Casual FC

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
You would be so

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Happy drunk.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: I
didn't buy anything at the Lego store

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
That's some good, that's, that's

some, that's some strong will there.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I didn't wanna carry it

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Okay.

reasons or reason?

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
at Disneyland.

Do you wanna carry more shit?

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
You, you can, you can have

them hold it at the front gate.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Okay,
but am I gonna remember that at midnight?

No.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Yeah, that's true.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Hi everyone.

Welcome to Casual fc, an Angel City Match
preview and footy therapy pod, featuring

two podcast certified footy therapists.

I'm your host Angela Morales
with my sci-fi sorcerer of

a co-host Mario Salazar.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
That was clean.

That was clean right off of
what we were talking about.

I like it.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I was so proud of myself.

On this episode we'll be talking about
our upcoming match against Racing

Louisville on Saturday, May 24th at
BMOA home game, which is gonna be a a,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Finally.

No, it's,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
it feels like

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
but it also feels

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: but

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
yesterday we were at BMO because it was

like, anytime I think about it, it's

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
but we're okay.

Things are okay.

Kickoff is at seven.

If you are at home and you can't make it
to the match, you can watch on I on tv.

It's part of the, Saturday doubleheader.

Friday night is WNBA.

We we're back baby.

It's women's Sports on ION
Weekend, doubleheader Friday, WNBA,

doubleheader on Ion on Saturday NWSL.

We love women's sports.

We're here.

Almost said we're here, we're queer.

Get used to it, but hey, we're almost
at Pride Long Beach Riders this weekend.

So guess what?

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
That, that works too.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

as always, the game will be broadcast on
iHeartRadio, on the Angel City Station.

So make sure you listen to Isaac
and Tracy, who are just the best.

They'll give you warm fuzzies.

They'll make you feel like you're there.

if you can, if you can sync
it up somehow, some way.

I, okay.

Here's the thing.

I like the broadcasters like,
I like the TV broadcasters.

Mario has mixed feelings.

Whatever.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I have mixed feelings.

I mean, you know, sometimes.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
on like the game.

But for the most part, the
ion teams are really good.

yeah,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

I just,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
great, so sync it

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
want or don't.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: in
general, in general, like I have problems

with the, with the MLS callers too.

It's just in general, they feel sometimes
a little flat, and it's just because

they're, you know, they're being neutral.

They're being,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
gonna say it's the impartiality.

They're not

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

And you're.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
and Tracy can be.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah, Isaac
and Tracy can be full on like Angel City.

but also like Isaac and I, Isaac
does a really good play by play.

Where like

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: so

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: the Right
and then, but on a TV broadcast, they

don't really have to do play by play.

'cause you're seeing it.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
watching it.

Yeah.

Color commentating is so different
than radio play by play and if you are.

LA Sports Native and you grew
up listening to Chick Hearn and

Stu Lance or Vince Scully, like

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
there's nothing better

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
up there genuinely, or, oh,

what's the guy from the Kings?

Oh crap, what's his name?

He's a Hall of Fame announcer.

Also, like we were so lucky as
Angelenos to grow up with like

top-notch, top tier announcers,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: I
mean, okay, so there's a little bit.

There's a little bit of me, again, I
actually, I don't necessarily have a

bad thing about the, the TV announcers.

There's just, you know, like
this last one, it was like, press

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Gordon, back to press.

it's, it's the, it's the, the, the
joke that everybody makes about soccer.

It's like that one Simpsons where
it was like the World Cup and

it was like Brazil, like passing
it back and forth and you know,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: liven it up
a little bit, you know, like you've got,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Thankfully, a lot of the NWSL commentators

are very like, they're excitable.

There're there's there's history there.

They've been calling games forever or
they were players or like it's good

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Oh yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
most part.

So

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
it is good stuff.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
bit of a difference than

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: I,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: the
the back and forth and everything.

But

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: is if
you are going to be at the game and you

haven't already either pre-ordered or.

Picked it up at the store or
whatever you wanna call it.

It is going to be the Asian American
native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Islander.

I, Pacific Islander Celebration Night.

a super fantastic scarf that Amaya
helped or she helped design, but

it was designed by a local creator.

MDE is the creative director for
the team, and she is great, but.

a of the pod.

So like why not?

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
but like every design that Angel

City puts out is, is top tier.

Like they pull in local creatives,
local artists, like artists

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: mean,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: group.

ugh,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: I
do love the, Hispanic heritage.

I.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: yes.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: from
last year, maybe two seasons ago.

Yeah, it's beautiful.

And, and yeah, I, that's
the, that's my favorite one.

I wear that one.

if I'm not wearing the casual FC scarf.

'cause I didn't, you know, honestly
not, not I, I like the day one scarf,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
The day one scarf

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: but

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
heavy and stretchy and it's hot,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: and

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: And the,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
be 80 this weekend.

