The Mixxed Zone

In advance of the 2020 NWSL College Draft, Jen chats with Travis Clark from TopDrawerSoccer.com about his top draft prospects, and then she catches up with Sandra Herrera from Southside Trap Podcast about all the Chicago Red Stars’ off-season and pre-draft moves.

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Jen kicks off 2020 with a new segment called “Jensplaining,” a recurring segment that will offer brief explanations of off-the-field woso rules and procedures, with a bit of history thrown in. Plus she chats with North Carolina soccer reporter Neil Morris about the Courage’s plans for 2020 and some of the latest NWSL updates, and then catches up with former NWSL keeper Meg Kinneman about her transtion from player to coach and what advice she has for players coming out of the college ranks.

Photo Credit: Screen grab from YouTube broadcast of 2016 NWSL College Draft stream

Jen kicks off 2020 with a new segment called “Jensplaining,” a recurring segment that will offer brief explanations of off-the-field woso rules and procedures, with a bit of history thrown in. Plus she chats with North Carolina soccer reporter Neil Morris about the Courage’s plans for 2020 and some of the latest NWSL updates, and then catches up with former NWSL keeper Meg Kinneman about her transtion from player to coach and what advice she has for players coming out of the college ranks.

Photo Credit: Screen grab from YouTube broadcast of 2016 NWSL College Draft stream

In the final episode of 2019, Jen and fellow old-school woso nerd Dan Lauletta look back at the historic year that women’s soccer enjoyed and look ahead to the major changes in store for the NWSL.

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Jen chats with Equalizer Soccer contributor Chelsey Bush about the roster for the December USWNT camp, which features no 2019 WWC players, as well as the nominees for U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year.

Next, Jen talks with Rachel Allison, who spent a year embedded with a WPS team during the 2011 season and later published her dissertation as the book “Kicking Center: Gender and the Selling of Women’s Professional Soccer.”

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Jen chats with former USWNT star and current ACC Network broadcaster Angela Hucles about the launch of the new network, the ACC teams in the NCAA tournament and her thoughts on the first two games of the USWNT under new head coach Vlatko Andonovski.

Then Jen catches up with Travis Clark of TopDrawerSoccer.com to talk more about the NCAA tournament and which college players to watch out for as the NWSL college draft approaches.

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Jen catches up with Aussie soccer maven Chris Hockman, covering the Matildas’ recent hom friendlies, the launch of the W-League season and Sam Kerr’s big career move.

Then Jen talks to Jene Baclawski, technical director of South Texas Youth Sooccer, about her work educating soccer coaches and her “other” work as head coach of the St. Kitts & Nevis women’s national team.

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Jen talks with former USWNT midfielder and current NWSL Players Association executive director Yael Averbuch about the new NWSL compensation guidelines, how the Players Association came out and how she balances her role with the NWSLPA with running her own company, Techne Futbol.

Then Jen chats with Meredith Cash, who covers sports for Business Insider, about her work covering the NWSL Championship and other events.

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Jen reviews the 2019 NWSL championship game with Graham Hays of ESPNw and then talks with Meg Linehan of The Athletic about the official announcement of Vlatko Andonovski as USWNT coach and the just-announced 24-player roster for the upcoing November friendlies.

Photo Credit: Gia Quilap/Keeper Notes

Jen reviews the 2019 NWSL championship game with Graham Hays of ESPNw and then talks with Meg Linehan of The Athletic about the official announcement of Vlatko Andonovski as USWNT coach and the just-announced 24-player roster for the upcoing November friendlies.

Photo Credit: Gia Quilap/Keeper Notes