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Cat Macario's Season-Ending Injury & An Open Letter to FIFA on the U20 World Cup | Full Time Podcast

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Cat Macario's Season-Ending Injury & An Open Letter to FIFA on the U20 World Cup | Full Time Podcast

Name: Cat Macario's Season-Ending Injury & An Open Letter to FIFA on the U20 World Cup | Full Time Podcast
Uploaded: 2026-09-15T14:00:24.000Z
Duration: 39 min 5 s

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Cat Macario’s debut season in San Diego is over before it ever really began. Wave FC announced on Monday that the U.S. women’s national team attacker would be placed on the season-ending injury list after undergoing knee surgery. So, how did we get here, and what does it mean for Macario, the Wave and the USWNT?

Host Jillian Sakovits is joined by The Athletic’s Melanie Anzidei and Tamerra Griffin to discuss a big news week in the NWSL, where, alongside Macario’s injury, we saw the Houston Dash fire head coach Fabrice Gautrat, the Orlando Pride hand out a big contract extension to Barbra Banda, and a group of past and present global soccer stars pen an open letter to FIFA.

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