Inside the Mind of England’s Greatest Footballer

Every time there's an event or a game, it's another record broken. There's some funnelses changed. We've broken another barrier. We smashed through another window, another ceiling. I turned 12 and they were like, "You can't play." So my mum went on to Google. She Googled, "Women's football." Your guys' names came up. It was like, "Where's the best place for girls?" And UNC was just at the top. Yeah. Lucy is playing. Y'all with a broken leg. And Abby just told me today, she's like, "Yeah, I've done that too." I was like, "What is wrong with you two?" Do you think that women have higher pain? Thresholds said men. I knew that was coming. I do. [MUSIC PLAYING] What's up, party people? I'm Julie Fowdy. And I am Abby Wombok. I'm Julie. Abigail. It's been a minute. I know. We both went on vacation this week after our crazy World Cup week. We both need a vacation. How was yours? We haven't talked for a whole week. We haven't done that forever. Mine was good. Mine was good. It wasn't long enough. I usually go on two weeks during the summer. And so this week-- Oh, you go to the island? Well, I usually do. To-- with my family, for sure. I go to the islands for like three, four days. Not a party people about your island. So my parents have had this-- Because Island in our family for honestly centuries, since maybe the early 1900s is when my great-grandfather bought this place. And so he had kids. And so my dad and his cousins all have this island that they've kept going for the last 80 years. And we go up for two weeks every summer. And it's my favorite place. Yes, you need a boat to get there. But people do not think when you think of island. Do not think that this is not like my ties in Sandy Beaches. This is like rocks and coldness and beautiful scenery and the house itself. You just got electricity like three years ago, right? Exactly. The house itself is very basic. And it's very camping. It's very cool. It's outdoorsy. It's the best. It's the best. And you're in this little-- the house is like 1,200 square feet. And we fit like 30 people in there at any given time. People are like all the kids are on the ground sleeping on sleeping bags. We have futons on the bottom floor. There's three futons that during the day their couch is at night. They're futons. Sometimes people sleep in the boat house. There's tents that are pitched out on the lawn. It's just my favorite place. It really is. And I got the chance to go spend time with my parents, whom I don't see enough, and my brothers and sisters, and their kids. And so it's fun to get to know their kids really. Because when you're on an island, there's no television. They do have Wi-Fi, which is sad for me, because that was the best part of going up there. It's like getting totally unplugged. Oh, they got Wi-Fi. Yeah, they got Wi-Fi. But just getting to know them and to talk about-- when you get bored, you start asking questions. You wouldn't normally ask. And you get asked questions that you normally wouldn't get asked. So it's the best. How was yours? How was Tahoe? We were up in Lake Tahoe, which we two have had a family house there for a very long time. There were 50 plus rowdy founties. No. It's insane. 50 plus rowdy founties. And we don't do this every year, because it's a bit overwhelming. But it's mostly my dad's side of the family. They've had this Lake Tahoe house forever. So that becomes the main place. And it's not to your point. It's not fancy. It's not big. But it's got a big backyard, which is nice. And so we gather. And one day we got a taco cart. Now the day we barbecue. So we gather. Everyone does their own things during the day. And then we gather for the evenings. We rented a boat one day with our crew, which was really fun. I'm still sore from wakeboarding. Oh my gosh. Did you guys get a wake surfing boat? Have you done the wake surfing? No, we didn't do that. And we had a low rope, which is hard to get up. So I'm so sore. I did it for like four minutes. I'm like, I'm good. I'm not like go the rope. And I was like, I'm good. That's good. But there are bears everywhere in Tahoe right now. Like you have to be really careful. They break into cars. They break into houses. And so on the last night-- Oh my god. We didn't have any bearing counters until the last night. My brothers Airbnb, who's staying at-- they have those doors that you can-- and bears apparently can get into cars. They know how to pull into cars. You have to lock your car all the time. And they've gotten really aggressive recently. And so one of our family members was coming home because the younger group had gone out to bars after we leave and go home. The younger group goes out. So one of them was coming home. And her was a wide open door when she pulls up. And she goes out. And there's a house. And the bear-- so she walks in. She's like, that's weird. She doesn't see the bear. She walks in. There's the bear in the house. Totally chilling on a bag of chips. [LAUGHTER] I'm like, was he smoking a cigar having a beer too? Like, what was this bear doing? So she runs back to the car and is like trying to make noise to get my brother, because it's late. Get my brother and his wife up. OK, so they're in the house sleeping. Yes. Oh, upstairs sleeping. My god. So I'm like, what? So she's screaming. She finally gets Jeff to come out and thank goodness. And now the bear is on the balcony. Chilling on the balcony eating its chips. And so my brother has a balcony upstairs. So he comes out and he sees the bear downstairs. And he starts banging. You're supposed to make noise, right? And then loud starts banging and screaming. I can't imagine what the neighborhood did, because this is like the middle of the night. And finally, the bear just drops the chips and kind of cruises off and everything was fine. I was like, oh my gosh, that could have gone so sideways. Right? You walk into-- and this is apparently happening a lot. So you have to lock everything. Oh my gosh. Well, we were up in Tahoe a couple of years ago, and it got into our car. Like, we got into our car. We walked the bear. We walked? Yeah, we walked in. And many bears. There was multiple bear prints in our car, because when we woke up the next morning, my door was open, because of course they won't shut the door behind them. You know what I mean? They're just not that polite. Bears know how to open car doors. It's crazy. It's crazy. We were pickleballing, and these women were saying to us, because we said, yeah, the bears are a real problem here, lately. And she says, yeah, you literally you have to lock your car, and not just lock it, because they can get into locked cars as well. I don't know how, but maybe they break in through the window. But she said, what happens is if you're parked on a hill, and they get in, but then you're because of the hill, the car door closes, and they get stuck in. They can't get out as easily. Right, right, right. They destroy cars. I bet. Up, cars. So they're like, so we actually