I'm not wearing a hot

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: and the.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
literally

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: beer,
the beer cozy thing doesn't quite work.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

I

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
idea, the execution's kind of funky,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: it.

They had to get a lot of them real quick.

but we've got news, we've got updates.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
breaking news, just

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
so that's cool.

I,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: so you
might hear that on the, on the pod.

we have breaking news
that just broke today.

It actually broke sometime this afternoon.

Vanessa Gils has finally been traded.

So contract has moved on.

She is no longer with the team.

she is moving on to Byron Munich.

and you know what?

Good for her.

We, we joke half jokingly,
the whole time where it's just

like she doesn't even go here.

'cause we honestly didn't get to really

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
We didn't

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
as a fan base.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
her skill and her

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: before

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: the.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
left for for a while.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: And I
think there's a little bit of extra

saltiness with the fact that she's
like a defender and defense was kind

of a big issue for us for a long time.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
were sparse,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah,
so you know what I all jokes aside

though, really happy for her, I think.

Being on loan and getting the opportunity
is a great thing, but now that your loan

is four or five years long, that ends
up getting, that's, that's like, that's

like when you're freelancing and you're
a contractor and then you're like, oh,

well my contract's only for two weeks.

what am I, you know?

Or they keep stringing you along
and then you never get your

health insurance kind of stuff.

you know, it's, it's weird that way.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
here experience with that.

What are you talking about?

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
you know, congratulations to her.

wishing her all the best in, in Germany.

kind of seems like we got, you
know, we gave, we, they got

her and we got the coach like

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Yeah, it's,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: done deal.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
shake out.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,
who knows if they're actually related.

I, I mean,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
think so,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: I
don't think so, but it's just kind

of funny the way it shook out.

overall excited for her.

and you know what, she's, she's
been happy in the, the European

system, so that's all good.

And

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
she's Canadian.

Coming back to the US isn't a great thing.

I get it.

I get it.

It's.

Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
so congratulations to her.

and, in better news, news that we
all really needed, as we've all had

Savy in our mind, in our thoughts.

and really, you know, as we talk
about, as we'll talk about it in the

match, like we weren't quite there.

There was still a little, there
was a heaviness around it.

I mean.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
where they wanted to be, but whatever.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

so s I'm gonna read her, her statement.

she is now out of the hospital.

She was, released on the 17th.

Savy said, I'm still finding the
words to express just how much

your love and support have meant
to me over these past few days.

What I know.

What I do know is that I wouldn't
be getting through this without

my incredible family by my side.

My amazing teammates who have
shown up for me and prayed for me.

The fans, the entire soccer community,
and the outstanding medical team here

at Angel City, who saved my life and
cared for me every step of the way.

I know God's got me, and I'm
looking forward to recovering and

getting back out on the field.

we're, we're just, we're
just glad that it, you know.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I am glad she's out of the hospital

because that means like essentially
whatever situation is, it's

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: It is
not dire enough to be under monitored.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
right, like she no longer needs

like consistent like hookups and
monitors and all that kind of stuff.

Like it's stable enough
where she can go home

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
better at home.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Exactly.

so we are ecstatic for her.

We are happy.

We're still sending all the good
vibes to, Savy and the family.

you know, like we said, some episode ago,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Oh, sometime

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
she'll get better when she

gets better, you know, like it.

we all have a tendency of wanting
to know more, but like we said, you

know, there's very much a a line
between knowing what you need to

know and then knowing or knowing
too much or, or asking for too much.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Right.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
now, we know what we need to

know, and that's all good.

She will recover on her own time
if the team team has not made an

announcement any which way about,
like if they're putting her on.

She's definitely on a, on a injured list,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

Yet

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: but

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
be playing this week,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
yeah, don't expect her on the pitch.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
but they haven't released any

statement or anything about, being
on an SEI or anything like that.

But you know what?

It doesn't matter.

It's gonna happen.

If it happens, let them work it out.

Let them figure it out, at the moment.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
a heart surgery is

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: rush.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

And.

You know, thankfully it
happened, how it happened, right?

We said this previously too, if this
would've happened like some random day.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Or she was at

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
While she was,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: by

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
was at home or like

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: know?

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
out on a walk and then all of a

sudden collapsed, like it would've
been a lot more dangerous.

And you know, she was surrounded by
an entire medical team that was able

to jump on the situation right away.

thankfully all of that was in place
the way it was, and she is good.

She is home and wishing her all the best.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Yeah, and shout out to like the

league, for, for supporting like
the rain had a jersey made for her.

Sheridan had a black
and pink like wristband.

A lot of people had, you know, sk
three on, on like tape on their wrists.

Like many other teams, I'm already getting
emotional about this, so sorry about it.

