The Xtra Time Podcast- Tatumn Milazzo

The Xtra Time Podcast by Xavier Sanchez debuts with an interview of Tatumn Milazzo.

The Chicagoland native shares her rise in the soccer world, overcoming injuries, having a platform, and much more.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome to the Extra Time Podcast. I'm your host, Xavier Sanchez. Today's interview was recorded back in February of 2025, just a few short weeks after chatting with my guest, which unfortunately before her ACL, which carried her out of the 2025 NWSL season. She has finished her return to the field for the Utah Royals and even scored their first goal of the 2026 season. I'm not gonna hold this any longer. Sit back, relax, and enjoy episode two's interview. Our guest today, she's a three-time SE SEC champion, an Orland Park native, a cat mom, a fashionista, and current member of the NWSL's Utah Royals. Welcome to the show, Tata Malazzo.

SPEAKER_01 0:44

Hello, thank you for having me. I'm excited to join today.

SPEAKER_00 0:49

So I want to start out um by asking, what are you grateful for today? I had re read or watched a video of you talking about um just kind of each day finding something, you know, eat there's so many things that go bad in the world, but there's also so many good things going on in your day. So I thought that's pretty interesting of uh thing that you think about.

SPEAKER_01 1:11

Yeah, and today, today there are a lot. It's an off day today. So got to just explore the city, still exploring Utah, and especially just being able to see the mountains just all the time. I'm amazed. Um, so that's something just like the sun's out today. It's a gorgeous day. I got to get a lot of stuff done um that I can't normally do because we have a busy preseason. So today, just super grateful for super nice weather lately, being able to just kind of go out today and be a normal person and not have to do crazy stuff with soccer. And then especially most days lately, just being able to be surrounded by the mountains. It's just like a beautiful view, no matter where you look. So I'm really loving that lately.

SPEAKER_00 1:58

Yeah, we've yeah, around the Chicagoland area, we did get a little taste of that weather, but like you said, uh, you've mostly been around here or on the east coast, so you haven't really got to branch out to that west coast. So I'm excited for you to see the images from those uh experiences. Yeah, for sure. I want to talk about, I want to take us back into high school. Um sports. I know a lot more on like the men's and boys' side of sports, and uh there's uh it's a little bit simpler of the steps that people take. Um, but girls, because there's so many limited options, uh people don't know what they they see an end to sports sooner. Um, for you when you're in um high school, how soon did you commit to the Game Cox? Was where were there other schools out there? What was the convincing piece?

SPEAKER_01 2:52

Yeah, so it definitely is getting sooner for girls nowadays. Um back when I was ending middle school, early high school is when I was starting to like think about kind of what schools I wanted to be at, um, kind of get a list. And then as school started to reach out, it got more serious. I think freshman um year for sure of high school, and then beginning of sophomore year. And then I think it was going into my sophomore years when I committed to South Carolina. So that's when it got like for sure serious, which was super exciting. And I think nowadays some girls are committing like middle school, like kind of crazy early on. But it was good to have, I'm glad that I had the time that I did because it gave me a really good idea of and timeline of places I could visit and kind of see where I could picture myself. And then when I went to South Carolina, I visited my freshman year of high school and I just loved it. And so I'm glad it all fell into place that I liked it and that they wanted me there. So yeah, it worked out really well.

SPEAKER_00 4:03

Yeah, and I uh you able to get that commitment done, a lot of a lot of less stress those last years and be able to enjoy those high school moments. And then once you went to uh South Carolina, you guys had pretty a lot of decent success. Um, what is a memory that you keep thinking about from that time? Whether it's on the field at one of those championship moments, or just uh, you know, when I I played sports a little bit growing up, but some of the best moments did come off the quarter field. Uh was there one of those that you think about?

SPEAKER_01 4:38

Yeah, I could definitely give you one of each. I think one on the field was when we won our Elite Eight game to go to the Final Four. I think that was the first time that the women's soccer program had ever kind of gotten that far and been able to go to the final four. And so when the whistle blew after that game, I just felt like everyone was so excited. Like we really just did that. It was such a surreal experience. And then just celebrating with everyone was super fun. And then obviously being at the final four for the first time with the organization was super cool. Um, off the field, I think I definitely remember during the NCAA tournaments. Um, if you made it far enough, you would have to stay on campus and be with the team during Thanksgiving. And the team would always have like this huge Thanksgiving celebration with just like a lot of our family members could come. And it was just like a really wholesome time because we it it was sad not being able to go home and be with your family, but then having them come there and being with your teammates and the staff and then everyone else's families was really nice. I just always really remember enjoying that. And one, the food was always really great, and then two, just being able to be around everyone was really special. So, like those are two that I just like really enjoyed.