park on hills or driveways that are slanted so that you have to park so that if the door opens, it will stay open. I'm like, oh my god, that's a lot to think about. That is so much to think about. I can't wait to tell Glenn in this. This is so crazy. And do we know what kind of a bear it was? Because I know that the kinds matter. Yeah. So they're black bears, which are not as aggressive. And if you scream out, you don't want them to feel safe here, because that's not good for them either, right? They can be integrated with humans. So it would be very aggressive and very loud with your actions to scare them to know that they're not wanted here. But I'm like, well, how do you know if it's-- because the brown bears are supposed to be more aggressive. But here's the thing. Black bears, they say on this thing can be white. They can be gray. They can be brown. But there are still black bears. I think this makes no sense. I know. I know if it's a black bear or a brown bear. Like they're aggressive. But there's like a saying, if it's brown, lay down, play dead. If it's black, fight back. Yeah. The black you want to make noises. I don't know about the brown, because we didn't get that memo. But thankfully, in Tahoe, it's all the black bear. Even though it can't be brown. Anyways, even though the black bear could have brown fur. Yeah. We did a lot of hiking, a lot of movement. When you're with the founties on a trip, it's a lot of soreness, because you're doing a lot of things. You're wakeboarding. You're not sitting. You're paddleboarding. You're swimming. So Julie, have you ever heard the-- maybe I said this to you over Thanksgiving? I can't remember. But have you ever heard of the adage where people say, God help me if I marry into a family that does turkey trots? Yes. You told me that one. That's our family. That's the founties. Like God help me if I go on vacation. And I am sore because I've been working out the whole time and active because let my body rest. We went on like this four mile lake hike, and then Chrissy's like, "My sister, you know Chrissy now." It's like, "Okay, let's go pick up all now." I'm like, "Of course, but I can't move. I can't even swing because I'm so or so from wakeboarding." Because I do it every four years. Have you, do you wakeboard a lot? - A lot. - I wake surf. We wake surf. - Oh, it's so fun. - And Jetski. Here's the thing. This is the first time I went Jetskiing. And there's like a lot of arm holding, you know? And I usually am like one of those people that like go find the cruise boats and get like the big wave. So I was like, "Vroom!" - Yeah. - Yeah. This is the first time in my adult life that I thought, "I might be too old for jumping waves because it hurts." - Yeah. - I know. I woke up the next day and I was like, "Oh my god, I'm somebody. I'm broken." I felt broken. Because when you're in wakeboarding too, you're like holding on for what you think is your dear life. - Dear life. Dear life. - Yeah. - And I got outside the wake right away. You know, I get up on my first time. I get outside the wake and I'm, you know, and it's calm. And I'm just like, "This is nice." And I'm just gonna stay here. Because it's calm. I don't want to go over that wake. I was like, "I don't know if I want to do the wake. I don't want to do this enough." - Yeah. - To like feel confident enough. - Yeah. - Anyways. It was super fun. So, and we got to spend, before that, we got to spend the whole week in New York City with our crew, which was a dream. - A dream. - A dream. I mean, we started with the rival, rivalry, say that 10 times from us. - Rivalry. - Rivalry. I haven't even been drinking. It's 8.54 a.m. The rivalry week presented by Ally. We were at the Queen's Classic for Gotham's record breaking game against the Washington Spirit. More than 42,000 fans, as you all probably heard, packed the stadium, making it the largest crowd ever for a women sporting event in New York City. And actually, the second largest attendance in NWSL history. What was your favorite thing about that Queen's Classic? - Well, before the game, we got to go down to the field and do the lighting of the torch ceremony that the Gotham FC. And just being down on the field was really special. We got to be down there when the National Anthem played in this incredible baseball, historic baseball stadium that is packed full of people there to watch women's soccer. And so I got a little emotional while I was like, down there on the field, like looking at all of these people for a club game, right? Like we've played in many games. I played in many games that had on the national team that had that many people. But not for club soccer. And there's just something that's happening that continues to happen. And I feel like I keep getting surprised and pleasantly surprised. And also, I've been reflecting over this last week and looking ahead to the Women's World Cup next summer. And I keep thinking, this is what you've spent your life building. Like don't forget to enjoy and revel in the thing that you believed could be possible. Like the fact that it's happening now. And that's like the overall sentiment from that night. It was awesome. And we were able to go to the game with the team. And that was fun. I love that King Augusta also see what she's built. Like she gets to live it as well. I think one of my favorite parts too was getting time with English icon and Femallar Lucy bronze. Which was really cool. She's one of the most decorated players in the history of her game. And the most decorated English player, male or female. I mean, she has a trophy hall. So our conversation with Lucy is coming up later in the show. But first, let's get into the party. Start with a highlights, shakeups and headlines. You'll want to celebrate this week in Women's Sports. This party starter is brought to you by Ally, the bank that is your ally. Topic number one, of course, is W NBA All Star Game. I'm sad we weren't there, but we were just coming off a long week. Team Spoon selected by W NBA legend Theresa with her spoon. Beat team, Koop selected by fellow legend, Cynthia Cooper, 129 to 122 in front of an All Star game record crowd of almost 20,000, 19,000, 793 at Chicago's United Center. And abs, I don't know if you saw 20, 20 year old, little youngy, Dom Malonga threw down a dunk. It's also the second quarter. And then our girl, Neckah, Guamake became the W NBA All Star Games. All time leading score with 127 total points. Okay, Neckah. I love that. And then Olivia Miles, who was the only rookie in the starting lineup. As we know, she made history. She grabbed 12 rebounds. Wow. I know. Breaking Angel Reese's record for the most rebounds by a rookie in W NBA All Star Game history. But did you see John Quell Jones just crushing it? Amazing. Liberty Star took home All Star Game MVP. She put up 22 points, y'all. 13 rebounds and 8 assists in just 22 minutes. That's hard to do, folks. I know. That was for Team Spoon. And with that, she became the only player in W NBA history to win