Introducing: Hustle Rule: The Untold Stories of Women's Soccer

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I was literally going to make this team where I
was going to die trying. These are the jaw dropping,
untold stories of players willing to risk everything for the
game they love. I'm your host, Hannah Wadingen. I've spent
the last two years immersing myself in the role of

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football club owner Rebecca Welton in the series Ted Lasser,
and when she fell in love with the game, I
did too. Now in this seven part series, I want
to take you inside women's soccer. This is Hustle Rule,
an audio documentary based on the book Under the Lights
and in the Dark by Gwendolen oxen Um. From the

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streets of Santos, Brazil, to a one room home in Lagos, Nigeria,
From an underground league in New York to a truck
smuggling Afghan refugees bumping along a road in rural Denmark,
will take you around the world. This isn't about money
or fame, but it is about dreams, about wanting to
be the best, the best in your building, your block,

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your neighborhood, the best in your country. Everybody wants out.
I saw losses that I saw, Yours is that and
it's about quietening anyone who tells you you don't have
what it takes. The guys started talking about about her,
like what are you doing here? And she makes them
actually the crowd when nuts. There can be times when

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it feels like the whole world has turned its back
on you. I had everything taken away from me, I
had my captaincy taken away from me, my ability to
earn income. Times when no one else believes in your dream.
But there's the beauty of chasing it anyway. Because if
someone told me, Nadia, I don't play football because of
this is I'll be like, shut up. I'll still keep going.
You know. I feel like I'm a little kid. Then

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I wake up in the morning like dreaming about touching
a ball again. These are the stories of mothers and daughters,
of far flung adventures of heartbreak, endurance, and joy. Always
play this game. I will always play this game. This
series is about finding something you love and doing whatever
it takes to keep it. In the end, the hustle

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you bring rules the outcome. Starting June, listen to Hustle
Rule on the I Heart Radio app, on Apple Podcasts
or wherever you get your podcasts. For Nobody