Casual FC

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
And he's like, why?

Why are you like this?

And I was like, And he goes, yeah.

And I was like, mentally
ill woman of a certain age.

He started laughing so hard.

He's that song's about drugs
and you don't even do drugs.

I'm like, I don't care.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Welcome to
Casual FC for today, an Angel City Match

recap and footy therapy pod featuring
two podcasts certified footy therapists.

I'm your host Mario Salazar
with my amazing did not

fart because it's potatoes.

Co-host Angela Morales.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
To clarify, bought a big, giant

bag of potatoes from Costco
and then promptly forgot.

I bought them for a week and a half and
they have sprouted and it, whatever.

I like legit half the bag was
going to be planted anyway, Now

all of the bag is gonna be planted.

And I moved the bag and now my living
room smells like potato farts and I'm

drinking out of a pasta sauce, glass

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
situation.

But it's the perfect size.

So what's up everybody?

We are

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: have

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
the rails.

I'm sorry for whatever
happens, but here we are.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: here we are.

You know what, we decided

we will see how short or long
this episode ends up being.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: but we
decided to split, focus on recap.

There's a lot of stuff that
happened, A lot of stuff to be said.

And, we'll focus on the preview next week.

'cause the game isn't
for another two weeks.

And you know what, it's,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
national team game on Thursday in Philly.

A Subaru Park where Alex Morgan
scored her first international goal

and they're honoring Alex Morgan.

So it works out.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
you know it, yeah.

it's the same, it's the same problem.

On the men's side, the playoffs
are about to start this

weekend, and then guess what?

Right after the first round,
international break during the playoffs.

It's so stupid

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
That's wild.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: sch like
you have a calendar and you know how

things work in chronological order.

I don't know.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

No.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
all right, let's get started.

everybody was in their feels this weekend.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
sure.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
so that's the Chaos Award.

If we gotta give something,
it's gonna be just everyone's

emotions, everybody in their feels.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
We will get there too.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
we'll get there too.

Yeah.

all yeah.

take us through it.

Take us through it.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
so this weekend scores kind of sorta of,

didn't really matter in terms of Angel
City, but they mattered because they

mattered and people are still trying to
figure out what spot they're gonna be in

for the playoffs Overall, congratulations
to Seattle, also just celebrated

Luke Barnes's retirement, and I am.

Upset,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: There
will be an episode for that.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Oh, yeah, absolutely.

so much retirement.

San Diego Clinching officially Portland.

Sure.

And Gotham for securing playoff spots.

Officially, they're in the playoffs.

They cannot be kicked
out, blah, blah, blah.

Louisville and the courage are
on the bubble permutation primo.

We'll get into that a little bit later.

Scores around the league on Friday.

The weekend kicked off North
Carolina beating BFC four to one.

One of them was a penalty that.

Jordan Silkowitz blocked.

It was amazing.

One of my very good friends from
college has season tickets to a FC

games, even though Angel City is like
her team at heart, she lives up in

Roner Park and she was at the game.

I get a video of silky blocking that
pk and I was like, Ooh, so good.

And then I saw the final score
and I was like, Ooh, so bad.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
There's a bright spot.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah, it was a beautiful block.

The Rain beat Utah,
two to one on Saturday.

Orlando beat Washington three to two.

The Houston Dash upset Kansas City, I
will assume probably correctly that Kansas

City played like three starters ish maybe.

but whatever.

They're prepping for the
playoffs and people need minutes.

So one, nothing.

Houston won the dash beat.

Chicago controversially six to one.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
The Wave Beat Chicago,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
did I say?

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
the Dash beat Chicago.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: no.

San Diego, the wave
beat Chicago six to one.

There was some controversy with that game.

San Diego was already up three,
one, and one of the Diego players

found their way into a Chicago
huddle for no reason at all.

You do that strategically.

If the game is close the
game is a decision maker,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: that's a.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Some words were exchanged between coaches.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: That's
sound like little giant shit.

that's like the, what you do in a movie
about like peewee sports and like you.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: it
happens in basketball, it ha Pinot did it

like it happens and it happens on purpose
and kind of just for shits and giggles.

Other times it's strategically,
it was, there was no reason

for this, but whatever.