all four major MVP awards. So she got regular season already. Commissioners kept already finals. And now she's All Star Game MVP. Wow. That's amazing. That's congratulations. John Quell Jones. Caitlin Clark came ready to play. She was not messing around. Started the game. She was launching threes from everywhere. So deep. She was putting, I think she put up 11 points in the opening minutes. She was one of the few players who did come looking like, OK, I want to win the stamp thing. At one point, Paige even said to her, damn, you going for MVP or what? Jules, you know that we call those like logo threes, you know, at that, you know, it's a logo three. Yeah, because she's hidden from the logo, which is like, you know, mid court. That's right. It's crazy. Yeah. Um, she was, Caitlin was everywhere during this All Star Weekend. The president as the stud buds refer to her pop by their stream. I don't know if you guys saw this party people. She surprised them with her new shoe and then Courtney Williams, which is half of the stud buds, wore the Nike Caitlin one during the game. And at half time, I don't know if you saw this, uh, Ab's Caitlin told Holly wrote, I think we should pick it up more. Let's play a little bit. These fans paid a lot of money to get in the door. Let's just not walk around. We don't need to go 100%. But let's pick it up and have some fun for them. I like that. Yeah. I think so too. I also, I think that about All Star games is sometimes it's just like boring because they're not trying. Yeah. It kind of, um, the third place game for the World Cup for Hans England. Yes. That first half, yes, the game felt like an All Star game and NBA All Star game. Yeah. This feels like an NBA All Star game. I understand the. I understand the fear of not wanting to get injured, but just like let, like let everybody go buy you, but like play hard on offense. Like do offensive cool stuff, you know? Yeah. Okay. And other notes from that weekend. Yeah. Our gal at AZ fun. Let's go. We came the first rookie ever to win the W NBA three point contest. Let's go. 30 points in that final. She crushed it. She crushed it. And only six misses. So let's go. No fun around there. And President Obama, did you see he just casually showed up everywhere? I know. I know. Came to the All Star practice, played a little defense on John Quill Jones. He knew that Marina Mrabri had dropped 53 points this season. He pulled Caitlin Clark aside. This was really cute. I saw that audio of this on Instagram. Because I think as a message, we all probably needed to hear just saying, "Bock out the nonsense and don't let anyone take away the joy." It was his message to her. And one more W NBA note worth mentioning. Fee. Easy call air. Yes. Back. Let's go. I know. So good. Olivia Miles has been grabbing all the headlines for a links team, sitting atop the standings because she's been crushing it. But Nifisa Collier is back on the W NBA court. She came back for the first time since game three of last year's semi-final. When she tore her ligaments and her left ankle. So her first game back was right before the All Star game. She dropped 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in just 22 minutes. That's a comeback. It's amazing. Yeah. Okay. Topic number two. two. This weekend we saw both the athletes unlimited softball and the WFA Women's football alliance, which is tackle football championships conclude. So, a U softball is in their second year of doing this team-based league. So, for years we've known them as they've been doing this individual format with the points. But this was the second time and year that they've done this team-based league. So, the Utah Talons have now won both those championships. This week in the talons swept the Chicago Bandits, two one and six to one. And Jadeline Alchen was named Championship MVP after hitting a two-run homer in the clincher, adding an RBI double and making a great diving catch while Montana fouts through all seven innings and allowed just one run. So, congratulations to Utah. And there was another championship that happened on Saturday on ESPN 2, Abigail. Did you know that there's a tackle football league? Yeah, but I didn't know what the name of it was. So, what is the name of it? Women's football alliance, WFA. Okay, cool, cool, cool, cool. And it was on ESPN. That's amazing. Yeah, ESPN 2, they crowned a new champion. This one was a long time in the making. The Minnesota Vixen are the nation's longest, continuously operating women's tackle football team. They've been playing since 1999. And on Saturday, they beat the Pittsburgh passion 42 to 14. They crushed them to win their first ever title after four previous championship game losses. Oh, what a relief. Minnesota, Seth Aton, abs just 30 seconds in with a fumble recovery that led to a tiff right touchdown. Okay, that's quick. Yeah, these ladies are badass. So, congratulations to Minnesota. Yeah. Finally, getting that one. Okay, topic number three, the USA track and field outdoor and parent national championships. Return to New York for the first time since 1991 with the Olympic and Paralympic events taking place at Icon Stadium, a few highlights for you. Okay. Shakari Richardson. Looks like she carry again. You did. Yeah, I saw the one. I saw her winning run. It was amazing. She won the 100 meters in 10.77 seconds. So amazing. So fast season best fastest time in two years in her third US 100 meter title. Let's go, Shakari. She came back to from like a slow start and pulled away from the field. And she's had injuries and a difficult and a difficult year on and off the track because she said she finally feels healthy mentally and physically and emotionally. So that makes me happy for her. I mean, this is 10.77. Like what happens when she finally figures it out? Like the start. Yeah. Yeah. Like she has a slow start and has had a rough go of it. Like when she's just feeling like she's in her flow. What does she break 10 seconds? Like what are we doing? Let's just think fast people. I do not understand. Yeah. No. No. I definitely do not understand fast people. That is not abs. I know you're a huge love Island fan. Yeah. So you probably already know this. But be a treat. Nice. To come the US paranational title in the T64 long jump. I did not know this. What happened? So as we know, Mia, was she Mia on the Baya Baya Baya trees. Okay. Maybe I was saying it wrong. Baya trees. She exited season eight of love Island after only 10 days, which I mean probably didn't feel great at the time. But since she came home and won a national title, I'd say it's worked out pretty well. She didn't even train while she was in Fiji. Yeah. I don't know how you do that. I mean, I see all the guys like she she did like a little bit of lifting and ab work, but like not running and you know, doing long jump training. Mm hmm. She struggled a little bit on her first few jumps and then fouled out on her fourth. So she dropped to third, but then she crushed it on her fifth attempt, 5.24 meters and