WoSo Maniacs
By Ewurama Kakraba-Ampeh and Afua Bohulu
WoSo ManiacsJan 10, 2022
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Final Review
Welcome to the Episode!
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is officially over and we're quite sad about that. We recap the third-place and final games.
Enjoy!
2023 FIFAWWC Quarter-final and Semi-final Review
Welcome to the Episode!
We review both the quarter-final and semi-final rounds.
Enjoy!
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Round of 16 Review
Welcome to the episode!
The knockout round is here and the Round of 16 served us some exciting and truly dramatic games. We recap the games in this round and make our predictions for the quarter-final round.
Enjoy!
2023 FIFAWWC Group Stage 2nd Round Review
Welcome to the Episode!
We recap the second round of group games and look forward to the final group round.
Enjoy!
2023 FIFAWWC Group Stage 1st Round Review
Welcome to the Episode!
The opening round of group games took us on quite a rollercoaster ride. We share our thoughts on the games and look forward to the next round.
Enjoy!
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup - Preview
The FIFA Women's World Cup is here again! We are absolutely ready to immerse ourselves in the amazing games and stories that will come out of Australia/New Zealand over the next month.
Join us as we cover the tournament and bring you scintillating previews and reviews.
Enjoy!
FIFA U20 WWC - Recap
Welcome!
The tournament is finally over and served us with many moments we won't forget any time soon. Afua recaps the third-place and final games.
Enjoy!
FIFA U20 WWC - Semi-final Recap
Welcome!
Afua recaps all the semi-final action in this episode.
Enjoy!
FIFA U20 WWC - Quarterfinal Recap
Welcome!
The quarterfinal round gave us quite some upsets (thinking of Nigeira's Falconets). Afua recaps what went down in those games.
Enjoy!
FIFA U20 WWC - Matchday 3 Recap
Welcome!
The group stage of the ongoing FIFA U20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica has come to a close. In this episode, Afua recaps the final round of group stage games.
Enjoy!
FIFA U20 Women's World Cup - Matchday 2 Recap
Welcome!
In this episode, Afua runs through the second round of group games.
Enjoy!
FIFA U20 WWC - Matchday 1 Recap
Welcome to the Episode!
The FIFA U20 Women's World Cup is upon us once again. Afua recaps the first round of games in Costa Rica.
Enjoy!
Episode 23: Where's The Money?
Welcome to the Episode1
This week we discuss:
* FIFA U20 Women's World Cup African Qualifiers
* Women's Asian Cup
* New partnerships for the Ghana Women's Premier League
* New policy for the English WSL and Championship
* Violence against women in football
* Transfers
Enjoy!
Episode 22: Popularity Contests, Goals and Transfer Things
Welcome to Episode!
In this episode, Afua and Ewurama discuss:
* FIFA U20 Women's World Cup Caf Qualifiers
* 2022 Women's Asian Cup
* New club attendance record to be set in the Uefa Women's Champions League
* Hasaacas Ladies FC's Evelyn Badu to Avaldsnes IL
* FIFA The Best Awards Winners
Enjoy!
Episode 21: 2022 Kick-off!
Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of 2022.
In this episode we discuss:
* 2022 Competition Calendar
* FIFA The Best Awards
* First female referee at the Africa Cup of Nations
* New Saudi Arabia Women's League
* Professionalisation of the Northern Ireland Women's League
Enjoy!
Caf Women's Champions League - Episode 2
Welcome to the Episode!
We discuss the second and third rounds of group stage games and give our predictions for the knockout rounds.
Enjoy the Episode!
#It'sTimeIt'sNow - Caf Women's Champions League Opening Games
Welcome to the Episode!
The first-ever African continental women's club competition has kicked off this month in Egypt. We discuss the first round of games and give our predictions for the second round.
Enjoy the Episode!
Episode 20: A CAF Oopsie
Welcome to the Episode! On the pod today we discuss the qualifying draw for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, the African qualifying draw for the 2022 U-20 Women's World Cup, and 2022 U-17 Women's World Cup. We also talk about Asisat Oshoala and Barcelona winning the Uefa Women's Champions League and Egypt being the host of the maiden Caf Women's Champions League. Enjoy!
2021 NWSL Challenge Cup: Red Cards Came To Play
We. Are. BACK!
Welcome to the episode!
After what seems like a thousand years, we are back in action with commentary on the first four games of the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup. They were absolutely amazing games and we had a lot of fun recording this episode.
Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/WosoManiacs and let us know what you thought of the first four games.
Enjoy!
2020 NWSL Challenge Cup - Quarterfinal Review
Welcome to the episode!