And then racing and Gotham tied,
and then our game happened.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: So racing
and got racing and Gotham was the main

match that we were concerned with.

any point that racing got,
would've eliminated us.

if they would've lost it would've kept
hope alive, which didn't matter in

the end, but would've kept us alive.

I was watching streaming the
end of the match, on my phone.

The end of the match when Gotham
Chaos, it was complete chaos.

the end of the match, Gotham
tied it up and it was during the

pre-game ceremonies and things
that were happening at the game.

So I was sitting in my seat,
with my kids and my mom, and,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
your mom got to come.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
yeah, I brought my mom.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
see you.

That was weird.

Whatever.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

it's a busy day and all that.

but I was sitting down and
my daughter, she's young.

She's going to school.

She's learning about, right now
she's actually learning about

the branches of government.

she's learning a bit.

she's learning about the, The national
anthem and all, all that stuff.

And she looks at me and she's stand up.

'cause the person was
singing, she's stand up.

And I was like, leave me alone.

I'm watching the game.

And then I'm like, fine.

So I stood up and I was like,
it was like glued to my phone.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
my head as a sign of respect,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yes.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
church.

Aw.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: But I
was watching because I was like,

there is some chaos happening.

There might be another
Gotham goal, like imminently.

And I'm like, I'm gonna
fire off like we're alive.

and then it blew the whistle.

And then I was like, ah, fuck.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
that was fun.

While it lasted for a hot

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
sold my first trading card after the game.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Ooh.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

I have to go to the post office,
but this one of one is getting

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: There.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
this week.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: There you go.

See?

See it all.

It's all coming up.

It's all coming up.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
yeah, as we know, we

played Portland on Sunday.

It was the last home game

and we lost,

and it's a bummer because
we didn't play poorly.

it wasn't one of those where we just
were lost in the sauce or whatever.

Granted, you could tell everyone was
like, emotions were high the team.

June was like crying before the game.

June was a mess.

June.

Enda was all of us, and I

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
outlet has said it.

We said it in the disco,
I said it in the Discord.

It's been said everywhere on the internet.

June Endo everyone.

On Sunday, to keep it together,
and I don't blame her.

Those are two women who her adjust to
life in Los Angeles, and that's hard.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
and both of them

were on recovery together.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: both of them
were away from the main team as the team

was traveling, as the team was training,
they were both, sidelined and doing

their own rehab and recovery together.

they definitely had all the opportunity
all the time to bond even closer.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
injury recovery is a

different kind of bonding.

It's a different relationship builder and

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah, I mean
there was those videos of like, when the

team, might have been in like New York
or something and then it's it's Allie and

June by themselves, like training, on the
field when they finally got out there.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
and like all these things and

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
So there's a big, wonderful love

fest happening before the game.

Everyone's emotional.

There's signs everywhere in the stadium.

Olivia Moultrie ends up with
a brace, controversial brace.

Also for the record.

The penalty that was awarded to Portland,
I think has been discussed ad nauseam,

and it has been communally agreed on.

'cause every broadcast rehab
recap, I heard every clip from

ACFC, live broadcasts of the game.

Everyone was like, what?

Why wasn't that reviewed?

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
that called back?

What was that?

That's not a penalty.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah, there's very few things

that VR is allowed to review.

Penalties being one of them.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
yeah, I,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: So

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
a big delay too, and I was like,

what are you doing in that little
earpiece, Jacqueline, what was

happening in your earpiece?

What?

Who's talking to you?

Is anyone talking to you?

And

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
she's miming oh.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
let's, back to the studio, please.

that's what it felt like, oh.

Or like Mariah Carey being like, oh,
sorry, my ear, my, my in ears went out.

whatever.

There's too much feedback.

after that penalty, I feel like.

I don't feel like Angel City gave up.

I feel like it sucked the
life out of them, of just

are you effing serious today?

Of all days?

Like we could, the wind couldn't turn
in the specific way, one of those, but

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I think the
whole first, I think the reason that

it felt like it, it might've sucked
the wind out of them, sucked the energy

out almost, was, I don't, I wouldn't,
I agree that it went after that, but.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
that goes

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: And it
just, yes, it was that, but I think it

was because they, at that point were
already into the second half and we

were another 15 into the second half.

we spent 60 minutes getting battered,
getting no calls whatsoever.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
a player standing there and just get

shoved and like flies and there's
no call at all, not even just a

normal foul, insane diabolical,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: the very
first one that I was just like, oh

shit, this is how the game's gonna go.

