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OK, welcome to Into the Channel podcast primarily about women's
football. I'm your host Dino de Suspitas,
and as always, I'm joined by my Co host Mr. Grant Engel.
What's up, man? I'm feeling fantastic, buddy.
There's some less than fantasticresults that we're going to
discuss. We're going to try to make this
not the bummer show of the week,but you know, I mean, ups and

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downs, wins and losses, that's life.
Yeah, let's make it a fantastic show.
We can do that. There's something stopping us
from doing that, I think. Sure.
It's well within our purview. We're going to get started.
Let's get started with Orlando getting the shit kicked out of
them and it that being extremelyunenjoyable.
Yeah, that's that felt extremelynot fantastic.
It wasn't. You know, as you as you know, as

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has been covered on this show, you know, your boys helping,
helping to, you know, raise a newborn around around these
parts. So things are a little tricky.
Boys got to catch up on some of these matches after the fact.
Unfortunately had this one ruin for me.
But you know, I saw the score came through maybe in a blue sky
or threads and I was like, firstof all, I was like, Oh my God, I

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cannot believe this fucking score line.
And then second of all, I was like, Oh my God, that plus 375.
Hopefully somebody out there took it, tried to tell them, you
know, you know what I was tryingto tell them that was live.
And then it just took me two days to kind of circle back and
be like, all right, I'm going tosit down and watch this tape.
I'm just going to swallow it andand see what we see.

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And I think like the encapsulation for me is a couple
weeks ago I was watching an Orlando Pride match and the
commentators mentioned Seb Heinzusing a word that sent a chill
down my spine, which was experimentation.
And I think safe to say that that experimentation has gone
awry. My Orlando Pride, our Orlando
Pride winless and seven outscored 12 goals to four over

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that stretch. Your boys been known to, you
know, have the occasional doubletake checking out what's going
on in San Diego or, you know, sending the wayward late night
DM to Racing Louisville. But in my heart of hearts, I'm
an Orlando Pride fan and this one really, really was a tough
one. What did you think when you saw
that scoreline? Pretty much the exact same thing

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happened to me buddy. I was, I was out.
I had something that I needed totake care of and I accidentally
had it spoiled for me and I've been dreading even even talking
about it. It's just, it was all good just
a few months ago and now it justfeels like, it feels like we're
really struggling to keep the wheels on this thing.

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Oh my gosh, yeah. I mean it.
Orlando just can't really score.They they're not really making,
you know, they're just not really putting a lot of pressure
offensively. And I think this match was the
match where defensively kind of like the dam broke a little bit.
And you know, we talked about, you know, Sam's, you know, as an
as an outside back. This this match was like we had

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Sam's on the outside, Corey Dykeinside with Raffaele, you know,
as a center back partner. The defense did pretty well
early, you know, against that Chicago attack.
I think they did really well neutralizing like Ali Schlegel,
I think who had the the least impact.
But Lou Jamila was an absolute problem.
Jamice Joseph was an absolute problem too.
And I think the physicality of how Chicago played just really

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bullied that Orlando defense. Not really used to seeing that.
Obviously no Barbara Banda, thatgoes without saying, but no
Kylie Nadanar as well, who I think is in a lot of ways like
the heartbeat of that defense. And I just wanted to like point
to what I thought was, well, I think the 4th and 5th goal
really tell the story. The fourth goal, Julia Grosso is
like making a run and the and Lujemila's just kind of in a

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trail position like I'm just going to like, I'm here, I'm
here, I'm here. Nobody steps steps out to Grosso
and she's just able to walk in and just kind of bang one in.
And then Lujemila comes back on the fifth goal, you know, and
just put the the final nail in the coffin.
I think the the most heartbreaking moment was after
Lujemila scores Hafa Eli, who had been in a real battle.

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They went back and forth all day, have the the balls in the
back of that and Hafa Eli does this half hearted offsides like
that wasn't offsides, you know, it was just so, so deflating.
And I think Lisa Carlin, who wason the call with Merritt
Mathias, in a very weird moment,asked Merritt what it would take

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for the pride to repeat as double winners, which at that
point, I think I almost fell outof my chair.
I'm like, it might like what? What planet do I live on?
Like this is like a sheer impossibility.
We might need to have to start having the conversation about
Orlando potentially missing the play offs or or maybe having a
battle to kind of keep their. Spot certainly feels that way.

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I mean, you know, they're one point ahead of Gotham FC and
Seattle Rain FC. There are four goals behind the
bats and goal differential and only two ahead of Seattle Rain
FC, which might seem like a pretty steep mountain for
Seattle to climb the way they'reattacking in their own right.
We'll talk about them later. But yeah, I mean, it's it's

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live, man. Like you talked about it last
week, the way Houston Dashes looked recently.
They're sitting on 23 points. So they're five behind Orlando,
three behind Racing Louisville, four behind the bats and, and,
and the rain. Do you mean to tell me that
Houston Dash hasn't looked significantly better than both

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Orlando and Seattle? Way better.
I, I think so. I mean, Houston's, I mean,
they're, they're, they're reallycoming on quicker.
Like it's funny, like we just kind of like we're sort of
adjacent to the roller coaster. And I think we both kind of
hopped on right at the the rightmoment.
And now this seems really, really cooking.
I think I think ultimately there's going to be a five team
battle for those last three spots because Houston

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specifically, they have a reallytough final five matches.
So get ready for this at Washington, host Orlando Pride
at Angel City, host the Kansas City current and then they have
to go to Portland to play the Thorns.
So that's a little bit of a gauntlet for them for Houston.
So we're we're going to see whatHouston's made of.
I think as we as we kind of hit the the the final stretch.

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But ultimately I think it's fiveteams for three spots.
You've got Seattle, you mentioned racing Louisville, the
Orlando Pride, Houston Dash and Angel City, So there's three
spots for those five. And I think I can see, honestly,
I can say it's early enough thatI can see kind of any
combination of those 3 getting in there.
And I think my last point in Orlando, you know, I made my

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pick, my MVP pick last year, which was Barbara Banda.
And I think I might have been the only one, not the only one,
but I might have been one of a few people that had Band over
Chewinga for MVPI feel super validated at this point because
this team without Banda looks like they could be a bottom two
team, a bottom three, you know, like week in, week out.

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Her impact is just that massive.So, you know, just kind of want
to circle back to that and give myself a little bit of a pass
because, you know, it was a little lonely out there, but I,
I feel like a little bit of validation on that pick.
Yeah, I think that I think that's fine.
I mean, obviously, you know, we talked about some of the other
losses that Orlando Pride is, asyou know, seen as well.

