Welcome to another episode of Sports Are Fun! presented by TurboTax.
Every week on Sports Are Fun!, co-hosts soccer legend Kelley O’Hara, sports journalist Greydy Diaz, and JWS intern BJ serve up their hottest takes on the biggest women’s sports headlines.
This week, Sports Are Fun! talks all things NWSL with Gotham FC goalkeeper — and O’Hara’s fellow Stanford alum — Ryan Campbell.
“We’re five games in at this point and now I feel like things are starting to take shape — we can talk about them,” O’Hara opens, referencing the start to the 2025 NWSL season. “I’m excited… the settling’s happened, now we can get into season.”
“So we’re going to talk about what happened this weekend,” she continues. “First on the list: Gotham FC. Thankfully we have our very own Gotham FC player in the house.”
“I feel like what you’re saying is like totally correct — the first three games, I think we scored not very much — a bit of a drought,” says Campbell. “But, I mean, I practice with these girls every day. I know Ella Stevens can hit it upper-90, I know Esther’s chipping me at practice. I know we have scoring power.”
“We all had the sentiment and didn’t really get discouraged and I don’t think the staff was discouraged at all,” she adds. “The resounding sentiment…
