Claire Hutton on Going Pro Young and Megan Rapinoe on the World Cup

About this episode

Megan Rapinoe interviews NWSL prodigy Claire Hutton about her journey to going pro at a young age and discusses the World Cup.

Megan Rapinoe talks to NWSL prodigy Claire Hutton, who joined the league at age 17 and made her debut with the National Team last year. Claire talks about the difficult decision to skip college to go pro, the surprising way she found out she made the national team, and what she did as a younger kid that prepared her to go pro so young. In other soccer news, Megan makes the case for Gotham FC to move to New York City, and takes a look at what the Americanization of the World Cup has looked like so far. And Megan explains why she’s not so stoked about the World Cup’s first-ever halftime show, even though it’ll feature Madonna, Shakira and BTS. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Megan Rapinoe

Guest: Claire Hutton

Topics covered

• going pro
• soccer
• World Cup
• NWSL
• youth sports
• Gotham FC
• halftime show

Keywords

• Claire Hutton
• Megan Rapinoe
• NWSL
• World Cup
• Gotham FC
• soccer
• halftime show
• Madonna
• Shakira
• BTS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NWSL, Gotham FC, VOX MEDIA, TOGETHXR

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