Susannah is joined by Chicago Stars midfielder and Committee member Brianna Pinto for today’s show!

00:15 - Intro and a Happy Birthday to Brianna!

01:37 - Brianna sees family on the road and gives a small peek at the Pinto Family Group Chat

05:58 - Chicago Stars earn a much needed victory on Brianna’s birthday

10:46 - Sooz is delighted at finding out Brianna met Baby Josie

12:47 - Brianna chats about the World Cup break positively impacting the Stars and her World Cup plans in June

16:21 - Arsenal finally close out and win the Premier League title and Pep Guardiola departs Man City after a decade in command.

21:17 - When Brianna met Pep

23:55 - Tottenham escapes relegation and some beloved Liverpool players have their final goodbyes, to Sooz’s dismay

30:11 - Women’s UCL Final and W CONCACAF Champions Cup Final. Barcelona take down Lyon 4-0 and Club America defeat Washington Spirit 5-3. The impact the UCL Final game leaves for the departing players at Lyon and Barcelona and Brianna gives her flowers to Liga MX Femenil.

38:55 - The USMNT 2026 Final World Cup roster leaks out to the public and reactions to the names called (and not) to the roster.

52:25 - The crew pick out and watch 5 of their favorite roster announcement videos (We apologize now playing the audio for the England announcement, we don’t want to get copyright struck by The Beatles)

01:02:01 - Reality TV Recap, in this case, The Soccer Documentary Recap. Brianna talks her love for Ronaldinho from watching the documentary and Sooz being genuinely starstruck meeting him at Baller League.

01:08:55 - Close

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