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Obviously Adriana goes to to theSaudi League and there have been
some injuries and stuff. But Barbara Bend is the the
straw that stirs the drink. Even before that, though, man, I
mean, Wolf there they were kind of they were kind of starting to
hit the swoon before before she was out.
And to your point, though, I, I,I'm not disputing what you're
saying, it's real scary hours without her out there.

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I mean. There's just not they tried
something, you know, interesting, you know, this week
where they just were lasering incrosses from kind of every
angle. Marta was involved there, I
think to some success. You know, I think they had 26
come through and a lot of them in dangerous areas.
But you know, again, this like the experimentation thing is

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really tough. Like it's tough to just be like
right now, now we're going to start throwing change UPS
instead of fastballs. It's like, well, we should have
worked on that. You know, I think like, you
know, it, it, it just is a weird, you know, it's a weird
quirk of the season. It could just be a string of bad
luck to kind of have gotten us here.
But either way, Orlando's going to have to scrap very, very hard

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to kind of stay alive in this mix.
I. Like it?
Yeah, I I always think it too. You see a like an NBA team right
before the playoffs, they're just like, OK, pick and roll
defense. We switch everything.
Now it's like, OK, well that's agreat sign.
Yeah, no, I think there's there's a little bit of that
this team has just never really kind of caught their rhythm.
You know, it's it's a little bitof a bummer to see, but you

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know, still some some time left on the clock and we'll see how
they're able to finish. But let's scoot ahead.
I want to talk a little bit about your team, Seattle Reign
FC. Oh, sure, let's let's brighten
up the mood a little bit. I'm here.
Let's let's get a beverage in here.
Thought you'd never ask? Smells delicious.

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You know what? I've been on a kick.
Cheers to you, Sarah. I've been on a kick lately of
pouring my beer into a glass. Oh.
Let's go, you know. That's fancy.
A little bit of a little bit of the carbonation out, maybe class
this joint up a little bit, who knows, I like that.
Tilt, look at that. Who's the guy?
The guy who you would go into people's bars and restaurants

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and like scream at everybody. John, I believe the Bar Rescue
guy, right? I saw on his television program
maybe a decade plus ago that if you if you pour your beer and
you get some good foam on the top, it lets all that kind of
that carbonation out into the universe and it doesn't go into

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your belly. So I don't know what the it's
like. It just fee it's a better
drinking experience. So I don't know if that's true,
but if Jon Taffer said it, surely it's true.
I mean, he's putting putting good vibes into the universe,
you know, putting, putting some bronze positive juju into the
universe and also some carbonation.
Shout out to us. That's what we do.

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Let's talk about Seattle Ring Football Club.
Speaking of teams that are having a hard time scoring and
not winning football matches lately.
So rain hasn't They haven't won in their last five matches.
They've notched 3 points in thatspan.
That's as many points as the North Carolina Courage, and only
more than, unfortunately, Orlando Pride and Bay FC in that

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five match span. You remember that time when I
said that I was a good luck charm because the BFC won the
first game that I covered of theirs in person?
And then obviously Orlando last year.
Yeah, I think it's safe to say Lux ran out.
Feels that way, but that's OK, buddy.
We can always turn it around. You know, we got we got other
things going for us in our lives.

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I want to say Speaking of like luck and just kind of the way
things are shaking out. I want to say this on the front
end before we we take a look at it at a quick clip.
Is that so obviously I've been covering Seattle Rain FC since
last year. So I'm not, I'm the long term
veteran journalist. I don't know Laura Harvey

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particularly well, but she is a great sport, always answers my
questions, you know, treats me with respect.
I, I, I like to think I reciprocate that.
It's a professional environment,of course, and she has been
accountable as long as I've beencovering the team.
And obviously last year didn't go great for Seattle Rain
either. But she was always there in

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those press conferences to say Ineeded to get the team a little
better prepared. I could I could have done things
differently. We've talked on this show about
how she's, you know, said I think I made my Subs too early
this time, or maybe I made my Subs too late.
Always accountable to her team. This is why I thought it was
extremely interesting when she made some comments in the post

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match presser. This clip she is responding to
Jada Evans, great reporter from Seattle Times, talking about
adjustments made from the first half to the second-half we're.
A team that when we set ourselves up and the game looks
the way we think it's going to look, we do really well.
Like we're pretty good at seeingwhat's happening and, and being

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able to do well if if it looks like how we've prepared, if a
team changes, we don't see it inthe second-half.
When Kroy came on, it changed the way we needed to build and,
and it takes us 15 minutes to see it.
We just keep doing the same things and giving the ball back.
And I think that's my point around going back to the
fundamentals. I think we have to go back to
the fundamentals of football andwhat makes us successful and not

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overcomplicated. So.
I just thought it was interesting to talk about like
doing better with fundamentals and kind of taking too long to
adjust, you know, and giving theball away, not really kind of
executing the plant. Now.
One of the bright spots I thought in that match, and I

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haven't even mentioned it yet. This is this is following
obviously the two nil loss to Washington Spirit in DC.
One of the bright spots of that match that I thought I was
watching was was Jordan Bugg. I felt like she had played
better than she had in in in recent weeks.
I thought last week she she madea pretty good appearance too and
she seems to be getting back to her form now.

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Here's me asking Laura Harvey about Jordan Bugg playing
better. So Laura, I asked for Jordan's
assessment on it. I'll ask you the same question.
I felt like Jordan Bug did a really nice job on Sofia
Cantore, who's a physical player, a crafty player.
How did you see Bug's performance against Cantore
today? I thought that tonight, today

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was Jordan Bug's best performance in a long time.
Yeah, overall I thought she was.She did really well.
Can I ask what? Can I ask what specifically you
liked about her performance? I think just fundamental stuff
she did well, You know, she defended in the ways that we
needed her to defend. When she got the ball, she tried
to look for the passes that we'dspoken about, we thought we'd be

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on. So she she tried to do the
things that we'd asked her to do, and I thought she executed
them pretty well. So the interesting there are two
interesting things that I that Ifound.
There is one she gave Laura gives me the short answer at
first to just say she played well.
And then what you can't see on there because the zoom camera

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flips back to me is she gives melike a little smirk as as though
to say I'm not fully answering this question.
And of course because I'm me, I go, well, hold on.
Can we specifically, can you just tell me what Jordan Bug did
better? And she goes back to she
executed the game plan. She made the passes that we

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talked about our players making when they're trying to build out
of the back from the press. That's obviously not a direct
quote, but that's kind of the idea that she's talking about.
And so I think you just got to ask yourself, you know, Laura
Harvey, who is constantly accountable, constantly saying
this is on me. I got to prepare our team better
when she is openly saying, you know, we, we didn't play to the

