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NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman joins Sarah to talk about losing top American players to teams in Europe, the $5 million Players' Restitution Fund and why it's important not to forget the league's fraught history, and whether a second Trump administration could impact the league's values. Plus, the PWHL is back, the Maybelline Women’s Lacrosse League makes its debut, and a slice sends us a valentine.

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