Unpacking Cat Macario's season-ending injury & an open letter to FIFA about the U20 World Cup

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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 t o 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. HOST: Jillian Sakovits PANEL: Melanie Anzidei, Tamerra Griffin PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes Referenced on the show: San Diego Wave place US forward Catarina Macario on season-ending injury list with knee injury Houston Dash fire coach Fabrice Gautrat and technical director Twila Kilgore Orlando Pride signs prolific scorer Barbra Banda to contract extension The under-20 World Cup has top players ‘caught in between’ club and country Alex Morgan, Crystal Dunn, Marta among players calling for FIFA to move U-20 Women’s World Cup Get in touch: ⁠⁠fulltime@theathletic.com⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram and TikTok: @tafulltime Subscribe to our YouTube channel: here Subscribe to the Full Time newsletter ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ Visit the Yahoo Women's Sports hub ⁠⁠here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.