Tobin Heath and Christen Press - “Olympics Preview” with ACFC Co-Founder Kara Nortman | Episode 5

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[@flockoturtles]

I agree with you Christen, There is nothing better to me than pulling up to my home and thinking " This is my home and I love it." Great show & guest ladies!

[@jopainting1668]

I wish I had a home

[@emeliyanet]

I love that you all are talking about the scarcity vs abundance mindset. I'd like to see more conversations around how your mindset shifted. There are so many women that could benefit from knowing what steps you all took to rewire your brains and change your outlook. Kara was a perfect guest. I'd like to hear more about the "boring stuff" that she mentioned - more exposure to information benefits us all :) This Pod is making me rethink my entire life lol

[@FootballSwiftie-wq6zv]

Just SO good! Kara Nortman, you are a new idol of mine! What a funny, smart, brave woman. Loved the community questions as well. This show just keeps getting better!

[@msstopgo]

I believe that 2019 team will be remembered as the greatest generation, not only because of equal pay, but these group of players open the doors of opportunity for future generations. Alex, Kelly, Sam Mewis, Rapinoe, CP23, Jessica M., Tobin are trailblazers.

[@tatum2739]

Jessica M?

[@patman9419]

@@tatum2739McCormick. They all worked on equal pay.

[@patman9419]

Sauerbrunn

[@gunselshaly537]

@@patman9419 It was Jessica McDonald

[@StephanieRury]

Great episode, I loved the energy from Kara!! Such a fun interview.

[@diane1926]

Love the episode!! Great conversation and guest- super informative and also funny 💕

[@amyrivas5429]

We love a bashful Tobin! What a cute exchange. 🥰

[@orpheuskrifelt4984]

She doesn’t seem bashful. And she has a degree in communications🙄 so why is she acting so giggly?

[@Wombology101]

Mallory Pugh Swanson is the superstar we needed in the World Cup and her presence will be known in the Olympics.

[@bkirstie]

honestly, honestly, I don’t think it would have made a difference in the World Cup because our team just wasn’t cohesive

[@angiejohnson1762]

Wow, Kara is incredible! So fun and inspiring to listen to! Thank you for sharing these perspectives bc they are absolutely changing women's sports! Yay!

[@anger101]

Loved the insights into the Olympics, getting pumped! We’ll see how Tobin’s predictions go this tournament.

[@corbinlegrand]

Kara nailed the feeling for the 2015 game. The tension disappeared after Carli's epic goal and it was just jubilation for the rest of the game.

[@ariana165]

Once again, a really fun and valuable listening experience. Always looking forward to new episodes

[@clos2132]

Tremendous preview! Can't wait to see coach Hayes' vision develop throughout the tournament.

[@msstopgo]

Great episode, insightful conversations and great observations. Thank you. … I agree with T, the face of the USWNT is Emma Hayes until one of the players steps up, I don’t know if this good or bad, time will tell.

[@Noodles-u7e]

Love this!

[@falconejack]

what a great show! Soooo interesting!

[@MTTigre]

I love this lady.

[@Hayleystrawberry]

GREAT episode!

[@Ralph_Smith0724]

*They no longer make them like Tobin and Christen. Both always played with the real desire to win.*

[@randajoy1]

Trinity definitely gives me Tobin vibes!

[@SByers34]

You are DAM RIGHT - trinity gets in on the wing and she distributes sooooo unselfishly!!!!

[@stewygirl78]

I vote Naomi! I want her to have commercials and cleats and all the things!

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Tobin and Christen. Good luck to Emma and USA in France.

[@alisonludick2886]

Christen calling out Tobin’s bashfulness, and then looking like she might just burst herself. I love those two 😍

[@Pumpkin-vg1ur]

So inspired!

[@Laure_bttis]

Which jersey Tobin is going to wear ? Her jersey from Zembi or USA 😅🫨

[@ldd9672]

Agree they need a super star…a Caitlin Clark

[@alexajames6517]

Trinity's handling skills remind me a lot of Tobin ❤

[@jjcreate]

Love you two ❤ why not mention Rapinoe when talking about Mia/Abbey/Morgan?

