11/21/24: First teams secure WCL quarterfinal spots

This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today’s episode: Chelsea breeze past Celtic in the Women’s Champions League with a 3-0 win; Real Madrid and Lyon also book their spots in the quarter finals; the USWNT learn their schedule for defending the SheBelieves Cup in February 2025; Tottenham Hotspur plan to appeal Rodrigo Bentancur’s seven-game ban for alleged racist comments; Juan Mata joins the ownership team of San Diego FC in the MLS; Columbus Crew’s Wilfried Nancy is awarded the 2024 MLS Coach of the Year; and we tell you about the shortest press conference ever.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

This episode was made in the UK for Men In Blazers by…

Host: Betty Glover

Producer: George Cooper

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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