I don't care.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Hmm.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
The community of soccer showed up and

that's what Savy was talking about.

But like every game you saw it.

I don't think like the games were fine
this week, but like I really don't think

anybody was Okay across the league.

Whether you were, you know, Utah or
Angel City or some other random team.

I don't think anyone,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Yeah, it was on a,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
that could have been anyone.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
it was on everybody's mind.

I don't, of course some more than others,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
in particular, but.

These, at the end of the day,
you know, we said, and we were

always saying, should be a shirt.

By this point, whistle to
whistle is where it happens.

It's where the rivalry happens.

and that rule still stands,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: because
there was a whistle when it happened.

And you know, that broke the
whistle to whistle thing.

But, whistle to whistle.

You're not my friend.

We're having a match.

We're gonna battle, battle it out
on the field before and after.

It's just a game, you know, like
there are more serious things in life.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
you know, and this is something

that would affect everyone.

it was amazing to see all the outpouring.

It was amazing to see the out, the
solidarity and support from, Bay fc.

and we will, we'll get
to that point, but Yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: like,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

Is, I mean, yeah, we have deep,
deep connections between that now.

but, but before we get to all
of that, let's just hit up

that, chaos Award for the week.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: so I
have one that I wrote down 'cause it was

silly, but the other one, the Chaos Award.

Is not necessarily soccer related.

It's the fact that I spent two
full days at Disney with my whole

family for my mom's birthday.

That was on Friday.

We were at Disneyland Friday and Saturday,
and honest to God, I don't know what

magic occurred, who pulled some strings?

There was nobody there.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Yeah, I saw that.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
and Haunted Mansion in under

an hour, both like one, and
then the immediately the other.

Because we were like 20
minutes, okay, I'll go in line.

We went on every ride.

We wanted to go on some
twice over two days.

It was insane.

It was the 70, like the kickoff of
the 70th anniversary of Disneyland.

And on Friday we got there.

There was a gazillion people on
Main Street buying everything.

And then you got past Main Street and
there was like nobody, and it was cold.

It was great.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,
no, I, I mean, I was walking around, it

was nice and yeah, I was walking around,
I was like, it was pretty chilly and I

was thinking of you and I was like, oh
yeah, it's gonna, it's like awesome.

'cause like you're also not walking
around in a hot sun and like

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: like

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
you're sweating everywhere.

yeah.

And then because, because of the peak,
like of course there was a bunch of social

media stuff everywhere that was like, like
the new parade and we got, and we got into

blah, blah, blah, like all of that stuff.

And I was just thinking yeah, there's the.

It's, I've seen the picture of like,
whenever they do the popcorn buckets,

and it's this one particular guy who's
like a reseller and has like 50 of them,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yep.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: even though
the, the, the thing is like a limit of

two per person, but he has 50 and he's
walking around with all these like death

stars and I'm just like, it's those
type of people that are there that are,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

And people were like,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: up
at the world of Disney store out of,

out of the park at 7:00 AM doesn't
open till nine, but we did it.

We survived.

My feet still hurt my, I

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah, yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I have bruises everywhere.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: I
text, I text Angela on Monday and I

was like, hope Disney was a blast.

This is a response.

I'm so tired, dude.

Oh, MFG, I'm at work and I hate my life.

I'm too old for this shit.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yep.

I was sitting there on Monday just
like, why didn't I take today off?

Like I'm an idiot.

Like I'm so stupid.

Whatever.

I made it through today's Tuesday.

I actually slept last night.

Woo party.

So the actual chaos award during
the Louisville Seattle game, there

was this like moment goes up in the
air and somehow Aaron Wright, Jordan

Heidema, and Shay Holmes all wound

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I did see this.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Together like together.

if it's my three fingers,
like just they're there and

the ball is in the middle.

I'm like trying to point
with my microphone.

Like it's just in there.

And they just kind of shimmied a lot.

Everybody got hit in the face by the
ball no one wanted to let the ball

hit the ground because if they did,
then somebody else would take it.

You know, like it was one of

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
No, it's mine.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

They're either gonna kick it in
or, or it's gonna get cleared it,

so nobody wanted to let it fall.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
neither, neither team wanted it

to fall for different reasons,
but it was like so silly.

was like, everybody needs a little shimmy.

You know, like the, the
league is making fun of it.

It was, it was perfect.

I unfortunately didn't get to watch any
soccer this weekend because I was either

at Disneyland or laying on my couch
wishing I could take off my legs and

put them in the freezer to stop hurting.

But I survived and

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Worse for wear.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I'll see if I can find the clip

of that thing 'cause it was pretty
funny when I was watching it.

so with that, the round, let's
do a quick roundabout of all

the scores in the N Ws L.

we had San Diego beating
Gotham one to nothing.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: spicy.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Portland beat Houston Ford.

