EP 26: Live from the Women’s World Cup with Jen Cooper and Declan Abernathy (August 2023)

2023-10-16

Host Zach Bigalke is joined by Jen Cooper and Declan Abernathy from the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand. Jen Cooper, the editor and publisher of Keeper Notes, has been involved in various areas of Houston soccer since the 1990s. She also works as a researcher and stats provider, including for Fox Sports at this summer’s Women’s World Cup and previous men’s and women’s World Cup tournaments. She’s in her second year as a member of the Society’s executive board. ...

Host Zach Bigalke is joined by Jen Cooper and Declan Abernathy from the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand.

Jen Cooper, the editor and publisher of Keeper Notes, has been involved in various areas of Houston soccer since the 1990s. She also works as a researcher and stats provider, including for Fox Sports at this summer’s Women’s World Cup and previous men’s and women’s World Cup tournaments. She’s in her second year as a member of the Society’s executive board.

Declan Abernathy is a PhD student in the History and Sociology of Technology and Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A native of Florida and a graduate of Cornell University, Declan is working on a dissertation titled “Grass Ceiling: The United States Women’s National Team, Politics, and the Making of 21st Century Icons.”

Podcast produced by Brian Quarstad.

Music created by LiteSaturation and found at Pixabay.

View the video of the session at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFe4o529hyY

For more US soccer history, visit the SASH website at https://www.ussoccerhistory.org/

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