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Beth Mead joins the podcast to discuss her career and the upcoming NWSL Challenge Cup.

Lisa Carlin, Darian Jenkins, and Jen Beattie join you live for the latest episode of Attacking Third! And it's a huge episode! We are joined by an absolute legend of the game. Beth Mead stops by the podcast! Fresh off her historic 9-year legacy at Arsenal and her massive summer move to reigning WSL champions Manchester City. We round up the chaos of the European Transfer Window, and preview the highly anticipated 2026 NWSL Challenge Cup kicking off on Friday, June 26th! 00:00 - Attacking Third 05:45 - European transfer market round-up 16:04 - Beth Mead joins Attacking Third 34:55 - NWSL Challenge Cup Preview 36:04 - new rule changes to the NWSL 38:35 - Matchup between Gotham FC vs Kansas City Current Watch USWNT and NWSL games on P+" with a link to  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.paramountplus.com/home/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Attacking Third is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Google Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow the Attacking Third team on Twitter…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lisa Carlin, Darian Jenkins, Jen Beattie

Guest: Beth Mead

Topics covered

• Beth Mead
• NWSL Challenge Cup
• European Transfer Window
• soccer news
• women's soccer

Keywords

• Beth Mead
• NWSL
• Challenge Cup
• European Transfer Window
• soccer
• women's soccer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arsenal, Manchester City, NWSL, USWNT

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