Two Washups One Pro

Tune in this week to listen to Jo and Tina chat with Claire about her experience playing club soccer all around the globe (USA, England, Australia), playing for her country in Scotland, and the challenges of being a pro soccer player in today's game.

Tune in this week to listen to Jo and Tina discuss with Shelina how talk with her about her experience growing up in the Canadian ranks, her ambitions to defeat the US, and what it's like now playing for the Tottenham Hotspurs.

Tune in this week to listen to Jo and Tina discuss with Tziarra how she started with playing futsal to pursuing pro soccer, and how she uses her platform to initiate conversations surrounding inequalities in the league. 

5:27- How Tziarra started out her soccer career playing futsal. 

12:40- Why Tziarra wanted to go pro. 

16:30- How Tziarra uses her platform to advocate for the BLM movement in the NWSL. 

28:18- Tziarra's transition from playing collegiate to professional soccer. 

Tune in this week with Tina & Jo to listen to how Taylor Smith advocates for mental health and the mindset needed to come back from her ACL tear as a pro athlete. 

3:53- Decision to commit to UCLA

8:30- Drafting experience coming out of college 

16:20- Coming back from ACL tear 

35:00- Taylor Smith using her platform to advocate for the LBTQ+ community and POC

This week Jo and Tina discuss with Simone Charley how she pursued both soccer and track & field in college, and how she uses her platform as a professional athlete to advocate for human rights. 

5:15- How Simone Charley decided to pursue soccer and track in college. 

16:50- What it's like to be a pro athlete during a pandemic. 

19:20- How the NWSL took a stance with the BLM movement. 

28:44- Drafting experience into the NWSL.

Tune in to listen to Jo and Tina discuss with Carson Pickett why she pursued soccer professionally and how she works to inspire others globally. 

7:27- Why Carson fell in love with soccer 

16:08- How Carson stays motivated, and overcomes physical obstacles

27:11- Inspiring others globally 

31:02-  Experience as a D1 athlete at FSU 

Tune in to listen to Toni and Jo discuss with Cheyna Matthews balancing her life as a pro soccer player, wife, mom, and lawyer. 

7:00- Cheyna Matthews' decision to transfer schools to benefit her athletic career as a D1 athlete.

25:26- Cheyna's comeback after having a kid to make the Jamaican national team.

31:08- Balancing life as a mom, wife, pro-athlete, while pursuing a legal degree. 

35:17- Moving forward, how the NWSL can improve their policies for players that are moms. 

44:05 -How Cheyna Matthews and her husband Jordan Matthews founded Matthew's Mission. 

Toni and Jo talk with Paige Nielsen about the personal development and perseverance that led up to her career as a professional soccer player. 

6:16- How Paige Nielsen's mom had the greatest impact on her career and personal development. 

11:18- Paige Nielsen's experience at University of North Carolina as a D1 athlete.

25:03- Paige Nielsen's difficult decision turning down job offers to pursue a career in pro soccer.

30:00- Paige Nielsen's experience playing pro soccer abroad. 

42:30- Expectations for women's soccer in the future. 

Listen to Jo & Tina discuss with Toni Pressley her experience as a professional athlete, from improving her performance through a plant-based diet, to returning to pro soccer after a battle with breast cancer. 

5:10- Toni Pressley explains her recruitment process to play D1

9:27- Toni Pressley discusses how a plant-based diet changed her performance on the field  

23:56- Toni Pressley shares her battle with breast cancer and returning to continue to play professionally 

44:26- Toni Pressley's expectations for Orlando Pride going into 2021

Listen to Jo & Tina chat with Jane Campbell about her illustrious pro soccer career and what she stays busy with off the pitch.

4:40-Jane Campbell's recruitment to play D1

20:37- Outlook on the upcoming soccer season 

35:49-Jane Campbell's come back in her professional soccer career 

43:05-Jane Campbell's creating her own brand