SPEAKER_00 5:59

Yeah, I do recall, I didn't go to like a big school like you, but um the I went to Loris College and they had some really strong programs who did well. So the soccer team, both boys and girls did well where they were stuck, uh, or basketball, they were stuck for the holidays, sometimes doing something like that. But uh it seems like much like my college and your college, uh a strong community from the the teammates and then the the town, the neighboring towns.

SPEAKER_01 6:27

Yeah, for sure. That's actually so interesting. I went to um a Loris College sports camp in middle school.

SPEAKER_00 6:34

Oh, you one of those. My cousins did it growing up. I never I never did it, but I always knew about it, always wanted to go, but we just never went. Yeah, it was really fun. That was a good time. Um during your time in um, one of the things that stuck out recently, reading about um your career is while you're in school, you had a serious injury. Um currently I'm recovering from a knee surgery, and what right now, what what I thought was gonna be a short-term thing is like a longer term, it was a little bit more serious of surgery. And one of the things that uh I was gonna ask you was what kept you motivated um to push through? Because you know, you had a success and you were hoping to maybe GoPro at that time, but you've you had a few setbacks along that way.

SPEAKER_01 7:27

Yeah, it was really challenging, honestly. I remember it was a pretty up and down journey mentally because I just didn't know if I would have the opportunity to play after. And I think I just basically it went down to I knew I would be disappointed in myself if I didn't at least put myself in the place to have the opportunity and to be ready to go like try out for whatever team would have me at the end of that year. And so I actually got really lucky during that time, my rehab time because it was during COVID. And so a lot of the facilities were shut down and a lot of kids left school. And I'm so gracious to my athletic trainer and my fitness coach at South Carolina because they stayed during that time and just worked with me one-on-one for a couple of months to get me back post-surger. And I think that was super beneficial and they really kept my head in it to just like keep trying, like you're gonna get there, like this will be worth something. And I think just to have so many people in my corner just kind of encouraging me that I did have what it takes to like try to make it was super helpful to just like stay in the mindset of just keep grinding, like your chance will come. Um, but it was definitely challenging, just the unknown that if if I would get the chance to try out or not. And so I think just I would have been upset with myself or disappointed if I just kind of gave up and didn't at least give everything I had to just try to get back to where I was. So yeah, I think I think that about sums it up.

SPEAKER_00 9:14

That was such a like complex time too, because not only were you dealing with this injury, the whole pandemic started to kind of take place, and then sports were put on the back burner and there was less focus. Um, you didn't end up getting drafted, but now you're four or five years in. Uh, you kind of mentioned it a little bit, but how important were forming these relationships with these different coaches, trainers, um, organizations to help you get to that next step and making that first team?

SPEAKER_01 9:48

Yeah, I think it was probably one of the most important pieces of the journey. I think summers um home from college, I would get to train with the Chicago Red Stars and like train with the team. And so, one, building the relationships with the girls on the team and with the staff there was, I think, really helpful and important for them to know me and how I played and who I was before the injury. And then having the staff available at South Carolina when they were helping me was super important because they one, just knew how to get me back. They knew me as a person and a player the last four years I was there. So they knew how to just like get me to work to the best of my ability. And then I think having the relationships with the red stars and the people in those places post-injury was really beneficial because I think it laid this like foundation of like, okay, we knew who she was before and how she could play. And if we see glimpses of that again when she comes in to try out, like we know what we're gonna get from her, kind of. And so I think that was pretty much like ultimately the most important piece that I was able to build those relationships before so that I could I was in a better spot coming out of the injury.

SPEAKER_00 11:07

Yeah, whenever uh people get injured, um a lot of times they different organizations, fans look at them as broken. They're like not gonna play the same ever. I don't think I think especially how far medicine's come and science, you gotta give them at least a chance to show like they they can be that person, you know. After that, whatever, but until they were they get that next step to show that they were that person, I think that's what you have to do.

SPEAKER_01 11:39

Yeah, I think that's that's a very good point. Because you just never know, but then once you're able to just like feel like yourself again post-injure, I feel like it all kind of comes back to you like you never left type thing.

