She's Got Game

Michaela and Vanessa pick up the pieces after Canada’s group stage exit from the FIFA Women’s World Cup. What’s next for Christine Sinclair? Is women's soccer being properly supported by Canada Soccer? Are the Americans' struggles a sign the gap between nations has closed?

So, how are your nerves – and sleep patterns – after Canada’s first two games on the other side of the globe? Michaela and Vanessa prep you for Monday morning’s monumental match against host Australia. Who has surprised and who has looked merely pedestrian in the early stages of the tournament?

It's all World Cup, all the time: did Michaela and Vanessa see anything from Canada's opening match at the FIFA World Cup they could build on going forward? What else stood out from the other openers and which matches can we look forward to this week?

Michaela and Vanessa pour over the recently-released World Cup rosters. This will be the last World Cup for several of the sport’s greatest legends including Marta, Megan Rapinoe and Christine Sinclair. How will Canada fare in the "group of death?" Michaela and Vanessa also set you up for WNBA All-Star weekend, review the late stages of Wimbledon and let you know which tennis superstar will be playing in Montreal for likely the final time next month.

Huge shake-up in the world of women’s hockey – a new North American pro league is set to launch in January 2024! We’re just 2 weeks away from the World Cup and FIFA is banning players from wearing LGBTQ+ armbands. A new 3-on-3 American basketball league will begin play during the WNBA’s offseason.

WWCFL player Alyssa Funk of the champion Saskatoon Valkyries joins Michaela and Vanessa to espouse the joys of women’s tackle football. Canada Soccer is near bankruptcy – how will it affect the women’s team heading into the World Cup? What’s HotShot and why are NWSL players drinking it? The All-star rosters are out and we have another coaching change in the WNBA. A former world no.1 tennis legend is making a comeback and her first match will be on Canadian soil. Vanessa profiles Australian soccer star Sam Kerr.

Canadian soccer star Quinn is mentoring young athletes and joins Michaela and Vanessa to talk about it and much more! The U.S. loses a key player to injury ahead of next month’s World Cup in Australia. We have our first coaching casualty midway into the NWSL season. Are WNBA teams really inching closer to using charter flights? Jewell Loyd is single-handedly trying to drag the Seattle Storm back into the win column in their post-dynasty era.

It's Festivus in June: Michaela and Vanessa airs their grievances, like ‘firsts’ that aren’t actually ‘firsts.’ They also get you excited for next month's FIFA Women's World Cup. The NWSL gets called out for its transgender policy. WNBA legend Sue Bird had her jersey retired by the Seattle Storm. Leyla Annie Fernandez and Taylor Townshend made quite the run to the French Open doubles' final.

Sophie de Goede, captain of Canada's national women's Rugby team, joins the show as Ottawa is set to host the 2023 Pacific Four Series in July. Aliyah Boston is tearing up the WNBA and was named rookie of the month for May, while two super teams are emerging in the early going. Michaela and Vanessa lament that this summer's World Cup will be the last for some of the legends of women's soccer and tell you why the NWSL's Portland Thorns vs. OL Reign is one of the greatest rivalries in sports.

Michaela and Vanessa celebrate Pride Month! Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey are engaged! Sam Kerr will leave Chelsea for Bayern Munich. Is the NWSL getting it wrong with the Challenge Cup? The U.S. has some tough roster decisions to make ahead of the Women’s World Cup while Canada deals with injuries. Breanna Stewart returns to Seattle for the first time as a member of the N.Y. Liberty.

Michaela recounts her trip to Portland to see Christine Sinclair and the Thorns in action. Chelsea are crowned FA Cup champs for a third-straight season. Is there a player you’ve never seen live who you want to see live? If you could turn one women’s sports story into a documentary, which would it be? TV ratings for the WNBA’s opening weekend were historic. And find out which big-time hockey player is leaping from the PWHPA to the PHF.

Toronto was hyped to host its first-ever WNBA preseason game and proved it's ready for a WNBA expansion franchise. Michaela and Vanessa speak with very special guest, award-winning journalist Sarah Spai,n who was in Toronto for the game.

The first-ever WNBA game north of the border takes place this weekend in Toronto, featuring Canadian Bridget Carleton and the Minnesota Lynx tipping off against the Chicago Sky in a preseason clash. ‘Cake-gate’ is uncovering the pervasive inequality in the tennis world. American female hockey players want the U.S. national program to give them the same resources and pay that their luckier Canadian counterparts receive.

Michaela and Vanessa have your NWSL highlights and international soccer updates. Find out how FIFA is defending women’s soccer. Get the latest from the world of tennis and find out what Serena’s up to. Michaela and Vanessa tease the upcoming WNBA season and feature the Jaedyn Shaw, the youngest soccer player to ever score in her NWSL debut.

Canadian soccer star and National Team captain Sophie Schmidt joins Michaela and Vanessa for episode 100! They’re also joined by retired CWNT standout Diana Matheson and AFC Toronto City CEO Helena Ruken to speak about growing the women’s pro game in Canada.

We catch up with very special guest Sarah Nurse and touch on everything from playing in this year’s World Championship to being on the cover of EA Sports NHL 2023. Get the latest soccer news, including NWSL expansion to San Francisco. And we feature teen soccer stars Alyssa and Gisele Thompson.

The WNBA draft was stacked, so why is it taking so long for the league to expand beyond 12 teams? Canada played France in their final tune-up friendly before this summer’s Women’s World Cup, while Team Canada had a close call at the Women’s World Hockey Championship.