00:00Something else is coming.
00:01Something big.
00:02The Women's World Cup is officially coming next summer.
00:06Applausos. We are ready.
00:08It's from June to July. Same summer vibes.
00:11And I want to make sure everybody is just as excited to watch their home country.
00:15And we know, what are you going to get when you're watching a women's game?
00:18Less flopping. You're going to get more playing time.
00:20You're going to see less crying.
00:22And it's going to be great, great games.
00:25What are you saying, Camila?
00:26Especially if you're a US fan.
00:27I got to, normally you know that I'm with you and I hate the flopping.
00:33But I got to say that this World Cup was better than before.
00:37It was better, but it still wasn't great.
00:39It was a little bit better. Not a lot of flopping. Not a lot of simulation.
00:41We got a yellow card.
00:43Yeah, I was going to say.
00:44In a critical game for simulation.
00:48It's obviously still a bad habit.
00:50It's a bad habit that needs to be eradicated.
00:52But Camila, who are the teams that we need to be looking for right now?
00:57Moving forward for the next World Cup, the Women's World Cup.
01:00Obviously, we have, you know, the host country, Brazil.
01:03We have the United States, always a, you know, a major team in this tournament.
01:08Multiple time champion.
01:09We have Spain, the current champion.
01:11Spain, currently the only country in the world to be women and men champions at the same time.
01:17This is a very unique, the domination of Spanish football seems to be here for a long time.
01:23It's a big deal, Camila.
01:24Besides those three, which are like los de cajon, who else should we be rooting for?
01:29Well, let's take a quick look at the teams that have officially qualified.
01:32Because again, we don't know all the teams that are going so far.
01:35But right now we know Spain, Germany, France, Denmark, of course, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Japan, Australia, Korea, China.
01:46The Philippines are officially through.
01:49The U.S., however, is not through.
01:51They're hoping to get through on their next tournament in CONCACAF.
01:54But it's going to be tough.
01:56Mexico has a very important game in November.
01:58Absolutely.
01:59Mexico in November, my friend, don't put your jerseys away too soon because the Mexican girls are about to have
02:05one of the most important games to qualify directly.
02:08And in paper, it doesn't seem to be like a difficult game.
02:13But the game has changed so much lately, Camila, so much.
02:17And we have Mexico versus Haiti.
02:19What are your expectations?
02:20I mean, I think Mexico is going to have to show up strong.
02:23They've been proving themselves, especially in the last five years.
02:25I think women's soccer as a whole, you know, a lot of people think of women's soccer and think back
02:30to the 90s, to the U.S. Women's National, you know, glory days.
02:34But there's so much more parity that has grown within this sport.
02:38I think this is ramping up to be, in my opinion, the most competitive World Cup we have seen on
02:43the women's side.
02:44And the most watched.
02:45And the most watched.
02:46I actually saw TikTok recently saying that the Women's World Cup is the fifth most watched sporting event above the
02:54Super Bowl.
02:56Yep.
02:57So people are watching it.
02:57Let me tell you this.
02:58The game will change not only in the pitch, my friend, but also on the airwaves.
03:02Because this will be the first tournament that Netflix has the sole rights to the tournament.
03:09They will have the U.S. broadcast rights for the 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cup.
03:14How do you feel about it?
03:16The World Cup being behind a paywall.
03:18We are fighting for more access to the World Cup, but people now will have to pay a subscription to
03:24watch the World Cup.
03:25Given it's just a month, you can pay for the month and be done.
03:28But shouldn't we try to strive to make it free?
03:31We saw the success that Telemundo and Fox had by giving the open signal to the world.
03:38Do you think this is the right move for the women's game?
03:41I mean, listen, it's kind of a double-edged sword, right?
03:44Because on average, most people already have Netflix, right?
03:48At least in the U.S.
03:49At least in the U.S., most people already have Netflix.
03:51It's going to be a great way to keep that fan base.
03:54But I do wish that they would have opened it up.
03:56Same on the men's side.
03:57Because I think we saw, you know, and it just brought so much fun discourse about people who don't even
04:01speak Spanish wanting to watch Telemundo instead of Fox.
04:04I saw some great memes about it.
04:06I don't remember the name of the movie with Fraser, Brendan Fraser, where he comes and he starts speaking Spanish.
04:13It's like one month after watching the World Cup on Telemundo.
04:17Oh, hablo español!
04:18Exactly.
04:19And, you know, so I'm a little bit bummed about that.
04:21But nonetheless, I still think it's going to be a fantastic World Cup.
04:24I'm excited to see a lot of these, you know, like you said, I know she's your favorite, Marta.
04:29This is going to be her, probably her last World Cup, her sixth World Cup.
04:33She's up there with, you know, the greats, Messi, Ochoa.
04:37Regardless of gender, Marta should be considered one of the top three players in the history of the game.
04:45No matter who, like Maradona, Pelé, Marta, they're all sitting in the same table.
04:50And Messi too.
04:51But these are players that just have performed at a different level throughout their career.
04:56And they're also icons in their own right.
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