One KC beat Orlando.

That was the kind of, they were
touting that up as the big match.

'cause you know.

Their, their records, which are still
gonna continue being awesome throughout

the season, which is annoying.

Seattle Beat Louisville, went to nothing.

Then we have North Carolina
being Chicago two to zero.

We got a tie with Washington and
Utah three to three, which also

ended up being another crazy game.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: insane.

there's an own goal.

It's there's multiple, like it's just,
it was goals, goals, goals, goals, goals,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Yeah, but wasn't it only, wasn't

it like all insanity for the first
like 15 or 20 minutes and then,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: and

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: and
then the rest of the game was nothing?

Yeah.

so yeah.

And then that brings us to us being
the last game of this weekend.

it ended up being Angel City versus Bay
Bay FC up in PayPal Park in San Jose.

And we lost zero to two.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Honestly, whatever.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

yeah, so I think this is gonna probably
be the quickest recap that we had.

there was two goals, one
of them coming from Penn.

it is what it is.

The cool thing that we were talking
about is just the support that, bay gave.

For one of their own previously and, and
just for being good humans in general.

angel City walked off the, the bus
when they got to the stadium, they

all had SK three shirts, on, and then
both teams, both teams walked out.

Onto the field during the walkout
with the SK three shirts on,

kind of supporting, Savy there.

so it was just a really nice gesture.

It was really nice, the, the, you know,
really showing everybody that, she

was still clearly on everybody's mind.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

And at that point she, we had
not gotten the notification that

she, no, we had, we had, that

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: we,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
gotten home.

Because

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Saturday night and it was

released earlier Saturday.

But

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
imagine we're at Disneyland.

Even I at the same time are like, we're
in a line like Saturday King is home.

just ha.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: but no,
it was this week was what it was like, and

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
it was, yeah.

I mean,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
nothing because.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah,
we, I mean we were in our preview, we

talked about how Bay hasn't necessarily
been completely stellar either.

And honestly the, the Scoreline kind
of does show it two to nothing like,

and one of them being a penalty.

it.

It was what it was.

We held them down.

we, we did what we had to do
and, you know, any kind of result

would've been like, cool, but we,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Like fine.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: if
fine, you know, it, it was a loss

and we like, it doesn't matter.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
yeah, I really think the only point

of this game after last week or the
last Week and a half has just been

like to cross it off the to-do list.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
We did it, we completed it.

We can move on.

We have more information.

The team has more information,
like they had extra days off.

This is.

The thing that I think Eva and I were
talking about it and she brought it

up of is the first major crisis that
some of these kids, like the kids

on the team have ever experienced.

Some of them may not have ever lost
a family member or gone through

those big life changing events

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
markers in their lives that like kinda

shift your mindset on the world and
imagine you're looking at your friend.

Not knowing the outcome, and now
you're supposed to just go play

soccer, like it's no big deal.

who gives a shit at that point?

But this week they got through it and
that was the biggest, most important

thing I, I would've loved for us to win.

And like a do it for Savy kind of thing.

But honestly, who cares?

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: They,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
yeah, it would've been, it,

it would've been awesome.

and even though they got the news
that she went home, that she was good

enough to go home to be discharged
and all of that one, it was later

on in the week when it happened.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

Well it was the same

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: and

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: so

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

And, and you're, you, you.

You're dealing with that the
entire week of knowing that okay,

she's okay, but she's still there.

Right?

So it's to say that it wasn't
weighing on them is a complete lie.

Right?

So it,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
it, and we're not saying that that

is the absolute reason we lost.

Right.

Sure, whatever.

But at this point it
doesn't fucking matter.

So let's move on.

We had,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
say, okay, we did it.

We got through it.

Let's go home.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
sleep in our own beds.

Let's take care of ourselves.

Let's take care of each other.

Let's

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Exactly

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
celebrate then come back as, as a like

they also, like the team didn't have
time to figure out what they're gonna do.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: The
front office, the, the coaching staff.

okay, what?

Yeah,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: they
could have rescheduled this game, but I'm

not even gonna get into that part of it.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
How can they reschedule?

Unwell.

Okay, sorry.

Sorry, I didn't wanna bring that up.

I'm sorry.

I was trying to not bring that up at all.

Okay.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: know,
really quick on that note, I want to.

Give a shout out to the visiting teams.

Supporter groups who traveled,
who were audible on the broadcast.

Thank you.

Thank you for representing
the general consensus.

Loudly and proudly.

You did

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: you
did us all, a service, so thank you.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: okay.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah,

after

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
thoughts and feelings.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Mario posted, it happened.

Best we pick up and move on.

And that's exactly what everybody said.

was like, I am mad.

I saw some good stuff a week off, like
an off week after last week's game.

Okay.

Like legit.

We had so many responses that were
just like, okay, no one cared.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
plus we only got S Slatey.

