The Mixxed Zone: Women’s soccer from Howler Magazine

For the last episode of 2017 features Jen 'The Keeper" Cooper and Dan Lauletta of Equalizer Soccer recap the highlights (and some of the lowlights) of American WoSo this year.

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Jen talks with Mark Shawhan, occasional blogger for SoccerWire.com, about the joys (and occasional frustrations) of watching women's college soccer and youth national team games, with a focus on the recent Women's College Cup. Then Jen chats with Adelaide Gay, a goalkeeper who's played in NWSL, W-League and overseas, about the challenges of finding a starting spot in one of the most competitive positions in American soccer.

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Jen gets an update on the England head coach search and UEFA Women's World Cup qualifying from Kieran Theivam of WoSoZone, and then chats with Chioma Ubogagu, the Orlando Pride forward-turned-sometime-wingback who shares thoughts on the 2017 NWSL season, her first senior USWNT callup and winning the College Cup with Stanford in 2011.

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Jen and "long lost co-host" Richard Farley of Four Four Two USA (for now) review the wealth of recent NWSL news .... a new team in Salt Lake with a familiar coach, the "state of the union" in Boston, the Oranje coach named by the Houston Dash and much more.

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Jen chats with players of two different eras about their experiences at the NCAA College Cup – first with Betsy Johnson Conaty, who scored the game-winner for North Carolina in the first-ever NCAA final in 1982, and then with Jen Lalor, who played in two College Cup semifinals for Santa Clara in the 1990s and is one of the technical advisers for the new US Soccer Development Academy.

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Jen talks with broadcaster and former NWSL player Jordan Angeli about the USWNT's final two matches of 2017, both against Canada. They discuss roster and lineup choices, and also chat a bit about NWSL and college WoSo.

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The 2017 NCAA tournament kicks off this weekend, and Jen gets the inside scoop from Equalizer Soccer's Allison Lee about which the best first-round matchups, players to watch and predictions for the final four. Then Jen strolls down memory lane with longtime UNC coach and former USWNT coach Anson Dorrance about the very first USA-Canada series in 1986,

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As the NWSL off-season becomes the Westfield W-League regular season, Jen chats with Equalizer Soccer contributor Chelsey Bush about the players & teams to watch out for in the 2017/18 Australian woso pro league ... and of course they wander off-topic to discuss the upcoming USA-Canada series and how NCAA soccer both helps and hinders player development.

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Jen catches up with Hal Kaiser, the "retired" KeeperNotes.com editor, who attended both October USWNT matches v Korea. They discuss the progress of Korean women's soccer, what's ahead for the "Taegeuk Ladies" and how they performed against the #1 team in the world.

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Jen chats with Gab of the "2 Drunk Fans" woso podcast, who shares her thoughtson the Portland Thorns championship celebrations in the Rose City, the chippy final vs North Carolina, the experience in Orlando City Stadium and a novel idea for the location of future championship games.

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