held on for the win. Yeah. I tell you what. Baya Baya on on love Island. To me, she brought the athlete approach like I'm not going to take that from you. Like we're going to actually have a conversation about this. Like she was like really upfront and where as some of the other contestants or whatever you want to call them. But I'm glad that she got this win because take that Gabriel. Take that. Take that Gabriel. I wish I knew what that meant. I was team I was team Baya all the way. And then Gabriel was was her person that because he wanted to switch and re-couple. Gabriel. Baya got sent home. Oh, Gabriel. I do a full disclosure. I did watch the first episode of the island just to get familiar with the names. So I know what the heck the kids are talking about, but I didn't watch anything after that. Yeah. But I liked her too because I'm like, oh, okay, here we go. Yeah. And she was and I will say this, it is the worst and also best television ever because enough. And we are sidetracking so hard right now because I love love Island so much. This specific season, these women had each other's back so intensely. And when the guys started getting idiot, idiot, guidance happening and they just like they go to Kasa more and they're like, it's essentially their, their hall pass, like they're free, they're free to act however they want. And they're like, I'm just trying to get the experience, you know, like these women had each other's back in this really awesome way that for me with my daughters watching it, I was like, they were teaching my kids in many ways how relationships like healthy ones look and how unhealthy ones look. So it was like for me, though it's, you know, we do it, we watch it because we want to be able to communicate with our kids throughout the summer. That's why we watch it. And also, I'm kind of into that stuff. I love reality TV. Yeah, I was going to say, and also you love it. Okay. Yeah. I love it and I hate it. That's the truth. Okay. One more bonus topic. Have you ever looked at the reports that Google puts out called Google trends and they share the most search topics? Oh my god. It's a miracle. It's heard. So they put together a special World Cup report. And I wanted to share a few of the data points from it because it is very entertaining. Okay. Okay. So apparently a lot of the world felt inspired by the World Cup, which I love. So this is global as well. This is global Google trends. So, but this one is particular to the United States because there were searches that said, is soccer hard that nearly yes, it is. Yes. Yeah. We are here to tell you, yes, it's damn hard. What is it? Because the professionals are making it not look hard. Or they trying to ask for themselves, like asking for a friend to see if they want to go play. Well, the other one was adult soccer leagues near me. That was a big one. That's good. Yeah. Okay. And then there was the slightly confused Americans trying to understand soccer in like a language that they already speak. So one of the trending was was imbappe and NBA terms. I mean, people are so stupid. So I, and they also put messy versus Ronaldo in basketball terms. And so I went straight to Declan, who's my source of all NBA stuff. And I'm like, okay, Declan, I also Google that I'm like imbappe and NBA terms. And without hesitating, he didn't even know I just threw it in the question. He didn't know what the heck I was talking about. Yeah. Anthony Edwards. And that was what Google gave Anthony Edwards or a young Kevin Durant. And I said, what about a young Kevin Durant? He goes, nah, I wouldn't say a young Kevin Durant. I would say young Kyrie Irving. I was like, okay. So the Google said Anthony Edwards or a young Kevin Durant. And then and then Declan said not Kevin Durant and Kyrie, Kyrie Irving. Okay. Got it. Yeah. Okay. When I told him the answer, which was funny. And then I said, okay, messy versus Ronaldo, basketball terms. And he said, um, LeBron and him Jay, the Google, I said, but did those two really overlap? No, they didn't play together. I said, I feel like more like like LeBron and Kobe. And then I went and Googled it, LeBron and Kobe. - Oh yeah. I'd say LeBron and Kobe, I'd also say Magic and Bird. That's what Ian said. I'd say Magic and Bird, just because they're such different kind of players. Yeah. He is Kobe and LeBron or such similar players in a way. Okay, and there was also why traffic cones on statues was a search. Wait, why was the Scotland's tartan army? They do this on all these grand and serious monuments. They're poking a little fun at all these things. They always put these big orange cones on top of them. But this will not come as a surprise, but I thought it was very entertaining. The clear winner was Drumroll, please. Ranch dressing. Oh my god. People loved ranch dressing. And so the questions were, does Europe have ranch? Can I bring ranch dressing on a plane? Apparently there were bottles of ranch left at the airport I heard too. People would tell him, "Shit." Trying to get it through. bottles. They were trying to get it through. I think it's like the World Cup bringing the world together. One bottle of ranch at a time. Oh my god. That's amazing. That is a wrap. That is a wrap on our party starter. Thanks to Ally for sponsoring this segment. Ally is more than a bank and their do-it-write approach helps customers unlock. Their economic potential and guides their efforts as a leading sponsor in women sports. And just like us, Ally believes that when women in sports win, we all have a reason to party. Ally Bank member FDIC. Coming up her last name may be bronze, but Lucy's career is pure gold party people. Our conversation with Lucy Bronze, we were at Cityfield before Gotham's record-breaking Queens classic. Okay, party people. As you know, Julie and I love a good challenge. Okay, so the team at All Freaklear saw our minutes win a challenge and they loved how competitive we are. And we wanted to get it, and they wanted to get it on the fun challenge on their own. So they contacted us and they said, "We got to do this thing." We're combining two things. We care about a little friendly competition and products that are gentle on our skin. All Freaklear is tough on stains and noters made with only essential ingredients. And it's 100% free from dyes, perfumes, and parabens, which we love. Okay, Jules, grab the socks. Let's see who can fold the most in 30 seconds. Three, two, one. Go! Okay! I got one. I got two. Two. I got three. Oh god. Three. Short one. I got two short ones. Four. Oh my gosh. Four. I got five. Where are my small ones? I got six. Seven. Did you say seven? Yeah. One. Two. Look at this is my seventh. And I got cut off. I was just in the process of folding it. Honestly, Juley can't even win this sock challenge. Wow, I can't believe I won. I was just about to fold the seventh. All three, clear, baby. Let's walk it back. But this time, with a clear perspective, now that we have that. And I think we should revisit a messy moment from our careers