We have Slay for a couple
more weeks and then it's June.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yep.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
So not even a couple more weeks.

Friends, is,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: No,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
the calendar up.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
it's two weeks.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
it's two weeks.

We were like almost single digit
countdown to a new coach at Angel

City that might actually like rev
the engines and kickstart something.

So woo hoo.

max came in with a longer thing, but
the, the big important part was they

pressured us cleverly, fiercely, and
well, they forced us to make mistakes.

We continue to allow goals not by getting
B, but by making defensive errors.

And that has to stop now,
That's actually very true.

I had a feeling that BFC was gonna come
in and be like, well, they're down a

center back, like a fast center back.

They're, you know, like shit's

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

Yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: of it.

And honestly, if I was the opposing
team, I would've done the same thing.

I don't fault them for that and people
might have issue with that, but I

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: no.

If you have issue with that, I
mean, there's, there's a, there's

a certain amount of, there's a
certain amount of sportsmanship

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yes.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
that just needs to happen.

you can't, you

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
You don't throw a game

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: No.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
that's, that's worse.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

Ethan came in with our favorite haiku.

Mario and I were joking around
before we started recording that.

Like we've had to start editing
down like how many people we talk

re read their responses 'cause
we've been getting so many.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Not, not editing responses, just

editing the number, the number
of responses that we need to do.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Yeah, that censorship was that.

but Ethan's haikus will always
end forever be on that list.

'cause it's an OG thing.

it's it's so first season.

Oh my god.

our first season of casual, but
Ethan said first errant passes

Utes got ooh Utes together.

Found something gonna
count on hope, honestly.

Yeah,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
we're all gonna count on hope

for the rest of the season.

'cause I have a feeling this weekend we're
gonna come in flying real hot and like

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Mm-hmm.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
to the sun and I love it.

Doug said that he really enjoyed Megan
Reid, frustrating Rachel Kundananji all

night because she's a physical player.

We talked about it.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
about it.

You could tell that it was getting
to Kundananji and Megan Reed per

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
super chill Cole's

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

It reminded me of the, actually the
match that we had our watch party at

with, at Watch Me, we were watching
the, the Orlando match and, watching

Marta just get so frustrated.

like I think she even
pounded on the ground.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: ah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Kundananji was like one step away

from like just dropping to the
floor and like getting that mad.

But she was, she was pissed off.

Yeah.

and it was great.

It was great.

Reid was doing an amazing job.

It was a little, it was a little
wearying that Reed got a yellow so

early in the game because of that.

shit Howery that was going on there.

She held it down and it was
amazing and it was just great.

and then again posted it on, on Instagram
and we did get a couple of results here

and a lot of the same feelings that
we've just kind of talked about already.

Mina also came in with, we came, we
played time to go home and Exactly.

And then Liz and Sam came in with effort
was there, we just weren't clicking.

Nice to see Kristen start and
Casey get minutes, which is great.

I wanted to ask you a question.

How do you, and, and barring the fact that
we've been waiting for this as a fan base

for so long, having press start again.

Do you like her more as the super
sub, or do you are are, do you

wanna see more of her starting?

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
care when.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: No, no.

I know.

I agree.

I agree.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: don't,
I don't, I don't have a preference really,

because the roles are so different.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah, I.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: You
know, like being, she was a prevalent game

changer, which is what they called subs
on the national team during her tenure.

That was her role to come off
the bench and just shake things

up and be like, bam, bam, bam.

Goal, goal.

Goal.

And she did it.

And she did it well and
she did it beautifully.

But like she's also a starter.

She's also a, a 90 minute player,
you know, and not so much now

obviously, but like seeing her start,
I'm, that's why I'm sad I miss the

match, is to see her first start.

You know, like

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: I saw
the lineup and I was like, oh my God.

I'm like screaming in
the line at Disneyland.

I was like, what is wrong with this girl?

And I'm like, Crescent Press,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: huh?

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
but no, it, it's an important thing

for a player of her caliber to have
that like notch again, of just yeah,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I can do this.

Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
this start.

Because yeah, it's also
very self reassuring

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah.

Coming back from an.

Coming back from that type of injury.

Right.

It's not it's not like you still got it
because you were retired for five years

and you're coming back to everything
and being like, let me dust it off.

No.

Like it was like a major injury and
you're, you're getting back to it.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: entire
mindset around like life, not even

just your job, not even soccer life.

You had to

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
some shit.

no, I, I think Kristen Press
on the pitch is important.

Doesn't matter when she, she
finds the need either way.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

I with the speed and the soccer IQ
and the creativity, I kind of like her

as the super sub, as like literally
giving her though the minutes that she

like, give her the full half hour, give
her the, even if it's a halftime sub,

like being able to say look, you got
fresh legs compared to everybody else.

