Plex Weather Jason Anderson

Meg Linehan of The Athletic joins Jason to answer the question "What is the Challenge Cup?" Spirit news, predictions, shoe talk, and an injury update from Meg are all part of the chat!

Articles referenced:

Jason on the regular season schedule
Jason on the Spirit's new kits
Kelyn Soong at the Washington City Paper on Kris Ward

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Episode Notes
Washington Spirit legend and NWSLPA president Tori Huster comes on the show to guide Jason through all things NWSL CBA after the players and league reached a landmark agreement just before the start of preseason.

We talked over the process of getting the CBA done, and went over how the ways the NWSLPA's demands will benefit players going forward. Tori also provided an injury update as she works to return to the field this year.

If you want to support the NWSLPA, please visit SupportThePlayers.net.

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Lori Lindsey joins the show this week to talk about the Spirit's NWSL Championship victory on a micro and macro level, plus we dig into the trade that sent Tegan McGrady to San Diego, Lori's experience playing for Kris Ward with the Spirit, and more!

If you're interested in that merch I talked about near the end of the show, here's the link I was verbally guiding you towards before remembering after recording that I could just link to it in the show notes.

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Sandra and Claire from Southside Trap are on the show to talk us through what the Spirit can expect from the Red Stars in the NWSL final. Plus, there's a ghost, because that's just a normal Plex Weather thing to happen.

Follow Sandra on Twitter, and check out her work with CBS (including Attacking Third, which has been providing great NWSL content on the daily).

Follow Claire on Twitter as well, and check out this piece she wrote from Louisville, talking tactics with both teams at media day.

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After being delayed briefly by production problems and then for months by Bad News, the Plex Weather episode that is actually entirely about cicadas is here! 25% of the Spirit's roster — Aubrey Bledsoe, Tori Huster, Anna Heilferty, Andi Sullivan, Jordan DiBiasi, Ashley Sanchez, Paige Nielsen, and then Jordan DiBiasi again — talked to Jason about Brood X, which took over the DMV this summer.

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Andi Sullivan is back on the show to talk about the Spirit's first playoff win since 2016, Sunday's semifinal against OL Reign, and much more!

If you have the means and want to help out with Set The Expectation, check out their site for ways to get involved!

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