Three takeaways from a chaotic NWSL start

About this episode

Claire discusses three key trends from the chaotic start of the NWSL season.

In this weeks episode, Claire breaks down three of the NWSL weekend’s trends as the chaos begins in earnest, including red cards galore, talent evaluation, and Angel City’s deepest roster yet.

People in this episode

Host: Claire Watkins

Topics covered

• NWSL
• soccer
• red cards
• talent evaluation
• roster analysis

Keywords

• NWSL
• soccer
• red cards
• Angel City
• roster

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NWSL, Angel City

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