when we lost the 95 World Cup to Norway. And they did their little synopeed crawl all around us. It was the semi-finals of the 95 World Cup. Well, typically, you have to wait four more years to get another chance at a team, right, for another World Cup. But for the very first time we have the Olympics the next year. So 95 World Cup, 96 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Well, really Athens for soccer. We played at the University of Georgia. Do you recall who we played in the semi-finals again of that tournament? Norway. Norway. Norway. Let's go. So that time around, we were sure that we were not messy and that we cleared things up. And guess what the final score was in that match? What was it? Two-to-one Abigail for the United States of America. Okay, party people, pick up a bottle of all free, clear, detergent for your next laundry day and start folding those socks. Party people, if you listen to the show, you know how much we travel and how much we love to travel. And I'm beyond excited because coming up for is he season with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo? That's going to be it! We booked two different homes on Airbnb. How about that? So we're going for a week and we're going to stay in two different locations because in the second one, it's a little bit bigger. It's near downtown. I'm very pumped about this. It's. Have you been to San Luis Obispo's downtown? No, I haven't. Oh my gosh. Abs, it's so cute. Like corner cafes, right? And you can hang out with all the locals there. So. That's fun. Yeah, I'm beyond excited to do that. So booking a stay on Airbnb makes those moments feel a little more possible. You're staying in real neighborhoods. You're walking the same streets as the people who live there. And when you're traveling like I am with friends and our family, having everyone together under one roof, as we know, gives us time and it's got a great backyard where you can barbecue in and gives us more time to experience together. 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And the girls are ages 11 to 17 and they help them develop stronger body confidence and continue hopefully playing the sports they love. It's encouraging, as we know, to see a brand investing in something bigger than the game itself. And especially helping more girls experience everything sports can offer both on and off the field. And from now until December 31st, abs, your Dove purchase helps keep girls in sports. Learn more at dove.com/purchase2donate and visit dove.com to learn more about the Dove Body Confidence Sports program. Do we want to get to the party as part of our party? We do want to get to the party as part of our party. All right, it feels like it's only fitting that on a night like tonight, our guest is someone who has spent her entire career making history herself. Lucy, bronze is one of the greatest players. The game has ever seen. She is the most decorated English footballer of all time, a two time European champion with England, a five time, UEFA champion league winner, a four time women's super league title winner. She's won league titles in France and Spain. And in 2020 became the first English player and the first defender, y'all, to be named the best FIFA women's player. Her trophy hall is 22 on her strong. 22. So she literally is the most accomplished footballer in England. I am not done. She just signed a new contract extension with Chelsea for another year. She helped England defend its European title in 2025. We later learned. She played that Euro's the entire time with the broken leg. She even has one thing here in America. Lucy won an NCAA championship during her time at the University of North Carolina and has said that experience helped shape the mindset that carried her to the top of the global game. Lucy bronze, you absolute legend. Welcome to the party. [CHEERING] Lucy! [APPLAUSE] Nice entrance. You're right here. All right. Lucy! Lucy, I saw on your Instagram feed that you were at Wimbledon. Yep. Were you in the Royal Box? Because King or Billie Jean, did you see her? And no, not the day, though. We thought maybe you might have run into King or there. No, no, I do love Wimbledon, though. I've been a few times. I actually played tennis when I was younger. No way. My mom was adamant. I was going to be a tennis player. And I was like, it's football. And she was like, please, no. You could be the next three new Williams. Well, you've done fine playing soccer. I hope so, right? I mean, Lucy, I watch you play. And I love the fierceness that you play with. I love the tactics, your technique. And I think that you've been a part of the game for all these years since Julian, I've been retired and seen the real growth of it. I would love to know what it's like to even be in a foreign country. And for these people to know who you are, and to have watched the game grow in the way that it has in your country and globally. I always say, I think, I'm one of the luckiest female players in the world, because the star of my career, the game, was pretty small. I was small as a player. And almost my career on the game has grown in the same rhythm in line that I've got to be able to grow alongside the game, becoming bigger and bigger. Whereas the players I play with now, they didn't know it before. And then the players who've retired haven't been able to experience it now on the field. So I always feel so lucky to have seen both sides of it in such an amazing way. And I think that's made me appreciate more. And I tell so many stories to the younger players. They probably sick of it. They're like, you told us this before about this player and this. And I just think it's amazing where it's come, but I just keep thinking, wow, we've got so much more that we can do even days like today. It's something else has changed. And yeah, it's just amazing to be part of and to just have watched it. I'm just so content to be able to have shared so many experiences. Yeah. We talk about the growth in England as well, my in-laws who of course are English. When I first met them 30 plus years ago, I've been married to my husband for 30 years, I said to them, now this is 30 years ago, I said to them, I play football. And they were like, you play football? What? Like I had two heads. And I was like, yeah, that's what we do in the States. Because 30 years ago, you just did not come across women, I think, playing football, right? England. Yeah. I mean, not even like 20 years ago, when I was still a teenage, when I was 12, that didn't exist either. That's how the whole story of me coming to North Carolina to America, meeting Anson Dorrance was because of that. I turned 12 and they were like, you can't play. So my mum went on to Google, she Googled, women's football. Your guys' names came home. And she said, it was like, where's the best place for girls? So I went to a soccer camp in UNC when I was 12 years old. Wow. And Anson was like, I'm taking her. And Anson went to my mum and said, bring her back. And she's the right age. And she's in. Wow. That's crazy. That's an incredible story. Good old Google. That's crazy. Before we go to UNC days, can we go back to last year European championships? You guys might have recalled that England played Spain and the final. They won it. They go back to back as European champions for the first time. And we find out after the fact, as we set off the top, like Lucy is playing, y'all, with a broken leg. So we, and Abby just told me today, she's like, yeah, I've done that too. I was like, what is wrong with you two? So I want one. I want to hear how you did it. And then we can compare it to Abby's craziness. Yeah. I mean, I had, like I hurt myself towards the end of the season, kind of unaware. And a few weeks in, I was like, my legs hurts. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. Doctor was like, it can't be broken because you wouldn't be able to play. I was like, cool. I'll keep playing. I went to my first England camp, like a few weeks before the Euros. I told my England doctor, who's been England doctor for 12 years. So he knows me. And I said, my leg hurts a bit. And he went, Lucy bronzes telling me she's in pain. Nah, we're getting you an X-ray. So I played a game against Portugal, it wimbly. We X-rayed it straight after the game. And he was like, you broke your leg. Like, we need to sit down with Serena. We need to come up with a plan. And I was like, well, I'm playing. And like, that's the plan done. I've got the plan. I've got the plan I'm playing, like, let's go. Yeah, obviously I made it worse by playing and took a bit of time off, but yeah, there was no way you're going to keep me off the field. Like I said to Serena, if you want me to play on playing, if I'm not good enough because I'm playing too much pain, you take me off. You don't play me, that's your decision. But I'm available. That's be all and end all, I'm available. Do you think that women have higher pain through our shoulders than men? I do. I mean, it's, you know, we Americans saw Christian Policic have go out with an injury in the last game. And, you know, I understand the pressure in the moment. I also understand the pain. But there's no way I'm coming off the field down to goals in any World Cup, you know. I wish that there was like a way for him to have maybe gotten injection on the sideline, although I got staples on the sideline. So, I don't know. Well, I broke my leg. Okay. No, it wasn't your leg. Yeah, my toe. I had a big, I had a broken big toe prior to the 2007 Women's World Cup. And it was totally fractured. So before every practice and every game, they would have to inject both sides of my toe and the nerve with numbing medication to completely numb it. So during that whole World Cup run that we ended up coming out with a bronze medal. We didn't win that one. But during that whole run, I would go to practice and then everybody would take their cleats off and I would put my foot in a boot and then walk around while the pain med wore off, while the numbing medication wore off. But I played the whole tournament with basically a whole foot that was numb. I couldn't feel anything. It was very weird. And now I can't bend my toe. So young kids, young kids watching this are like, so the moral of the story is, you play with everything broken. No, it is not that. No. It's not that. These are like very extreme situations. Yeah, but I think part of the difference between, I think what Lucy and I experience more than maybe the men is, and probably me more than you at the time. But I was playing to feed myself, you know, like every game and every championship and World Cup I played in, I was fighting for my literal life and for my future. And so, you know, if I've got a many, many million dollars a year contract or transfer fee, whatever, maybe I'm thinking differently, I don't know. My spirit, I'm a winner, like I want to play. And that's, and you are too. So. Did you know in my research that Lucy bronze's full name is? Lucia Roberta Tuff, bronze. So freaking way. Yeah. Tuff is literally your name. Tuff is her mother's maiden name. Yeah. That is awesome. I'm so jealous. Yeah, the thing is my dad's put She gives my mum's English and in Portugal you hold onto your mum's maiden name. Whereas other English people don't use their mum's maiden name. So now I have a middle name that's tough and my mum's maiden name happened to be tough. And the women on that side of my family are genuinely the tough of women in the world as well. So it's just kind of fitting it. It just runs in the family. So you've played on many different teams and you've been coached by many different coaches. Do you have a favourite team that you've played with, a group of players that you've played with, a favourite coach? A group of players I have to say when I played for Leon in France at the time, the coach basically looked around the world and went, "Where's all the best players in the world?" Put them in one team. And I remember the very first ball on door for the official ball on door. I think there was like 16 nominees or like 20 nominees and 12 of them were from my team. Whoa. Something crazy like this. Give us some names. Like what was that? Well that was Adahegaburg, Lyssoma Marjan, Wendy Renard, Michelle, who else? Maggiere, Buhadi, the goalkeeper, Saki Kumagai, the captain of Japan. Yeah, I was just in. I'm a Dean Henry. Yeah. He was the captain of France. So you've played on all these different teams and in these different countries that have different cultures as well. Yeah, yeah. Obviously that's obviously made you a better player, but what is your favourite culture of soccer to play in? Yeah, Barcelona was pretty. Barcelona. Yeah, that's awesome. That's. I'd say that even though that was like a point in my career, well, I was pretty established. It was the hardest transition I've ever done because you like. You have to fit Barcelona. Yeah. You know, like. You don't. Like, Barcelona doesn't change for you. Yeah. You change for Barcelona. Wow. You play the Barcelona way. That is the B-all and end all and you have to fit the system. And if you don't and you don't make it work, that's your problem. So yeah, that was. For foreign players, going there, it's like you have to buy into the culture of the game. The way it's played, even just like the language. It's not. They don't speak Spanish. They speak Catalan. Like, yeah. Oh yeah. They're good. It's like a real cultural. Yeah. Yeah. Like, it was a real eye-opener. I was like, I've been to America. I've been to France. This is easy. No, it was. It was really interesting of like that whole transition was super like. That's interesting because you guys might have heard Terry on re-talking about it on TV the other day was the reason for this success. And I totally subscribed to what he was saying is that they from national teams to clubs, to youth national teams, to youth development, they all play the same system. They all play a certain way. And that's why you're seeing the success at so many different levels for the Spanish team. And to your point, like, you don't come in and change a team to fit the parts, you fit the team and make sure you're part of it. Yeah. And you make sure you like make the players around you like better. Like, I was known for being an attacking fullback. 