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EVERYONE ANALYZES WOMEN'S SPORTS Evan Davis and Eric Morgan are best friends who love each other. But they love women's soccer more. Every week, the guys sit down to explore the tactical and analytical sides of the women's game, covering the NWSL, USWNT, WSL, Women's Champions Leauge, Liga MX Femenil, and beyond. No stone is left unturned as they seek to learn more and more about how women's soccer is played, who's good, who's not, and who is going to win it all.
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Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get exclusive bonus content!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! Fabrice Gautrat's dismissal from the Houston Dash marks the fourth head coach to be fired this year. It feels like a lot. Is it, though? The guys put the NWSL head coach firings in context, and when is appropriate to fire a coach when they may not have as much impact on the field as we've always thought. Plus, it sucks that Trinity Rodman's presence or absence at Ben Shelton's U.S. Open final became a story. Like, a lot. Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Want to play Road to 75? Click here! Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get exclusive bonus content!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! The Chicago Stars are comfortably on track to be the worst team in NWSL history. They just sold Jameese Joseph to the Utah Royals, too. What's the plan, here? How can they get back to winning ways in a few years when the roster, front office, and coaching staff are either broken or in flux? The guys try to figure it out. Plus, why on earth did the Kansas City Current fire Vlatko Andonovski??? Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Want to play Road to 75? Click here! Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Want more great bonus content like this? Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get four exclusive bonus episodes every month and much more! The leaves are turning, and Eric and Evan both have birthdays next week, which can only mean one thing: the Women's Super League is back! Observer columnist and Counter Pressed co-host Jessy Parker Humphreys makes their triumphant return to the show to talk about the state of English women's football's top tier, and where all 14 teams stand to win titles, qualify for Champions League places, and battle against relegation. Lock n load! 0:50 The state of the WSL: New promotion/relegation structure, new payroll restrictions 17:25 Manchester City23:57 Arsenal31:28 Chelsea44:18 London City Lionesses56:02 Manchester United1:02:38 Tottenham Hotspur1:08:50 Brighton & Hove Albion1:12:53 Liverpool, West Ham, Everton, Aston Villa1:17:35 Promoted Sides: Birmingham City, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic1:23:03 League Predictions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get exclusive bonus content!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! Esther González's mutual contract termination with Gotham FC back in July "for personal reasons" wasn't that unusual. Her quick signing with Al Qadsiah in Saudia Arabia did throw people for a loop. Guardian and Defector columnist Abigail Segel returns to the show to unpack why Esther may have done what she did, how aggrieved Gotham should feel, and what it says about the NWSL's place in the broader women's soccer ecosystem. Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Want to play Road to 75? Click here! Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get exclusive bonus content!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! Evan is out this week but have no fear — we have a very special episode for y'all. Eric is joined by friends of the pod Kieran Doyle-Davis (ASA, creator of Road to 75) and Arianna Cascone (ESPN, EQZ) as they go head-to-head-to-head in a deathmatch of Meg Linehan's favorite viral WoSo game: Road to 75. Who will reign victorious? Who will crash out? Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Want to play Road to 75? Click here! Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get exclusive bonus content!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! The guys burn through the rest of the weekend's action to get to their main story this week: the Kansas City Current. They're good, but they're also bad? But maybe not? But maybe yes when they don't have Temwa Chawinga? Or maybe they're unlucky? And what about the terrible away record? The guys parse all of it. Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get exclusive bonus content!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! A quick roundup of the weekend's action lands the guys at the feet of one of the wildest and most entertaining games you'll ever see: North Carolina Courage 4, Washington Spirit 3. Since the return from summer break, the Courage have looked like the most dominant team in the NWSL, and the most vulnerable. How have they moved on from Manaka Matsukubo, and is Ashely Sanchez making her MVP and USWNT cases undeniable? Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get exclusive bonus content!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! The guys wonder how all the weekend's games were either demolitions or squeakers. Then, they dig into the status of teams around the playoff line. What will it take to get to the dance in a 30-game season, and which team on the outside looking in has the best chance of breaking through come November? Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Use the code "UPGRADE" to get a discount on a new or upgraded Patreon membership!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! After a quick run through last weekend's action, the guys muse on who has been playing way over their heads, and who is due for a boost in the second half of the season. Don't buy some players' goal totals! Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Enjoy this free Patreon episode on us! Use the code "UPGRADE" to get a discount on a new or upgraded Patreon membership today! Get our limited-edition xOG scarves and much more at the xOG store! The Patreon companion to our chat with Edward Gallagher on main feed finds us talking to Boston Legacy director of data analytics Jordyn Kaplan. Jordyn lays out what her role is with the club, how she helps not only the recruitment process but also the coaching and performance staffs. Boston's "data informed, not data driven" philosophy is one Jordyn has implemented all across the front office. How has that paid off through the first half of the 2026 season, and what is yet to come? The guys learn a great deal from Jordyn's insights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Use the code "UPGRADE" to get a discount on a new or upgraded Patreon membership!