Episode 36 – Opinions that we already have

Discussed: The USWNT Olympic roster & upcoming friendlies. Megan Rapinoe changes lives! Chicago Red Stars, FC Dallas, and WTF NYF? Youth national team news and we lose another player to Mexico.

Music: Azelia Banks, Punch Brothers, Sola-Mi, The Weeknd x Daft Punk

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USWNT Olympic Roster

• GOALKEEPERS (2): Nicole Barnhart, Hope Solo
• DEFENDERS (6): Rachel Buehler, Amy LePeilbet, Heather Mitts, Kelley O’Hara, Christie Rampone, Becky Sauerbrunn
• MIDFIELDERS (6): Shannon Boxx, Lauren Cheney, Tobin Heath, Carli Lloyd, Heather O’Reilly, Megan Rapinoe
• FORWARDS (4): Sydney Leroux, Alex Morgan, Amy Rodriguez, Abby Wambach
• 4 forwards is interesting.
• Alternates: Harris, Kling(?), Lindsey
• Ali Krieger spared
• It bothers Joan that Steph Cox is not an alternate.

USWNT Friendlies

• USA 4 : 1 China
  • Morgan (2 Goals), Wambach (1 goal), China (2 goals)
  • Cheney looks good when she has an easier job than Lloyd.

Megan Rapinoe is officially out to the media – did we talk about this already?

• The world didn’t end
• PPL was still packed for the game
• OutSports
• Autostraddle
• Megan’s tweet on “openness”
• Natasha Kai in 2008.
• She’s doing a “think before you speak” campaign
  • In the course of about three months, she’s done more for LGBT athletes than any other USWNT player.
  • Partnered with GLSEN

WPSL Elite / W-League

• FC Dallas (WPSL)
  • http://www.wpsl.info/team/indexr.php?tid=127
  • 17 goal weekend and noooone for Hanks
  • Who ARE these teams?
• Chicago Red Stars (WPSL Elite)
  • Winning against FC Indiana twice
  • Game vs Fury.
    • Fury did not look good. Recognizable names, unrecognizable play
    • I didn’t like the halftime music. Maybe because there was NO Carly Rae Jepson.
  • WNY Flash (they lost :( )
• Seattle Sounders (W-League)
  • Won home opener, barely
  • Look for them to crash once the NT players vacate the premises.
  • Sort of like that scoreless draw with Vancouver?
• Atlanta, You are not fans of women’s soccer, you are fans of celebrity
• Does women’s soccer have a fan problem?

YNTs

• U-17s and U-20s supposed to be getting full-time coaches
  • (I need to read up on this some more)
  • In camp, rosters are pretty much the same
• Huerta to Mexico
  • Interesting difference in coaching tactics
• No one cares about the U-23s
  • Except us
  • Children are going to Norway?
  • P.S. Val Henderson asst. coach at San Jose State