In this episode we discuss all that went down in the quarterfinal round of the ongoing NWSL Challenge Cup.
Original Recording Date: July 19, 2020
Original Release Date: July 19, 2020
Game highlight soundbites from nwsl.com
2020 NWSL Challenge Cup - Round 1 Review
Welcome to the Episode!
In this episode we talk about the first round of games in the ongoing NWSL Challenge Cup, #PrideStan curse as well as the cancellation of the 2020 Africa Women's Cup of Nations and formation of a CAF Women's Champions League.
Enjoy!
Original Recording Date: July 1, 2020
Original Release Date: July 2, 2020
2020 NWSL Challenge Cup - Preview
Welcome to the Episode!
The 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup is upon us and we give a little preview to the tournament. We give a brief overview of how the tournament came to replace the regular season, make fun of NC Courage's ridiculous new away jersey and come up with a strategy to keep up with 2am kick-offs.
Enjoy!
Fitness With Cashes: Episode 2
In this episode we discuss the menstrual cycle and ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury risk, exercises to reduce menstrual cramps and how to prevent ACL injury. We also touch on what's happening across various leagues with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bidding, and FranceFootball's recent list of the 50 most influential people in football. Enjoy!
Original Recording Date: Friday, 22nd May, 2020
Original Release Date: Saturday, 23rd May, 2020
Fitness With Cashes: Episode 1
Welcome to our brand new series, Fitness With Cashes!
In this series, as our in-house fitness guru, Afua Bohulu leads our discussions on anything and everything fitness.
In this first episode we asked if you had any questions relating to general fitness and exercise and we attempted to answer them all.
Enjoy!
Recording Date: April 15, 2020
Release Date: April 15, 2020
WoSo Maniacs Challenge Cup 2020 - The Explanation
You asked for an explanation, here it is!
Hope you're enjoying the game so far.
Episode 19: Before Corona Cancelled Everything
Welcome to the Episode!
In this episode we talk:
* Olympic Qualifiers Round 5
* Ghana and Kenya at the Turkish Women's Cup
* Algarve Cup
* Tournoi de France
* Cyprus Cup
* Nigeria Women's Football League New Branding
* Ghana Women's FA Cup Draw
* NWSL New Broadcast Deal
* USA Equal Pay Lawsuit
Episode 18: Smaller Goals?
Welcome to the Episode!
Topics and Time Stamps
League Updates - 02:40
* Ghana Women's Premier League
* Nigeria Women's Football League
* Cameroon Women's Football League
* Safa Women's National League (South Africa)
* Kenya Women's Premier League
Tournament Updates - 31:51
* UNAF Tournament
* UNIFFAC Tournament
* SheBelieves Cup
* Algarve Cup
* Tournoi de France
* Cyprus Cup
* Turkish Women's Cup
News Round Up
* Japan new women's league
* Spanish league collective pay agreement
* NWSL Commissioner
* Marta
* Smaller goals debate
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Bonus Episode 2
Welcome to another bonus episode!
So as we mentioned in Episode 17, we attended the maiden edition of the Africa Women's Sports Summit in May last year which was put together by an incredible Ghanaian sports journalist we respect, look up to, admire and have the pleasure of knowing, Juliet Bawuah. She gathered four other leading and experienced sports journalists on the continent as well as about 60 young women pursuing careers in sport (particularly sport journalism which was the focus of the edition) together to share stories of their journeys, learn from and motivate each other. The theme of the event was #TakeYourPlace.
In this soundbite, ace South African Sports Broadcaster, Carol Tshabalala a.k.a. The Queen of Sport, shares her story of how she got into the field, challenges she encountered, how she rose above them and what keeps her moving. Enjoy!
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Episode 17: #AWSportsSummit
Welcome to the Episode!
This episode was recorded sometime in May 2019 after Afua and Ewurama attended the inaugural Africa Women's Sports Summit hosted by Ghanaian sports journalist Juliet Bawuah. The summit was intended to bring together seasoned female sports journalists and aspiring ones on the continent for a day of inspiration and motivation, sharing stories to challenge women young and old to #TakeYourPlace in the sports industry. Afua and Ewurama recount their experience of the event as well as talk about the 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup which took place in May 2019, the 2018/19 UEFA Women's Champions League Final and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup ticketing challenge that sprung up prior to the competition.
Enjoy!
Time Stamps
* Africa Women's Sports Summit - 02:06
* 2019 WAFU Zone B Women's Cup - 14:58
* 2018/19 UEFA Women's Champions League Final - 27:00
* 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Ticketing - 34:37
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Episode 16: The Banger Episode
WELCOME TO THE EPISODE!
