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Expected Own Goals — 191 episodes
xOG UNLOCKED: Diving into Data with Boston Legacy's Jordyn Kaplan
How to Build an NWSL Roster from Scratch, with Boston Legacy's Edward Gallagher
Why Age Curves Matter in the NWSL
NWSL's Big Summer Transactions: What's Angel City Doing?!?
xOG After Dark UNLOCKED: Guesstimating Every NWSL Team's Payroll
USWNT vs. Brazil Recap: Put Some Icy Hot on Those Red Cards!
The NWSL Summer Break "Are They Real?" Draft, with Sara Ach & Arianna Cascone!
NWSL Game of the Week: San Diego Wave and Orlando Pride Play to Type
NWSL Week 9 Whiparound: Kansas City Current Surge, Angel City Frustrate
PATREON BONUS: Champions League Final Preview — How Can Lyonnes Beat Barcelona??
NWSL Game of the Week: North Carolina Courage Wipe the Floor with Chicago Stars FC
NWSL Week 8 Whiparound: Angel City and the Thorns Snooze, Plus all the League Action
NWSL Week 7: Racing Louisville Get One Over on Portland Thorns
NWSL Week 7 Whiparound: Goals Optional
EMERGENCY POD: The NWSL Gets a HIP Replacement???
NWSL Week 6 Game of the Week: Boston Legacy are Good?!? Denver Summit are Not!
NWSL Week 6 Whiparound: Washington Spirit Rule, Chicago Stars Drool
NWSL Week 5 Game of the Week: Washington Spirit Dominate the Kansas City Current
NWSL Week 5 Whiparound: Luck, Bad Luck, and More Bad Luck
EMERGENCY POD: Columbus Gets an NWSL Team, and the Calendar Might Flip
USWNT vs. Japan, Round 3: Emma Hayes Enters Final Boss Mode
USWNT vs. Japan, Round 2: The Kids Couldn't Lock It Down
USWNT vs. Japan, Round 1: Is This Emma Hayes's Preferred Lineup?
NWSL Week 4: Checking in on All 16 Teams
NWSL Week 3: Angel City is Top of the Table, and the Houston Dash are Evolving
NWSL Week 2: Portland Thorns Go Spelunking on the Seattle Reign
USWNT Star Catarina Macario Joins the San Diego Wave! Plus, the Boston Legacy's Entry to the NWSL
NWSL Season Preview Week: Gotham FC, with Jenna Tonelli of Sports Illustrated
NWSL Season Preview Week: Washington Spirit, with Riss Willett of Shea Butter FC
PATREON BONUS: Last-Minute NWSL Offseason Moves Galore!
NWSL Season Preview Week: Kansas City Current, with Cindy Lara of KC Soccer Journal
NWSL Season Preview Week: Portland Thorns, with Phuoc Nguyen of Stumptown Footy
NWSL Season Preview Week: Orlando Pride, with Abigail Segel of Defector
NWSL Season Preview Week: Seattle Reign, with Kari Anderson of Yahoo! Sports
NWSL Season Preview Week: San Diego Wave, with Bridie O'Toole of Busy Watching Women's Soccer
NWSL Season Preview Week: Racing Louisville, with Bekki Morgan of Butchertown Rundown
NWSL Season Preview Week: North Carolina Courage, with Dr. Meredith Shea
NWSL Season Preview Week: Houston Dash, with Dr. Meredith Shea
NWSL Season Preview Week: Angel City, with Trebor Tracy of Angels on Parade
NWSL Season Preview Week: Utah Royals, with Catalina Bush
NWSL Season Preview Week: Bay FC, with Anna Daccache of Everything Bay Goals
NWSL Season Preview Week: Chicago Stars FC, with Lesley Ryder of Gal Pal Sports
NWSL Season Preview Week: Denver Summit, with Catalina Bush & Kieran Doyle-Davis
NWSL SEASON PREVIEW WEEK: Boston Legacy with Emma Healy of the Boston Globe
USWNT in SheBelieves, Portland Thorns' New Coach, and Gabi Portilho's Move to San Diego
Breaking Down the USWNT SheBelieves Cup Roster
Croix Bethune and Claire Hutton Spark the NWSL Offseason to Life
xOG Live in Houston 2026, with Catalina Bush & Chloe Dhillon!