Like the first call that I was like,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: I.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
damnit, this is what it's gonna be,

was the no call basically, with M.A.

M.A.

going to the ground with,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Like someone stepped on

her ankle or something like

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: they,
they were both like, they both

had basically had their like, legs
intertwined and but I think it might

have been Giselle, I'm not sure.

but

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
wasn't M.A.

but it was Giselle where she like fell

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

And then, so if it wasn't M.A.

whoever it was, with Portland was
like, they were playing footsies and

they were trying to get, but then it
was very much like Portland tackled.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: and that's why
they were on the ground playing footsies.

and then they blow, she blows the
whistle, the ref does, and then

points the completely wrong way.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

It felt

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: And
then everybody was like, what the,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
to one direction

or

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: it was,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
like it just.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: that call
was the one where I was just like,

yep, it's going downhill from here.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
not gonna be a pretty game.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
were Like M.A.

was probably like, oh, this
is what that feels like.

Hell yeah.

good for her.

I hated seeing her in a Portland
kit, especially those ones.

'cause I don't like the,
those like pinky red ones.

I don't like them at all.

I don't get it like, but the black
and red ones are cool, but I hate it.

But I'm happy that she's happy and she's.

a place that is good for
her and that's wonderful.

I'm still gonna collect every trading
card of hers for the remainder of her

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Like she's still gonna be one

of my favorites regardless.

But we were all like, Vero, me, my mom,
like all of us were like, yeah, M.A.

is probably just oh, this is what it feels
like to be on the other side of that.

got it.

Sick.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
This is what it likes to get

feels like to get calls for us.

Oh,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
But yeah, I think overall,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
one of the most poorly officiated

games I've seen, like across sport.

And that's not just because,
oh, it was against my team.

It was just egregious.

It wasn't just every, okay, my disclaimer.

Referees are human.

They will miss things.

That's okay.

That happens.

It's real life.

That's the whole point, the
human element of the game.

But this was bad in a bad way.

It was it

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: it was ugly.

It was very, it was almost to the
point where you start, you take off

the Angel City hat and you start
putting on the tinfoil hat a little bit

because 'cause it can't be that bad.

Like you are now being
intentionally that bad.

Like you can't,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
the crowd turned on her,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: you.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
like the entirety of the second half,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I've never,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
like got worse.

I am sticking to my guns.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I've
heard the refuse suck chant.

There's been a lot of refuse
suck chants happening at a lot of

the games that I couldn't make.

This was the loudest, I
think I've heard the stadium.

This was like North, south, east, and West

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: refuse suck.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
feel it.

It had the same level, like volume

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
of when they called June's goal back.

The one like nobody forgives

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Trevor, if you will.

Like it's that level of
like everyone was involved.

But I will say, and this is the
part that surprised me and that I

didn't really enjoy, I haven't heard
a crowd be that hostile I have been

known to say, you have one job.

It's not that hard, but like an f you
go back to where you f-ing came from.

Like some crazy stuff was being
said around us and everyone's

we're we to the line at being mean?

like that.

That's where we're going right now.

I get it.

We're all, everyone is, like
I said, very up in the feels.

Emotions were high, but man.

Oh man.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I will,
my last piece on my tinfoil hat is

you can't be, you can't be a pro ref

at that level and not,
and be intentionally like.

Bad.

Like yes, I agree.

It, that's the beauty of, it's
the love and hate relationship

we have with this sport.

Is that, or with all sport, right?

There's a human element of the referee.

A lot of other sports though, have
like video review for every single

little thing, and then they'll go
back and they'll call it back and

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
conversations or repercussions,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: my fa.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
like illegal in women's sports to have,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: My favorite.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
for being bad at things.

Ownership, coaching,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Like you oh no.

Like we should just be grateful.

no.

Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: no.

We should be grateful
that time has passed.

That time should have never been there.

It's no.

I, to the reffing point, I think my
favorite is whenever baseball reps

have to have the conversation and
they actually pull out the rule book,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yes.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: it's like
my favorite, like all of the, all three,

all four of them are like looking through
the rule book and trying to look at it.

but.

It's one of these things where okay,

how can you be, how can you
be that blind to what was

happening right in front of you?

How are your sideline reps not

communicating anything beyond that?

