Episode 120: Ali Krieger Returns

Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy

Sports

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In the Season 11 premiere, two-time World Cup champion and NWSL champion Ali Krieger joins Laughter Permitted to talk about her life in the early days of retirement from professional soccer, the incredible ride Gotham FC took to win last year's NWSL title and how her teammates rallied around her in spectacular fashion the day news broke of her divorce. Ali shares how she's approaching retirement by trying new ventures, including broadcasting, and she and Julie discuss the future of the USWNT. Plus, Ali explains why she's open about her personal journey of healing. And don't miss Ali shouting out her youth soccer team the Sparklers by singing the team's cheer. Do you have a question for Julie and Lynn? They'd love to hear from you! Send them an email at [email protected].

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0:00.0	The Laughter Permitted podcast is brought to you by Ally. Do it right.
0:04.0	Hello, welcome to season double number one.
0:09.0	That's right, season 11 of laughter permitted.
0:12.8	I'm Julie Fowdy.
0:14.2	I'm L little Zowie and I have a big smile on my face right now.
0:18.1	Double number one.
0:19.8	Oh my gosh.
0:21.2	Let's go. I'm gonna to tee you up for a story Julie and this story has got to be
0:26.8	somewhere in the catalog of laughter permitted episodes but Jules if you could once again share why you were double number one as opposed to as meahan put it just 11.
0:40.0	You're just 11, Julie. You're not double number one Julie. As any
0:46.3	self-respecting seven-year-old would do, you want to be number one when you get
0:52.0	on your first soccer team and so I said to my coach
0:56.6	I would like to wear number one and this coach said well that's for the goalkeepers.
1:02.9	And I said, what?
1:04.9	And he said, that's a number that we save for the goalkeepers.
1:08.6	That's how they do it in soccer.
1:11.9	And I said, well, then I will be double number one.
1:17.7	You have any sense of my personality at seven there it is on full display. Well then I will be double number one.
1:30.0	If that's not a Nike commercial, I don't know what is.
1:33.7	I always used to remind the national team that I was double number one.
1:39.7	And Mia would say, no, you're just 11.
1:42.6	In her dead pan way.
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