Cat Macario's $8 Million Deal, WILD Red Cards Kickoff NWSL Season & Who's NOT a High Impact Player

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Ali Riley and Kelley O’Hara discuss the exciting NWSL kickoff weekend and the implications of recent player moves and rules.

Welcome to TIME WASTING! Your home for anything and EVERYTHING women’s soccer. Ali Riley & Kelley O’Hara take you through a WILD NWSL Kickoff weekend that started with the Portland Thorns getting their revenge over the Spirit, and saw BOTH NWSL expansion teams earn their very first red cards in game one. We’re getting REAL about the High Impact Player Rule (spoiler: we are NOT on board). PLUS we’re ranking all of our favorite off season moves and just how those could impact the league this season. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:47 WILD Kickoff Weekend 03:02 Thorns get REVENGE Over Spirit 06:14 KC Comeback vs. Utah 07:79 Gotham Ruins Boston’s Debut 10:21 Red Cards For ALL 13:12 Dash STUN Wave… 16:02 Angel City BLOWOUT Stars 19:40 Savy King RETURNS 21:13 Crystal Dunn’s Impact 23:56 NWSL Retirements 28:14 The Trinity Rodman Rule 32:22 Players Want a Higher Salary Cap 33:40 Catarina Macario to Wave FC 35:53 Blind Ranking Offseason Moves 41:01 Last Minute NWSL Transfers 50:12 Alright, BET Just Women’s Sports is the leading digital media platform dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. In a world where women’s sports have been historically underfunded and under-promoted, Just Women’s…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ali Riley, Kelley O’Hara

Topics covered

• NWSL Kickoff
• women's soccer
• red cards
• High Impact Player Rule
• offseason moves
• salary cap

Keywords

• NWSL
• women's soccer
• Catarina Macario
• red cards
• High Impact Player
• offseason moves
• salary cap

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Portland Thorns, Spirit, KC, Utah, Gotham, Boston, Dash, Wave, Angel City, Stars

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