I know they're not the ones
that are, they're not supposed

to be calling fouls for you.

But.

give your center rough a
little, give him a little look.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: And then,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
it together.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

and then also when there's a
VR opportunity, like I said,

there's very few do them.

so there was a failure
by eight people there.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

There's.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: That's

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
There's what, four or five

referees just to make sure that
things don't fall through And

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: is not
Sunday rec league, where it was like,

you don't even have lines, lines, refs.

Like you just have the
center ref and that's it.

No.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
yeah,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
gonna take my tinfoil hat off.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
for now.

But overall, like.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Aside from the game, Sunday was

such a wonderful example of the
community that Angel City has built.

We got there early, didn't make it
over to fan fest, but mostly 'cause

we were like, we got 15 minutes, we're
just gonna stay at the gate 'cause I'm

getting pins and I'm getting a towel.

So we ended up with two Ali Riley
towels and a Christian press towel.

And upon entry, my mom, Eva and I
all ended up with a savvy kingpin.

All three of us with the same pin and
I was like, we're trading like we,

I think everyone collectively also agrees.

We should have just either
all gotten four pack of pins.

They should sell the four
pack of pins or something.

Like just get, I want all four.

I have three.

Somebody was trying to sell
one for $75 on eBay, but it's

the only one we've seen so far.

It's a whole thing, but.

the trading of towels, of pins
of everything was so much fun.

I had brought a bunch of my extra,
Portland thorns, base cards, and

I had some, I had one to give to
somebody from Portland, like who

collects Portland cards, and we
were trying to find each other.

And then I'm looking for
anyone in Portland jerseys

like, do you collect cards?

Do you want base cards?

And they're like, oh my God.

and.

I'm talking to some folks and they're
like, yeah, we have two of the same

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: did
a sticker go with that card?

Did a little.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
I forgot all my stickers at home.

I got there and I was
like, all the stickers.

Oh, and Eva goes, no, because
I was gonna make it rain,

and then I completely forgot.

But, no, it was a blast.

We met a whole bunch of really cool
people and it was just really nice

because people are walking around like
with their phones, we'll trade June

Endo for Riley Tiernan, or whatever,
more of this everybody, more of this.

were, was so many people giving away
trading cards, like past players,

former players, current players,
everything of just who do you have?

Do you wanna trade this?

And It was just, it was so
fun and so perfect to be an

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: The,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
like

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
yeah, I ended up trading a towel.

a Christen Press towel.

just 'cause the guy, it was him
and his two daughters, but they

ended up all getting Ali Riley

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: oh

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: towels.

And so I was like, yeah,
yeah, I'll switch with you.

I have, I got there was we for somehow
we lucked out with two and two.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: Oh,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: We had.

We had two Christen
Press and two Ali Riley.

'cause there's four of us, right?

so I was like, yeah, here you go.

Like my kids, it's a new, it's
a new blanket for their stuffy.

that's what it is.

It's not a, and I traded with him.

I was about to try to trade, 'cause
I got, we ended up getting one

Jun Endo, which was great because
that's Maddie's favorite player.

And she was like, yay.

And then we got three Riley Tiernan.

So I was like, all I got two to trade.

I got like anybody.

And then, I was talking to him, and he was
like, oh yeah, my daughter's like already

tried to started try trying to trade.

They got one of each
except for, I think savvy.

I think they were missing savvy.

they got, they had Giselle
Riley and and June.

So I was like, yeah.

it's, everybody was fun and

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: fun

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
up to strangers like, do you wanna trade?

What are you doing right now?

Do you wanna trade?

And it was so cool.

And it really just Exemplify
the community around this team.

'cause it, it didn't feel like you
were ever talking to a stranger.

like the Portland fans
were like, this is cool,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

I will say it was a fun happenstance
of things that happened because of

the kind of everybody wanting to trade

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
make that little connection.

I do agree though, it should
have just been a four pack

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: and then

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
have been like a 20,000, like

it should have been a everybody.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
it should have been.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
are expensive.

We've bought them for
this podcast, but come on.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
I actually appreciate the.

the gate exit giveaway

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
than the gate entry one.

'cause honestly, like I don't want to

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
I wanna

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
shit in my hands.

I don't, no.

Like I, I'm gonna lose it.