Just been running around
and you've got like amazing

soccer, IQ winning combination.

And I think that, leads to.

A lot more creative chances.

Right.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
so I, I kind of do like it again.

I am with you on, she just needs minutes.

She just needs to be on the pitch, like

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yep.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: bar none.

alright, well with that,
let's just, preview our actual

next match, our home match

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
racing Louisville.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Race in Louisville.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: I
always forget that there's also an FC

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Louisville.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Louisville, Louisville.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Obviously everybody's still recovering

from everything with Savy, the
team more so than the rest of us,

but everybody's included in that.

as it stands right now, we're in seventh
place still in playoff contention, so I'm

fine with it like I said, I don't care
about last week and Louisville's an 11th.

So this is actually a really great
opportunity to win pick up points and

kinda get back in the swing of things.

I don't hate it.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

if we had, if, if there were a match
that we needed to be able to kind of set

things back up this, this one or Chicago.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

But this one I think is major.

Partially because, so I dunno if you
guys remember a couple weeks back,

Louisville and Portland, was it Portland?

I think it was Portland,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: might
have been, I think it might have been.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
crazy game.

Red cards, yellow cards, 42 fouls
or 41 fouls, whatever it was.

that, Ari ended up with a three or four
game suspension, like she served her

yellow card and then three more games.

This is the fourth game, so they're
without a very large part of their team.

And we

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Okay, so this is the last, this

is the last of her suspension.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Okay.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: So we
need to capitalize on that she's a huge

factor and because she's a non-factor,
they also have to make some changes.

And I'm very curious because Louisville,
Bev Janz is an amazing coach.

She was amazing player.

Like she's a player coach that's actually
like working out and it's pretty dope.

And I, I think everybody loves that
for her, for the team, for players

who become coaches, all that.

But it's interesting 'cause they
haven't, kind of like how I was saying

with BFC last week, like they haven't
kind of like figured it out yet.

they're hot and cold in that sense.

Ooh, I just hit my, my little setup
and I had a little earthquake, but

they haven't quite dialed it into
the point of being like a powerhouse

because they very well could be and.

It's hot, it's cold, it's kind
of everywhere, but not where you

want it to be at the right times.

So I'm curious to see kind of
how this plays out player wise.

Taylor Flint, she was part of our main
conversation of the nuptial kids because

I didn't know who she was for like a
month and a half until I realized she

used Taylor Cornac, she got married,
whatever, change her name I guess.

But she's actually been a lot quieter.

Then most people expected scoring wise.

I don't know if that's just
like playing styles or what.

So it's curious because given
her height our issues, defending

set pieces, spells trouble.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Our issues defending tall people.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
do you I do.

They want me to just come and
stand and I, I can just stand

there and be like, hi, I'm five 10.

Dink, I can

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: dink.

I don't want to 'cause it hurts,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I can, do it.

I'm tall.

But you know, that's one of those things
where it's like she's a threat regardless,

because she's very good at what she does
and she's very tall and she's very lanky.

So she can kind of wiggle into
small spaces like Alana Kennedy.

and then there's Aaron Wright,
who we mentioned earlier during

the little shimmy, the Shimmy
Shake of the Chaos Award.

She is, sorry, I cried for two
seconds and now my nose is running.

Incredibly itchy.

Erin Wright is a veteran of the NWSL.

She has a huge part in keeping
their defense organized and like

I said, that Louisville is still
trying to put their pieces together.

She's part of the glue, like
she's a stalwart in that sense.

So she's, I mean, she's always just good.

It's not one of those things
where you're like, well,

sometimes it, no, she's just good.

She's just where she needs to be,
where you don't want her to be.

But yeah.

And then so Katie Lund is actually out
for the season with a labrum injury.

That's your hip muscle that
kind of holds your hip together.

For those of you who don't
know your body very well.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I learned something new.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
labrum is incredibly important, and

when that's injured, it hurts a lot.

And it's hard to do things like move
around because it's a big muscle.

So she's out for the season with that.

So Jordan Bloomer has kind of stepped in.

However, this season over the first
nine games, they've conceded 14 goals.

They're minus five goal differential wise.

So it sucks.

I'm not saying she sucks, I'm just
saying the situation sucks because

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
you set up your season, you set up

your team, everybody's yeah, cool.

This is what we're doing.

This is the vibe, this is the thing.

And then all of a sudden
it's like L-L-L-J-K.

No it's not.

Whatcha gonna do?

And it takes time.

So they're gonna be, like I said, looking
to tighten everything up defensively to

help support keeper and also help support
an offense that's like a little shaky

or on shaky ground, inconsistent wise.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
feels a little too familiar.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Truly, like that's the thing.

It's like I look at Bay, I look at
Louisville and like even Utah, and it's

oh yeah, I know what that looks like.

