Days of Red Stars Past: All about the Benedictine - Pt. Two

Days of Red Stars Past: All about the Benedictine - Pt. Two

Author: Southside Trap Podcast April 6, 2020 Duration: 55:18

Happy Friday y'all, here's a podcast.

In this second part of the episode, we talk through Chicago vs Boston in August of 2014, the turf monster, possibly the worst miss in NWSL history, and how the Red Stars began to change into a newer, more sophisticated team going into 2015.

We also have a Southside Trap first: We got John Halloran on the dang pod! He talks about his experiences in Lisle, how turf changes the way a team plays, and how Benedictine was nice, actually.

Next time, we're likely to traverse into the days of 2015, when everything really began to change for the better. Stay tuned.


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