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Ep. 173 Weekend - The First Wavé

Season 5, Ep. 9

As the NWSL kicks off the opening weekend of the 2023 season, we bring in Miss Christmas of the Walkin 90 Pod and Shea Butter Street Team in with Greggo and Mean Marc to discuss the first set of games, including the first match that saw her NC Courage beat the Kansas City Current.

Kicking off the pod however was a recap of Atlanta United's unexpected 6-1 blow out loss to Columbus and how the load of players missing through International Duty can have damaging consequences to a team's season with MLS playing through most of the upcoming international breaks. We also get a quick recap of the US Men's 7-1 win over Grenada in Concacaf Nations League and more in 2UP/2Down!


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