I know what that

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

We, we've been through that.

We've been through that.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
but yeah, that's, that's

Louisville in a nutshell.

They always have really cool kits though.

That's the hard part.

And the.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: I
will say that the, the, the, the

kind of that purple, lavender,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
the Hounds

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
combos that the, yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: so good.

So yeah, it, Louisville is good.

That's the thing.

They're good on paper.

They just haven't figured it all out yet.

You know, the same thing we've been
say about Angel City for three years.

And with that,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Oh man.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: about
Angel City, we're gonna talk about Megan

Reed because we can, and we have talked
about her a lot, but I'm not gonna be

like, emotional about it this time.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: And
we're gonna be seeing most likely, a

lot more banged reading, going forward.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
expected then we all kind of predicted it.

Called it, whatever you wanna say, but
it's expected that she's just gonna

slot right in next to Sarah as center
back 'cause that's what she does.

And like last season she seemed a
little bit off in the sense that there's

a lot of back passes, like a lot.

But season

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: about
like the back passes to, to the keeper?

I, yeah, I won.

I always wondered like.

Where that, 'cause that wasn't just her.

That was like,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
was like a team philosophy.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: yeah,
it was a philosophy to pass it back to

deedee and then it became our philosophy
to be like, what the hell are you doing?

Passing back to deedee,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
doing that.

But we haven't done it as much.

We don't do it as much anymore.

And when we need a big boot,
Angelina's got the big boots, so

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
out most of the time, but looked so

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: boots.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Strategic big boots.

She's been looking a lot better,
like a lot more fluid and a lot less

oh crap, what do we do this season?

Which is perfect and that's
fine and it's gonna be a

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: back
there for a game or two, but whatever.

I don't care.

She, we talked about
her experiences in EMT.

How that brings this like
steady, calm demeanor.

But it also brings a different
sense of leadership there's a lot of

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: of
how leadership shows up in women who've

played sports, especially high level.

if you get into, like club, college,
professional, semi-pro, something

in those realms, you display
leadership, women display leadership

differently much more robust.

And it's much like understated,
much more understated because

it's just like what you do.

It's what you do on the court,
the pitch, whatever you exist

in the world differently.

And I think that's Megan's
form of leadership.

It's, it's not as obvious, it's not
as showy as a lot of other people

or like the way you see it in men's
sports or through men in general.

It's I'm a leader, I'm in charge.

it's more like I show by example
or I'm bringing you along

with me to show you the ropes.

It's a lot more collaborative
and I think that's.

A lot of what we see through Megan,
I think a lot of that comes from one

playing soccer, but also like being
an EMT, you gotta have a cool head.

You can't just be like, ah, all the
time because you have to be calm so

other people are calm so they don't go

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
But bodies are weird guys.

I'll say that forever.

But yeah, last week was a
super fun game, being a pest

on defense and bothering Rachel

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
You know what?

I, I want a shit stir in the back.

I want,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: she's

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I want some shit.

Ha,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: a

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: I
want, and, and when you do it so

effectively, like it's just the best.

Right?

Because like

in general, we can say that there isn't
as much flopping in the women's game.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: at all.

Then when it happens,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: well.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: What

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Everybody like, yeah, exactly.

I mean, it's not, not at all,
but it, it's been happening, but

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
nearly as much as as men.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Oh yeah.

No, no.

Not, not even close.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
and he falls down ah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

but to have someone like Megan
in that back line who's just

so surefooted that there's.

Been some times where, there, there was
times where, Rachel, I'm not gonna say

she was flopping, but she was being a
little loose, a little loosey goosey and

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: so mad.

Yeah,

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

And she was just so surefooted about
like how she was like doing all of

that, that, that the rep was just
like, nah, I'm not gonna call it like,

play on, like I'm seeing through this.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: see the
demeanor shift in both the defender and

the, the offensive player like getting
chippy and like throwing bodies around,

yeah, it's, there's more to call, but
when the defense is just no, I just,

I just kicked the ball, that's all.

I didn't, I didn't actually touch her.

It's very much the I'm
not touching you thing

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I am not touching you.

I'm not touching you.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
And she's just yeah, okay.

And it, I'm curious how she's gonna match
up with Louisville's defense or, excuse

me, offense, they're, they're gonna wanna
score and if we break that up, sorry.

Not sorry.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
Yeah, we're on a positive.

Oh, well, no, we're not on a
positive goal differential anymore.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: we're at

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
We're even Okay.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: so

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
So we're at a, we're, we're good.

We're good.

And I, I have a feeling that as.

We figure our situation out, we'll
keep that on a good trajectory.

Right.

We're good.

Like we've got, we've got solid, we've
got a solid person in the keeper.

we have the makings of a solid back line.

They just, they've been getting
the, the shit end of the stick all

the time and they just, you know,
they need a chance to fully gel.

