Welcome to Episode 112  of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, Skye and Sylvs talk about the international window, the USWNT performances,  Ballon d'Or drama, and hot takes about the last matchday of the NWSL season. Lastly, we bring you our Hits and Riffs of the week! 



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Much love and appreciation to KC Nevijay for letting us use some of his beats and mixes within many of our episodes. His beat appears at the intro piece at the beginning of the episode. Peep his other work at YouTube Channel @ KC Nevijay



Also much love and gratitude goes to D.O.P.E Chick Beats for allowing us to use some of her beats for several of our episodes. Her beats appear during SBFC Superlatives and at the end of the episode.  Follow her on ig :  alexandria_theaudiowiz and on twitter: DOPECHICKBEATS



The photo of this episode features a picture of Alyssa Thompson and Naomi Girma being celebrated after scoring goals during USWNT games in Austin and Louisville during the international window as captured by USWNT and NWSL.