BFFR with Sydney Leroux & Ali Riley
Julie Foudy on Motherhood, Affecting Change, and The Three Clap
Tue, 27 May 2025
Julie Foudy is a soccer icon and also so for real! On the latest episode of BFFR with Sydney Leroux and Ali Riley, our hosts are joined by former U.S. Women’s National Team player, World Cup and Olympic gold medal winner, broadcaster, and Angel City F.C. investor Julie Foudy! Julie shares her perspective on the incremental change over the years in women’s sports, the 99ers taking their World Cup celebration tour into their own hands, and her daughter leaving for college. Plus she’s talking about her work on Save: The Katie Meyer Story, a documentary she did with ESPN about Stamford college athlete Katie Meyer who took her own life in 2022. Our hosts also share updates on Savy King, Sydney’s calf injury, some Millennial trends, and answer a fan’s question from the BFFR hotline.
Chapter 1: Who is Julie Foudy and why is she iconic?
What the hell is going on, Sid? Julie Foudy. Julie won two World Cups. One in 91. One in 99. But who's counting? Who's counting?
Three cups on three. One, two, three.
Welcome to another episode of BFFR. Welcome back to all of you and welcome back to my co-host, Sydney LaRue. Had a bit of an excused absence last week. Just a little one. Yeah.
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Exactly. So now that that's done, Sid, kick us off with an affirmation for our besties and testies.
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Chapter 2: What changes have occurred in women's sports since the 99ers?
Yeah. Soccer sucks.
Terrible. Why do we do it? No, we're saving ourselves for the second half of the season. Okay. So we'll see you at BMO.
That's the strategy.
Exactly. Exactly.
Oh, shoot. You too. Yeah. I'm going to give you a big virtual hug.
Thank you. We need it. The tables are finally turned because how many interviews have we had to do with Julie Fowdy coming in from New Zealand?
You need to talk to Julie Fowdy.
What's your plan to play against the U.S.? Julie Fowdy wants to know. And now we get to ask you about your life and your legacy. Bring it. Let's go. Let's go.
I'm really thrilled you guys have this podcast, too, because you two are funny. And it's not just Sid. I know. Thank you, Julie.
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Chapter 3: How did Julie Foudy and the 99ers celebrate their World Cup victory?
I missed that part. But you were there, weren't you? Not a big clubber now.
Yeah. Well, we weren't either, but that night we were. weren't you in the dj booth or something no i wasn't in the dj booth but um we had like six o'clock in the morning like morning tv and we were just like oh yeah some of us at the shakes some of us thought we were gonna yeah i was gonna it's not you know It's a good time, though. It's a good time. You deserve the celebration.
Why again did we say yes to this morning show?
Yeah. What do you think has changed the most from the 99ers to now with the U.S. Women's National Team?
I love the diversity of the team, which, right? Like you look around even walking tournaments now, right? Like it was so white and it was so middle-class and, and still we have a lot of hurdles to get over, but like to see, was it the Olympic team that over half the team was black or Brown, right? And I'm like, this is amazing. So yeah,
To have finally some diversity for young girls to see, I think is huge. I think the depth. of the group in terms of, um, and you guys see it with angel city. I mean, these like what 15 year old, 16 year old. I'm like, I heard you guys talking about that the other day. Yeah.
They're, they're amazing. It's a different world, different life, different language.
Well, and like that, just, you know, these younger kids are so acclimated so much faster with, you know, social media brought up. Yeah. You didn't have that. Um, Yeah, but I do love that the thread that will always remain the same with the national team is that it's not just about winning, right? It's about winning and there's more to it.
There's winning and changing the culture, winning and inspiring these young girls to play. Like we've always been so cognizant of that piece of it as female athletes so often are. And I love that that thread has run through every generation of the national team.
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