Futbol W: Ashley Hatch Joins the Show!

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Cristina Alexander & Ali Krieger are joined by in-form Washington Spirit striker Ashley Hatch to discuss the start to the season, USWNT camp, and the chemistry with Trinity Rodman. And, the crew look back at a busy NWSL weekend, who can stay unbeaten? Plus, Christine Sinclair & Diana Matheson join the show to talk Canada's first professional women's soccer league. And, a look back at the Global Power Rankings, can the NWSL compete with the giant clubs in Europe? Also, new USWNT kits leaked & top 10 goals of the week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Tuesday, Clue. You know what that means? Welcome to a fresh edition of Football
0:12.3	W. She is two-time World Cup champion, Ali Krieger. I'm Christina Alexander. A lot to break down.
0:17.8	As always, the unbeatens, they remain unbeaten. And NWSL will tell you why that is
0:24.4	with their protagonist, of course, at the forefront. Speaking of protagonists at the forefront,
0:29.5	the Northern Super League, Canada's own domestic league, debuts tomorrow. We have such a great
0:34.9	conversation with, of course, the co-founder and the co-owner and, you know, both of those big names.
0:42.8	And we'll tell you more about that coming up.
0:45.3	But speaking of a big name, she is ready to go as always, not only on the field, but with us as well, we got to talk about Ashley Hatch because of what we've seen from her so far.
0:57.2	Not only did Washington Spirit when 2-0 against racing Louisville on Saturday, they also saw Ashley Hatch reach a milestone, scoring her 50th goal for Washington Spirit.
1:06.7	That's the most for a single club amongst active NWSL players.
1:11.6	And we're so excited to welcome her in because we're talking about her like she's not hearing us or she's not here.
1:17.6	But she is Ashley Hatch.
1:19.6	We're so excited to talk to you. Thank you for hanging out with us on football W.
1:25.6	And we just talked about your record this weekend. How are you
1:29.4	feeling after your 50th official goal with Washington Spirit? Well, thanks for having me. I'm feeling
1:36.7	great. I think I feel the same as I do after every goal. Just super excited. But I didn't know it was my 50th
1:43.7	until after the game. So when I was told it was my 50th with the Washington spirit, I thought that was pretty special.
1:50.0	So Ashley, you're sitting just four goals behind Alex Morgan at the top of the all-time end-of-its-scoring list. So it's chasing the top five spots, something you think about, or are you more
2:01.6	focused just on the day-to-day grind of it all? I'm definitely focused more on the day-to-day
2:08.0	grind. As you know, playing in this league is no joke. It's a lot of work. And I think for me,
2:14.5	I have the most success when I'm focusing on day-to-day and game by game.
2:18.3	So that's definitely what I'm going to keep doing.
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