Episode 75: We Are Back On Your Apple Tunes and Spotis of Fy Welcome to episode 75 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, Skye and Sylvs are back after a long break to discuss the NWSL regular season and challenge cup actions, and you get to hear snippets of interviews featuring members of the Shea Butter and Shea Butter Adjacent Delegation during Skye’s stint of SBFC being in the ACFC Streets. Skye and Sylvs also discuss random happening across WO...
May 06, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 75
Episode 74: Shea Butter Family Affair - A Seat At the Spades Table Welcome to episode 74 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, we welcome members of Black Support Groups across NWSL and MLS, to have an unfiltered discussion on the ups and downs of being a Black supporter in a predominately white USA soccer space. This is the launch of our programming, Shea Butter Family Affair, that explores the intersection of Black community and supporter cultur...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 74
Episode 73: BFFR, Dislocated Shots and Shoulders Welcome to episode 73 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, Skye and Sylvs discuss the latest USWNT roster drop, recap the first games of the NWSL regular season, break down the ups and downs of the teams they support, share clips and sounds from the Angel City FC vs Gotham FC week one matchup, delve into chant making in a special variation of Shea Butter Double Dutch, and give their Hits and Riffs ...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 73
Episode 72: Roasts aren't just for dinner, but are also the streets' language of love Welcome to episode 72 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, we have an extended discussion on the importance of genuinely connecting to and welcoming Black culture in all aspects of the soccer space including when designing soccer merchandise, kits and branding to truly build a diverse soccer community that includes Black people. We also preview the upcoming NWSL...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 72
Episode 71: 21 Can You Do Somethin' for Me? Do your thing 21 !! Welcome to episode 71 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, we bring you game day coverage and interviews of Shea Butter FC in the Streets during the Preseason game for Angel City FC vs Club America at BMO stadium on March 8th, 2023. Hear from fans, supporters, and more as we bring you a new style of the game day experience pre game, in game and post game. You will hear fans' thoughts...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 71
Welcome to episode 70 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. Today, we spend most of our time in the SBFC Library, addressing our recent unexpected involvement in an apology, the Crystal Dunn article, the possibility of moving the NWSL and the missteps and abuses of soccer federations globally. We end the show with our Hits and Riffs. As always, like, rate and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite platform and Follow us on: Twitter - @sheabutterfc Instagram - s...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 70
As we prepare for the 2023 NWSL Season, it is time to crack open the Shea Butter FC Vault of old school patron episodes, unreleased interviews and videos and so much more. In this patron early access exclusive and unreleased episode, Skye and Sylvs chop it up with Jimmy Conrad on podcast row at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Philly in January 2023. Follow Jimmy Conrad on twitter - @ JimmyConrad and instagram - @ jimmyconrad Make sure to like, rate and subscribe to the podcast on your fa...
Feb 15, 2023•13 min
As we prepare for the 2023 NWSL Season, it is time to crack open the Shea Butter FC Vault of old school patron episodes, unreleased interviews and videos and so much more. In this bonus episode audio from our Patron watch along from June 2022, we watch the USWNT vs Spain in an old school game from January 2019 with our 2CentsFC Fam, Kaiya McCullough. Check out the audio from this amazing experience and enjoy this conversation and the wealth of knowledge from Kaiya! Link to the game for you to wa...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 52 min
Episode 69: The People’s Care About What… Welcome to Episode 69 of Shea Butter FC, and podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer featuring your hosts Skye and Sylvs. In this episode, we are joined by special guests Courtney and Andre from Diaspora United to talk about the NWSL pre-season, free agency so far and the importance of acknowledging Black History Month with words and actions. Finally, we give you our BHM Hits and Riffs and Rants and Raves. . Don’t forget to check out Diaspora Uni...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 69
Episode 68 : The Tools for Building a Winning Culture & Searching for Bomb Beaches Playlist with VA’s Finest ! Welcome to episode 68 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this Episode, Skye and Sylvs stop by Angel City FC’s Media Day during the 2023 Preseason in Thousand Oaks, California, and interview General Manager Angela Hucles Mangano. We talk about her first NWSL Draft as a General Manager. We also dive into her process and her perspective in evaluati...
Feb 03, 2023•28 min•Ep. 68
Episode 67 Part 3: SBFC in the NWSL 2023 Draft Streets Rounds 3 and 4 w/ Ari Chambers & Tamerra Griffin Welcome to Episode 67 Part 3 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women and non binary players in soccer. In this episode, which is the one many mini episodes from our live coverage at the 2023 NWSL Draft in Philadelphia, we flashback to Skye, Sylvs and Eboni’s reactions to the third and fourth rounds of the draft as it happened in real time. This includes draft chaos, spec...