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game plan. I got to think, and this is, you
know, this is me surmising thesethings.
It got it feels like she's really frustrated with the way
her team is absorbing and executing the game plan out
there. Real quick on Jordan Bugg, I
think in my notes, I, I, I fullyagree in it.
And I was so pumped to, to hear you ask Harvey about that
because I, I think the one note that I had was like, wow, Jordan

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Bugg just never runs after a ball that she can't reach.
You know what you see defenders do all the time?
You know, they take a two couplesteps.
Oh, turns out I shouldn't have done that because I wasn't going
to reach that ball. That just never happens to bug.
She's just like, she'll see it. She's like, no, I'm not going to
go after that. Even though.
And it's like, I feel like 7 outof 10 defenders will take a
step. Some will take two or three to

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kind of like get themselves intotrouble.
And she's already so smart from AIIQ standpoint and and being
able to just step intelligently in her passing, which Laura
Harvey mentioned on point as well.
She's she's going to be really, really good.
But offensively, I mean, I thinkwhat are we looking at like XG
wise, Seattle 0.4911 touches in the opposition box.

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That was the lowest number for any team this weekend.
The second lowest was the North Carolina courage with 18 box
touches. So if you're sitting at 11, that
makes it nearly impossible. Shots.
Jordan Haitima with two, Maddie Dalene with two.
The team as a whole just managedsix shots, 2 on target.

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So you just really can't. You've got to be able to
penetrate a little deeper. And on this day, Washington was
really sharp. I think Lacey Santos, you know,
Seattle had nothing. No answers for Santos, no
answers for Bethune when she came on either.
Trinity Rodman just dunking all over me for for talking shit

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about her crying to the refs. You know, had the highest rated
player this weekend according tofat mob and just two
unbelievable finishes. I think the first finish, what
was so incredible, not like thatthat that she was able to kind
of like react so quickly with the volley, but she also placed
it perfectly with power. You know, and it's like we talk

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about you, you, you often see players Shank that more often
than not. And not only did she stick it,
but she stuck it with authority.And that's why she's awesome.
Yeah, well, I mean clearly one of the best players in the
world. And Laura Harvey in the post
game presser, she talked about that too and said that second
goal that Rodman scored was justa lot of heart was that if you

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look at at the run she makes to get in position to score that
goal, Harvey was quick to point out ran by three Reign defenders
to get into that position. So I would say like, even in
some of the really frustrating moments last year where rain
were just, I mean, you know, indisputably awful.

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I've I've rarely seen her that frustrated with the team's
execution, I think. She knows that like the the, the
talents there, the skills there,the opportunities there to make
a run here, like, you know, it'slike Casey's running away with
it. Everybody knows that.
But there's just such a hodgepodge, like with everybody
else that, you know, you could, I'm not sure the a home playoff
match is in the cards for Seattle, but they could win a

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playoff match. I don't think that's out of the
realm of possibility. I think considering where they
were at last year, I think that's a huge, huge step up for
them. And I think there's still
players that we haven't seen getincorporated fully.
A me official, you know, Alendola, I know she's dealing
with that injury, but there's still some some things to
happen. And I think credit to Laura

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Harvey for not, you know, sort of leaning into that and really
just sticking to like, Hey, thisis what's happening on the
field. You know, we're just going to
focus on these players and and fixing what's here.
And if we can add, you know, personality and reincorporate
that into our rotation, that's great.
But we we've got to sort of focus on what's in front of us
for. Sure.
And I think just one, one more quick thing on the Washington

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spirit in terms of, well, I mean, compared to Seattle rain,
in terms of a measuring stick, you know, yes, this is a massive
improvement from last year for Seattle, Just not in the class
of Washington spirit, nor shouldthey be.
You know, I mean, you talk aboutLacey Santos, you, you, you
think about, you know, they bring on Croy Bethune late in

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that clip, Laura Harvey talked about it.
You bring out Bethune. It's a completely different
look. She's one of the best players in
the world, even at her at her young age.
You know, Sofia Cantore, even though I did think bug, you
know, held her down for 65 minutes.
That's 65 minutes that your bestcenter back has to be
preoccupied with Sofia Cantore. And it's just you're just going
to get run down by that. And so I think the the evidence

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was certainly there. Massive improvement for Seattle
rain this season. Still a long way to go before
they're competing with with a team of that caliber.
Yeah. No doubt I want to talk.
I know a little bit out of order, but Washington spirit
monster match up this weekend versus the KC current.
I mean, that's that's a lot of points going up going head to

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head in in a in a very tasty week 20 match up.
This one going down in Kansas City.
I don't want to get robbed of like like a full both sides kind
of like really going for it because like the the the lead is
such that Kansas City shouldn't really be feeling too much
pressure. But on the same token, this
might be the team that you run into in the playoffs in the

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second round or possibly in the final in in San Jose.
So do you want to come on like kind of show up and get rolled
in your house? Probably not.
So this this might be one of those maybe one of the last two
or three matches down the stretch where Vladko really kind
of like unleashes and and and wants to like really make sure
that they walk away with the three.
If Casey wins this one, they'll they'll be just two wins away

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from the shield again. We we talked about last show,
September 26 is a key date. If they're able to kind of run
the table over their next three matches, Casey just basically
wraps it up, which would be massive.
So I think big stakes in this one.
Even with that large lead. What are you going to be looking
for? I'm going.
To be looking for Casey's defense to continue to try to
smother every team they encounter.

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They have a extremely long cleansheet streak.
The last goal they allowed was Uchena Khanu's 88th minute goal
on June 14th. Now I do think it's important to
mention that there was a one month break there where there
were no matches while the while the EUR were going on.

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Still, that would be 7 full matchups since then in which
they have not allowed a goal. Lorena, they're they're great
Brazilian goalkeeper ended up onthe injury report with a knee
injury late last week. But we've talked about Laurel
Ivory before, who is probably for my money, one of the one of

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the absolute best backup goalkeepers in the league.
But here's here's the interesting or here's the
helpful part for Laurel Ivory aswell.
She only had to make one save last week against Bay FC to keep
that clean sheet. So if you don't have to make
that many saves and you have a good goalkeeper back there, I
think the the the defense is in pretty good shape.

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Yeah, I, I feel like this, this weekend's going to be a little
trickier if Laura ever is got to, you know, take the reins.
But I mean, she's got the skill set.
I mean, I think I think she has the best backup keeper in the
league. That would be my first pick, but
Casey's defense, I mean, you mention it like they're they're
just so smothering they're intense they want the ball back.

