This Women’s World Cup is decidedly not the tournament of World Cups past. For one, the U.S. is out, with the two-time reigning champions bounced in the round of 16, making way for a new winner after eight years in possession of the trophy. More specifically, it also marks the first World Cup since 2011 without USWNT star Tobin Heath and the first sans frontline pillar Christen Press since ’15. The USWNT mainstays are both sidelined with injury, having missed the trip Down Under, and what would’ve been their fourth and third World Cups, respectively.
Instead, the duo have taken to the airways, launching the The RE-CAP Show: World Cup Edition, an outgrowth of their RE-INC brand, which Heath and Press cofounded alongside fellow USWNT stars Megan Rapinoe and Meghan Klingenberg in 2019. The new series has quickly emerged as one of the most nuanced, contemplative and compelling commentaries of this World Cup, breaking through the noise that the event can often dust up, with earned candor.
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