Angel City FC 2022 Preview: Exclusive Jasmyne Spencer Interview | Angel City needs to rely on veteran experience to make playoffs (Soccer 2/23)

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full Angel City FC preview. One of two newest expansion clubs in the NWSL starts their inaugural season with a familiar face at the helm in Nj/NY Gotham FC former head coach Freya Coombe (2:09). Sandra and Lisa run through the front office at Angel City, starting with coach Coombe and the lengthy and impressive list of owners and investors. Because Angel City is an expansion club, they have no detrimental losses and a preseason roster full of big signings including USWNT star Christen Press, MA Vignola, Katie Cousins, Sarah Gorden and Simone Charley (6:45). No NWSL expansion club has come into the league and made the playoffs. The biggest burning question for Angel City heading into their very first season: Can ACFC break the “expansion team” cycle and make the playoffs (20:03)? Listen to hear the A3 projected finish for Angel City based on the pre-season roster and what we know about the head coach Freya Coombe. In the second half of the episode, Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman welcome Angel City FC forward Jasmyne Spencer to the show (25:34). She discusses her offseason working in her family’s food truck and which Jerk Chicken special is her favorite. Although she’s not cooking the food, she plugs the food truck on Instagram @jamminjerkcuisine, and also her environmental clothing line “Jas it Up”. Jasmyne also discusses being chosen in the expansion draft by ACFC from Houston Draft and who actually broke the news to her. - her niece! Now being in LA for preseason, she opens up about the intensity, training with Christen Press, how being a veteran helps her with an expansion club, gelling with the new players and more.
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Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman prepare for the 2022 NWSL Season with a full Angel City FC preview. One of two newest expansion clubs in the NWSL starts their inaugural season with a familiar face at the helm in Nj/NY Gotham FC former head coach Freya Coombe (2:09). Sandra and Lisa run through the front office at Angel City, starting with coach Coombe and the lengthy and impressive list of owners and investors. Because Angel City is an expansion club, they have no detrimental losses and a preseason roster full of big signings including USWNT star Christen Press, MA Vignola, Katie Cousins, Sarah Gorden and Simone Charley (6:45). No NWSL expansion club has come into the league and made the playoffs. The biggest burning question for Angel City heading into their very first season: Can ACFC break the “expansion team” cycle and make the playoffs (20:03)? Listen to hear the A3 projected finish for Angel City based on the pre-season roster and what we know about the head coach Freya Coombe. In the second half of the episode, Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman welcome Angel City FC forward Jasmyne Spencer to the show (25:34). She discusses her offseason working in her family’s food truck and which Jerk Chicken special is her favorite. Although she’s not cooking the food, she plugs the food truck on Instagram @jamminjerkcuisine, and also her environmental clothing line “Jas it Up”. Jasmyne also discusses being chosen in the expansion draft by ACFC from Houston Draft and who actually broke the news to her. - her niece! Now being in LA for preseason, she opens up about the intensity, training with Christen Press, how being a veteran helps her with an expansion club, gelling with the new players and more.

'Attacking Third' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. 

Follow the Attacking Third team on Twitter: @AttackingThird, @SandHerrera_, @LRoman32

Visit the Attacking Third YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/attackingthird

You can listen to Attacking Third on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Attacking Third podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Attacking Third podcast."

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