I'm gonna put it in the cup holder and
then I'm gonna forget, no, I don't, but

do it on the way out, like on the way
out and just hand everybody one and yeah.

let everybody trade outside.

But then again, that means you
have to get enough for everybody.

Like you have to get the, the
20,000, 22,000 in the stadium

versus like the first 10,000.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: super sorry to
every anyone out there who didn't get any.

or one of our listeners, Vero
came, messaged the group being

like they ran out by the time

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah, and

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: got in.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
too, and that's the thing.

People were also walking
around just taking them.

Another reason why it should just
been a four pack, but whatever.

Let's fast forward.

Let's talk about postgame.

The

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: All right.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Everybody knows what's gonna happen.

I think nobody really wanted it to happen.

But retirement ceremonies started.

They literally rolled out the pink
carpet, brought out flowers, brought

out commemorative jerseys, brought out
family, brought out friends, brought out

Bob, Chris, and Press and Tobin's dog.

it was just a beautiful celebration
of two wonderful careers.

It was very cute because Kristen was
talking about how she wanted something

really intimate and low key, but I
think deep down she also understood

that no, you've actively changed the
game of women's soccer internationally.

No, that's not how this works for you.

So she was able to have more of the
quiet side of the ceremony, and that's

most likely why she waited to announce
till a week ago, two weeks ago.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
It was the week of.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: She's
she announced it on like Tuesday.

Oh, she announced it on
Wednesday because we recorded

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: And

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: then,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: But
I also get it, she's not one for fanfare.

She's very private, but at the same
time, girl, do you know what you've done?

Like Christen Press, what have you done?

what?

Ha look at all these things.

We will have a bigger retirement
episode for CP and for Ali, probably

separately because there's so much
to talk about in both of them.

you could tell Ali was like down
to party down for the celebration.

We, so my section was just like.

Four columns of seats over from where
all of her friends and family were

up in the boxes and they had those
big, like giant fat head cutouts.

And dude to Paval who is a commentator.

She's does sideline stuff.

She's all over the place.

She's wonderful.

She's also incredibly silly.

as at the five minute mark
when everybody starts chanting

Allie Riley's name, she's got.

The head hanging over the front of the
box and she's like slapping it to make a

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Okay.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
And I turn around and we

just start cracking up.

'cause I had already taken a picture
of her before the game 'cause they

had current Ali Riley and Baby Ali
Riley of these like big ass heads.

And they're just like dancing
around all their friends.

It was so cute.

And I was like, can I get
a picture of you guys?

Which is what we posted on Instagram.

And

halfway through the second half when
everybody is like peer pressuring

to get Allie Reilly on the pitch
because why didn't the ball stop ever?

like the 78th to the 85th
minute, I was like two.

Two.

Just let her in.

Doda was hitting, and she had
like current Allie Reilly's face.

She hid it so hard, it bent like
right here across her forehead.

My mom goes, it's after,
it's before she gets Botox.

it's okay.

And then she had she dented her eye
and we, everyone was just cracking up.

She was like, what have I done?

but no, we had a, it was a little like
extension of the Ali Riley party in 2 27.

But once the ceremony started, I
like was recording the whole thing

on my phone, just like taking
long videos, but segmenting it.

I just was holding my phone, try
and zoomed in trying not to shake,

'cause once it zooms in you, you move

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
a fraction of a fraction and it's

like this, like a earthquake.

The entire time I have buckets of
tears like falling outta my eyes 'cause

I can't like sniffle or stop myself
because it's gonna pick up on the video.

And I was like, but you know what?

I'm so happy for them and they got to
ride off into the sunset and have a

great time and then go party together.

Untamed Spirits in Silver
Lake, But I get it.

you don't know us like that, but.

But it looks like there
was a blast that was had

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
as deserved

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
it was a really nice ceremony.

Each one of them got their
really nice video package.

Yeah.

Little flowers.

They got a video package.

Kristen presses was a bit more
understated than you would expect,

but I think that's also her.

She's for as.

As big as Christen Press is,
I think there's a part of her

that's no, I'm not that big.

Or I know, but I don't want to.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah, it's,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: There's,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
but I'm not gonna lean into it.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
And a lot

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Preath fan Truthers, whatever you wanna

call them, who like essentially forced
her and Tobin to have to incubate

themselves very privately because
people were off the rails for a really

long time and kind of still are.