Jessica Berman and U.S. Soccer Fail to Meet the Moment(s). Plus, USWNT and Trinity Rodman's Contract
EMERGENCY POD: Trinity Rodman Stays with the Washington Spirit!
NWSL Offseason: What on Earth Are the San Diego Wave Up To?
Lindsey Heaps is Coming! Sam Coffey's Going! The USWNT is on the Move in the NWSL!
PATREON BONUS: Our Biggest Own Goals of 2025
EMERGENCY POD: The NWSL Releases Their "High Impact Player" rule. Um, WHAT?!?!?
The xOG NWSL Best XI!!!
The Trinity Rodman Saga, Explained
USWNT Recap: The U.S. finishes the year strong against Italy
NWSL Championship Recap: Gotham FC Take Down Washington Spirit, Earn 2nd-Ever Title
NWSL Championship Preview: Washington Spirit vs. Gotham FC
PATREON BONUS: The State of Gotham FC, with Yael Averbuch West
PATREON BONUS: Steering the Washington Spirit to Another Championship Game, with Nathan Minion & James Hocken
NWSL Semifinal Recap: Jaedyn Shaw Golazo Sends Gotham Past Pride to Championship
NWSL Semifinal Recap: Spirit Deliver the Goods and Send Thorns Packing
NWSL Semifinal Preview: Orlando Pride vs. Gotham FC
NWSL Semifinal Preview: Washington Spirit vs. Portland Thorns
PATREON BONUS: The 2nd Annual xOG Goalkeeping Symposium with Jill Loyden!
NWSL Quarterfinal Recap: Orlando Outlasts Seattle
NWSL Quarterfinal Recap: Portland Take Down San Diego in an Attritional Grindfest
NWSL Quarterfinal Recap: Aubrey Kingsbury Heroics Get Washington Past Louisville
NWSL Quarterfinal Recap: Gotham Defeats Kansas City in an All-Time Upset
PATREON BONUS: The NWSL Bad Team Postmortem
NWSL Playoffs Preview, with Abigail Segel!
USWNT Friendlies Recap, plus the Laura Language Model
NWSL Week 25: Trying to be Proud of Orlando
NWSL Week 24: How Do You Beat the Kansas City Current?
NWSL Week 23: Are Louisville In? Are North Carolina Out? Will San Diego Hang On?
NWSL Week 22: The Great Seattle Reign Caper
The NWSL Stretch Run Heat Check
NWSL Week 20: Are Gotham on the Ascent? Are San Diego on the Decline?
EMERGENCY POD: Jaedyn Shaw to Gotham for $1.25 million?!?!?
NWSL Week 19: How Utah, Houston & Chicago Have Found Rich Veins of Form
EMERGENCY POD: Alyssa Thompson's transfer fee was HOW much?!?
NWSL Week 18: Angel City Win the Battle Against Bay FC, but Did They Lose the War for Alyssa Thompson?
NWSL Week 17: San Diego and Louisville, Fully Transformed
NWSL Week 16: Draws, Heat, Misery Define the Weekend's Action
NWSL Week 15: Derbies, Oppressive Heat, and Unpacking the Sean Nahas Firing
NWSL Week 14: Rodman and Sentnor and Copa América NARRATIVE CHAOS
Euros Final Recap: It's (Sorta) Coming Home, as England Best Spain on Penalties
Euros Quarterfinal Recap: England and Germany Miraculously Go Through, Spain and Italy Await
Euros Group Stage Recap: Sweden, France Top Groups, England Still with Much to Do
Euros Group Stage, Round 1: France Put England to the Sword
UEFA Women's Euro Preview, Pt. 2: Groups B + C
UEFA Women's Euro Preview, Pt. 1: Groups A + D
USWNT Recap: For the Irish, Denver & Cincinnati are Houses of Pain
NWSL Week 13: We Need to Talk About Utah
NWSL Week 12 Recap: Bay's Home Loss to Orlando; plus, Angel City Head Coach Alex Straus!
