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Why Lindsey Heaps signed for Denver Summit & inside Angel City's move for Emily Sams
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Jan 13, 202648:52
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NWSL expansion team Denver Summit got its hometown star, announcing this week that U.S. captain Lindsey Heaps is headed home this summer. So why did Heaps make the move to swap Champions League to the Centennial State?
On this episode of Full Time, The Athletic's Melanie Anzidei sat down with Heaps to go inside the big signing and why the 31-year-old was sold on the Summit and the opportunity to launch women's soccer in her home state. How will the move affect Heaps's USWNT ambitions? What has changed in the NWSL since Heaps left the Portland Thorns in 2022?
PLUS: After that, The Athletic's Tamerra Griffin is joined by Angel City sporting director Mark Parsons for an in-depth look inside the Los Angeles club's offseason business, headlined by the statement transfer of USWNT defender Emily Sams from Orlando Pride for $650,000.
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HOSTS: Theo Lloyd-Hughes, Melanie Anzidei, Tamerra Griffin
GUESTS: Lindsey Heaps, Mark Parsons
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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Referenced on the show:
USWNT captain Lindsey Heaps to join Denver in June: ‘Everything seems right to come home’
Angel City acquires USWNT defender Emily Sams in trade with Orlando for $650,000
USWNT star Lindsey Heaps is coming home. Plus: Trinity Rodman returns to U.S. squad
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