

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and find us online at lionspitch.com or follow us on Twitter @lionspitch.

• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In This Episode

The NC Courage lost to the Houston Dash. We discuss yet another road loss, some fantastic standout player stats, and our optimism for our away game against the Portland Thorns.

The NC Courage win 3-0 to the Utah Royals.

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. We’ll kick off on March 21, with new content released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod and we’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

Subscribe & Follow

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and find us online at lionspitch.com or follow us on Twitter @lionspitch.

• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In This Episode

The NC Courage beat the Utah Royals in their return to WakeMed Soccer Park. We discuss Kaleigh Kurtz's beautiful goal, how aggressive the team looked and that winning feeling. We dive into the dominant stats, take a look around the league, and discuss the Courage roster for The Soccer Tournament (TST).

The NC Courage win 1-0 to the Utah Royals.

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. We’ll kick off on March 21, with new content released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod and we’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

Subscribe & Follow

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and find us online at lionspitch.com or follow us on Twitter @lionspitch.

• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In This Episode

The NC Courage fall to the KC Current. We discuss what's going on with our midfield, our scoring woes, and how we actually looked pretty good despite all that. We give a shout-out to Dani Weatherholt and Brianna Pinto, who had an excellent game.

The NC Courage lose 1-0 to KC Current.

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. We’ll kick off on March 21, with new content released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod and we’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

Subscribe & Follow

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and find us online at lionspitch.com or follow us on Twitter @lionspitch.

• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In This Episode

The NC Courage lost both away games against Orlando Pride and NJ/NY Gotham. We welcome Trevor back after his vacation to discuss the two losses and if we should worry yet. We wrap up looking forward to the KC Current game.

The NC Courage lose 1-4 to Orlando Pride and 0-1 to NJ/NY Gotham.

Welcome to The Lion’s Pitch Podcast

We discuss all things North Carolina Courage each week. Trevor and Katie will break down each match and discuss what to expect from upcoming opponents. We’ll even have bonus episodes with interviews and other surprises along the way.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2024 season with a reformulated Courage squad and two NEW expansion teams to face, so you won’t want to miss an episode. We’ll kick off on March 21, with new content released each Thursday.

Thanks for checking out the pod and we’ll see you soon, Courage Country.

Subscribe & Follow

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and find us online at lionspitch.com or follow us on Twitter @lionspitch.

• Hosted by Trevor Knoblich and Katie Cleary
• Produced by Mary Pruter
• Edited by Danielle Russell

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.