5ASIDE POD EP. 129 W/ BRIANNA PINTO: BRINGING WORLD CUP 2026 TO USA | LIFE AS NWSL FOOTBALLER | THE POWER OF TRAVEL, REPRESENTATION +MORE

In Episode 129, we have the esteemed pleasure of being joined by Chicago Stars' Brianna Pinto, playing professional football in the National Women's Soccer League. In one of our best guests yet, she talks everything from chasing her dreams to become a professional player, like as a youth international, the power of travel and representation in football, building her family's Pinto Foundation, and even helping bring the 2026 World Cup to North America, all at the timestamps below. LIKE. COMMENT. SUBSCRIBE. FOLLOW US @5ASIDMEDIA @WAVYFOOTY @B.PINTO ON ALL PLATFORMS Timestamps 1:45 - Intro and getting into soccer through family 8:15 - Power of soccer + travel through US Youth National Team experience 15:00 - USWNT as trailblazers in Women’s Soccer 20:40 - North Carolina Food talk, NC vs. Duke Rivalry 27:40 - Going from ball girl to being the representation for little girls, and Black Womens Player Collective 33:20 - Learning other cultures through Youth National Team travel 36:15 - INSANE story of bringing 2026 World Cup to USA 46:20 - Black American Representation in Soccer, and getting more Black Americans into the sport her work in family Pinto Foundation 54:35 - What if US’s best male athletes played soccer? 59:30 - Impact of her family’s Pinto Foundation on the youth