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! The Boston Legacy set out to do something no NWSL club had ever done: build an entire roster without any drafts, and with only a small group of players with previous league experience. How did they do it? What did they value? Has it worked? The guys spoked with the club's director of recruitment, Edward Gallagher, to gain insight on how he and general manager Domènec Guasch envisioned the squad both for their inaugural season and for years to come. Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Use the code "UPGRADE" to get a discount on a new or upgraded Patreon membership!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! With Guro Reiten, Sam Kerr and Denise O'Sullivan coming to Gotham this year, the club's plan seems clear: load up on stars over the age of 30. Lindsey Heaps is Denver's newest contribution to their aging lineup. But these are all stars, right? Why does it matter how old they are? The guys explain why age very much matters in high performance athletics, and not always in the ways you think . Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Use the code "UPGRADE" to get a discount on a new or upgraded Patreon membership!!! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! The NWSL's summer transfer window is in full swing, and we've already seen some massive moves. Sam Kerr is coming to Gotham! Manaka Matsukubo is going to Chelsea! Most importantly, Angel City shipped Kennedy Fuller, brought in Ally Sentnor, and fired their coach. What exactly are Willow Bay's and Mark Parsons's plans for the club right now??? Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the second season of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Use the code "UPGRADE" to get a discount on a new Patreon membership (or to bump up to our Cultured No. 10 tier) to get more great bonus content like this! Complete NWSL salary data is not public, but there are some indicators to give us rough ideas of how much each club is spending on player payroll these days. We dive into all 16 clubs' financial situations—who is spending wisely, who has room to spend more, and who may be maxxed out on their 2026 player budgets already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get more bonus content like this! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! Emma Hayes wanted the USWNT to experience the cauldron of playing Brazil in Brazil, and boy did she get her wish. A split decision across two games in front of nearly 90,000 total fans taught us a lot about where both sides are a year from the World Cup, but much of that will be overshadowed by the red card bonanza toward the end of the second match on Tuesday. The guys wade through the detritus to see how the U.S. adapted from their 2-1 loss in São Paulo to their 1-0 victory in Fortaleza. Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the first volume of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get more bonus content like this! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! Now that the first third of the NWSL season is in the books—and teams are taking the next month off from competition—we thought it was a great time to take stock of what's happened, and to try and figure out which teams area legit and which ones are frauds. Joining us for the inaugural xOG Are They Real? Draft, our faves Sara Ach and Arianna Cascone stopped by to help us out. This one got spicy with takes! Probably the most fun episode we've had in awhile! Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the first volume of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get more bonus content like this! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! It wasn't the most scintillating of affairs, but the San Diego Wave and Orlando Pride showed us who they really were over the weekend, as Orlando eked out a 1-0 victory on the road at Snapdragon Stadium. Is containing Barbra Banda enough for a team who want to be the protagonists? Can Orlando muster anything going forward that doesn't involve Banda? Does it matter? The guys unpack two very good but often frustrating squads. Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the first volume of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get more bonus content like this! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! On this week's whiparound, we muse over every game getting a goal or a red card before the 20th minute. A vibe shift was afoot! Mostly bad games resulted. Houston and Chicago snatched one, while Seattle can breathe a sigh of relief. Will Louisville ever look right again? The guys figure it all out! Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the first volume of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get more bonus content like this! Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! We're dropping the paywall on Patreon this week to bring you our preview of the UEFA Women's Champions League final! Barcelona and Lyonnes square off in Oslo for Europe's crown. Can Jonatan Giráldez find a way past Alexia Putellas and the Barça machine—a machine he once coached? The guys break it all down! Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the first volume of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Get our limited-edition scarves and more merch at the xOG store now! Join our Patreon for only $6/month to get exclusive bonus content! The North Carolina Courage thrashed the Chicago Stars at home. On the one hand, Mallory Swanson is back! On the other hand, the Courage look like the real deal. The guys talk through Chicago's woes, and what makes the Courage so special this year. Like & subscribe to our YouTube page and watch the first volume of our Anatomy of series! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram Did we make an own goal? E-mail us at xog@xowngoals.com Art by Eli Elbogen Music by Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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