SPEAKER_00 11:52

Uh much like all the other Chicago teams, your first year, your your years with the Red Stars, a lot of up and downs. You had some super big highs, super lows. Um, but that first year, getting the planet championship, getting those minutes as a rookie, what what do you remember? Uh, what were those nerves like?

SPEAKER_01 12:11

Yeah, um I do remember being very nervous. I feel like I just wanted to go out there and not let the team down, basically, being the only rookie that year, I really wanted to just be able to hold my own and like show that I deserved to be there. But playing next, like that year, we I had we had so many great players on the team, and our back line was so talented and so experienced that it was like really easy for me to just kind of jump in and be able to play like myself because one, all the girls encouraged that, and two, like they were so experienced that I really trusted them and they trusted me to just like be able to do your job. And going into that rookie year, like I had no idea that I would play, let alone be able to start in the championship at the end of the year. So I think just being in that position, I was just like really gratifying. And it was it actually fell on the weekend, it was like exactly two years when I'd gotten injured, and it felt like a full circle moment. I was like, this is like what you had worked for to like get back to here, and like I was really just proud of myself for being able to put the work in, and then just the team that year was so fun to play with and being in a championship, it was disappointing to lose, but I think looking back, it was just like so fulfilling and exciting to be able to do that as a rookie.

SPEAKER_00 13:40

Like, I I hope you make it back and you win a championship, but you know, some play some players never even touch a championship and get to be in that moment. Um and to be able to do it in the first year is pretty cool. Um you mentioned such great strong teammates. Uh I I see it a lot in women's the soccer. You play with people who have played on their national teams, whether it's the team USA or one of the other countries. How cool is that to learn the different styles of play? Uh, I haven't played soccer since I was in eighth grade, but there's different techniques in across the world. So, what what are some things that you took from your own teammates that they might have learned from their national team coaches and some of the girls from out of this country?

SPEAKER_01 14:27

Yeah, that's that's a really great question. I think playing with the girls, the American girls that were on the national team, I think a lot of what I learned from them was how to be a solid professional. Like it's not just when you show up to the stadium, it was more like you do everything outside of the facility to like make sure you're prepared mentally and physically. And I think they play a really just like solid, fast-paced, strong type of soccer. So that was obviously good to get a taste of that because that's a lot of what the league is. And then throughout the last couple of years, um, especially on this Utah team, there are a lot of different types of players, like a bunch of girls from Spain, from Japan. And I think being able to kind of see how they play, it's definitely a different style, but it also really opens up my perspective to kind of wanting to take little pieces of kind of each different type of game you see. Um, like the our Mina, the Japanese player, is just so technical, sees the field so good, like really knows what spaces to get into. There's this girl, Claudia, from Spain, and she just the her vision on the ball is so good. And so I think being able to play with those different types of players like really opens up how I see the game too. So that's like really helpful to get all these different kinds of perspectives because it's not like soccer is not just like this one-dimensional sport and it's growing around the world. And so be able to be able to see kind of how each person has their little like tricks and like little pieces of what they bring is super cool and super exciting. So it's definitely been very cool to be able to play with those types of players. Also, like most most of them like played in World Cups and Olympics, and I think just being able to be teammates with them and like play with them and see their work ethic is just like super cool and exciting for me, and also super helpful because then you're like they're doing the best and they're on the best and on the biggest stage, and like obviously that's everyone's dream and goal, so to see them daily do it is like really helpful.

SPEAKER_00 16:42

Yeah, that's what I that's what I like about like having these conversations and like have branching off with my net with different people because there's so many cool experiences that other people are having that you would have never known was ever possible until you open yourself to talking with the group different groups. Yeah. Uh your story about um learning from the different girls and from oh reminding me uh my my cousin, he was born in America, but my uncle opened a restaurant in Puerto Vallarta. So he moved there when he was little and he was big in the soccer. But when he was in like sixth or seventh grade, he returned for a year, and we played indoor soccer with him. And to see like the things that he was wanting to do, he was like super aggressive, kind of bully ball, kind of kid for an indoor soccer game, not like a hyperspace, it's much slower, and here he is like pounding the walls and stuff. So it was funny to like think about that as you're talking about your teammates. Yeah, that's hilarious. Playing uh for the Red Stars prior to you making the team growing up, did you ever play there?