And it's unfortunate because
like just let them live.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: let

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: It, yeah.

the dark side of fandom, where, yeah.

So totally get it.

and yeah, hers was a little, a little
bit more understated, a little bit

more, felt like a little more Chris and
press, her speech felt like a Ted talk.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Truly.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: much,
she very much had that thing like

either rehearsed or she's just like
that natural where she's just yes.

And then her pacing back and forth.

I think that's what made
it tech Ted talky for me.

Like she's out there barefoot, just
pacing back and forth, really talking

to everybody, which was really nice.

and Ali's just felt

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Allie.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
F It felt like fun, chaos.

It just they're like,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
She goes from getting roasted by her mom.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

Which she had no idea that
she was gonna speak right.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
And then a very heartfelt thank you.

I can't talk about it.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: It was a very
nice speech, two very different approaches

to it, and both equally fun and joyous.

And, I am sad that they
couldn't get like the win to,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
to close it out.

Hopefully they get another chance with
decision day and they get, a win on the

road and able to close it out that way.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
a reminder for folks who are newer to

women's soccer and the NWSL, Christen
Press the her NWSL trajectory in Chicago.

She and Sarah played there
for a very long time.

so I think it's fitting that we're
ending this season in Chicago for her.

and I hope she plays.

Given that and hope she scores
a frigging banger and gets 50

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
season goals.

Honestly, I don't even know
if she's gonna travel with the

team, but like I don't care.

I hope it happens just to say goodbye
to Chicago and like Alyssa there.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean with all of that I posted up,

I didn't wait till the
game ended, like usual.

No, I think I did it before that or
I might've started doing it and then,

everything happened and then just
didn't post it till, but, It was also

because by that point it didn't matter.

Win, lose or draw like we were out.

I said we're out finally,
mathematically, whatever.

But it doesn't matter.

Today's about celebration.

So win loss draw, give
us your good feelings.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: With the game,
the way it ended up, it was pretty hard to

find those good feelings about the game.

There was very M.A.

Everybody was happy and had good
feelings about, the retirement

ceremony and everything.

But

for the last home game, here we go.

Ethan came with his haiku, which he
double checked on a haiku checker

online, and it says it's good.

Our haiku bot on Discord disagrees.

I'm gonna go with him.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yes.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Game filled with despair.

Wished for better.

Farewell Captain, our captain.

And then Cassandra's,
endo's emotions broke me.

broke in me.

Whatever.

Alyssa's showing up.

Hadn't

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah,

it

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
I saw Alyssa earlier in the game,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I
didn't see her till the end.

I didn't see her till.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
appeared again.

Not like early in the game, but like
at earlier in the game, meaning when

they were on the field and like you
could tell nobody had seen her yet,

and then all of a sudden on the big
screen you just hear, ah, from everyone.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Scott
Sugita is a delight Chilufya is

physical and willing to scrap for the
ball in a way that we've been lacking.

Doorsoun looking better, we better resign.

Miyabi, she has lots of great moments.

Gorden has looked much
better since Straus.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: Is
a saying a lot because it's Sarah Gorden.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

Yeah.

But she was one of the first
ones to really talk about

look, he's, his development is.

Opening up new ways of thinking and yeah.

So I think all of that encapsulates
the progress we have been making since,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
June, may.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
since stability, I'm just gonna

say since something stable.

and we, we knew it wasn't going
to be a light switch, but,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: I
think they were all, good things.

Tthe hit us up with next match
is officially pre preseason.

Throw it all out the
window, try something new.

Give Chicago CP 23 fans a curtain
call to they probably, there's

probably still a lot of them there.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
There's CP 23 fans internationally.

It doesn't matter what team she plays for,

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Oh yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
truly, she is a, in the same

way, Alex, Morgan and Tobin
and Pino and Kreigs like it.

I could name the entire roster of
the 2015 and 2019 World Cup winning

teams and like it doesn't matter.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Question before we wrap this up.

For a retirement game like this,

would you rather have the.

The version of it where it's like they
start the game, get to play their piece,

and then when they're subbed off, they
get their chance to just walk off, get

the standing ovation or the way that it
was done at the game where it was like

giving you time to close out the match.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
I was conflicted at first.

I was like, Ugh, why aren't they starting?

And then I realized the team's
still trying to win this game.