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Insane. I said, come on. Yeah. And you may know that UNC is one only 22 national championships. 2009 when Lucy bronze was there was one of them of course. Yeah, I mean, I went there as 17 year old and in England that was regarded as a very competitive player, but I always got told to like, you're too competitive like calm down. I went to UNC and Anson was like, it's not enough. Like I remember Ashlyn Harris was in goal. Like she was screaming at me like Megan Klingenberg screaming at me Whitney Engen. Like I was just like, what is this? I loved it. But at first I was like, what the hell is this? I had to do what he wants against Tobin Heath. I was like, she plays for the US national team. I'm 17. What am I doing here? Like no. And the funniest thing was I went back to England and people were so unaware. I was going into training sessions with England a few years later and they were like, well, when you play against Cindy LaRue or Tobin Heath, they are at this level and this is what you have to do and I was like, I've just played with and against them like three years ago, but you guys are so unaware of the college system in America that you don't realise how good it is and how competitive it is. But it really like, yeah, I always say it is the moment in my career where I was like, thank God I did that because if I stayed in England, they would have just completely took out the competitiveness of me. Whereas I'm someone and all the girls were like, and I actually think, I actually think there is a big correlation between how excellent your English football team has gotten the international team with you having had that experience because I feel like you've been such a leader and all of the players have benefited so much from you of getting the green light to be as competitive as you actually are. That's the thing that makes I think a million people. and soccer very different than other countries around the world. Is that we're not afraid to compete and like practices are actually some of the most intense situations we've ever find ourselves more than games. I mean pulling jerseys, yelling at each other, swearing, the ball is out! That was out, you know? And then of course when practice is over it's like, good job. You know, we played hard, we did our jobs today. So I just think it's really cool to see not only how you've developed but how you've carried yourself all these years. You know, you've been out and I was spoken about your autism and ADHD diagnosis. And I just want to talk about that really quick because not only do I think it's important to say these things out loud, but also to be as successful as you are and to be such a beautiful voice and an advocate for all the people in the world out there looking and wondering if they could do something wonderful and in the football world, you're just crushing it. How has your relationship with the autism/ADHD world been as you've kind of come forward with the diagnosis? I mean, yeah, it's something I got diagnosed with not that long ago but it was something that my mum probably young age, she was like, Lucy for sure, you're autistic. But I don't need to get you tested, like you're just all Lucy. And I think my mum being a teacher as well, it's really helped because she just put me into loads of sports. And I found football was my obsession and I just dove into it and she just made sure that I was constantly in it. And I never sat still. I was always just like buzzing around. I always say, like I say, oh, it's my superpower that I've autistic ADHD because I've just got this crazy, like my head's just a hundred miles an hour. When I'm on the field, I'm like, this is all at the same time. I love exercising, I love being in the gym, I love training, I love everything. And I think I always like to relate it to that and think that that's always helped me. But I think the only way that sometimes I've maybe been misunderstood in my career, particularly in England, just because we have, I don't know if Americans know about, there's like very English way of doing things. And I feel like that's always worked against me and I used to think it was because maybe I was too competitive or I didn't quite fit in. And I was maybe different in that respect. But I realise it was just, I don't think the same as these people who want everybody to do everything in a straight line, a little bit more militant. And that's the English way of doing things that's always worked. And I'd be like, no, I want to go over here, I want to do this, I want to do like this. And I think the only way that I managed to be accepted was by being successful. It was like, I'm just gonna have to do it even more to prove that I am right. And then the way I am is okay. And then I got to a point where I was so comfortable and so successful. I was like, yeah, people need to know this. Like, do your own way, do the way that you are. Like, don't change yourself. I think if I changed myself, I would have quit football probably. Yeah, and I love that you had the courage to talk about it, right? And because imagine someone who has struggled with that for so long and you've lived it so you know it, what that will do to their life now. So what were some of the stories you heard after you started talking about it? Well, that was the thing as well. So I remember my age and was very much like, we've been together for like over 12 years. So we're really close relationships. She was like, it's gonna be so good. And I was like, nobody cares. I was like, yeah, I have one, two euros and I had more people coming to me about this than I did about winning the euros, winning anything in my entire career. I was like, wow, this is insane. Like the people coming up telling stories, kids at football games after my matches saying like, you understand how I feel. I feel like I've got 100 things to do and all these voices in my head and people don't understand or I can't sit still. Even teammates are mind saying like, wow, how do you manage it? I don't know how to be in a team or what's expected of me. And I'm like, you just got to learn to have people who got to learn to have patience for you, but you have to learn to have patience for them. And like, you have to be yourself. And just that's the only thing you can do. But it has been amazing. Like the stories people are telling me. I just couldn't, I would have never afford in a million years what a difference would have made. And yeah, it was like the first two days after it was, I did like an interview. I was just gobsmacked by the response. Well, and I think it just speaks so much to the facts of embracing how different we all are. It's something that we always talk about