SPEAKER_01 17:54

So when I was growing up, they weren't at um SeatGeek Stadium yet, they were at um Benedictine College, so they were like still playing on a college field, but my club team would go to a couple games randomly, so like I got to see them, but for some reason it just I think it's grown so much that when I was in middle school, early high school, I didn't really even think like being a pro was a possibility. I thought it would just be college and like if you're good enough, you're on the national team type of thing. And so it didn't really even hit me till probably junior, senior year of college that I was like, oh, like these girls are making money playing, like this is like a real career that like I could do. So it was interesting, like playing at SeatGeek as a professional, and then looking back, having watched them at a college field and just being able to see like how far they had grown was super cool.

SPEAKER_00 18:54

Yeah, that I'm glad you touched on it because I think about uh I was even looking up your current team and how they're pretty young for NWSL teams, and uh I always wondered like you know, basketball, they kind of had that space for quite some time, but soccer, they've had such success on the national level, but the uh the regular season type of leagues weren't quite solidified quite yet, but it seems like each year it's getting stronger and stronger. You saw like Boston, I think, is getting a team, some other people are in the mix. And then one thing that I thought was kind of cool is uh a lot of hometown girls you got to play with while while you're in Chicago. Yeah. So it did that make it a little more fam familiar and more fun. Like, did it ever feel like you were just uh a girl playing at the local park during your time? Like obviously you take things so serious as what I've got to know, but at times did that just feel like you're back and playing as a kid?

SPEAKER_01 19:56

Yeah, I think especially being able to play with girls that I grew up with on the same club team. Like I played with my friend Amanda, Kayla Sharples, Cameron. So, like at some point you show up and you're just like, this is crazy. I just get to like ball out with my friends that I've known forever. Like, so essentially, yeah, it gets it gets like it's a very nice, familiar feeling that you just like are like, okay, I can be myself here. I've known them forever. So it was super cool to be able to play with other hometown girls that I especially knew growing up. So it was, it was probably one of my, it's definitely one of my favorite kind of memories from playing in Chicago, is being able to play with a lot of my friends and just like girls that I grew up with.

SPEAKER_00 20:43

Uh, that's kind of been one of my like niches in this media space is watching uh the success of the Illinois people making it on to the next stage, whether it's sports or music. But you mentioned Kayla. Uh I found out that she actually went to Naperville, whatever, north or central or whatever, with my cousin. And then I got to um cover you guys at the Wrigley Field this past summer. Talk about that experience. It for you guys to be able to play on there. The first of like they've never done something like that, and not just the game, but talk about like being able to do the promotional things. Do you do you enjoy doing those?

SPEAKER_01 21:25

Yeah, I really do. I love doing all types of media and stuff, um, especially the promotions, and going into that one was super cool. It was they had a few of us go to Wrigley one day, and we got to they had us styled and did our hair and makeup, and they had this whole like photo shoot ready and planned, and this video, and it just felt very professional, which was exciting. And then just also being able to just like be in the stadium, kind of when no one's there, is really cool because you just kind of get to take it all in before you go there and there's a ton of people there. So the promotional side of it was super cool and really exciting to be a part of, especially I think in the group of us that did it, I was the only one that was like a home hometown kid in the promotional. So that was like again, they were asking questions and they were like, Did you just like love watching the Cubs growing up? And I was like, I was a White Sox fan, but like, yeah. So that was that was also funny. And then I think the actual game, like like just the experience, and I think just having so many people there was so cool, regardless of like how the game went. It was just definitely an experience I'll never forget. And I think even being in the locker room was super cool. Like we got to be in the Cubs locker room, and like just walking out and actually seeing so many people there was super cool. And I would get so many messages of from people like I went to middle school with or high school with or randomly played on a soccer team, and they were like, we're coming to the game. So it was it felt like just very homey in a way, because I knew that there were so many people that I knew just from my whole life growing up, were they watching, so that was like a really cool feeling.

SPEAKER_00 23:14

You never know you you truly don't realize how many people like that you either do know or don't even know that are watching like every move, but not in like a creepy way, just like in like a supportive way. Like, yeah, hey, I see what you're doing. This is so cool, I'm proud of you. And it's it's special to see that and like realize that.

SPEAKER_01 23:34

Yeah, because I think sometimes you get so caught up in just like I feel so focused on just like going in every day and doing my job. And like when you get to take a step back and you get those messages, and you're like, oh wow, like a lot of people are actually supporting you and like are paying attention to what you're doing and want this team and like you to be successful. I feel like it's such a like wholesome feeling because you're like, oh, like it is just like a really great thing to be a part of.