And the competitive side was like,
Angela, you would be so irritated if

you had to like pause 10 minutes into
a game and somebody gets subbed off.

And also you don't wanna burn
those subs that early in the game.

So strategically, once I was like.

Get your head out of your like heart.

It was fine and it made complete sense
because in the second half you got to

have Kristen sub in and then you got to
have Allie sub in get the armband one.

Last time, that's when I started crying.

I knew it was gonna happen.

Sarah Gorden is obviously gonna
give her the armband, but yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: just
imagine if she didn't though.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Oh my god, riots.

no.

It, I think

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: All right.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
in a situation like this, granted like

Alex Morgan had to do it in the first
half of the game, she's pregnant.

that's different.

but for this, I think it was incredibly
important to have them end the game

on the pitch because.

It is just fitting because for a long
time, both of them were either 90

minutes, like full game players or in
Kristen's case, especially at the national

and inter, the international level.

She was a game changer.

She was a super sub.

She came in and wrecked you in the
second half when your legs were tired.

So it felt appropriate.

I'm gonna stop talking about this now.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: And
the last la last couple of footy

therapy moments, Vero came in with,
and my wife laughed at this one.

She thought it was hilarious.

I didn't cry because my heart is
dead apparently, but I am so grateful

for these two who put the team
on their backs and helped create

a beautiful WSO culture in la.

and then,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
is black.

She's just dramatic.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

and then,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
a outside of the podcast friend.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: and, Zach
very upset about the game, but excited

for having been able to see Ali Riley
and Kristen Press's last home game.

I, that's something special.

All right.

we said this might have been a
short episode, but we also said

we have no clue and we're running
on like a normal schedule now.

it is what it is.

Let's check out the standings.

decision day is still going to be wild.

it's.

I was worried about how ESPN was going to
handle two games because of the fact that

on a decision day when you want all the
matches happening all at once, they're

like, no, we're going to put one after
the other because of broadcast schedule.

I'm like, Jesus.

okay.

So that's a thing that's happening.

the first match is going to be, Kansas
City versus San Diego, which is great.

It's a good matchup to put on there.

not super crucial to the standings.

There's still a lot of movement
that can happen from that match,

but it's just gonna be wild.

so that match is going to happen
at 3:00 PM on, Sunday the first,

on Saturday the first, sorry.

and then at five o'clock all other
matches are going to be, happening.

The North Carolina Gotham game is
going to be the second match on ESPN.

Everything else will be on NWSL Plus, so
make sure you've got your login all set up

and good to go so that you can, watch it.

Only seven teams have clinched, from this
past weekend, which means there's still

one spot up for grabs on decision day.

That's not the only thing
that's technically up for grabs.

Out of those seven spots, only two teams.

Again, just same as last week.

'cause nobody was able to
solidify or clinch anything.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
you thought they were gonna do them

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Exactly.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
except

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Only two
teams have locked in their place, which

is Kansas City, winning the supporter
shield being in first, nothing can

take them away, from that and the
spirit have locked in second place.

So here's the permutations of what
can happen for the eighth spot.

It's between North Carolina
and between Louisville.

If Louisville win, they're
in plain and simple.

If they draw or have a loss.

They need North Carolina to draw
and they're in the playoffs.

now on the flip side, if
North Carolina win, they need,

Louisville to draw or have a loss.

And North Carolina's in the playoffs.

A draw or loss for North
Carolina and they're out.

if both teams end up losing
their decision day match,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Imagine

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Louisville moves on.

So

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
wild.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: that
would be the funniest version of all

of this would be both of them losing
yet Louisville squeaks through, three

through seven are still flippy floppy.

So Louisville and North Carolina,
they can only swap spots.

They can only swap into that
eighth spot and that's it.

They can't go any higher.

Three through seven is
completely flippy floppy.

seventh could jump up to third.

Like it's super tight.

It seems there's way too many
permutations to sit and bore you

through all of that right now.

But it seems like 40 points is the magic.

Break point for a home game,
if you hit 40, you're going to

secure those last two spots.

anything below that, you're gonna stay
in the bottom half of the playoffs.

but all the teams have the
potential to hit 40 or more, right?

I think it's, I think the, right
now the max score is between 40

to 42 or something like that.

That's how much all of that can flip
flop on decision day, which makes me

really wish there was a, multi-view.

