{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Laces Out Loud","title":"After the Boom: Can the World Cup Lift Women’s Soccer?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1695,"description":"The World Cup may be winding down, but its impact on American soccer could be just beginning. This week, we ask what the tournament’s cultural momentum could mean for the NWSL and the women’s game—from converting casual viewers into lasting fans to expanding access beyond America’s expensive pay-to-play system.\nWe also discuss Gotham FC’s move from New Jersey to its future home at Etihad Park in Queens, the challenge of growing a club without abandoning its longtime supporters, and why the NWSL’s return provides the perfect next step for newly converted soccer fans.\nPlus, we dig into the staggering disparity between the men’s and women’s World Cup prize pools, how the USWNT benefits from its shared agreement with the USMNT, the need for greater investment in women-specific sports research and equipment, and whether the men’s World Cup can help fund women’s soccer around the globe.\nAlong the way: Ashley Sanchez loyalty dilemmas, Marta’s apparent immortality, Norwegian anime heroes, and the accidental founding of Botland (Boston and Scotland).","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZzdwEoELZb1-ga2qI8OXWS8c-zXxLFLQhhoCLzX-wjY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NThm/NjBmMTE2OTU5ODMz/NjkxYmRjZDcwOTAy/ZTdjYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}