Over the last three years, Carlos Anguiano has gone from Timbers academy hopeful, to United Soccer League debutant, to consistent contributor for Timbers 2 to now, when he’s holding down a starting spot in head coach Cameron Knowles’ midfield. Still only 19 years old, Anguiano is enjoying his first full season as a professional, having turned down an opportunity to go the college route this fall and taken to leap up from Salem to pursue his dreams full time in Portland.

Last week in Beaverton, Breaking Lines caught up with the T2 midfielder, who has become key cog in the team’s pursuit of a second-straight postseason berth.

Our final podcast of the 2019 World Cup catches up with one of the voices of women’s soccer in the United States and, to circle back on our start, reassembles the team that began our podcast series.

Jenn Hildreth is back home after a month in Los Angeles broadcasting France 2019 for FOX. On Tuesday, she joined us via phone to discuss not only her time calling this year’s competition but reflect on the NWSL, as well as her part in broadcasting the game for Lifetime over recent seasons.

And in the second half of the show, Thorns FC coaches Mark Parsons, Nadine Angerer, Sophie Clough and Rich Gunney return to give us their impressions of the just-passed Cup and explore what the tournament tells us about the current women’s soccer landscape.

In a special one-hour show, hosts Judah Newby, Richard Farley and Ross Smith sit down to talk about the upcoming U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal match between the Portland Timbers and Los Angeles FC.

The leap Julio Cascante's took from Costa Rica to the United States last year pales in comparison to the plunges that came before, from starting his professional path in his early teens to, at 18, living out of a locker room in pursuit of his dream. Now, that dream finds him over 4,000 miles from home, enjoying life in the United States, and contributing regularly to the Portland Timbers.

We sat down with Julio last week at the Timbers' Training Center in Beaverton to talk about his path from Puerto Limón, quick grasp of English, new life in Portland, and recent decision to become the latest Timbers player to go blonde.

Hosts Tom Kolker, Ross Smith and Richard Farley talk with Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese and midfielder Diego Valeri about the team's upcoming match with NYCFC and more.

Just over one year ago, she took a leap across country, moving on from her career at Vanderbilt University by relocating to Portland in pursuit of a dream she’s had since she was five years old. Now, Simone Charley has done from training as an unsigned player fresh out of school to somebody who the two-time defending NWSL champion Portland Thorns FC has relied on over the last month-plus.

On this edition of Breaking Lines, we talk to the collegiate triple-jump standout about her path, the drastic changes her life has undergone in the last 18 months, and a present that’s seen her professional soccer dreams come true.

Meg Linehan has not only been in France over the last month covering France 2019 for The Athletic, but she’s also enjoying to culmination of a path that’s seen her rise to an enviable place in the U.S. women’s soccer reporting landscape. On Sunday, she spent 40 minutes with us talking about her career path, life on the ground covering the U.S. women, and her outlook on the 2019 World Cup.

There may be no person in Portland more familiar with the women's game in Europe than Thorns FC's Ana-Maria Crnogorčević, a holder of over 100 caps for her country and Switzerland's all-time leading scorer. Just joined the World Cup Podcast today to talk about a Europe-heavy quarterfinal in France, the development of the women's game on her continent and the world, as well as the United States' chances against her pick, France, in the competition's next round.

Elizabeth Ball and Gabby Seiler have both made major contributions for Portland Thorns FC during the team's 2019 World Cup absences, so of course, we had to ask ... who would win fight between a Nittany Lion and a Gator? After that, the tournament in France comes into view, with both players from the Class of 2018 sharing how they felt as heartache befell their club captain at the World Cup.

Three years is all it took for Toffee Club to become a staple on the Portland soccer landscape, becoming a go-to destination for soccer viewing, the impetus for its own soccer league, and a dream come true for its owners. On this episode of Breaking Lines, we venture out to the Southeast Portland pub to talk to Niki Diamond and Peter Hopkins, who tell us how an establishment that's become a Timbers, Thorns and World Cup destination went from mood boards and sketch books to a hit in Portland's soccer culture.