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Rating
4.7from
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38 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
Religion of Sports | PRXExplicit
Yes
Date created
2021/02/25
Latest episode
2023/05/11
Average duration
29 min.
Release period
5 days
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ROS Presents is home to Religion of Sports’ most ambitious and engaging audio storytelling, existing at the intersection of sports and society. We are now in our fourth season with Counterattack, which follows the journey of Sinead Farrelly from hometown soccer star to league whistleblower to comeback kid. Sinead’s experiences in professional soccer and her brave decision to speak out ignited the revolution taking place in professional women’s soccer today. She and her fellow players are continuing a long tradition of sisterhood in women’s soccer. They are changing the game and forging a new path forward—for themselves, for their league, and for the next generation of little girls with big soccer dreams. Our first season, Crushed, presented a fresh take on legacy the home run race of ’98 and baseball’s steroid era. Season 2, the award-winning series False Idol, examined the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and the myths surrounding her killer, Oscar Pistorius. Season 3, Roughhousing, took listeners inside America’s locker rooms to explore hazing in high school sports today — why we do it, what it says about us, and whether change is possible.
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COUNTERATTACK Part 1: The Dream
2023/05/11
The US Women’s National Team’s historic World Cup win in 1999 changed the narrative for female athletes everywhere and inspired a generation of soccer-loving kids like Sinead Farrelly, a little girl in small-town Pennsylvania with big soccer dreams.
Host and goalkeeper Briana Scurry relives that iconic summer and reflects on the legacy of activism, organizing and sisterhood in women’s soccer in this inaugural episode of Counterattack. She also traces the orgin story of Sinead Farrelly, whose experiences in the pros eventually change the game forever.
COUNTERATTACK Part 2: The Reality
2023/05/18
Sinead Farrelly leaves college early to go pro. But when she arrives, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Abysmal pay, poor conditions, and league instability create a culture in which players have little protection or power.
But her coach, Paul Riley, is a soccer legend. He pushes her to play her best—but he also pushes beyond her personal boundaries. At first, she laughs off his inappropriate comments, but eventually his advances cross the line.
This episode brings listeners inside the culture of women’s and girls soccer. Host Briana Scurry explores the undercurrent of sexism that has historically pervaded its power structures, media coverage, and often, coach-player relationships.
COUNTERATTACK Part 3: The Whistleblower
2023/05/25
The National Women’s Soccer league launches, creating new opportunities for elite female soccer players, including Sinead Farrelly, Michelle Betos and newcomer Mana Shim. But the imbalance of power and lack of oversight that defined previous leagues persists; coaches remain powerful and unaccountable gatekeepers. Sinead vows to take her and Paul’s secret to the grave, but it leads her down a path of self-destruction. At the same time, Paul pulls the same moves on a new player — but she has no intention of keeping quiet.
COUNTERATTACK Part 4: The Awakening
2023/06/01
The creation of Angel City FC, a new NWSL team owned and operated by women, promises the kind of culture players have long envisioned for the league. But Sinead Farelly is deeply concerned that the league and its players will never reach their potential with coaches like Paul Riley still in positions of power. So, she decides it’s time to finally tell her story.
COUNTERATTACK Part 5: The Reckoning
2023/06/08
Sinead Farrelly and Mana Shim go public with their stories of abuse and coverup in the NWSL and, in doing so, inspire a reckoning across women’s soccer.
COUNTERATTACK Part 6: The Comeback
2023/06/15
Telling their stories opens the door for Sinead Farelly and Mana Shim — and the NWSL itself — to undergo radical transformations.
COUNTERATTACK: Trailer
2023/05/04
World Cup champion goalkeeper Briana Scurry follows the journey of Sinead Farrelly from young soccer phenom to league whistleblower to comeback kid in Counterattack, launching May 11.
Sinead’s experiences in professional soccer and her brave decision to speak out ignited the revolution taking place in professional women’s soccer today.
Through determination and collective action, she and her fellow players are continuing a long tradition of sisterhood in women’s soccer. They are changing the game and forging a new path forward—for themselves, for their league, and for the next generation of little girls with big soccer dreams.
ROUGHHOUSING Part 1: Hell Week
2023/02/23
What does hazing look like in high school sports today? Our series begins in Mobile, Alabama, where Rodney Kim, Jr. was a freshman with dreams of making the varsity football team. But a brutal locker room initiation changed everything.
ROUGHHOUSING Part 2: The Line
2023/03/02
What if the person being hazed is kinda having fun? Is all hazing a bad thing? A lot of guys on Rodney’s team say the locker room “tussling” just went too far in Rodney’s case. In this episode, host Iggy Monda looks at the range of hazing in U.S. culture, as well as in his own past, to try to find the line between horseplay and abuse.
ROUGHHOUSING Part 3: The Coach
2023/03/09
What role do coaches and other school leaders have in a hazing incident? And how much oversight can parents expect when their kids participate in school sports? We look at Rodney’s coach, his background, and ask what, if anything, could have been done differently.
ROUGHHOUSING Part 4: The Snitch
2023/03/16
We’ve all heard that ‘snitches get stitches.' It’s a rule on the streets but also on many sports teams. So what happens when kids speak out about being hazed in high school?
ROUGHHOUSING Part 5: The Good Fight
2023/03/23
When a violent hazing occurs, the natural impulse is to search for ways to make sure it doesn’t happen again. This effort to stop hazing has been going on in the U.S. for decades. But how effective has it been? And is it even possible to change something so ingrained in our culture?
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Alex828000000 2023/07/26
Gripping
Greatly told story that needs to be heard
manypups 2023/06/24
Counterattack Womens Soccer Series
I’m not even a sports fan and I loved this series. Great expose on women’s soccer (sports). A story that needed to be investigated along time ago. The...
USA Mknitter 2023/07/14
Counterattack
Title 9 didn’t pass until I was in college so I grew up with sports being male dominated. I went to a brand new high school which had labeled (on the ...
McGinty, E 2023/06/16
Counterattack Season 4 a must-listen
Season 4 is incredibly high quality reporting and storytelling, plus excellent narration by USWNT phenom alum Bri Scurry. I was moved to tears at seas...
always in pink 2023/03/29
Phenomenal!
What an insightful and compelling podcast! It masters so many dimensions of this important topic with masterful storytelling. This is a must-listen!
Don’t teach sex under 8 2023/06/13
Changed rating
I was 5 episodes in and loved this podcast. As a parent of a teenager it opened my eyes to just how big the hazing issue is. But in episode 5 when Ig...
Benhoni 2023/03/20
Vulnerability
Insightful and thought provoking! It brought me me back to my experiences over 35 years ago trying to recall what happened and were any lines crossed...
510listens 2023/03/19
Great Hazing Investigation on Roughhousing
Fascinating reporting in the Roughhousing series. Thank you to host Iggy + team for bringing this story/topic to light
Gr2323 2023/03/12
So so good!
Fascinating insightful and a great story arc! And story telling/story tellers. Just great!
eliedwards1097 2023/03/01
Must listen.
Incredible podcast.
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