{"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’ Winning Streak and Portland Fire’s Season Opener","slug":"portland-thorns-winning-streak-and-portland-fire-s-season-opener","published_at":"2026-05-07T19:20:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917/portland-thorns-winning-streak-and-portland-fire-s-season-opener","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rose-city-breakdown-7715917","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-rose-city-breakdown/2802815","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/367987/2802815/the-rose-city-breakdown/2026_05_07_16_27_41_a1ddb631-21ca-4b9f-9f98-e807ef3c66e4.mp3","summary":"Welcome back to the Rose City Breakdown - the only women's professional sports podcast in the city of Portland. The Portland Thorns are now four points clear in first place of the NWSL table. Melina Gaspar and I share our thoughts of the wins over San Diego Wave 2-0 and Chicago Stars 2-0. Who stood out and what lingering concerns are there? In Melina's corner, she highlights the standout play of Jessie Fleming and a few defensive details that needs to improve. The WNBA is finally back? For the first time since 2002, the Portland Fire are returning. Matt Bagley of Portland Supporter ( portlandsupporter.com ) and Sports Illustrated discusses the expectations for the team, potential starting five, which players to look out for, and so much more. https://bsky.app/profile/bagleysports.bsky.social","meta_description":"Welcome back to the Rose City Breakdown - the only women's professional sports podcast in the city of Portland. The Portland Thorns are now four points cl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3744,"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-winning-streak-and-portland-fire-s-season-opener/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-winning-streak-and-portland-fire-s-season-opener.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}