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They just don't let you do too much.
I mean you look at what Bay was able to do against KC7 shots
total 0.24 XG for the game for Bay FC.
So I mean just nothing doing KC dominant another two nil win for
KC pretty much their flavor of the season.
And and I I love that they're playing that way.

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You know, because we saw it lastyear.
If you have a dominant defense, you're absolutely in every
match, especially in this league, especially down the
stretch, you know, when when youknow fatigue and injury and all
that kind of stuff happens and just the windows get tighter.
So I'm really, really excited tosee what Casey brings to this
match up and the spirit. I feel like that that

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performance against Seattle was,you know, aside from you, you
know, your, your, your covering of that team.
That was a performance from, from the spirits that I feel
like we've been waiting to see, you know, just kind of go out
there, keep control of the matchthe entire way through, dictate
everything, the tempo, the fieldposition, you know, just wire to
wire. You know, we, we just haven't

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seen that from Washington. So a perfect, you know, kind of
table setter for a massive matchup this weekend.
Yeah. No doubt, I think.
I mean, if you think about the spirits two best matches at
least recently, they must have something against the Pacific
Northwest because they had that dominating win coming out of the
international break versus Portland thorns and then did it
again against Seattle rain. And I actually mentioned it

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probably could have grabbed thisclip too, but we we probably
don't need that many clips. But I asked Sam Meza.
It was Meza and bug in the in the post game presser.
You know, when a team presses you like this, and I think I
had, I had referred to because, you know, I always got to get my
jokes off that I said we when you watch Washington Spirit
play, it looks like they flew over from Barcelona and they

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play like a Spanish side. And for what it's worth, Jordan
Bug chuckled at my at my joke. And, you know, I I just asked
Mezzo, like, how do you even play against a team that's
trying to press you into oblivion like that, especially
as a defensive midfielder when you're when you're pinned back?
And she just just kind of shrugged.
It was like, it's really hard. Like you have to have your head
on a swivel and be looking around for that pass.

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Like what you and I like always talk about when teams do play
Barcelona. It's like you have to be
thinking about that second pass,the third pass just to escape
the press. Yeah.
And as I'd mentioned, like she didn't think they did a terrible
job at it. And I agree with her.
I don't, I don't think, I don't think Seattle was.
They didn't look like totally overmatched, but they looked
like they were in trouble the whole time.

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Yeah, yeah, they they were definitely in trouble the the
whole time. And I think what what kept
happening was exactly what you said.
You know, Washington was taking away the first second, sometimes
the third outlet and then that Wood Forest, one of the
midfielders or one of the backliners to have to kick a 25
yard pass. And I think they're not used to
that pitch, you know, so the ball would just die and all of a

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sudden, like, it's like Lacey Sanchez is now running the other
way with it or Hirschfeld or I mean, like it was, it just kind
of kept happening. And it, it reminds me of what
Laura Harvey was meant to. It was like, oh, it would just
take us 15 minutes to figure outthat we're doing something
wrong. We need to change it.
It was just a tough day, a long day for for, for Seattle all the
way around, I'd say. Create, created by Washington

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Spirit, which is why we get to, when we get to see Kansas City
Current versus Washington Spiritgo up against each other, it's
going to be a hell of a footballmatch.
You know, we'll be locked in. Yeah, no doubt.
Kansas City, I want to talk about what they did last
weekend, Week 19. We talked about a little bit, 2
dominant, 2 nil win over Bay FC.They outshoot Bay 22 to 7.

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They get more shots inside the box, 16 to 4.
But but, but, but shots, you look at shots on target,
actually no 12:50 for KC. They dominated there as well.
On the heels of that loss, the team announced that head coach
Albertine Montoya will be stepping down at the end of the
season. I got a chance to ask Albertine

(26:55):
question. Coach, I just wanted to ask real
quick, Turning a corner, like not having been able to do that
thus far this season, what, what's the corner tactically or
strategically that this team hasto turn to to get to that big
goal, reach that playoffs? What are you looking at down the
stretch that you haven't really been able to crack so far?

(27:16):
That's a great question. That's what we're asking
ourselves. I've highlighted this for quite
some time outside of the Kansas City game.
Obviously you know, they're first place team, best team in
the league and they're running away with it.
But leading up to that, eight out of our last nine games, we
let the teams and X GS corner kicks, shots, shots on goal and
we're just so unfortunate. Every goal game has been a one

(27:38):
goal difference or a tie and it just hasn't gone our way.
And look, as a sports team, all you have to do is continue
staying with it and plugging away.
And we feel confident. We can feel it in the locker
room. We can feel it in training.
We're so close. We just need this one win.
And I think once we get this, just a little extra energy from
three points, it's going to change things around.

(28:02):
And that's all we've been concentrating.
And the players feel like they're that's actually one of
the things they're looking forward to.
They know we're so close and it's just a matter of executing
and getting 3 points. What was your read on on
Montoya's answer there? I don't hate it.
I think you I've heard plenty ofmanagers say it like, hey, we're
creating some chances and the ball's not getting past the

(28:22):
keeper. I don't think he's I don't think
he's totally wrong about that either.
I don't think he's just he's notblaming the luck monster.
I think, yeah, I think Bay FC has been able to to take some
chances. I I do think too, he was honest
that hey, not so much against Kansas City Current.
It was mostly that, it was mostly one way traffic in that
one. But he had talked about the, you

(28:43):
know, those previous matches. So yeah, I, I think there's,
there's some of that the the problems are greater than that.
But I, I think he raises a good point that there have been
sometimes where you and I have just watched him, like how many
times is Rachel Kununaji going to hit the post?
And we know she's good enough toscore those opportunities.
Yeah, absolutely. But you know, I fully agree with

(29:04):
you. I think the Kunaji's situation
is sort of like a double edged sword because she's so good and
she gets so close on her own that it can kind of fool you
into thinking, oh, we were close, you know, or, or oh, the
XG like Montoya's, oh, the XG islike we're in the, we're in the
neighborhood. Either way, I think my big issue
and I, and I've asked Montoya about this a few different

(29:26):
times, especially as the team start to backslide.
What's different? And I think pretty consistently,
you know, to his credit or to his detriment, it's been nothing
like we just need to kind of stick to what we're doing.
We need, you know, like the things, the, the balls kind of
bounce our way. And if it's me, you know,
obviously like, you know, I put my GM hat on.
If it's me, I'm like, either he's playing coy, he's not going

(29:48):
to tell me or here's what we're doing that's new or there's not
that many new ideas. And I think you watch this team
week in and week out and you're just like, there are, there
aren't any new ideas. This is the same thing that we
this is getting worse because it's the same version and now
you're playing teams that have abunch of tape on you and you're
not bringing anything new to thetable to the same, you know,

(30:10):
Kudanagi thing the same. All right, what can we do?
You know, Didasco's been, you know, problematic, like running
so much of the offense, you know, through her as a starting
point like that. And I understand the move for
sure. You know, and I and I like the
guy and he's got a good positiveattitude.
He definitely brings a lot to the table.
But pretty much we can we got tobeen underwhelmed by, you know,
the lack of adjustments. You know, we we want to see

(30:33):
adjustments in game, but we're not even seeing adjustments week
to week. So I think that the move
probably warranted, you know, but wish wish the guy the best
of luck, but I think a move thathad to happen.
I. Mean, you know, it's a it's a
results driven business with football.
I mean, what, what can you do? It's not funny that the that
Albertine Montoya is is taking another job.