NWSL Week 11: San Diego Returns to Baseline, Seattle Sacrifices to Sufferball Gods
USWNT Recap: Two More First Caps, Plus NWSL Messiness
NWSL Week 10: Understanding the Sam Laity "Era" of Angel City
NWSL Week 9: HEAT CHECK Part II
NWSL Week 9: HEAT CHECK Part I
NWSL Week 8: Chicago Stars are Blind
NWSL Week 7: Parity 4evr????
NWSL Week 6: Chaos League Whiparound
NWSL Week 5: The Wave Go Surfing in Louisville
NWSL Week 4: Gotham on Fire, North Carolina Courage Adrift
USWNT Recap: A Split Card against Brazil
NWSL Week 3: Angel City's Up, Seattle Reign are Wayyyyy Down
NWSL Week 2: Clash of the Top-4 Titans
NWSL Week 1 Power Rankings
NWSL Preview Week: Gotham FC, with Jenna Tonelli
NWSL Preview Week: North Carolina Courage, with Kim McCauley
NWSL Preview Week: Kansas City Current, with Thom Bomb of Shea Butter FC
NWSL Preview Week: Portland Thorns, with Kim McCauley
NWSL Preview Week: Bay FC, with Anna Daccache
NWSL Preview Week: Chicago Stars FC, with Lesley Ryder
NWSL Preview Week: Utah Royals, with Kieran Doyle-Davis
NWSL Preview Week: Angel City FC, with Michelle Chavez & Mark Parsons
NWSL Preview Week: Racing Louisville, with Bekki Morgan
NWSL Preview Week: Seattle Reign, with Sylvs of Shea Butter FC
NWSL Preview Week: San Diego Wave, with Kieran Doyle-Davis
NWSL Preview Week: Houston Dash, with Theo Lloyd-Hughes
NWSL Preview Week: Washington Spirit, with Ella Brockway
NWSL Preview Week: Orlando Pride, with Bridie O'Toole
USWNT Recap: Don't Stop SheBelievin'
Breaking Down the USWNT SheBelieves Roster
NWSL College Week, Pt. 1: Signings in a Draft-less World, with Chris Henderson
xOG Live in Houston, with Arielle Dror & Jen Cooper!
Jenna Nighswonger is a Gunner. What's Going On with Gotham?
When Will San Diego and Louisville Catch the Big Fish?
New Year, New US(WNT)
The Biggest Own Goals of the Year
The NWSL Holiday Transaction Roundup
The xOG Top 10 Players of 2024
NWSL Rosters Locked and the GM Carousel Continues
USWNT Recap, plus Kicking Off The NWSL Offseason with Taylor Vincent!
NWSL Championship Recap: The Spirit Taken Down by the Pride, but Not Without a Fight
NWSL Championship Preview, Part 2: Our Podcast with André (Carlisle)
NWSL Championship BONUS: Inside the Orlando Pride with GM Haley Carter
The NWSL Semifinals Delivered the Goods
NWSL Playoffs Recap: The Quarterfinals Were Sketched in Chalk
PATREON BONUS: NWSL Playoff Goalkeepers, with Jill Loyden!
NWSL Playoffs Preview, Part II
NWSL Playoffs Preview, Part I
A USWNT Round-Up, and Our NWSL Awards Ballots!
PATREON BONUS: Liga MX Femenil Apertura Review, with Amelia Lopez!
