Cat Macario’s debut season in San Diego is over before it ever really began. Wave FC announced on Monday that the U.S. women’s national team attacker would be placed on the season-ending injury list after undergoing knee surgery. So, how did we get here, and what does it mean for Macario, the Wave and the USWNT?
Host Jillian Sakovits is joined by The Athletic’s Melanie Anzidei and Tamerra Griffin to discuss a big news week in the NWSL, where, alongside Macario’s injury, we saw the Houston Dash fire head coach Fabrice Gautrat, the Orlando Pride hand out a big contract extension to Barbra Banda, and a group of past and present global soccer stars pen an open letter to FIFA.
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits
PANEL: Melanie Anzidei, Tamerra Griffin
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
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Referenced on the show:
San Diego Wave place US forward Catarina Macario on season-ending injury list with knee injury
Houston Dash fire coach Fabrice Gautrat and technical director Twila Kilgore
Orlando Pride signs prolific scorer Barbra Banda to contract extension
The under-20 World Cup has top players ‘caught in between’ club and country
Alex Morgan, Crystal Dunn, Marta among players calling for FIFA to move U-20 Women’s World Cup
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