Two titans of women’s soccer, Julie Foudy and Abby Wambach, recently made a trip to Long Beach — to celebrate the launch of their new podcast, which will also feature frequent appearances from another hometown legend — at a recently opened, one-of-a-kind local sports bar.

The pair visited Watch Me! Sports Bar, located on Pacific Coast Highway across the street from the 2nd & PCH shopping center, on Friday, Oct. 11. The sports bar celebrated its grand opening — and the start of a new kind of sports bar — in July.

Watch Me! is the first bar in California that’s focused specifically on showing, highlighting and celebrating women’s sports. Its co-owners, Jackie Diener and Megan Eddy — who go by “Jax” and “Emme” — said previously their goal is to “celebrate achievements by women who continuou

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