SEGMENTS AND TIME STAMPS
League Updates - 5:26 (Ghana Women's Premier League)
Tournament Updates - 12:24 (CAF U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifiers)
News Roundup - 18:20 (Chiamaka Nnadozie to Paris FC, AWCON host issue, Cosafa Calendar, Sam Kerr first Chelsea goal, Eni Aluko
Shout Outs - 24:19
Extra - 32:25
Bonus Episode 1: Branding Is Important
Welcome to our first ever Bonus Episode!
In this episode Ewurama speaks with a good friend of the podcast Mirabel Gyasi, an occupational therapist, businesswoman and sports enthusiast, on the social media build up to the start of the 2019/20 season of the Ghana Women's Premier League. What was to be a short commentary on the jersey unveiling content the various clubs put out quickly turned into a serious and quite relevant lesson on branding.
Enjoy!
Original Recording Date: Monday, January 13, 2020
Original Release Date: Saturday, January 18, 2020
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mirabel.gyasi.7
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirabel_daisy_gyasi/
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Episode 15: Happy New Year
Welcome to the Episode!
It's a new year and we're excited to see what 202 brings! One thing we do know for sure is that there will be lots of woso action to be engrossed in and we are pumped about that.
Episode Content & Time Stamps:
* 2019 CAF Awards - 07:21
* Overview of 2020 competitions - 14:02
* 2019 Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) Games - 19:38
* NWSL off-season - 30:32
* Ghana Women's Premier League - 33:26
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One Year Anniversary Episode
Welcome to the Party! Time does fly when you're having fun!
We started this podcast in November 2018 and it's been an amazing journey so far. In this special episode, we reflect on the past year in celebration of our anniversary. Enjoy!
Original Recording Date: Friday, 29th November, 2019
Original release Date: Monday, 2nd December, 2019
Additional Notes
Shoutout Twitter Handles (in order of mention)
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Amanda_Dlamini9
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jackieguttie / womenkickballs
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ClintonSpel
adwoa_gyamfoa
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HarperPerform / TheTimpanzee
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HerFootballHub
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Episode 14: #ThankYouJill
Welcome to the Episode!
This week's episode is dedicated to the winningest coach of the United States Women's National Team, Jill Ellis, who has stepped down as head coach of this year's FIFA Women's World Cup winning team after 5 years in charge. With a record of 106 wins, 7 losses and 19 draws in 132 matches and 8 tournament titles under her belt, she has truly had an amazing coaching career and is an inspiration both on and off the pitch. We wish Jill Ellis all the very best in her future endeavours.
This week we summarize the second part of our dialogue on Africa's performance at the FIFA Women's World Cup and discuss other topics: Round 3 of the CAF Olympic qualifiers, UNAF U-20 Women's Championship, Sudan's Women's League, Jill Ellis and the ShePlays FAWSL Fantasy League.
Original Recording Date: Monday, October 7 , 2019
Original Release Date: Sunday, October 13, 2019
Jill Ellis soundbite by US Soccer
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Episode 13: Africa VS #FIFAWWC Part 1
Welcome to the episode!
This is a very special episode because we have guests on the show for the first time! We're absolutely excited and grateful to Naa Amerley Quaye, Mirabel Gyasi and George Duah for joining us on the show to discuss Africa's performance at the FIFA Women's World Cup from 1991 to 2019.
In this first part, we give our general impressions on how the African teams at this years' world cup fared and delve into some history of the continent's performance at the showpiece. There's also some update of what's been happening in the woso world. Enjoy!
Naa Amerley Bardina is a Sports Journalist and runs a sports news website, NBSportsLive.com, which is dedicated to the coverage of women's sports. Find her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram(NaaBardina).
Mirabel Gyasi is an Occupational Therapist and sports enthusiast. Find her on Twitter(mirajay11) and Instagram(mirabel_daisy_gyasi).
George Duah is a Sports Journalist and PRO of Sekondi Hasaacas FC. Find him on Twitter(georgenitroduah) and Facebook(George Nitro).
Episode 12: Hot Topics
Welcome to the Episode!
It's been almost a month since the Women's World Cup ended but the footballing action never ends.
Two tournaments are underway in South Africa, the FIFA Council approved expansion of the Women's World Cup and by the end of October this year, Jill Ellis will no longer be the head coach of the United States Women's National Team. We talk about these and more in this episode. Enjoy!
Topics:
Cosafa Women's Championship (2:40)
Cosafa U-20 Women's Championship (9:13)
FIFA Women's World Cup Expansion (10:53)
Jill Ellis & Pia Sundhage (32:12)
FIFA The Best Awards (38:15)
Sseninde Women's Development Cup (45:38)
Transfers (47:42)
Original Recording Date: Friday August 2, 2019
Original Release Date: Saturday August 3, 2019
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Episode 11: What. A. World. Cup.