[@yumisagiuchi]

It’s crazy how everything they predicted and hoped for came to fruition

[@dylanmaxey2531]

Easy access to Women's sports is the key to getting butts in the seats and fans who do not live near a team spending money. This year is frustrating on watching a game or to watch a replay if you cannot catch a live game. Hence the reason Olympics are big for women's sports in USA the easier access to watch live or a recent replay.

[@hackapump]

The reason the men's tournament is U23 is that FIFA don't want the Olympic tournament to get anywhere near the World Cup in prestige. They would never allow a second global tournament competing with their crown jewel. So it's about money. Lots and lots of money. Once the women's game catches up in terms of viewership and general money involved, FIFA will demand that the women's Olympic tournament becomes U23 too. So let's enjoy it while we can. The smaller size of the Olympic tournaments is probably more to do with time constraints though.

[@LegacyBuilder123]

Set pieces are key

[@oshea03]

Will there be a US Zambia recap?

[@roscko3142]

kara nortman is hilarious 😂🤣

[@nuggz720]

being on the Olympic team is worth the cool new gear alone

[@nuggz720]

for all the players and coaches out there - its new gear season with your club as well so you can kinda feel like an Olympian

[@gunselshaly537]

Heath looks so uncomfy reading the sponsorships, and I love it

[@yjk5737]

I like that the women's side is not U23. I want to see the full national team playing the world!

[@lmgmcneil]

🎉🎉🎉

[@karanna1]

Christen - you gotta read “The Priory of the Orange Tree” by Samantha Shannon. High fantasy, feminist, queer, please read it. So good.

[@caseyfern1069]

sounds to me like christen also wanted caelena to choose dorian over chaol and was mad they weren't together until rowan came along...or maybe i'm projecting lol

[@cache.]

Sound mix seems off. A bit too tinny.

[@asmile949]

USA! USA! USA! 🇺🇸

[@mturner89]

Agree about the sudden moment of scoring. Lavelle got so much run from her goal in the World Cup championship. However, it feels like basically everything since for her has been anti-climatic, basedd due to hardly being on the field? And as much love that Horan gets....the leadership void seems to be there. Mallory Swanson was probably going to be the expected impact player until she got hurt.

[@ldd9672]

Biggest worry I think Is no finishers….. Missing Morgan/Press/Health/Lloyd Dont like her but Pinoe too was a finisher….

[@14kimlee]

There is nothing strange it is the money that made the difference the Olympics and the WC were in confrontation in the early 1900s as being 2 distinct world cups that’s why Uruguay has 4 stars 2 Olympics and 2 WC so FIFA has decided to just recognize its competition as the only WC and with the different world organizations linked to FIFA no Clubs is obliged to release players if the matches are not in the official calendar. The U23 were mostly composed of non- or unprofessional players and easy to release, which is no longer the case today

[@caoimhequigley8957]

🙌

[@mturner89]

Depth only matters if a coach is willing to play the depth... check Vlatko.....

[@For_Cruyff_Sake]

I think what Tobin wanted to say was "wow she's so fine and sexy, who is this chick?" 😂

[@javierluissantosrubio6603]

Aitana Bonmatí is our leader, she will guide us to gold and glory. Spain will be the first country to win the World Cup and Olympic Games in a row Also Nations League. Spain will also be the first country to win gold in men and women at the same time

[@javierluissantosrubio6603]

Actually our leader is Alexia Putellas

[@KiqeLC]

Aniogram? Aneogram? What? I'm really curious. What is it?

[@parisrae9190]

enneagram

[@KiqeLC]

@@parisrae9190 thank you. I'll check it out

[@KiqeLC]

@parisrae9190 I just took the test. I've taken several over the years. My sense in completing it this time is that I didn't know if I should answer as who I used to be or who I am now. Felt inaccurate. The result is highly inaccurate. Not me at all. There should be a warning saying don't waste your time on this test if you are depressed. In fact, the process of taking the test just highlighted to me how depressed I am and how much that changes my personality.

[@mturner89]

One strrange thing about the Olympics is that not all the best teams will be there. For example, in Tokyo, not all the top European teams were there. Germany is one of the best teams in the world but were not at those Olympics. There are only so many countries per continent...

[@javierluissantosrubio6603]

It's the same old story, almost all the top teams are European, if they hold a tournament with the same places For all confederations, big European national teams will be left out, such as England, Sweden, Holland this year, and you will have New Zealand, Zambia, etc.

