Exclusive Interview: North Carolina defender Merritt Mathias says "I feel like I can breathe easier" with a CBA (Soccer 2/2)

Attacking Third: A CBS Sports Women's Soccer Podcast

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman welcome North Carolina Courage defender and NWSL PA representative Merritt Mathias to the podcast. Merritt was an active part of the CBA negotiations and helped the players association come to terms of a deal for the league’s first-ever CBA ahead of its 10th season. Merritt discusses how she got involved with the Players Association, her personal fight for a CBA, the most important points of the deal and how it feels heading into 2022 NWSL preseason with rights. 

Merritt's involvement in the CBA (2:48)

Free Agency (10:28)

A standard for Fields (14:58)

Threatening a strike (29:33)

Announcement of the CBA (35:07)

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Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman welcome North Carolina Courage defender and NWSL PA representative Merritt Mathias to the podcast. Merritt was an active part of the CBA negotiations and helped the players association come to terms of a deal for the league’s first-ever CBA ahead of its 10th season. Merritt discusses how she got involved with the Players Association, her personal fight for a CBA, the most important points of the deal and how it feels heading into 2022 NWSL preseason with rights. 

Merritt's involvement in the CBA (2:48)

Free Agency (10:28)

A standard for Fields (14:58)

Threatening a strike (29:33)

Announcement of the CBA (35:07)

'Attacking Third' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. 

Follow the Attacking Third team on Twitter: @AttackingThird, @SandHerrera_, @LRoman32

Visit the Attacking Third YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/attackingthird

You can listen to Attacking Third on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Attacking Third podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Attacking Third podcast."

For more soccer coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/

To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/

To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2022-02-02 42 min
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