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EPISODE · Apr 21, 2026 · 43 MIN

Episode 89: Janelly Farias

from On The Ball with Andrew Maraniss · host Andrew Maraniss, Vanderbilt University, Sports and Society Initiative

Janelly Farias, an Emmy Award-winning soccer commentator, came to Vanderbilt to speak to the women’s soccer team and the ‘Fútbol-Soccer: Culture, Gender, and Diaspora’ course taught by Prof. Celso Castilho. A former professional soccer player and Mexican National Team member Janelly is the author of a new memoir, “Surviving Women’s Soccer.” She writes candidly about lifelong mental health struggles, coming out as a lesbian athlete, taking on unjust systems in NCAA & Mexican pro soccer, and a near-death experience on a reality TV show. 

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Janelly Farias, an Emmy Award-winning soccer commentator, came to Vanderbilt to speak to the women’s soccer team and the ‘Fútbol-Soccer: Culture, Gender, and Diaspora’ course taught by Prof. Celso Castilho. A former professional soccer player and...

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