{"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":"Portland Thorns early season takeaways and Portland Fire season preview","slug":"portland-thorns-early-season-takeaways-and-portland-fire-season-preview","published_at":"2026-04-24T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917/portland-thorns-early-season-takeaways-and-portland-fire-season-preview","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-rose-city-breakdown/2762581","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/367987/2762581/the-rose-city-breakdown/2026_04_23_21_54_38_77ec7046-4062-4c48-bf9d-826324ca546e.mp3","summary":"Welcome back to the Rose City Breakdown! Phuoc Nguyen and Melina Gaspar are back to discuss the Portland Thorns' early season, who has stood out, lingering concerns, and much more. Melina's Corner returns with a full film breakdown from the North Carolina Courage match with positives and a few glaring cons. Also in the first-ever Portland Fire segment, Matt Bagley of Sports Illustrated (Oregon State Beavers) and PDX WNBA coverage at portlandsupporter.com . He breaks down the current roster, grades for GM Vanja Černivec, what to expect from head coach Alex Sarama, and 2026 season predictions.","meta_description":"Welcome back to the Rose City Breakdown! Phuoc Nguyen and Melina Gaspar are back to discuss the Portland Thorns' early season, who has stood out, lingerin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3950,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917/episodes/portland-thorns-early-season-takeaways-and-portland-fire-season-preview/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/portland-thorns-early-season-takeaways-and-portland-fire-season-preview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}