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It’s the last Monday of 2024, and we’re calling Full Time on the year (had to get one last bad pun in, of course!).
Emily Olsen here with Meg Linehan and Steph Yang — welcome to Full Time!
Happy New Year
Moments to remember in 2024
All of us here at Full Time want to wish you a happy and healthy new year. We started this newsletter a year and a half ago during a busy World Cup run. We recently hit 100 editions and are grateful to all of you. Without readers, this community wouldn’t exist.
Before we officially turn the page, here are some moments from 2024 we still have on repeat.
Goal of the year: There were plenty of contenders, but it had to be Marta. On the way to lifting the NWSL trophy, the 38-year-old scored another iconic goal. She made not one but two KC Current defenders stumble in unison before knocking KC goalkeeper Almuth Schult off her feet and slotting home Orlando’s third goal in the 3-1 semifinal win.
Move of the year: I honestly don’t have words to describe a move this ice-cold. Here’s hoping for more baller moves from Bay FC’s Racheal Kundananji in 2025:
Racheal Kundananji’s got the movesss 🔥