After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe

Listen, download, subscribe

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

One World Cup Cinderella story ends in heartbreak, another continues — off one of the gutsiest plays ever

Brendan and Rebecca go around the grounds on the latest Round of 16 results: Why are World Cup Cinderellas so rare? Are Brazil’s goal celebrations just too much? And is there anything more badass than a Panenka to win a penalty shootout? Then, they preview all four quarterfinal matches, and Rebecca has an unexpected change of heart about her beloved England side.

• 

  Spain’s unlikely road to victory, plus the heartbreak of loving the beauti…

• 

  A Q&A on USWNT’s next coach, the power shift in women’s soccer, and the se…

• 

  Unfiltered joy and overwhelming emotions as England advances to the World …

• 

  Spain reaches the final amid conflict — as the England-Australia rivalry h…

• 

  The longest penalty shootout in World Cup history, plus New Zealand ex-PM …

• 

  Mia Hamm on what went wrong for the USWNT — plus, another tournament favor…

• 

  Silver linings for the USWNT, England’s red-card controversy, plus special…

• 

  Heartbreak Down Under: watching the USWNT lose by millimeters, with U.S. s…

• 

  What the U.S. needs to do to beat Sweden — plus, the knockout bracket no o…

• 

  Concern and controversy over the U.S.'s ugly 0-0 draw with Portugal, with …

• 

  Is the U.S. in trouble? Former USWNT coach Jill Ellis weighs in after last…

• 

  Group-stage surprises, stunners, and skew-whiffs with soccer insider Meg L…

• 

  What to make of the USWNT’s sloppy start, with World Cup legend Julie Foudy

• 

  The Women’s World Cup, from A to (New) Z

• 

  ‘After the Whistle’ is headed Down Under!

• 

  If this World Cup final had been scripted, it would’ve been too unbelievab…