Jan 18, 2023•44 min•Ep. 67
Episode 67 Part 2: SBFC in the NWSL 2023 Draft Streets Rounds 1 and 2 Welcome to Episode 67 Part 2 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women and non binary players in soccer. In this episode, which is the one many mini episodes from our live coverage at the 2023 NWSL Draft in Philadelphia, we flashback to Skye, Sylvs and Eboni’s reactions to the first and second rounds of the draft as it happened in real time. This includes draft chaos, special guest appearances, and melanated v...
Jan 18, 2023•38 min•Ep. 67
Episode 67 Part 1: Post NWSL Draft 2023 Chaos Recap with Diaspora United Welcome to Episode 67 Part 1 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women and non binary players in soccer. In this episode, which is the one many mini episodes from our live coverage at the 2023 NWSL Draft in Philadelphia, we chop it up with Deacon Skyscraper or Andre’ from Diaspora United to recap our live reactions to the wild night that was the draft. This was recorded in the middle of the action in Philly...
Jan 17, 2023•18 min•Ep. 67
Episode 66: Black Excellence ALL 2023: Never Log Off & Where Dem Dollas At? Welcome to Episode 66 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. In this episode, we provide a few Skye and Sylvs holiday and life updates, talk about the most recent USWNT roster, discuss ramifications from NWSL reports not addressed in the Diaspora United roundtable, dig into NWSL free agency and upcoming draft, highlight some greatness of Liga Mx Femenil, and shout out all the Delegates ...
Jan 09, 2023•50 min•Ep. 66
Shea Butter Kickback 2022 with Messiah Bright Welcome to another Bonus Episode of Shea Butter FC, the podcast by, for, and about Black women in soccer, featuring your hosts Skye and Sylvs. In this episode, we feature the replay of our second Shea Butter Kickback of December 2022 featuring TCU All-American legendary forward, Messiah Bright. We talk about her life growing up playing soccer in Dallas, Texas, her time as a soccer player at TCU and getting called onto the USWNT U23 squad, and how she...
Dec 29, 2022•58 min
Shea Butter Kickback 2022 with Mykiaa Minniss Welcome to another Bonus Episode of Shea Butter FC, the podcast by, for, and about Black women in soccer, featuring your hosts Skye and Sylvs. In this episode, we feature the replay of our Shea Butter Kickback of December 2022 with Mykiaa Minniss. Mykiaa is one of the Pac-12's best defenders from Washington State University hailing from Colorado Springs! We talk about her life in and out of soccer and how she feels about going pro! This episode is fu...
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr
Episode 65 : World Cup Hair Go off, On Fleek! It’s Holiday Season! Welcome to episode 65 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. Today we discuss the USWNT friendlies against Germany and the current state of the USWNT. Then we discuss Liga MX Fem and Tigres Feminil’s championship and some of the off-season moves in the NWSL. Finally, we bring you our Hits and Riffs and discuss what we’re thankful for. As always, like, rate and subscribe to the podcast on your favori...
Nov 24, 2022•50 min•Ep. 65
Episode 64: Cooking with Resilience and Shea Butter And1s Welcome to episode 64 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. Today we are joined by Street Team member Nubia and special guest Amirah Ali in our latest episode. We chat with Amirah about her youth career, her season with San Diego Wave FC and what she enjoys off the pitch. Get to know Amirah and listen to the most Jersey episode in SBFC history. Follow Amirah Ali on IG: amirah_ali07 and Twitter: amirahali07 ...
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 64
Episode 63: Good Times and Bad Shots: Our NWSL Championship Weekend Welcome to episode 63 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer. Today, we discuss our first NWSL Championship Weekend in DC, the USWNT roster drop and the Liga MX Fem Final As always, like, rate and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite platform and Follow us on: Twitter - @SBFC_Podcast Instagram - sbfc_podcast Join our SBFC Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/sbfc_podcast Visit our website, get up ...
Nov 09, 2022•58 min•Ep. 63
Welcome to Episode 62 of Shea Butter FC, and podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer featuring your hosts Skye and Sylvs. In this episode, we recap the NWSL playoffs, shout out some WOSO news and go in depth with our thoughts on the Yates Report and the ESPN E:60 documentary. Then, we end with our hits and riffs and rants and raves of the week. Links of things mentioned in this episode include the following: Sally Yates NWSL & NWSL Report https://www.kslaw.com/attachments/000/009/931...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 62
Welcome to Episode 61 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in football featuring your hosts, Skye and Sylvs. This week we recap the last week of the NWSL regular season, give brief overview of NWSL playoff field of six teams (hence the title), give a few Shea Butter Shoutouts of Delegates who balled, and briefly talk about the USWNT roster drop and upcoming international games. Finally, we bring you our hits and riffs and special raves of the week. Note: As we were pretty s...