(30:53):
I mean, that sucks for any any competitor, you know, coach or
player when you kind of have to move on.
But the statement was very like kind of startuppy where it was
just like we're moving into likea new phase and like all these
things. I was like, wow, we're really
leaning into the Bay Silicon Valley kind of lingo in there,
huh? Yeah, we're all failing fast out

(31:14):
here, like. I you know.
I'm not gonna like, what are yougonna do?
I mean, the my, my antenna went up, I would say like this would
have been before the break. So maybe a couple months ago.
I think Montoya let it slip and and a pressure he was like,
well, you know, well, for as long as I'm here, you know, and
I was like, you called. That you called that early?

(31:36):
Yeah, Yeah, I was. Like, all right, so I think, you
know, that means that there's bring me been some, you know,
some expectation set and you know, some ramifications tied to
those. But I think I don't know, we we
all kind of knew where, where things were headed.
I'm interested to see a how Bay finishes, what they do from a
personal standpoint, who they bring into kind of like sit in
that seat, because I do think franchise got a lot, a lot going

(32:00):
for it. Like the, the place rocks.
I mean, it's it's a really greatset up, you know, very
professional franchise in terms of how they do business.
So I think they're going to makethe right move.
And I don't think that, you know, Montoya was a wrong move.
It's just this is this is kind of like the nature of sports and
the evolution of the growth of afranchise.
You know, you making the play offs in your first year is a

(32:20):
nice a nice piece to build on. But yeah, I think we'll we'll
see what happens from here. And again, still some football
we played for Bay and for a lot of these other teams that are
fighting for a play off spot. And you know, we talked about
it's a results based business. If Asisa Oshwala scores 12 goals
last year and scores 12 goals this year, it's a different

(32:41):
story. Every, everything's different.
So like you know that is not going to help I.
Mean you I, you. I have to throw a Kundanagi in
there as well. And you I will never I, I don't
think I've. I've never seen her play a bad
game in the NWSL. Maybe if I have, maybe I
haven't. If I did, I forgot it because
every time she plays, she is great.

(33:03):
It just is not really translating into goals.
And I think maybe too much was hitched on that.
But there's not enough players out to take before Kundanagi.
If we're drafting, you know, mad, you know, Madden franchise
style, we're kind of resetting the deck.
I think she's so, so, so good. So I hope they do, you know,
just basically, you know, re re rework it and then, you know,

(33:23):
rebuild around Kundanagi. Yeah.
That's a great point. You know, you'd like to see some
more from her as well, but it's like she's not the problem, but
she is paid to kind of be the solution and she hasn't quite
been that just yet. Yeah, perfectly.
Put all right, well, we're talking about some teams
fighting for some playoff spots.This team Gotham FCI think we we

(33:48):
got in our mind that, you know, maybe they've been up and down
and maybe back up again. I think Arrow maybe pointing
firmly up. I have been one of the
internet's biggest Gotham FC detractors.
But I mean I got to say it. They look good, but I want to
positive a theory or a hypothesis to you.
I kind of feel like Gotham coming off the championship

(34:10):
making all those big splashy personnel moves.
We've seen this in other sports.Sometimes it's just too much.
You know, it's like whose team is this who's who's who gets the
ball? What what are we do?
You know, and I I feel like it'staken until now to kind of like
re re Orient re sort of like find everybody's place, find

(34:32):
some rhythm, find some connectivity.
And you know, it's not as star-studded, you know, a line
up as maybe like some people were fantasizing about, but it's
rock solid. It's tough.
They play really hard and they found a way, you know, to
basically make Ester the focal point and maximize the amount of
chances that she's getting and and they're turning that into

(34:52):
results They. Keep doing this thing where they
drop points and then it's like, oh, they better do something to
pull themselves out of this and then they pull themselves out of
it. So I, I want to say this is one
of those things where I think myfootball caveman brain kind of

(35:13):
helped me a little bit because yes, you know, I'm not going to,
I'm not going to get on you too much.
But you are one of the internet's foremost Gotham FC
haters and and I respected you for it.
I mean, you were just you were coming out and be like, not a
good team, not playing well, don't like him.
And I was like, all right, he hethere, we there we go.

(35:34):
That that's not playing well, though.
They were not they were not playing well.
You were correct. You were correct about those
things. But my caveman brain where I
would just keep on being where Iwould just keep saying I got a
lot of good players, though, which you you have watched, yes,
and you've watched that lead me astray several times.

(35:56):
And and you've told me you'd be like, hey, man, I think that
might be leading you down the the wrong path.
I'm like, I don't know, I'm looking at the the paper looks
good. Now.
In this case, though, I think itit feels like they're going to
have enough to hang on. And I, I want to, I just want to
cite this example. So, you know, they're down one
nil to Angel City this past weekand they bring on 2 second-half

(36:20):
Subs to start the second-half. And that would be Midge purse
and Rose Lavelle. Pretty good substitution window
if you ask me. And within like the first like
minute it felt like, I think it was, I think it was the 47th
minute or whatever They come on there.
It's a little, it's a little give and go between Midge and
and Jace purse gets to the end line.

(36:40):
She dishes it inside, Gabby Portillo scores.
And then during the celebration,little samba dance near near the
corner flag, you see five players coming to the camera
shop and it's Midge Portillo, Jace Astaire and Bruninia.
And I'm just and I kind of stopped in that moment.
I was like, that's a lot of goodplayers on the field at one

(37:02):
time. And they don't even have Rose
Lavelle on the frame yet. And I don't know, man, Like, I,
I think it's going to be interesting and we haven't
mentioned it just yet, but it's not exactly breaking news, a
broken news, if you will. Jaden Shaw is going to join
Gotham FC. And so Amoros is is going to

(37:23):
have to find a way to play all those players.
He's going to have to to figure out that midfield.
But that's not a bad problem to have, yeah.
And I think Amoros is probably, you know, as mentioned, you
know, you the two players you mentioned, Mitch Purse and Rose
Lavelle second-half Subs. That's a perfect example.
Because I think you rewind back a year and a half and you're
just like Mitch purse sharpie Roosevelt Sharpie.

