Melissa Ortiz: Beyond the Game — Turning Passion into Power

Kick off your day with purpose—and coffee.Get 15% off at KickoffCoffeeCo.com with code FINANCEOFFOOTBALL15 — coffee for soccer people, by soccer people, freshly roasted and delivered to your door.The NWSL is on fire—record crowds, soaring valuations, and billionaires lining up to buy in. But as the women’s game explodes, what does real progress look like off the pitch?Former Colombia international and Adweek’s Most Powerful Woman in Sports Melissa Ortiz joins hosts Asli Pelit and Michael LoRé to talk about what comes after the final whistle: reinventing yourself, building a personal brand, and creating opportunities for women—especially Latinas—in the business of sport.From fighting for equality with Colombia’s national team to landing at Harvard Business School, Ortiz shares how she turned rejection into reinvention and passion into purpose. The conversation dives into the money, the media, and the mindset driving women’s soccer’s next era—and how athletes can lead that change long after they hang up their boots.For more, follow Asli and Michael on InstagramAsli - https://www.instagram.com/brefootcontessa/Michael - https://www.instagram.com/michael.loreAnd follow the show…On Instagram - instagram.com/financeoffootballpodOn Facebook - facebook.com/financeoffootball---Finance of Football, a Frequency Machine Podcast, is…Written, Hosted, and Produced by Asli Pelit and Michael LoRéEditing and Sound Design by Ryan HammondMixing and Mastering by Julian KwasneskiExecutive Produced by Stacey Book and Avi Glijansky---Check out more of Frequency Machine’s podcasts - including Undercover Sports, a show about the wildest sports conspiracy theories, at https://www.frequencymahine.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.