[@elizamendoza9992]

Did anyone else see an athlete post a viral video of her Olympic village bed frame being made of cardboard? Was that real? Are the USWNT sleeping on that too?

[@ajdobo6899]

No, as said in the episode they will be staying in different hotels around France. The cardboard beds are in the Olympic village 🙂

[@oshea03]

And that Brazil Olympics was the beginning of the end of Hope Solo. No one has ever brought her up, like she never existed and was one of the best goalies in history. A shitty human being, but still. I believe this new US team will not win a major tournament for the next 6 yrs. There's also noone that is a face for the team that is able to replicate a Mia Hamm and Alex Morgan

[@ldd9672]

A Sam Kerr someone that they need….I dont see it on this team…..

[@johnidiaquez1303]

Depth? You say experience and do not name names. I like the younger players and hopefully Korbin sees action

[@transmatized]

the uswnt lost the olympics in 2020 and lost the world cup in 2023

[@yjk5737]

Yes, and?

[@mturner89]

Something that is being thrown out to explain weaker scoring performance against Costa Rico is that the Emma Hayes is new...However, wouldn't you say that the ability of a player to finish in the box is independent of it the coach is new. Rodman or Smith not finish has little to do with the coach being new. They also have played together.... so I think too much is made at times that the team is "new", Missing shots is about missing shots.

[@candacelong7643]

Rodman hardly took shots until the end of the game and Smith’s shots were saved. Credit to the gk. Horan and Swanson had tough games against CR and we’re simply “off”. The shots were there. I do think there’s a bit of overreacting going on though. Smith has scored in 4 of her last 5 games and Swanson just had a brace in the set of friendlies before. The fact that they were able to create fairly good shots against a very low block was promising.

[@sac12389]

It really annoys me that fifa won’t let men’s first teams play. The difference is there because fifa are monopolistic assholes and didn’t want the olympics to compete with them but like just didn’t gaf about the women when the rule was made. But i think it is such a disservice. The la olympics are in 4 years and i think the mnt first team playing well there would do more for the sport in america than any copa or world cup could.

[@susiemcusie]

the olympics simply make no sense in the football schedule. Having de u23's compete is a good compromise as they need the exposure way more. the women will go u23 too at some point but you can't do that until federation can field a decent u23 team

[@sac12389]

@@susiemcusie fifa makes the schedule. It’s the same time of year as other intl tournaments. It only doesn’t make sense in the schedule bc fifa cannot handle having competition.

[@susiemcusie]

@@sac12389 No, it doesn't make sense because it would mean yet another summer in which players don't have an off season. you're really looking at the women's schedule and going, this is fine? 2023 WC, 2024 Olympics, 2025 euro's/continental tournaments, 2026 off, 2027 WC, 2028 Olympics. That is not okay. The Olympics only adds stress and injuries. It's a perfect opportunity to give the u23 teams a good tournament.

[@sac12389]

@@susiemcusie okay but why not get rid of nations league instead? Or continental cups? Or the world cup? You are making a value judgement that the olympics is worth less than those and i just don’t agree. The fact that it is outside of fifa makes it so important to me. The monopolies controling soccer are so harmful. Fuck fifa, concacaf, uefa, etc etc. Also please note there is nothing stopping teams from sending their u23s to qualifiers and the olympics if first teams are allowed. They still have the freedom to prioritize things themselves.

[@susiemcusie]

@@sac12389 The nations league is simply a replacement for qualification matches and would therefor not create space in the schedule. The nations league also allows countries other than the top 12 in the world to play competitive matches which is great for women's football. The continental cups have a way way way richer history than the Olympics and are great for football development, more so than football in the Olympics. The Olympics are simply not a great podium for football because it gets drowned out by all the other sports. Do you think England would have gotten the boost it did if they won and Olympic gold instead of euro's? Never ever so why are you pushing for the Olympics? The Olympics are literally just another monopoly, you literally can't get away from that in football or really sports in general. There is always a harmful organization pulling the strings and none of them will ever give up that control. fielding a u23 team for the olympic qualifications and olympics wouldn't work simply because those games are used as prep games for other tournaments and there is a lot of overlap between u23 and the senior team.

[@craigmuranaka8016]

Great vontent but too dark.

[@kelsig9751]

how lol