(37:45):
You know, it's like all, you know, Crystal Dunn sharpie, you
know, it's like every every big American name that you know, you
just sharpie, sharpie, sharpie Jenner nice.
Like, you know, you just kind ofgo on and on.
So like, I think the fact that things have kind of settled a
little bit. Those those players can come off
the bench. Those players can start.
It's not this sort of like heavyburden of like, all right, how

(38:07):
do we, you know, like how do I break?
You know, it just feels a lot more outside of a stare.
I'm not sure. I'm not sure anybody's like
super duper locked in just because the the the the squad is
so talented. Jill and Howie probably have to,
you know, say this is a player, that good player.
Yeah. Let's let's get the break the
Sharpie out for John Howell. But, and I'm, I'm sure I'm, I'm
mentioning I'm, I'm missing a few, but case in point, I feel

(38:31):
like that team has kind of bought in to Amoros and like
maybe the the the rotations and the lineups and like understand
that it's bigger than, you know,we're an All Star team because I
think they got maybe humbled a little bit last season.
And there's, there's still a long ways from the very, very
tip top of the league. But with that said, you know,
they they do, they do have a playoffs, you know, so and a

(38:54):
team like Gotham can get hot to a player like a stair, you know,
all the way, you know, the midfield.
Jaden Shaw, we'll see what she brings.
Brunina, who you mentioned, you know, what did she have 14
passes into the final third? I mean, she's just a little bit
of a menace, like up and down, you know, the sideline.
I think they they've got such interesting pieces and

(39:14):
everybody's playing a little bit.
Everybody's trying to not do toomuch.
I'd say everybody's like doing the right amount of deferring,
recognizing that there's talent all over the place, there's good
options all over the place. I don't have to do too much.
I don't have to kind of overextend myself.
And I think they've, there's something about it that's
working. They got winners man non Katrin

(39:36):
Berger, Jess Carter, European champion 2 times in case anybody
else will remember that. Power a couple 2 fucking go.
Yeah, absolutely. Rose Lavelle Esterre and you
know, I think it I, you know, we've, I think we've talked
about her a little bit, but not nearly enough on this podcast
just yet. Sarah Schupansky, which first of

(39:57):
all, let me just say as somebodywho went to College in the
Midwest and is, was originally born in the Midwest before I
started to move to much nicer places in the country.
Sarah Schupansky That's a Pittsburgh name if I ever heard
it. And she born born in Pittsburgh,
played for the Pitt Panthers. A little ACC football, 32 goals

(40:18):
for the Panthers in her career. This is her rookie year.
She's leading the bats and assists with five with more than
1200 minutes played up and down that right wing.
I think it could be very interesting if you're going to
spell Rose Lavelle at times withJaden Shaw.
Wouldn't mind seeing Shubansky serve some serve some passes in

(40:38):
the middle there. Let Shaw use her smarts and her
her speed and her physical skills to kind of get on the end
of some of those. So let's see where it's going.
I think the midfield is going tobe interesting with Lavelle
Howell, Shoe Pansky and and now Shaw.
But you know, Omarosa is going to have to figure it out.
And, you know, not only can he, but I think he, he might be able

(41:03):
to throw some combinations out there that even if they don't
work at first, they might just accidentally work, I think.
I think that's a great point. And I think the profile that
Gotham seems to be going for is give me somebody that could be
effective basically just past the halfway line all the way
into the box. And I think you look at
Schupansky, she can pass and shoot.

(41:25):
You look at Jaden Shaw, she's effective everywhere.
Jace A menace offensively. Like I think let's go when the
refs aren't fucking with her. Like she's just, she's effective
at so many different parts of the pitch and then a stair is
just up there. So like, if you're a defense,
you have to shade towards a stair, but you also have to
respect these other players. You have to respect Jane Shaw

(41:46):
Roosevelt from distance. You know, Jace has mentioned
Gabby Porchito like Shupansky can can hit from deep.
I think she she she busted into the league with a with a with a
goal that rippled the net from from from a pretty good
distance. I think cooled off after that,
but they'll figure it out and I think they've got enough
attacking players. Mitch purse as well, who can be

(42:06):
effective in the midfield win balls, you know, like pester and
then just take it to the house and like dish and pass and drive
and like kind of do it all. So if they can unlock it and and
and continue to kind of crank upthe amount of chemistry, I think
they could be really dangerous. I want to Fast forward here
though, because there's a big match up on the docket.
Second big match, the second biggest match up of the week.

(42:27):
We'll call it the San Diego Wave, hosting the aforementioned
Gotham FC. This is going to be a massive 1.
What are you going to be lookingfor here?
It's going to, it's going to be tricky.
Your guy Amoros versus your guy Idaho.
I know you're going to be torn trying to decide.
Obviously unbelievable. I'm not sure which one is.

(42:50):
I don't I've never said anythingpositive or think about Amoros.
My my issue has never been with Amoros.
I think he does a good job, but Gotham, it's just the vibe was
not what what I was in. I think if people are two, I
don't know a lot of stuff, a lotof stuff, a lot of star effing
on the following Gotham I'll. Just be, I'll be completely
honest, not why. Not sure why I turned him into

(43:11):
your guy, but I thought it wouldbe a funny juxtaposition with
Idavol also being your guy even though begrudgingly.
You don't want him to be your guy, but he's still kind of your
guy, no? Neither of them are my guys.
We'll talk about it later. Let's go ahead just to just to
be clear. Look, man, San Diego Wave, it's
getting real interesting over there.

(43:34):
You know, get just housed, just worked by Houston Dash.
Not a positive result at home for Alex Morgan's jersey
retirement ceremony. Probably not the way the legend
wanted to celebrate that. And now, you know, they get to
be home for Gotham FC. But I don't know.

(43:55):
I mean, after you see what the what happened against against
Houston, well, how much does that really mean for them?
You know, Houston definitely came in and gave them that work
in that match. San Diego more than twice the
amount of touches, more than twice the amount of shots, 19 to
9 advantage, 68% possession. They connect 86% of their

(44:16):
passes. The San Diego Wave, they notch
49 touches in the opposition box49.
I mean, where, where, where, where was Seattle?
Seattle was at 11, like 4 1/2 like that 49 box touches, only
able to convert that into five shots on target.
Jane Campbell was a beast in this one.