on the national team that we don't want the player next to me or behind me or in front of me to be the same. We want them to be different because their value is in the sum of our parts is going to make us all better and stronger. And for you to be so open about this, it allows every kid who's watching who might feel a little bit different in some way doesn't have to be autistic way or or ADHD. It could be they might be shorter. They might not get in great grades. Whatever it might be. But there is still some some special quality about all of us that that's the thing that we get to bring forward. And into the world and I truly believe that we are meant to be here to find out what that special thing is. I'm just so freaking glad yours was women's soccer. I'm just so glad it was football like so glad. No, it's crazy when you go down the list if I started doing all the research and we're like oh my god and she's one of this. She's playing here. Lucy what a career when you look across the span of it all the 22 trophy hall that you have. And you think about the next let's say five years for women's soccer. Right. We start with tonight you talked about just like breaking record every time a woman's game happens. But what do you what do you most excited about when you think about the next five years globally for women's soccer. I'm really excited about like the quality of the game. I think for so long there's been like a few teams or a few players. I think like the investment is some fun and excited about and the more we invest the more we're going to find these amazing players and not just in the states not just in England not just in like these key countries like. More girls are going to have opportunities all over the world to become professional football players like that's insane there's so much talent in this world that's not been uncovered because they've not been given the opportunity in at the end of the day we as fans are the ones who are missing out on it like there's so much talent and I think we talk about investment a lot in fans and stadiums and that's that's amazing that's I'm like a superstar dream of the side of the game. But actually the talent and like the actual watch and these amazing players is just what I love is what I love playing against is what I love trying to become like the talent that we have in our sport is amazing. I think we've got the opportunity to find more and it's just going to make the game more exciting more competitive more people watch and that's what's going to just keep the investments keep the fans keep everything just growing. Yeah it's so true because people say like oh my god we're living through a moment with women's sports and I'm like yeah we are or women's soccer and I'm like yeah we are but like we are literally just scratching the surface. Yeah like so much so much that's going to explode in such a positive way. I know that you have just signed another year long extension of Chelsea going through 27 but I have to ask I've got to ask are you going to be like all the other European football players. 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So when it comes to laundry, I really, I choose all free-clear detergent. I love this. Yeah. Because we're always talking about being mindful with what we eat or what we put into our bodies. But I actually never really thought about laundry detergent in the same way. Yeah, I know. Same. And when you really think about it, you're wearing these clothes all day. You're working out in them, you're traveling in them, sleeping in them, and then drying off after the shower with them on. So I do think it matters. That's why I like that all free-clear uses only essential ingredients that jewels tackle tough stains and tough odors. We've got teenagers. That's good to say. And you need that. Exactly. It's gentle on the skin. So it's also soft. Yeah. And it's 100% free from dyes and perfumes and parabens. And I feel that once you know that, you can't unknow it, which is a good thing. Totally. I know. And for me, between our kids and sports gear and just life, there's just always stains. Always stains. There's always something happening. Yeah. Always. And honestly, I do feel like workout clothes and washing them. And especially declines like layers of workout clothes. And how many he puts on a day is a full-time job. Exactly. But that's what's great, right? Because it actually works on all of that. But I still feel good about using it for everyone in the house and myself too. Yeah. I love that you can look at the back of the bottle and actually see what's in it and what each ingredient actually does. That level of transparency, by the way, is not just something you usually get with laundry detergent plus. My son, Declan, has really sensitive skin. He has some allergies. So I love that. As I was saying, there's new dyes or perfumes since those can be irritating to his skin. And as we know, skin is an organ. We worry about what we put on the inside of our bodies. So we should also care about what touches our skin too with clothes and what we wash them in. I know. And that is why it makes it such an easy choice, Jules. It works. And it's a clean, you can feel good about. Pick up a bottle of all-free clear detergent for your next laundry day. Obviously next summer, we've got Brazil. Do you think that there's a world in which you're playing four years from then? Because the World Cup's coming to the US? One at a time. One at a time. I want to make next year. I'm just trying to get these folks excited for the 2031 Women's World Cup, which is going to be here in the United States. Very, very exciting. Look, how old are you now? That's full. You got it. Fine. Everyone plays till they're like 41. You're a fine. Just heal up your leg and you're fine. What about post-soccer? What are we thinking? I want to work in like, this is going to be crazy, but I want to like change fee for something. I want to work in the Federation. I already do. I work with players boards in like the players union in England with your wafer, with fee for like, I love arguing, so it seems like the right thing to do. That's awesome. I love that so much. I think fee for me needs it. Yes. You know what you need to do? We need to get, and I know these people will agree. The prize money for the pool of money that goes to the players for World Cups equal eyes between the men and the women. Yeah, they're saying, oh, it'll be equal by 2031. I think it should be equal while Lucy Bronze can get a piece of that, right? 2027. 2027. That's right. Next World Cup. The next World Cup. Lucy, it has been such a treat to have you here. Thank you for taking the time. Thank you for joining us on this incredibly historic night. You guys, give it up for Lucy Bronze. Should we do a party pose with everyone? On three, we give our best party pose. One, two, three! All right, so just so you guys know, we have a show called Welcome to the Party. And we love it. 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