{"podcast":{"title":"Full Time: A show about women's soccer","slug":"full-time-a-show-about-women-s-soccer-725028","podcast_index_feed_id":725028,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818801871c041c8cc75b143","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818801871c041c8cc75b143/1780276314047-9969aec4-67d8-4416-95f6-3097e92348ed.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":384,"summary":"Full Time is The Athletic’s dedicated podcast for the U.S. women’s national team, the National Women’s Soccer League, and the larger world of international women's soccer. Three times a week, join Meg Linehan, Tamerra Griffin and Jillian Sakovits as they tackle the culture, context, and conversations about the sport here in America and beyond, with help from fellow writers, guests and insiders from all corners of the game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T02:17:10.976812+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-time-a-show-about-women-s-soccer-725028"},"episode":{"title":"How Columbus won their 2028 NWSL expansion bid","slug":"how-columbus-won-their-2028-nwsl-expansion-bid","published_at":"2026-04-22T22:10:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-time-a-show-about-women-s-soccer-725028/how-columbus-won-their-2028-nwsl-expansion-bid","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-time-a-show-about-women-s-soccer-725028","url":"https://shows.acast.com/full-time-a-show-about-womens-soccer/episodes/how-columbus-won-their-2028-nwsl-expansion-bid","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818801871c041c8cc75b143/e/69e9444b66c3374f7e158c57/media.mp3","summary":"The NWSL officially has its 18th team.  On Tuesday, commissioner Jess Berman announced that Columbus would be joining the league in 2028 . The Athletic also understands that the ownership group, Haslam Sports Group (HSG), Nationwide and Drs. Christine and Pete Edwards, have paid a record $205 million in expansion fees to make that happen. So, how did Columbus win the race to be the NWSL’s 18th team? What was behind their pitch, and what do they intend to bring to the league? On this episode of Full Time , hosts Jillian Sakovits and Tamerra Griffin were joined by Asli Pelit and Melanie Anzidei to go inside the 2028 expansion news. From what they learned from sitting down with the team owners and the league commissioner, to reflecting on time spent in Columbus, the city’s unique fanbase and state-of-the-art facilities, as well as the tumultuous city council vote and questions from the local community about promises not being kept. _______________ HOSTS: Jillian Sakovits, Tamerra Griffin GUESTS: Melanie Anzidei, Asli Pelit PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen _______________ Referenced on the show: Columbus is coming to the NWSL. Some locals are conflicted about it NWSL awards expansion team to Columbus for record $205 million fee _______________ Get in touch:  ⁠⁠fulltime@theathletic.com⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram and TikTok: @tafulltime Subscribe to our Youtube channel: here Subscribe to the Full Time newsletter ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Visit the Yahoo Women's Sports hub ⁠⁠here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The NWSL officially has its 18th team. On Tuesday, commissioner Jess Berman announced that Columbus would be joining the league in 2028 . The Athlet…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2666,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/full-time-a-show-about-women-s-soccer-725028/episodes/how-columbus-won-their-2028-nwsl-expansion-bid/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-time-a-show-about-women-s-soccer-725028/how-columbus-won-their-2028-nwsl-expansion-bid.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}