(44:39):
And San Diego Wave just couldn't, couldn't generate
anything more than just those five shots on target.
Nothing, nothing crazy threatening.
And then San Diego also didn't have Clarissa.
Larissa. We, we used to call Clarissa or
Larissa, which is a lot more funto say, but Larissa, I'm
following Jen Hildrus Lee there,who's apparently the OG in terms
of pronunciations. So we'll go with that.

(45:00):
Clarissa notches a goal and an assist in 53 minutes.
She looks like she's ready to she looks like she's ready to,
to, to make an impact in this league for sure.
It looks so, so good. But San Diego, their last goal
versus Bay FC on August the 16th, where we're coming up on a
month since they've scored August 16th, obviously the birth

(45:21):
date of my young Princess as well as the legend Young Thug
thug, a thug of what to do. You already know what time it
was August 16th, a great day. Also the last time that you
know, the San Diego has scored agoal.
And we'll see. I'm not sure it's going to get
any easier against Gotham. Do you think this is a bad, bad
time of the year to to try to get off the schneid?
But do you think San Diego's going to have anything for

(45:41):
Gotham or do you? I mean, at some point they've
got to figure something out. That's the thing and it's a
weird league, man. So I mean, this could be it's
going to be an NWSL after dark. What is what is the 12th?
Is that is that a Thursday nightmatch?
Is this this could be the first match of the week.
That's a Friday. Sorry, don't know Monday had to

(46:02):
get that figured out. So it's going to be a seven
o'clock 7:00 Pacific match on Friday night.
Look, this is the the analysis, the kind of analysis you're only
going to get on the end to the channel podcast.
It could just be a weird game. Like like how many times do you
see that on a Friday night whereit's a little bit of a short
week for both teams? One team, you're looking at

(46:25):
them, you're like, don't like their form, don't like the way
they look, don't like the way their attacks looked.
They're going up against anotherteam.
You know, they're going to, they're, I'm going to guess they
might be home underdogs. They're going up against a team
whose form looks great and then the complete opposite happens of
what everybody expects. So I think that's reason like if
you didn't have enough reasons to watch already, I think that

(46:47):
could be one more. Hopefully it put people over the
edge to watch this football match.
It's going to be a good one. And I think, you know, San
Diego's not, it's not like they're stalling out and just
failing at football. They're just not able to be as
effective as they were. And it's funny like, you know,
the XOG guys came out and, and like kind of gave me shit about

(47:08):
the, that difference between their number of goals and the XG
that they were generating, whichwas vast, that that has
completely shrunken like the delta between those two.
And I think they're the real goals much, much closer to
their, their XG. And it's funny because their
last three matches, obviously they got clean sheeted on three
times in a row, but 4.7 XG over those 3.

(47:31):
So they're not really getting, you know, they're not really
getting shut completely shut allthe way down.
They're just not able to score. But I do want to send something
funnier away because even with all of those, you know, stats
that that kind of showed offensively that they they did
everything but score. And I know that we take, you
know, the fat mob numbers with alittle bit of a grain of salt,

(47:52):
but I wanted to show this to youreally quick and key in on the
fat mob rating, which is the leftmost, you know, rating here.
You've got to go down 123456789101112 Houston Dash
players before we get to Delphine Gascarina, who notched
A7 point O on fat mob 12 players.

(48:14):
Really interesting because I'm I'm no rules expert but the last
time I checked you could only play 11 players.
That's true. Yeah.
That's that's a tricky one That would that's I think you call
that getting outplayed. It seems like our pals, you
know, we we did a little previewshow talking about our our
beloved SK Braun, our pals at atfat mob over there in beautiful

(48:38):
Bergen, Norway. Seems like they were convinced
that Houston Dash thoroughly outplayed San Diego wave.
But you know, I'll go back to it.
What does it mean for the purposes of this match that's
going to be played on Friday night?
I don't know, probably not a lot.
And I think Vegas appears to think the same way.
San Diego Wave to win plus 135, Gotham FC to win plus 190 and

(49:04):
the draw sight unseen. Sight unseen.
Give me the draw. I don't care what the plus.
It's only plus 210, which I think the fact that it's only
plus 210 and you, you know, San Diego wave at home plus 135,
Gotham on the road plus 190 and the Draw plus 210.
You know what? No disrespect to the people who

(49:25):
work at FanDuel. You're cowards.
Because all that is is just you shrugging, going, I don't know.
Yeah, 1/3. One third, one third, whatever,
move it, keep moving. Yeah, I mean, yeah, that's a
stay away for me. You know, I'm always happy.
I was hoping I'm like, I'm like 27280 a little bit below, but I

(49:45):
think the draw is kind of tasty there. 210 that's a little bit
tight. Jaden Shaw revenge match if
she's able to dress. How about that heading back to
San Diego field stomping grounds.
Just I mean, I'd love to see Jaden Shaw send a message here
and and she scores Shaw scored against Utah so and had a decent
game. So I think we we could we could
be seeing something if she's going to be ready.

(50:07):
But the other the other fun quirk about this one, Gotham,
obviously there's six in the table, 27 points, but they've
got a chance because they've gota better goal differential than
the San Diego wave and they're currently three points behind
the San Diego wave. They could jump all the way up
into third if things break theirway and they're able to go on
the road and get a big win versus the wave.

(50:28):
That would be an absolute shocker considering the
conversations that we were having earlier this year, at
least for your boy, because I I thought they'd be on that bottom
half of the of the playoff picks.
And again, a lot of football would be played.
But to see them have a one matchaway from, you know, climbing up
potentially up into third, very,very impressive.
Especially considering that I think 2 through 12 is going to

(50:51):
be maybe not 12/2 through 10 is going to be very, very
interesting, I think as we as the playoff race kind of shakes
out, yeah. Man, I mean, it's, it's so
close, Like so many of these matches are going to be really
intriguing. I mean, you even look at like
Angel City is playing North Carolina Courage.
They're 10 and 11 on the table. Angel City sitting on 23 points,

(51:12):
North Carolina Courage sitting on 22.
So I mean, that's going to have real, you know, if Angel City
gets that win, you know, they could be level on points with
racing Louisville if they somehow lose to Seattle rain.
But you know, Louisville has to go to Seattle.
So this is another one where it's just like Louisville looks
good. Seattle rain does not right now,

