Journey to the Cup: Sam Mewis on Player Power and the 2023 World Cup

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Sam Mewis joins Full Time to discuss her recent trip to Amsterdam for a conference with global player union FIFPro, how the USWNT players association tries to share their expertise, and wins in increased prize money for players at the 2023 World Cup. Plus, thoughts on the USWNT roster and her players to watch this summer.
Listen to Snacks with Sam and Lynn Williams: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Read Dan Sheldon’s story on the FIFPro report on WWC qualification: theathletic.com/4616336/2023/...
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Read all of The Athletic’s Journey to the Cup coverage here: theathletic.com/tag/the-journ...

[@FollyGolf]

Great episode. Big followers of Snacks and this crossover did not disappoint. Also appreciate the grace and professionalism with which Sam has handled a frustrating injury, continuing to champion women's soccer and support USWNT.

[@stevetash5032]

Sam M. a class act. Smart, self aware, humble and a hell of a great player. BTW, when is she coming back to the USWNT???

[@nashpreds257]

Great Interview, Sam is an awesome spokesperson for her sport and team! I was really hoping Sam and Kristie would be able to go to the World Cup together, I'm sure she will be cheering her sister on!

[@jlb74a]

shes too awesome, football wise, shes better than Kristie. I believe she wants her sister Kristie to experience a WC. I know shes suffering from a long term injury but I truly believe Sams pretending to still be injured to help Kristi make the team otherwise she'd bump her sister out of the roster as the midfield is crowded.

[@nashpreds257]

@@jlb74a Interesting thought!

[@pdmaheshsharma]

@@jlb74a Very true

[@T.R.75]

love Sam. fun episode.

[@justafan323]

Love Sammy!

[@flangeslammer]

i wish the athletic would hire someone to cover NWSL on their website. they've had their best writers covering equal pay for five years now - and here we are yet again for another victory tour about how the uswnt won and how they're influencing other feds. like, the domestic league they purport to cover literally has a situation where one owner (michelle kang) essentially owns two league franchises (spirit & now the reign) and is torpedoing one of them as they struggle to hire front office positions and have two people running their medical staff whilst turning the spirit into a well oiled machine with the biggest staff in the league. and there is zero coverage of this on the athletic. just praise of Michelle Kang and her tremendous altruism towards womens soccer globally. rubbish, and a story reporters would typically be excited to be reporting on rather than roundly ignoring the league at large in 2023.

[@nhalo23]

While I would love more coverage of the NWSL and womens sports on the Athletic, Kang doesn't own the reign- the deal was actually explained in an Athletic article where Meg explains that Kang owns the OL Women's team (in Lyon, France) and the OL Reign (in the NWSL) is being sold to a new owner.

[@timothypacker4276]

Oh boy, so over the purple-hair Wokester whiners. What are they whining about now? This team's definitely forced me to root for anyone but them. Peace. 👊