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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 League, 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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- 3 days ago1h 12m
When Should You Fire Your NWSL Head Coach? It's More Complicated Than You Think.
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
- 1 weeks ago1h 11m
Vlatko Andonovski FIRED?! Plus, How to Rebuild the Chicago Stars
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
- 2 weeks ago1h 33m
xOG UNLOCKED: The Big WSL Preview, with Jessy Parker Humphreys!
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
- 2 weeks ago57 min
What Esther González's Shock Departure from Gotham FC Means for the NWSL
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
- 3 weeks ago53 min
Can You Build a Champion?! xOG's Road to 75 Deathmatch!
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
- Aug 21, 20261h 13m
What Are the Kansas City Current, Exactly?
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
- Aug 14, 20261h 8m
The Chaotic Resurgence of the NWSL's North Carolina Courage
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
- Aug 7, 20261h 16m
Toggling the NWSL Playoff Line
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
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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 League, 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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