Southside Trap Podcast

Soccer. Game. Blouses. We made it. The Red Stars dropped their Challenge Cup roster, and their first game is in mere days. Southside Trap sat down with Hayley Snider of Actually, the Dash to break down Chicago's first opponent, their 2020 Challenge Cup Final foe the Houston Dash. Get excited folks, the games are here.

It's a podcast, about soccer! This week Southside Trap discusses, one very special Chicago Red Stars alumnus, allyship (again), USWNT call-ups, and what exactly went down at the White House this week

It's feels like the story of the preseason is starting to take shape, and we've got Scott Parkinson on the pod to talk about it! We chat drafts, new acquisitions, what Chicago's formation might look like, a healthy amount of competition, depth, taking home some silverware and what the the perfect Summertime Chi day looks like.

The NWSL announced the Challenge Cup schedule, new MKOT ownership reactions, Chicago is the west? press box sandwiches, one very special game date, and more on this week's Southside Trap. Spring is here bb's, and with it comes soccer.

Colleen Mares joins SST to chat about all things Red Stars! Music Mogul, Chance The Rapper Manager, and now a Chicago Red Stars owner -- Sandra and Claire chat with Colleen about her journey to ownership and of course, Chicago Things.

Valentine's, Galentine's, Shmalentine's, call it whatever you want. Something of a tenuous holiday weekend, but in a dark month we're going to grab onto it anyway! This week, Southside Trap talks NWSL testing protocol, grabbing joy where we can find it, one very good USWNT call-up, and then fully pivot into which Chicago Red Star captures the essential central quality of the timeless classic The Princess Diaries. The weekend demands talk of romantic comedies and candy best XI's, and we did our best to oblige

The planet Earth has made one full rotation around the sun, and we find ourselves back in NWSL preseason. We feel ok about it! This week, Southside Trap talks homecomings (we had to talk Candace briefly, c'mon), rosters, the hint of new Chicago investment, and how it feels to be back where we started a fateful year ago.

It's like she never left. This week, Southside Trap sat down with Nikki Stanton to remember 2019, process 2020 both on and off the field, recap the journey that brought her back to the Red Stars, and look forward to what 2021 is going to bring. Enya also comes up again. Then we hit you with international news, including a very exciting MKOT call up!

Many things happened in the NWSL universe this week, and we responded in kind. This week, Southside Trap did a quick Draft recap, talking deals, picks, due diligence, and responsibility. We then had a great conversation with new Red Stars midfielder Sarah Woldmoe, discussing many of those same things, talking the Sky Blue to Chicago pipeline, healthy competition, growing up in the Midwest, leadership roles, and things to look forward to.

In the second part of our 2020 year in review, Southside Trap is back with our F/H/C and pal John D Halloran to talk through the Fall Series (what was it, really?), a trade that saw some beloved Red Stars leave the team, and also a deep dive into Chicago's newest move for Mallory Pugh and Sarah Woldmoe. What a year, on to new things.

2020, it certainly was a year. This week, Southside Trap sat down with our Chicago Outfit friend, homie, and colleague John D Halloran to talk through the Chicago Red Stars year that almost wasn't. In Part I, we talk the 2020 NWSL Draft, the tumultuous month of March, and a tournament in Utah that wasn't all that bad.

Nobody asked for this, but we did it anyway! This week, Southside Trap did not discuss a single soccer related thing, instead we dove deep and went in on the the new modern holiday classic(?), Happiest Season. Join us for this holiday movie discussion!

We took another tour around women's soccer this week, but it wasn't necessarily easy, breezy, or all that beautiful. We talked USWNT dominance, a very tough week in allyship, and how it feels kinda weird but also definitely not bad to have our new old midwestern frenemies back.

It's the holidays, and therefore time to talk about...soccer? This week we commemorate a legend, find out who was the best American player in 2020, talk about what we're grateful for and put together an All-Star Thanksgiving XI, in addition to conversations about the USWNT and the new NWSL season framework

We didn't know exactly how to go about this week's podcast, but we did our very best. Sometimes it's ok to just feel things. Chicago made a deal with Racing Louisville, we lost some good Red Stars, and we talked through what exactly that all felt like.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the weirdest of times, it was the Fall Series. The future awaits ever more presently, but Southside Trap wanted to take a second and discuss what came to pass at the end of this year, in all its glory and all its shortcomings. Enjoy.

We'll have a longer Fall Series overview in the upcoming weeks, but first we needed to sit down and talk about whatever that last game was! Southside Trap discusses: missing pieces, weird calls, collective action, weak-side defending, winning halves, happy returns, many USWNT call-ups and we close out the episode with post-game audio from Sarah Gorden and Arin Wright

This one has been in the works for a while. On Wednesday morning, Southside Trap sat down with Kealia Watt to talk about becoming a Red Star, the upheaval of this year, getting comfortable with a new team, the Challenge Cup experience, the city of Chicago, the Red Stars attack, and many other things, including the teams goals against Sky Blue this weekend and beyond.

For better or worse, the Red Stars are moving into the end of their 2020 campaign (for real this time), and we're here to talk about it. We talk Chicago's draw with the Washington Spirit, possession battles, physicality, goalkeeping, breakthroughs and late equalizers. We also preview Chicago's last game against Sky Blue (spoiler, we just want them to have fun).

We had...so much to talk about. The SST crew got to watch the Red Stars' grand return to SeatGeek Stadium this weekend, and the team most definitely showed up. Sandra and Claire talk partnerships, protocols, new kids, old vets, and many many goals preceding Chicago's 4-1 win against New Jersey. What a weekend - we won't forget it.