Oct 03, 2022•48 min•Ep. 61
Episode 60: America Has A Problem *Queue Beyoncé* Welcome to Episode 60 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in football featuring your hosts, Skye and Sylvs. This week we are back with another crossover with the tallest people of WOSO! Shenanigans were afoot, so we had to reflect and chop it up with Courtney and André of Diaspora United! In this episode, we open the Shea Butter FC Library/ Reading Room to swing all the doors open of the Shea Butter FC Sanctuary to discuss ...
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 60
Episode 59: The Only Queen We Acknowledge is Latifah Welcome to Episode 59 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in football featuring your hosts, Skye and Sylvs. This week we recap the action in from the international break, give you the rundown of this weekend’s NWSL matches, bring you our SBFC Superlatives, and open up the SBFC Library. Finally, we bring you our hits and riffs and rants and raves of the week. As always, like, rate and subscribe to the podcast on your favo...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 59
We, Skye and Sylvs, are co-hosts of Shea Butter FC, a podcast featuring Two Black women’s perspectives on soccer, football and everything in between, delivering content with soul and seasoning that will moisturize your skin, lay your edges, and deepen your love for all things Black women. Our show and brand exist to elevate Black women and non-binary players in the women’s game, as these players have been consistently neglected by our domestic leagues and US Soccer. We want to expose the U.S. wo...
Sep 13, 2022•1 min
Welcome to Episode 58 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for and about Black women in football featuring your hosts, Skye and Sylvs. This week, we open up the SBFC Library to talk about all that happened in the NWSL and abroad. Then we recap the week in the NWSL and give you results from international competitions. Next, we bring you our Shea Butter Superlatives and finally, we end with our Hits and Riffs and Rants and Raves of the week. As always, like, rate and subscribe to the podcast on your f...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 58
Welcome to Episode 57 of Shea Butter FC, and podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer featuring your hosts, Skye and Sylvs. This week, we talk about our time with Tigres Feminil, recap the week in the NWSL and review the Women’s ICC and the Women’s Cup. Next, we bring you our superlatives of the week and open the SBFC Library to cover events that happened while we were away. And finally, we bring you our Hits and Riffs and Rants and Raves of the Week. As always, like, rate and subscribe t...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 57
Welcome to episode 56 of Shea Butter FC, and podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer featuring your hosts, Skye and Sylvs. In this special episode, we interview the Queen of the Fade Away Header, Simone Charley of Angel City FC . In our first segment, we delve into ‘Brown Sugar but Soccer” to find out what made Simone fall in love with soccer, and explore her life as a two sport athlete living in Hoover, Alabama and her journey to Vanderbilt University. Then in Lights Camera Action, we l...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 56
Welcome to episode 55 of Shea Butter FC, and podcast by, for and about Black women in soccer featuring your hosts, Skye and Sylvs. We keep it brief as we touch on the NWSL weekend, recap the Euros final and talk about the end of the Women’s Copa America Tournament. Then we recap our first Playback watch that featured Club America Femenil and Tigres Femenil, and then bring you our Shea Butter Superlatives. Lastly, we drop some Shea Butter News and Raves, and drop our Hits and Rifts of the week! A...
Aug 04, 2022•38 min•Ep. 55
Welcome to Episode 54 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for, and about Black women in soccer, featuring your hosts Skye and Sylvs. This week, we discuss the latest matches in the NWSL, give our thoughts on the CONCACAF W Championship, touch on the many international tournaments going on in women’s football, and bring your our superlatives. Then, we get into our hits and riffs and rants and raves of the week. As always, like, rate and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite platform and Follow u...
Jul 22, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 54
Welcome to Episode 53 of Shea Butter FC, a podcast by, for, and about Black women in soccer, featuring your hosts Skye and Sylvs. This week we finally back for a two part episode where in part 2 we kick open the Shea Butter Library and Reading Room for discussion on variety of topics around WOSO shenanigans including exploring performative DEI behavior afoot within WOSO and what it really means to actually do “the work” ,and delve into the powerful and amazing documentary “The Only” celebrating ...
Jul 13, 2022•50 min•Ep. 53