From a free from and breathe
and like just free from like

life.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah,

yeah.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: hopefully
they, hopefully they can get that right.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
harassment, free from life

threatening situations, like just

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
from plain, out of position free.

Oh, and congratulations to our,
our angels who got the call up.

While

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Oh yeah.

Giselle's

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: called

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
played as a forward.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
with Alyssa, the U 23 roster will

come out probably eight seconds
before we drop this episode tomorrow.

So probably Kennedy, maybe ri
I think maybe Riley will get

a call up and I hope so, but

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
that'd be, I mean, if she

doesn't, that'll be surprising.

Like it's absolutely Rookie
of the year contender.

Like she needs to be on
that, on that call up.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: We'll
see breaking news at some point Wednesday.

yeah.

matching up against racing,
we're even across the board.

Two wins, two draws, two losses.

can happen and that's, I think, impressive
given how tumultuous both teams have

been over the last couple seasons.

There's been a lot of injuries, of
changing, a lot of what the hell's going

on from both of us, and I think we're
gonna be okay regardless of what happens.

I think this last week was an anomaly.

And I think this weekend
we're gonna be all right.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

all right, well, with that being said, the
match is this weekend, Saturday, May 24th.

It's against racing Louisville
fc, the team we've been talking

about for the last 10 minutes.

It's gonna be at BBO Stadium,
a 7:00 PM kickoff on ION tv.

So if you can't make it to
the, to the stadium, you've

got a bar watching options.

'cause it's gonna be, On very
freely available channels for bars.

you can also listen to it on
iHeartRadio, listen to Isaac and Tracy.

It, they make you feel like you're there.

And especially at a home match.

It's just gonna be that much more of
a, an exciting, play by play call.

It is the Asian American Native
Hawaiian Pacific Islander celebration.

That's a whole mouthful.

Highlander, celebration, if you
really want, there is a really

cool scarf that was, just dropped.

Check out the Angel
City, social media stuff.

they have a whole kind of deep dive
into it, I believe, and, really cool

images and I, you know, it's awesome.

And whenever there's a.

Merch that's kind of cult significant
to the community and to the culture.

you know, if, if it fits you and it's,
and it's for you, then that is like

just another bit of why these teams
and why these community is so special.

you know, hopefully, hopefully some
people can grab a really cool scarf.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
timers, like I, I always hope when we

have like big celebration nights or
something like that, like for a specific

community, those folks who haven't
been to a game are like, what actual

thought put into something from my like.

I identify or you know, like whatever.

I feel like so many times
it's oh look, it's pride.

Here's a rainbow.

Or like it's an afterthought
on merch, like in all the

shade in what I'm about to say.

But the Dodgers gave away the same pride
jersey three or four years in a row.

It was dumb.

I was like, this is stupid.

What are you doing?

But they've since changed it, but
they've also done some other stuff

that I am still mad about anyway.

We don't do that at Angel City.

We actually have reasons
behind what we do and

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
that's included in those things.

merch, the, the signage, the armbands
for our captains, like it's cool.

It's real cool.

It.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yep.

so yeah, and if you're still listening
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ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: I just

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
we record these things.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
yawns so bad the last 15 minutes.

I can't, I can't

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: It's
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ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: know

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
I think we are,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: of that?

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316:
yeah, I think we're still

really proud of what we do have.

Right?

We have our built, built for,
LA Lego shirt, MA Angola.

And, we have just a bunch of
other kind of evergreen stuff.

You know, we have our pride mug and
which I still have to get from you.

But,

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Sorry.

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We pack up that good luck and we ship
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luckily we're here at home, so Angela's
gonna be taking it to the stadium.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Luggage

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yeah.

And with that, we will
see you guys on Saturday.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316:
See you this weekend.

ma--ri-o-_2_05-20-2025_215316: Bye.

Oh.

Oh, wait, wait.

Oh.

And this is what happens
when we start talking about

witches and stuffs and books.

So stay tuned for that.

ang-guest516_2_05-20-2025_215316: Yes.

ang-guest473_1_05-20-2025_214416: Hello.

ma--ri-o-_1_05-20-2025_214416:
Oh, God, you sound so weird.

ang-guest473_1_05-20-2025_214416:
You sound like you're slowed

down and also like an overlord.

ma--ri-o-_1_05-20-2025_214416: You sound
like either, uh, a little girl who's

been programmed into a computer or,
uh, a droid like, like that's about to

fly, um, in Star Tours or something.

ang-guest473_1_05-20-2025_214416:
Oh my God.

ma--ri-o-_1_05-20-2025_214416:
Okay, I'm gonna,

ang-guest473_1_05-20-2025_214416:
did we do?

ma--ri-o-_1_05-20-2025_214416: me stop it.

Let me see if.