(51:33):
but you got to travel up to the Pacific Northwest and play that
match. This league is just a constant
carousel of weird results that are hard to predict.
Yeah, I mean, you mentioned Louisville.
I wouldn't be. I mean, I wouldn't be shocked if
if that game went either way, 2 nil in either direction.
But Louisville loses at home to Portland 2 to one on a Jesse

(51:57):
Fleming. I'm not a Jesse Fleming.
It was a, a an LE genome own goal created by Jesse Fleming in
the 90th. But racing Louisville 2.61 XG to
Portland's 1.78 Louisville, not just 25 shots, 17 from inside
the box, just couldn't score more than once.
Like that's another team that can kind of go either way, you
know, with a great performance. But, you know, even even against

(52:18):
Portland, I thought they had a really good performance and they
still lose at home, you know, toa good team.
So I mean, to your point, you could still play great and and
not get the result you're looking for.
And I love that the Rain and Louisville are two of the five
teams that I mentioned are probably going to be battling it
out for those final three spots.No doubt.
And so now you've just got me looking at FanDuel.
We can write. We can wrap up the show here.

(52:41):
Let me just tell you something. OK, I got I got 2 for you.
So all right, Seattle rain. They're plus 150 at home to win
racing. Louisville is plus 150 on the
road to win. The draw is plus 2:30.
So just another big old shrug from FanDuel.
I don't know your guess is as good as mine, but as I look at

(53:03):
that, because that's this, you know that magic is going to be
played Sunday, 5:00 PM my time. I think I don't know I'm going
to be there. So I look forward to that.
Let. Me.
Ask you for what number? What's Angel City at North
Carolina, sight unseen? I would take that.
Angel City is plus 190. I need to.

(53:23):
Stop saying sight unseen. I'm over to Carolina.
North Carolina's favored at homeplus 1/30.
And the draw is 190 for Angel City and.
The and the draw is plus 220. I think I'd get a loan I'd.
I, I think I'd split the baby onthat and, and take Angel City
and take the draw and feel like I'm going to hit one of those

(53:45):
two. I, I think the courage, they're
so bad. I don't, I don't think they
could win the game. And now you look at kind of like
no Jaden Shaw. Now they're even, they're even
less potent offensively. It's going to be a long, it's
going to be a long day. And I think Angel City on the
other side, there was some juicein that performance.
Obviously they lose to Gotham onthe road, but I thought Joan
Stotier had a one on zero that could have like really put him

(54:08):
up Key MIL. She didn't.
Score it. I mean, I cannot believe she did
not score that. She kind of turtled a little
bit. You know, she's like, she was so
open. It's like catching burger.
And I mean, she, I mean, it was way off.
Like what What she ended up putting forth, but what in?
Close. Yeah, I feel like.
They're they're going to be heard from down the stretch.
I'm not sure they're going to make the playoffs, but I think
they're going to be one of the teams making making a push.

(54:30):
And conversely, I think North Carolina Courage are going to be
one of the teams not making a push.
So maybe the battle of these twoteams is a perfect opportunity
to kind of jump on one side and ride with your boy.
Yeah, what is the what is the opposite of making a push, you
know, pulling themselves down? Perhaps is is what's happening
in Cary NC Yeah, I think it you know I I remain intrigued by

(54:55):
Angel City. I like the acquisition of Neely
Martin. We talked about that crowded
midfield in Gotham. Obviously Martin makes is traded
over to Angel City. I think that'll be interesting.
Let me give you one more one more gambling line here.
Tell me if this is not criminally insane.
Utah Royals favored at home minus one O 5 versus the Houston

(55:18):
Dash Rd. Dogs Houston Dash plus 260 Big
underdogs with the draw sitting at plus 230.
Yeah, I. Would I would do I would do both
of those two the draw and the win for the dash.
This is this is sort of like we we laughed about this like when
people are making fun of me for over like, oh, wow, OK,

(55:40):
Orlando's Louisville's better than Orlando now.
It's like, all right, Louisville's kind of falling
back, falling off a little bit, but it it's the same idea.
It's like we don't need to look at like these, you know, results
from April or May like they're they're completely and wholly
irrelevant. And I think Utah playing a
little bit better, the dash playing a lot, lot better.

(56:01):
And I think the dash have a lot,lot, lot more to play for, you
know, and I think Utah not not quite the cauldron after coming
in there on the road, you know, I think teams can kind of go in
there and get results. I love, I love Houston.
I mean, I would definitely I would definitely jump Houston
Angel City. I would take long hard looks at
at both of those Rd. teams. I think I wish Angel City number
was better, but that Houston number is is is quite tasty.

(56:25):
I. Mean, you know, Utah Royals one
win, 3 draws, one loss in their last five.
I mean, they're they're looking up a little bit.
We've, you know, tongue in cheekasked the question better
without Ali Sentinor. I'm going to go long term.
Long term. I think I'm selling that.
I don't think that's like likelynot true.
Yeah, I don't know, Maybe one day we'll turn this into a

(56:48):
gambling podcast. Don't hold.
Don't hold your breath. This is a women's football
podcast, an SK Braun podcast, a Lily Johannes podcast, if you
will, Who you know, just quick aside, the young American
knocking home a goal, looking like she fits in the Lyon
system, to say the least. I.
Would say so. I mean, I think and Lyon remind

(57:10):
me they're they're they'll be inthe Champions League this
season, right. You know, we're I mean we're you
mentioned that we're a ChampionsLeague podcast.
Yes, we're we're also seeing youGobsick podcast.
Go back and check out a little mini episode.
You you may have missed quick episode calendar.
We will be back again next week to go into the NWSL.
We'll be one week closer to the finish line.
Cannot wait. And we'll be back again to talk

(57:32):
a little European football. UEFA Women's Champions League
kicks off with some more qualifying this week and next
week WSLS back in action League F D1 Arkema.
Like I think things are really, really starting to warm up in
Europe. And you know what that means
Time to snap those passports, fire up some some some shady
VPNs, listen to some very sad Italian announcers on on grainy

(57:54):
YouTube streams. So that's that's kind of what,
what what time of year this is. I'm very excited, happy to be
doing this with you, but anything else you want to hit
before we get out of here? I.
Think we've done it. I think we've covered enough
NWSL gambling lines. I think we're in for another
good week, man. Like you said, there are some
big matches and then there are just even teams those mid table

(58:15):
teams do in battle. Absolutely intriguing matches
should be exciting. Yeah, no doubt.
Gambling podcast, huh, interesting.
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Buddy, likewise, I mean, if we're talking about stumbling
through the outro, I mean I havehad some absolute howlers trying

(58:57):
to trying to nail the dismount to this show.
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