There was a whip around show there
was something because it's so tight.

there's other years where it's no, the
playoffs were decided two weeks ago.

this one could have been decided
two weeks ago, but it's been.

Slowly getting towards the point
where it's like the thing's

still not quite working out the
way everybody wants them to.

And then now we're, at what we want.

We want that chaos.

We want the decision day.

We want all of them happening at the same
time, which, what, five, five matches out

of six, or however matches however many

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: there are.

Having all of those all at once beyond,
besides that first one with Casey, it's

still a really fun, chaotic everything.

So we'll definitely do our recap,
or pre recap of our last match,

on decision day against, Chicago.

Next week, but for now, that's what it is.

set your schedules, set your
calendars, block out your time.

Find a bar.

It's an away game for us, so find
a bar to go watch the game at.

do the things.

It's gonna be fun.

it's gonna be a fun,
wild, day for NWSL fans.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
And in the meantime, since we have

about a week or so for that, don't
forget on Thursday the 23rd, the women's

US Women's national team is playing
Portugal Philly, or Chester, whatever.

It's in essentially Philadelphia.

The game's gonna be played at 4:00 PM
Pacific, and it'll be on TNT, true tv,

HBO, max Peacock and Westwood One Sports.

And then on Sunday at 1:00 PM Pacific,
they'll be playing in East Hartford,

Connecticut again against Portugal.

Same.

Same broadcast, TNT, true
tv, all that good stuff.

here's hoping that it doesn't overlap
with the World Series because as

irritating as the Dodgers front
office has been, I'm still a girl

from LA who grew up in Allegion Park.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

Yeah.

game one will now be played away.

on Fridays?

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
two and three, I think.

I never remember the

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yes.

the,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
layout.

'cause it

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: are,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
It's like 2, 3, 2 or something like that.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: yeah.

Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
So what are, yeah.

Whatever that is.

But yeah, the funny part is that last
year also when, the Dodgers were in the

playoffs and the World Series started
around this point, it was, so this

Friday is my kids' trunk or treat,

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Oh yeah.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: event.

'cause it's put on by the PTO and
then they have their Halloween

parade thing on Halloween.

but last year it was also like game one.

On the day of the trunk or
treat or something like that.

So there was a par, there was a
parent or there was a parent that

there, we were talking to them, they
were dressed up in all Dodger gear.

They had the projector
going on with the game

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
yeah.

That's a

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
in, in, in the parking lot.

The funny part is that like you
have parents lingering like.

As the kids.

The kids are just friends.

the kids are safe.

They're in a enclosed area
with, with their friends, their

school friends, stuff like that.

So it's fine.

But like a lot of the parents were
like, and then I was talking to the,

to, to one of the parents there, and
I was just like, I was like, this is

so cool that you guys put this up.

they're like, oh yeah, we had to
figure this out like right away.

We actually had a whole other, car
display thing, but they're like, but.

There's a game today and we
can't miss it, so we just

decided we were gonna project it.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: it.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: So most likely
the game one is going to be projected

during the trunk or treat event on Friday.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Fantastic.

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In so many ways it's changing.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Yeah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
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itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Bye everyone.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Yesterday at work, my coworker

goes, I'm gonna put Lata on.

You know who Lata is?

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: No.

No.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
So she's a female rapper.

She's amazing.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Okay.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
And I'm over at my desk like, like just.

It's just the two of us in the
office and she doesn't see it for

a good 10 seconds and she finally
just looks over and loses it.

never seen, she's I just wanna
see you and turned up in a club.

And I said, I don't need
to be drunk to do that.

You think I get embarrassed?

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Nah.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622: No.

I'll do this stone cold sober.

And she just was busting up.

who even are you right now?

I was like, I don't know.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
I got the videos.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
I am just like this.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
It's, you know what?

We gotta find our fun somewhere.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Honest to God,

I'm sorry.

So you know how Eva has the Shrek Crocs.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622:
No, but yes, at the same time.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
got Eva

One more.

After I specifically
said, don't drop that.

Hey, don't drop that.

Don't drop that.

hey.

That's it.

Welcome everybody to Casual fc.

itsame_1_10-21-2025_215622: Oh man.

So many things to choose
from for the beginning.

angela--high-low-_1_10-21-2025_215622:
Hurry up, start the show.

Let's go.