![]() But the club hasn't played there in years. Our host, Shakhtar FC, represents Donetsk, one of the cities close to the eastern border with Russia. I'm here to watch a friendly match between two professional women's teams. But this is Kyiv, and the country is at war. It's perfect soccer weather, breezy, a few stray clouds, cooler temperatures after an overnight summer storm on a Saturday morning in late July. JENNA MCLAUGHLIN, BYLINE: Young women are warming up on a beautiful green pitch, passing the ball and hyping each other up. NPR's Jenna McLaughlin and producer Kateryna Malofieieva went to check it out. Meanwhile, far from that spectacle, just outside downtown Kyiv, a professional women's team is training during wartime. team out of the running, record-breaking millions are watching some great soccer at the Women's World Cup right now.
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