NWSL Week 25: Louisville, Portland, and all the Playoff Scenarios Fit to Print
NWSL Week 24: "Stop Laughing, The Chicago Red Stars Suck!!!" And Other Ravings of a Madman
NWSL Week 23: The Portland Thorns, Racing Louisville, and the Dangling Thread of the Playoff Line
NWSL Week 22: Bay FC are Doing the Damn Thing
NWSL Week 21: Kansas City Current Remind Everyone Who They Are
NWSL Week 20: The Orlando-Kanas City Staredown and Portland's Continued Implosion
NWSL Week 19: Au Revoir, Alex Morgan, Hello, Bay FC!
NWSL Week 18: Strolling through Gotham, with Jenna Tonelli!
NWSL Week 17: Your Spirit Has a Powerful Current Flowing from Washington to Kansas City
EMERGENCY POD: The NWSL's Historic New Labor Agreement
The Big NWSL Midseason Transfer Round-Up!
OLYMPICS RECAP: The USWNT Paved the Parisian Streets with Gold
OLYMPICS RECAP: The USWNT are Exhausted, but are On to the Gold Medal Game
OLYMPICS RECAP: The USWNT Struggles, Japan Suffers, and the US Moves on to the Semifinals
OLYMPICS RECAP: The USWNT Win Group B in Fine Fashion, Gear Up for Japan in the Quarterfinals
OLYMPICS RECAP: The USWNT Fly Through Germany in the Balmy Marseille Air
OLYMPICS RECAP: The USWNT Opens Its Account with a Dazzling Win over Zambia
The Big USWNT Olympics Preview! Plus Zambia, Germany, & Australia
BONUS THURSDAY: The USWNT Olympics Send-Off Was Fine. Really.
The USWNT Preps for the Olympics by Beating Mexico. Plus, A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
BONUS THURSDAY: Our NWSL No-Stars Five-A-Side Draft! Plus, Transfer News!
NWSL Week 16: Kansas City Current vs. Orlando Pride Was the Game of the Season
BONUS FRIDAY: Olympics Rosters, New Controlling Owners at Angel City, and the Jill Ellis Scandal at the San Diego Wave
NWSL Midseason Check-In, Pt. 2: Firings, Awards and time to Buckle Up, San Diego?!
BONUS THURSDAY: Reactions to the USWNT Olympics Roster
NWSL Midseason Check-In, Pt. I: The State of the League
BONUS THURSDAY: The Inaugural xOG NWSL Hall of Fame Class!
NWSL Week 12: The Bats Take Flight as Gotham FC Start Dominating
NWSL Week 11: Rappelling Down the Seattle Reign Cavern, with Sylvs of Shea Butter FC!
USWNT Recap: The Emma Hayes Era Kicks Off With Goals Goals Goals!
BONUS TUESDAY: Wrapping Up the Liga MX Femenil Season, with Adriana Terrazas!
BONUS THURSDAYS: Barcelona Wins the Champions League Again! Plus, The State of NWSL Broadcasting, with Mike Watts!
NWSL Week 10: Destiny's Children? (H-Town Screwed Mix)
BONUS THURSDAYS: The Big WSL Wrap-Up, and the USWNT Takes Custody of Emma Hayes, with Jessy Parker Humphreys!
NWSL Week 9: The Utah Royals Stare into the Void
NWSL Vibe Check, Part II: Double the Own Goals, Double the Fun!?!?
NWSL Vibe Check, Part I: xOG's Biggest Own Goals of the Season!
What We Talk About When We Talk About The Red Stars, with Gal Pal Sports!
NWSL Week 6--Spirit: Pride of the Cimarron
NWSL Week 5: Angel Cities with Filthy Soles, NC Courage Cursed by The Soccer Gods
NWSL Week 4: Gotham Gets Weird, and the Kansas City Current Put the "Fly" in "Chawinga"
USWNT Recap: Does SheBelieve?
NWSL Late-Game Deciders: A Breakdown of San Diego-Seattle, Portland-Louisville, and Bay-Houston!
NWSL Week 2: The Spirit in the Bay is Strong!
The NWSL is BACK, BABY! Breaking Down the Loony Nine-Goal Chaos Show in Kansas City