SPEAKER_00 24:04

Uh you're talking about uh being a White Sox fan. That was that was me for all two. I'm like, I threw out a first pitch I regularly field when I was younger. So everyone I would be telling the story, I'm like, I'm a White Sox fan, but I did throw out the first pitch I regularly field once. I have very similar experience with that.

SPEAKER_01 24:21

They're like, How cool is this? I'm like, no, it is really cool, but like they weren't my teenies.

SPEAKER_00 24:28

That game you guys had uh broken a fan record, which was really cool because it rained that day, and I can only imagine what else because a lot of times when people are out and about in the neighborhood, they're like, Oh, I'll buy a ticket and just stop in. They lost some of those sales, but they still managed to get, I think it will ended up being just under 37,000, which is incredible. That competes with all the Cubs games that were had that summer. Yeah, it's crazy. They I don't want to hold you too long, but I have a couple more. Um, you know, it hurts to get not get re-signed, but it puts you in like a new space. How was this free agency? What was that like for you at your first time?

SPEAKER_01 25:10

Yeah, um, I feel like it was it was exciting. I feel like I had gotten a taste of being in Chicago and being the hometown kid and kind of playing for a championship there. And at some point I feel like you need a new challenge. And so I think I was really grateful for the opportunity to just branch out and like see what else is out there. It also really is exciting to see how other teams value you and like going to and getting to choose like kind of where you want to be next. And so that was really exciting to be able to talk to other teams and see their vision and see kind of like a checklist that I had of what teams kind of checked off everything that I was looking for going into my next place. And to be honest, Utah was not really even on my radar, like I didn't know if like they were interested, and then started talking to them. And the more I talked to them, it was just like everything I had wanted from a club. They were like checking all the boxes and meeting with the staff. I just loved their vision and kind of what they saw in me. And so it was really exciting because I obviously have not been on the West Coast, like I've been very Midwest, East Coast, and so I think having the opportunity to come here was super exciting. I just was really excited to like experience something different and kind of come in and be able to fulfill the vision that they saw and be a part of somewhat of a new organization and and kind of help it build and kind of be ready to win a championship here too.

SPEAKER_00 26:55

When you're checking off things that you were hoping for, is there like is it a your team, is it your agent, or is it yourself trying to um assist you in like finding a home, like a space to be during the season, or or is that just all you?

SPEAKER_01 27:14

Yeah, it's a lot of it is my agent. So thankfully he has done a great job and like found perfect basically a perfect match. Um basically I would meet with him, kind of tell him things I'm looking for, and he would do a lot of the talking to teams, kind of getting to know until it got more serious to where we like narrowed it down to a couple, and then I would jump in and talk to the teams and talk to the front office and the staff and stuff. So a lot of it was him doing it and like a lot of the searching, but um it was a really good team effort. I think he really helped me and like listened to what I wanted, and then once I got on calls with Utah, it just kind of all fell into place.

SPEAKER_00 28:00

One of the things that I noticed just in sports, especially the last few years, is like social causes and the importance of them. What was that like being a part of this group of Chicago the Chicago teams and these girls being so active in the community, whether it was um LGBT issues, the like Black Lives Matter stuff and different um issues, um housing, things like that that I noticed women in sports, especially the red stars, were out there like at events, at speaking, uh talking events, things like that, and being a part of those.

SPEAKER_01 28:40

Yeah, I think being in Chicago, it was there were so many opportunities. It's like such a diverse place, and there's always places that are allowing you to come in and use your platform and use your voice. And so it just kind of felt easy to be a part of it. I think the women's soccer community also really encourages you to be your authentic self and allows you to like use your voice and support causes that you feel are important to you. And so, especially being in Chicago is really easy, especially just like the LGBT in Chicago is obviously huge, and there's a huge support system and a really great group of people that you can feel connected to. Same with the Black Lives Matter, especially with everything that has happened in the last most recent years. I feel like there are so many people that are willing to have you be a part of the conversation and willing to learn and like use your voice. So that it was a really um exciting thing to be a part of with the Red Stars. I think they did a good job of just allowing you to be yourself and like allowing you to show support for whatever causes like you really felt were important to you or important to the community. So yeah, that was it was a really great, great experience. And I think coming into a new place, it's obviously a different environment, a different community. And I wasn't sure how that would kind of play out, but since being here, I feel like the community is all the same. Like I don't feel any pressure to not use my voice here. I feel very authentic in my community here. And so I think that was really exciting to me and also just a relief because going into a new space, you kind of never know how it's gonna be. But I do think like the women's soccer community has really just allowed space for us to really be ourselves and like use our voices for for anything we we feel we want to.

