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Full Time Newsletter ⚽| This is The Athletic’s weekly women’s soccer newsletter. Sign up here to receive Full Time directly in your inbox.Sue Bird says her former coach, Geno Auriemma, wasn’t crying when Paige Bueckers left the podium last week, but there had to be some emotion when the 23-year-old sank a career-best 40 points to help the Huskies reach the Elite Eight. Maybe we’ll see whose tears fall tonight when UConn faces USC at 9 p.m. ET.This is soccer-adjacent and just good sports — welcome to Full Time! USWNT Returns Who’s ready for camp?Two groups of U.S. internationals will be in California for face time with head coach Emma Hayes this week, including a group of under-23 players who will train alongside the first team. Twenty-four senior team players will be available for the Olympic final rematch games against Brazil on Saturday in Inglewood […]