{"podcast":{"title":"The Rose City Breakdown","slug":"the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917","podcast_index_feed_id":7715917,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-rose-city-breakdown/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.cascadiafc.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-rose-city-breakdown/20260123_020109_7946fc68c6c983708f1d8bb8804f3721.png","author":"Phuoc Nguyen and Melina Gaspar","episode_count":16,"summary":"2026 is truly a momentous year for women's sports in the Rose City. 2026 also marks the first year where the state and city will have three professional women’s sports teams: Portland Thorns (NWSL), Portland Fire (WNBA), and Portland Cascade (AUSL). The Rose City Breakdown is a Cascadia FC and Stumptown Footy collaboration. This new podcast comes with one simple premise: We want to highlight women's sports in Portland, giving teams a safe platform and the coverage they deserve. Each episode will have something for everyone, whether you want high level discussions, deeper dive into analytics, tactical breakdowns, or interviews that capture all types of stories and invoke all sorts of emotions. What to expect? Phuoc Nguyen: Lead host providing key information and updates Melina Gaspar: Lead analytics and tactical mastermind Lily Crane: Lead voice, reporter, and commentator If you see our logo, it is created by the one and only Jacob Stevens , who also created the latest Stumptown Footy logo. And once again, delivers another masterpiece.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917"},"episode":{"title":"2026 Portland Thorns season preview with Expected Own Goals' (xOG) Evan Davis and Eric Morgan","slug":"2026-portland-thorns-season-preview-with-expected-own-goals-xog-evan-davis-and-eric-morgan","published_at":"2026-03-11T16:26:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917/2026-portland-thorns-season-preview-with-expected-own-goals-xog-evan-davis-and-eric-morgan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-rose-city-breakdown/2619780","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/367987/2619780/the-rose-city-breakdown/2026_03_11_14_44_20_3d0580ef-5008-4347-a764-0a55cd6fbb97.mp3","summary":"The NWSL is back and kicking it off are the Portland Thorns and the Washington Spirit at Audi Field on Friday at 5 p.m. PST (Prime Video). To preview the Portland Thorns' 2026 season, we are joined by Expected Own Goals' (xOG) Evan Davis and Eric Morgan - two of the absolute best for women's soccer coverage. The xOG duo are brilliant and primarily focus on tactics and analytics in their coverage. Without further ado... The episode you've all been waiting for. Episode Summary : Phuoc, Evan, and Eric discuss the Portland Thorns' 2026 season projection, the offseason, Soph Wilson's return, the timing of the Rob Vilahamn hire, question marks at CB and the six, metrics that should worry & provide hope, and preview the opener against Washington Spirit. *Editor's Note: Apologies for the audio quality at certain parts - trying a brand new computer for podcasts at the moment","meta_description":"The NWSL is back and kicking it off are the Portland Thorns and the Washington Spirit at Audi Field on Friday at 5 p.m. PST (Prime Video). To preview the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3256,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917/episodes/2026-portland-thorns-season-preview-with-expected-own-goals-xog-evan-davis-and-eric-morgan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917/2026-portland-thorns-season-preview-with-expected-own-goals-xog-evan-davis-and-eric-morgan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}