SPEAKER_00 30:45

Yeah, that's what I you know, Chicago. We we're so lucky that we're able to speak on and be um like witnesses to so many different things. But and then like when I was in Iowa, there's probably groups that went from Chicago to Iowa and where like they were worried, and much like in Utah, so much so different. Yeah, but there are those spaces within each of these cities across the country, and it as more and more people find them, they just grow bigger, stronger, and more comfortable in being who they are. Yeah, so for sure. I don't want to hold hold you too much longer, but um, we're gonna get a lot of local listeners. So I want to ask you, growing up, what works what are some of your favorite spots around town?

SPEAKER_01 31:30

Oh, okay. One thing I definitely have been missing is Portillos. I feel like that was a classic spot for me and my sisters to go to. Um, and Lou Melnotti's. Obviously, I think it was funny the week before I left, my mom ordered just a bunch of Lou's pizzas and had Portillos hot dogs, and like my whole family came over as like a goodbye dinner to like the Chicago food. So those two places are definitely top, top two for me. That when I come back, it'll definitely be in the lineup for places I go to first.

SPEAKER_00 32:05

Yeah, that's I my sister lives in Minnesota and she's lived there now like 14 years. So anytime her or me, my niece and nephew come, we're we're go, we're getting uh portillas, we're getting tacos, we're getting the good subs. That's what that's kind of what everyone has to do. Um, last two is who was an athlete you liked watch growing up, and then the last one, I want a song recommendation from you.

SPEAKER_01 32:35

An athlete I watched growing up, I remember always for some reason always being a huge fan of AJ Prozinski. I thought he was just kind of like a badass on the field and really like obviously a part of like winning the World Series back in like 2005. So that was like always one I thought was I was a big fan of. I think in the women's soccer world, Marta is always my go-to. I think it was one of the it still is because she still plays one of the coolest experiences every time I get to play against her when we play Orlando. She's just like such a legend in the women's soccer world. And for her to still be one of the best players is just like insane. So she was definitely one of my favorites growing up. So yeah, I think I think those two were are probably probably my answer there.

SPEAKER_00 33:30

And then the last one, uh, song recommendation that's been on loop, maybe as late.

SPEAKER_01 33:37

Oh, lately, it's between two people. I think I would say Tate McCrae just had a great album drop, and then role model just released an album. So I'm gonna say sports car by Tate McCrae right now is probably on my repeat.

SPEAKER_00 33:54

You know, I I I I hear I get the little TikTok clips of Tate McCrae's songs and that and so much that role model, but sometimes I can't it's like that's that little snippet so good, and then hear a whole song. This applies to so many people.

SPEAKER_01 34:08

I'm like, ah, I wish they went maybe something different, but I like it, but I just gotta keep trying a little bit more, or like the one piece in the video sounds like fast paced and like kind of pummed up, and then you hear the rest of the song, you're like, Oh, it's like not not really what I thought it was gonna be.

SPEAKER_00 34:23

I I almost wish you mentioned AJ Prozinski. I wish I had it in the background. Um, I had a signed jersey of A.J. Przinski that I won, and it's it I have it for display sometimes. Um, thank you so much, uh. Uh for people that are listening, you can follow the Utah Royals on all their platforms, and Tatum's on Instagram. I'm so so excited we had this chat. She's our first uh soccer player we've ever talked to. We've talked to basketball people, hockey people, baseball, but I've been itching to talk to someone in soccer.

SPEAKER_01 34:58

Yeah, this is so great. Thank you so much for having me. I'm really I'm I'm thankful that I got to be a part of this conversation. It was really fun.

SPEAKER_00 35:07

Wow, she is so awesome, great story, great person. Oh, one thing I thought was pretty cool that I did recently was I bought a shirt of her. It featured her and Chloe Lacoste. It says bad D's have bad E's for full wording. Check my Instagram at Xavier Sanchez 2797. I weren't allowed to lose a let me tell you, as a statement piece. But anyways, thanks again to Tata Malazzo for joining me. I think we had mutual friends this whole time, and I had never crossed a path until Dayload. Good luck to her for the rest of the season. Her and her teammates will be in Chicago to play with Against the Stars on July 5th at 3 PM in Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium. So check her play there. Stay up to date, follow me or the extra time pod across all in those social media. Once again, I'm Xavier Sanchez, and thank you for listening to the Action Time Podcast.