Women's Soccer Podcasts

A Japan upset can overturn the conversation in ninety minutes. The next question might be whether the USWNT should favor development over results, how an NWSL opening weekend changed expectations, or what a player’s return means for her club. Good women’s-soccer audio moves at that pace: reaction first, then the slower work of understanding why the result mattered.

For broader club and competition coverage, move up to Soccer. MLS & American Soccer spends more time across the domestic men’s game, while Premier League follows England’s top flight and World Cup & International widens the lens to national teams beyond women’s soccer. Here, the sharpest distinction is between shows chasing the week and shows building a longer view.

While the match is still warm

Attacking Third: A CBS Sports Women's Soccer Podcast is the quick-turn option. Its episode list moves from a tournament opener in Lindsey Heaps leads young USWNT squad to victory in SheBelieves Cup opener vs Argentina | Attacking Third (Soccer 03/01) to the immediate verdict of Japan STUN USWNT in Round 2 of USWNT vs Japan | Attacking Third. Club coverage sits alongside the national team, including Portland Thorns UPSET Spirit | Gotham slide past Boston Legacy | NWSL Week 1 | Attacking Third (soccer 3/15).

Full Time: A show about women's soccer is more likely to turn a result into a question. Should the USWNT prioritize development over results? and Have the USWNT progressed since the 2025 defeat to Japan? make the editorial approach plain. It also looks beyond the United States: How Arsenal overcame chaos in Chelsea & magical Barcelona romped at Nou Camp in UWCL quarterfinals takes on the European club game. This is where to go when the final whistle feels like the beginning of the argument.

The notebook comes out

The Women's Soccer Podcast takes its time even when its host does not. The voice is fast, deeply prepared and dense with player histories, roster implications and tactical impressions. Solo analysis can sound like someone thinking through a crowded notebook in real time; interviews are warmer and give the guest room after a research-heavy setup.

That analytical appetite is clearest in Ep. 164: The Ten Big Questions LDG's Asking Ahead of the Year of International Women's Soccer in 2026 (USWNT, 2027 Women's World Cup Qualifying, Spain WNT + more!). The show suits listeners who enjoy roster math and positional depth as much as match reaction. Its player-focused interviews also make it a useful counterweight to programs built mainly around teams and competitions.

Club loyalties change the temperature

Chelsea FanCast brings the women’s game into a long-running supporter conversation. The register is brisk, colloquial and comfortable with digression; matchgoing memory carries more weight than studio polish. Its Kingsmeadow strand includes Went To Mow Kingsmeadow #215 Season Review and Went To Mow Kingsmeadow #214 'Keep Loan or Sell?'. For Chelsea Women discussed from inside the emotional weather of the club, listen to Chelsea FanCast.

No Other Pod - Sporting Kansas City and the Kansas City Current divides its attention between Sporting KC and the Current, but its women’s episodes are unmistakably local. Temwa Chawinga is NWSL MVP AGAIN! | Currently 11/26 captures the celebratory end of that range. The KC Current's MAGICAL Season is Cut SHORT in the NWSL Playoffs | Currently 11/12 catches the other end.

Seattle Soccer Shows offers another city-level window through its Reign coverage. Reign Weekly 3-18: The Reign Overcome Orlando Rain is the match-led entry, while Reign Weekly 3-11: Roundtable of 2026 Reign Broadcasters signals a broader local conversation. These shows are for following a place as much as a league table.

Personality, community and the wider conversation

Hat Picks with Anna & Jillian announces its attitude before the episode starts. A less formal route into fandom is promised by titles including Hat Picks with Anna & Jillian: Episode 57, "And Then We All Booed Her Together. THAT'S COMMUNITY." 09-22-2025 and Hat Picks with Anna & Jillian, "IDEALLY, Not a Man" 11-21-2025. It is a useful palate change after tightly packaged match analysis.

Soccerwise ranges widely across the sport, so the women’s feed is one strand rather than the entire proposition. That strand can still be timely: NWSL Soccerwise | NWSL is Back! Trades, transfers and the return of Sam Kerr! gives listeners a direct seasonal entry point. Choose it when you are happy moving between the NWSL and a much broader soccer schedule.

Where to start

For an immediate match debrief, begin with Attacking Third: A CBS Sports Women's Soccer Podcast. The larger question behind the result leads you to Full Time: A show about women's soccer. The Women's Soccer Podcast is the strongest on-ramp for fast, detail-heavy player and roster analysis. For club-first listening, choose Chelsea FanCast, No Other Pod - Sporting Kansas City and the Kansas City Current, or Seattle Soccer Shows according to your loyalties.

Featured shows below are part of the PlayNext catalog. Updated weekly.