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“Hi guys, I’m back. Did you miss me? Because I missed you.” — Kim Kardashian, but also NWSL after the international window.
Emily Olsen here with Meg Linehan, Tamerra Griffin and Jeff Rueter — welcome to Full Time!
Band’s Back Together
US Women win $1 million
Last week, Carli Lloyd scored a stunning game-winning goal and Hope Solo made a diving save. Tonight, the US Women captured another title. Wait, what?
Don’t turn that dial! You are still in the right newsletter.
- The Soccer Tournament (TST), a seven-a-side, winner-takes-all competition, has become something of a post-retirement playground for the U.S. women’s national team — with a $1 million prize on the line.
- The tournament originally started as a men’s-only competition in Cary, N.C. But when US Women showed up in the second year, competing among the men, they became an instant fan favorite. So much so that the competition expanded to include a women’s division last year … and US Women took home the title.
While Solo’s team, Solo FC, fell in the quarterfinals this year, Lloyd and US Women beat Bumpy Pitch FC — headlined by former Gotham FC midfielder…