Welcome to the Episode! What an incredible Women's World Cup month we have witnessed. This year's edition definitely lived up to its hype. There were a lot of records broken and set, players scoring their first world cup goals, viewing records in some countries and a historic fourth title won by the United States Women's National Team.
In this episode we share with you what we thought of this year's edition and how we enjoyed it. Because we really did. Enjoy!
Original Recording Date: Wednesday 10th July 2019.
Original Release Date: Friday 12th July 2019
Episode 10: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Round of 16 Review
Welcome to the episode!
Insane. That's one word that can be used to describe the Round of 16 we have witnessed. From continuing FIFA Rules controversies to a dramatic team display, the Round of 16 has been nothing short of entertaining. This round saw all nations from Africa, South America, Asia and Oceania eliminated with 7 European nations and 1 North American Nation moving on to the quarter-finals. It is now Europe versus United States of America.
In this episode, we share our takes on the Round of 16 matches and which teams we think will make it to the semi-finals. Enjoy.
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Original Recording Date: Tuesday, 25th June, 2019.
Episode 9: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup First Round of Group Matches Review
Welcome to the Episode! The first round of group matches of the tournament is done with and there has been truly exciting football played so far.
Hosts France began their campaign with a win, debutants South Africa, Chile, Jamaica and Scotland could not register their first World Cup win and defending champions USA put their mark on the competition by pummeling a lowly Thailand side.
In this episode, we review the round of matches and share out thoughts on them as well as compare our FIFA Bracket Challenge predictions with the actual standings so far. Enjoy!
Original Recording Date: Tuesday, 11th June, 2019.
Original Release Date: Wednesday, 12th June, 2019
Episode 8: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Preview
Welcome to the episode! The FIFA Women's World Cup - France 2019 is here with us and this year's showpiece has been billed as the best and most important one yet. 24 teams will be battling it out for the ultimate title and bragging rights as the world's best over the course of one month.
In this episode we preview the tournament by making our predictions of how the groups will turn out as well as pointing out some players you should definitely look out for.
Over the course of the tournament we will be bringing you reviews and previews of the round of matches.
Enjoy!
Original Recording Date: 31st May, 2019
Original Release Date: 6th June, 2019
Episode 7: Stereotypes Suck
Welcome to Episode 7! In this episode we discuss a very important topic; something that is very present in the life of an athlete: stereotypes.
We unpack this topic by answering four questions: What are some of the common stereotypes about female athletes that exist?, What is the reasoning behind them?, How do they affect athletes both young and old? and How can the prevalence of such be reduced.
Enjoy! Want to share your experience or stories regarding this topic with us, you can find us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at wosomaniacsgh.
Original Recording Date: Thursday 2 May, 2019
Original Release Date: Saturday 11 May, 2019
Episode 6: Football plus Laughter equals Happiness
Happy Easter to you and hope the break is treating you well.
Topics for this episode include: the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup bidding, Ghana's Special Women's Competition Final, the upcoming West African Football Union Women's Cup, FAWSL SSE Cup final and Time's list of 100 most influential people. We also go a bit off-topic and touch on the issue of flooding in Ghana and one way we, as citizens, can help prevent it.
Enjoy!
Episode 5: Magic March for Women's Football
Welcome to Episode 5! We're back with a bang and in this episode we touch on all the positive developments that happened in the month of March. The women's game is rising up and there's no going back now. Enjoy!
Episode 4: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group Draw
Hey folks! Welcome to Episode 4. We delve into the 2019 FIFA Women's Cup Group draw which took place on the 8th of December in Paris, France and make very early, almost wishful predictions of how the groups will look like after the first round. Enjoy!
Episode 3: AWCON 2018 continued and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Welcome to Episode 3! We wrap up on the just ended Total African Women's Cup of Nations in Ghana and touch briefly on the upcoming 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group Draw.
Episode 2: AWCON 2018 and 2018 FIFA U-17 FIFA Women's World Cup
Welcome to Episode 2. We continue with our discussion on the 2018 African Women's Cup of Nations (AWCON) tournament ongoing right here in Ghana and also look at the Black Maidens' performance at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup ongoing in Uruguay.
Episode 1: A Warm Welcome From Us To You
Welcome to WoSo Maniacs! We are two football-loving ladies who love to talk about the sport, particularly the women's side.
Follow us as we dissect women's football affairs as they happen, with an African twist.
In our maiden episode we reveal the reason behind this podcast and talk about the 2018 African Women's Cup of Nations that was hosted in our home country Ghana.