Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Former pro-soccer player on the Women's World Cup
The Women's World Cup is underway in France. The U.S. women are preparing for their first game on Tuesday against Thailand. But two major men’s tournaments have scheduled their final games on the same day as the women’s final.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readThe Women's World Cup is underway in France. The U.S. women are preparing for their first game on Tuesday against Thailand. But two major men’s tournaments have scheduled their final games on the same day as the women’s final. Also, 28 members of the U.S. women’s team have sued the U.S. Soccer Federation over gender discrimination. We also talk about the other big sports stories this week: the NBA and NHL Finals.
Barbara Bogaev
radio journalist
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Line Editor, Press Play
Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir
Associate producer
Jason Sklar
one half of the Sklar brothers comedy team, and cohost of the “View From the Cheap Seats” podcast
Gwendolyn Oxenham
author of “Pride of a Nation: A Celebration of The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.”