Most Valuable
Meg and Steph Yang catch up to discuss both the fall-out across the NWSL (including the relocation of the NWSL Championship) but also the games and the playoff picture \u2014 plus discuss some candidates for NWSL MVP, and what we consider \u201cmost valuable.\u201d Plus: thinking about the NWSL commissioner role and the USWNT roster drop, and Meg might accidentally start a barbeque war at the end.\n\nThe new website for the Black Women\u2019s Player Collective: https://www.bwplayercollective.org/\n\nRead Steph\u2019s story \u201c\u2018A fear based system\u2019: How the structure of sports protects abusers of power\u201d at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2862063/2021/10/01/a-fear-based-system-how-the-structure-of-sports-protects-abusers-of-power/\n\nFor more on the NWSL Championship being moved to Louisville: https://theathletic.com/news/nwsl-championship-moved-from-portland-to-louisville-at-players-request/iVoU9DB4n2Ht/\n\nOur rolling coverage of reactions across the NWSL following The Athletic\u2019s reporting on Sep. 30: https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/sinead-farrelly-and-mana-shim-discuss-allegations-nwsl-commissioner-resigns-paul-riley-fired-live-updates-on-nwsl/CaPyeg3hqcbH/\n\nFor all of the latest Washington Spirit coverage: https://theathletic.com/team/spirit/\n\nBuy Marcus Thompson\u2019s book \u201cDynasties: The 10 G.O.A.T. Teams that Changed the NBA Forever\u201d on Bookshop:\xa0https://bookshop.org/books/dynasties-the-10-g-o-a-t-teams-that-changed-the-nba-forever/9780762496297\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices