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Into the Channel ⚽️ A Podcast Primarily About Women"s Football

Into the Channel

Into the Channel is a podcast primarily about women"s football. Hosts Dino Decespedes and Grant Engle cover the UEFA Women"s Champions League, NWSL, USWNT, UEFA Women"s Nations League, all the big European domestic leagues, and other cool leagues we get access to or you help us find.

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00:53:41

UEFA Women's Champions League Quarter-final Draw

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2024/02/10

The UEFA Women's Champions League Draw was held on Feb. 6, and just like the entire tournament up to this point, it delivered. In this episode, Dino and Grant utilize the very-American "draft" format to choose their favorite quarter-final matches: Brann-Barcelona - Brann is matched up against the best team in the world, so we discussed how the "Bullies from Bergen" should attack the first leg vs. Barcelona Häcken-PSG - Offense vs. Defense in one of its purest forms. Each leg

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01:22:03

UWCL Matchday 6 Recap + Cam Pope Interview!

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2024/02/05

Matchday 6 of the UEFA Women's Champions League delivered edge-of-your-seat drama until the final whistles in Group C, as well as a mix of re-affirming, concerning, and downright celebration-worthy performances in the other groups. In the audio version of this week's show, we start by talking about Group C, or as Dino correctly named it early in the proceedings: "The Group of Life." After that, we managed to grab time with one of the voices of the UWCL on DAZN: Cam Pope! Cam joined

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01:21:20

UWCL: Matchday 5 Recap

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2024/01/30

Matchday 5 in the UEFA Women's Champions League produced two great days of football. In this episode, we start with Brann advancing to the knockout stage for the first time in the club's history -- and your boys were FIRED UP about it. We also spent a few minutes wrapping up Group B by discussing Lyon's dominant 7-0 victory over St. Pölten. From there, we turned our attention to Group C, which Dino accurately named "The Group of Life" early in the tournament. The Roma vs

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00:52:45

The UEFA Women's Champions League is back

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2024/01/23

The UWCL returned with Slavia Praha getting a victory over St. Pölten in the final game of Matchday 4. We talked about the "tale of two halves" in that match and how Praha was able to hold on and stay alive in this tournament. Then, it was time to preview the full list of excellent matches on deck for Matchday 5. We discussed: Group B: Slavia Praha v Brann; St. Pölten v Lyon Group C: Roma v Bayern Munich; PSG v Ajax Group D: BK Häcken v Paris FC; Chelsea v Real Madrid Group A: Rosengård v

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01:01:32

NWSL Draft review; Top Players lists; Lyon vs. Paris...

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2024/01/18

In this week's episode, Dino and Grant talk to Christopher Gerrish, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of SoccerDossier, about the NWSL draft. Christopher is one of the few journalists out there who is closely analyzing the NWSL draft, and he shared some interesting insight into which players in this draft have the pedigree to be successful, which teams fared the best throughout the draft, and who might emerge as a quality sleepers from the later rounds. From there, the show turns its focus to The

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00:28:58

Our World 11 for 2023

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2024/01/13

2023 was a landmark year for women's football. Between rapidly increasing in-stadium attendance and television viewership across both domestic leagues and in the World Cup, we're past the whole "women's football is up-and-coming" thing: Women's football is here, and it's a powerhouse. So, we used this episode to talk about the greatest players in the game through the scope of both Dino and Grant naming their respective Starting 11 for 2023. You already know we're

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00:26:12

Gotham FC signs Dunn, Lavelle, Davidson, and Sonnett;...

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2024/01/13

Dino and Grant go "Into the News," on this episode of Into the Channel. We cover some of the most important football news in the USA: - Gotham FC shook the NWSL by signing Crystal Dunn, Tierna Davidson, Rose Lavelle, and Emily Sonnett - The NWSL draft is happening (this was recorded prior to the draft), and we wonder aloud if the draft is the best way for the NWSL to acquire talent as international clubs continue to build out their women's academies - Soon-to-be-ex Barcelona FC manager

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00:37:59

Reviewing the USWNT Netflix Documentary Series:...

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2024/01/03

It's been a few weeks since Netflix released "Under Pressure," the four-part documentary covering the US Women's National Team's run at the 2023 World Cup. With the documentary fully out of the "spoiler alert" zone, Dino and Grant talk about some of the things that jumped out to them, and they try to assign responsibility using the "Responsibility Pie" method. (Editorial Note: "Responsibility Pie" is supposed to add up to 100% like any reliable

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00:32:01

Matchday 4 Recap: UWCL Group A and Group B

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2023/12/29

***Note: The match between Slavia Praha and St. Pölten was postponed after a mass shooting in Prague on Dec. 21, 2023. Dino and Grant briefly discuss some of the circumstances surrounding the shooting before moving on to the distraction of football. The UEFA Women's Champions League provided us with another incredible match when show-favorite Brann found a way to score a late (LATE) equalizer vs. Lyon. From the confidence to hold the ball in the midfield, to 18-year-old budding superstar Signe

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00:51:33

Matchday 4 Recap: UWCL Group C and Group D

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2023/12/27

The UEFA Women's Champions League continues to deliver great matches and surprising results (in some cases). In this episode, Dino and Grant discuss all the action in Group C and Group D from Matchday 4. In Group C, first-place Ajax is only three points ahead of fourth-place Roma, with PSG in second and Bayern Munich in third. Dino has coined this as "the Group of Life," and that's bearing out with every team very much alive to advance to the knockout stage. In Group D, Grant

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00:39:53

Matchday 3 Recap: UWCL Group A and Group B

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2023/12/21

We kicked off this episode by discussing Lyon's 3-1 victory over SK Brann, where Lyon looked like one of the tournament favorites, but our newfound favorite club in Norway showed they have a bright future. From there, we kept it in Group B and talked about Slavia Praha v St. Polten, a match where Praha looked better than they have all tournament, and STP more than held their own. Then it was time to discuss Group A, where the reigning champions of Europe, Barcelona, enjoyed a dominating victory

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00:37:53

Matchday 3 Recap: Group C and Group D

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2023/12/19

We were treated to an epic Matchday 3 of the 2023-24 UEFA Women's Champions League last week! In this episode, we broke down both matchups from Group C and Group D: Bayern Munich 1 Ajax 1 PSG 2 Roma 1 Chelsea 0 BK Häcken 0 Paris FC 2 Real Madrid 1 Some of the players covered in this one from Group C: Georgia Stanway, Katharina Naschenweng, Lea Schüller, Linda Dallmann, Sydney Lohmann, Regina van Eijk, Sherida Spitse, Lily Yohannes, Ashleigh Van Weerden, Grace Geyoro, Tabitha Chawinga,

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00:14:31

Previewing "Under Pressure," Netflix's USWNT doc and...

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2023/12/15

We kept things pretty U-S-A this episode. Your boys started out talking about what they're looking forward to regarding Netflix's US Women's National Team USWNT Documentary, Under Pressure. (This episode was obviously recorded before the documentary dropped. We'll have a recap show with our thoughts next week.) In this episode, we also discussed ESPN's piece on abusive social media posts tied to this most recent FIFA Women's World Cup, NWSL expansion, before Grant gives an

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00:23:36

Matchday 3 Preview: UWCL Group C and Group D

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2023/12/14

We're ready for Matchday 3 of the 2023-24 UEFA Women's Champions League! In this episode, we break down both Group C and Group D matchups happening on Thursday December 14th, including: Chelsea v BK Hacken Bayern Munich v Ajax Paris FC v Real Madrid PSG v Roma SUBSCRIBE NOW to catch all of our Women's Football talk including our ongoing 2023-24 UEFA Women's Champions League #UWCL coverage 🏆 Check us out on: X/Twitter: @itc_pod Threads: @intothechannelpod YouTube:

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00:18:36

Matchday 3 Preview: UWCL Group A and Group B

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2023/12/12

We are psyched and ready for Matchday 3 of the 2023-24 UEFA Women's Champions League! In this episode, we break down both Group A and Group B matchups happening on Wednesday, Dec. 13, including: Lyon v SK Brann FSK St Polten v Slavia Praha FC Rosengard v Barcelona FC Eintracht Frankfurt v Benfica SUBSCRIBE NOW to catch all of our Women's Football talk including our ongoing 2023-24 UEFA Women's Champions League #UWCL coverage 🏆 Find more from us: on YouTube:

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00:30:11

We're talking US Soccer: USWNT beats China and the...

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2023/12/08

In this episode of Into The Channel, a podcast primarily about women’s football, Dino and Grant break down the US Women's National Team's first win of its two-game Friendly series over the People's Republic of China. (Recorded before the second game.) USWNT 3 China 0 Grant also breaks down the NWSL's new mega media rights deal and the boys talk about what it might mean for the future of the league. SUBSCRIBE NOW to catch all of our Women's Football talk including our ongoing

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00:30:54

UEFA Women's Nations League: How it works, why it's...

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2023/12/06

The UEFA Women's Champions League is on a brief hold while the women's game is on international break. But that just means many of the great players from the UWCL are in action for their national sides in the UEFA Women's Nations League. But before Dino and Grant get into some of the weekend's Nations League matches, Dino gives us his signature primer on the rules and the format of the competition. Once Dino delivers a clear and succinct description of what we're watching, your

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01:03:09

UEFA Women's Champions League: Barcelona, Lyon,...

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2023/11/29

In the third full episode of Into the Channel, Dino and Grant discuss how Chelsea ran away with a 4-1 victory over Paris FC, but they're still looking up at BK Häcken in Group D after the Swedish side defeated Real Madrid. In Group C, they cover Roma's aggressive 3-0 win over Ajax, and then jump to PSG looking out of sorts in their 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich. Next, your boys talk about Group B juggernaut Lyon being level on 6 points with the pod's new Norwegian darling: SK Brann. Finally,

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00:49:07

UEFA Women's Champions League: Barcelona, Lyon, and...

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2023/11/22

In the second full episode of Into the Channel, Dino and Grant quickly recap every game from Matchday 1. They saw Barcelona notch a dominating 5-0 win over Benfica. They saw Lyon score 5 goals in the first 24' vs. Slavia Praha. They saw Chelsea and Real Madrid draw 2-2 with some... questionable refereeing. But they also paid special attention to excellent performances from Eintracht Frankfurt, Brann, AS Roma, BK Häcken, and Ajax. Then, your hosts dive into what storylines and matchups

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00:15:05

UWCL Matchday 2 Group B preview

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2023/11/22

In this episode, Dino and Grant discuss Lyon's domination of Slavia Praha, and Brann's quality win over St Pölten. Form there, your hosts talk about what they expect to see when St. Pölten visits Lyon and Slavia Praha heads to Norway to take on Brann.

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