8/15 Utah Royals v Angel City FC
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
like, okay, fine.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
I got poked again.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: blood,
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yes.
Blood, blood.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: blood.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Stupid.
Trying to be healthy
or not trying to be healthy.
It's more stupid.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: you
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Doctors makes Yes,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
these stupid doctors.
Making sure I'm still healthy and shit,
Meanwhile, I'm over here like, can they
figure out why my body doesn't work?
Please.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Welcome to Casual fc, an Angel City
Preview Pod and Footy Therapy Pod.
Featuring two podcast
certified footy therapist.
I'm your host, Mario Salazar with my
limited edition Capri Sun Drinking co-host
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Look at this
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Angela Morales.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Look at this.
If you're not watching it is the Moon
Punch Capri Suns that I only found out
about because of Joe and our discord.
I'm like not going anywhere.
Like I just go to work and I go to
the grocery store and I come home.
But I don't, I rarely even go to Ralph's.
I've just been shopping at Aldi and Costco
and this is not part of the Costco pack,
it's Moon Punch.
It's essentially wild cherry.
It's fricking delicious.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
And they glow in the dark, right?
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Yeah.
The moons glow in the dark.
Yeah.
So really this is like a quick
fast forward, but thank you to
Joe and his wife bringing these
to the watch party on Saturday.
they are both fantastic people.
He completely knew that I
was gonna be so excited.
I was like, I wanna drink these right now.
And he started laughing.
He's like, they're cold.
And I was like, no, don't tell me that.
But then I decided I was gonna keep them.
For this episode and I limited
myself to only one, so I still
have the other one in the fridge.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Wait, how many did he give you?
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Two
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Oh, okay.
Okay.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: I
was probably supposed to share,
but sorry, I'll buy you some.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
It's all good.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
I just love Capri Suns.
It's essentially fancy fruit punch with
extra cherry I, and I don't remember
his wife's name and I feel bad.
I also didn't catch it, I don't think, but
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
there was a,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: it's
fruit punch extra cherry, which is
like my favorite kind of fruit punch.
So this is, I need to go
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
I am just.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: boxes.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: my only
thing is that I, I do love the Capri Sun.
It's tasty.
I fear that any extra beyond where
it's already at, would be too much.
Like I am the, like when I make lemonade,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Mm-hmm.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
for the family.
The family wants extra sugar,
so I do not extra sugar.
They want more sugar than I put in.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
sweeter lemonade.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
So I put in.
Probably a normal amount of sugar.
and then when I have my glass,
I water it down a little.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: That's fair.
No, it's not like it's
extra sweet or anything.
There's just more cherry
flavor in the fruit punch mix.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Okay.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
It's very good.
It would make a really
good Popsicle, honestly.
Or like a slushie.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Ooh, that might be good.
Yeah, that's your next thing.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Bowl
on Wednesday, so maybe I, maybe I
freeze some Capri, some Capri Suns.
We have some sl, some slushies.
We'll see
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
with that, this is our match preview
for Friday, August 15th at seven.
Is it a Friday
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: the 15th.
Yeah.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
12, 13 49?
Yes.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: 13th.
Friday's the 15th.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Okay.
for.
Just 'cause we've made
that mistake before.
I've made that mistake before.
all right.
The match is Friday, August
15th at 7:00 PM at America First
Field in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Again, like we said, 7:00 PM It's
going to be on NWSL Plus it's gonna
be on Paramount Plus it's also gonna
be on the FanDuel Sports Network.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: so this
last game, obviously not Saturday,
but the game against Seattle.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yes,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
We had our like voice chat
thingy going on in Discord.
Eva and I were on Paramount
Mac and so was Katie.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
I was on Paramount,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: were
on Paramount, max was on NWSL, and
then Cassandra and her wife were
on the FanDuel Sports Network.
They figured that out somehow.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
which they had it on fubu.
I think they.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Yeah, because
they kept saying fubu and Katie was like,
that's a clothing company from 1999.
And I was like, yeah.
And same thing, but the
FanDuel network had Angel City
specific commercials and like
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
And Angel City specific and Angel
City specifics, commentators.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Yeah.
So I'm hoping that we can figure
that out for this weekend.
I'll, I'll task Eva with figuring it
out while I'm at work or something like
that, and I'll be like, please, maybe.
And we also maybe won't be 37
seconds behind everybody else.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah,
that was pretty funny that, you guys
were completely behind everybody else.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Yeah.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
know, when you're doing a live
chat, you kind and every, and
everybody's at different points.
We did check-ins.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
bad we were so far behind.
We reset the speed like six different
times and we're just like, oh, okay,
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Okay.
Yes, iHeartRadio, as always
with Isaac and Tracy.
the call I posted up, or reposted
Isaac's, call on on Instagram of the,
the header and which we'll get to.
But again, just amazing play by play call.
And if you like, doing the whole radio
thing, which I do a lot of times, It.
Listen, one, it's your only option.
Two, it's, it's a great option
to listen to Isaac and Tracy.
there are some watch parties
that we know of so far.
There is one Offic.
The official Angel City Watch party
will be at 33 taps in Culver City.
Starts at 6:00 PM Games at seven.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: having been to
33 taps, get there early, it gets packed.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Yeah.
It's a
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: sized
bar, if you've been to an Angel City
watch party, you know how they go.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: there.
Everybody packs in the kitchen, slows
down, everything goes out the window.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: yeah.
yes and yeah, we'll get to that too.
Mosaic is having a, watch party
at Native Sun in downtown la.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Ooh.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
native Sun used to be,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
one that's at Union Station?
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: no.
No, they're, they're,
they're in like, downtown.
Downtown.
but, oh, what was the
brewery from San Diego?
Modern times.
They used to be modern times.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Oh
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
and then, That was the
modern times Dank Ness Dojo.
and then they, I think during the
pandemic, they probably left it alone.
And then Native Sun La, took over.
I don't know if it's affiliated
or if it's just brand new.
I haven't been there just yet, but Mosaic
will be having their watch party there.
they just posted up about that
today and Watch Me will also be
featuring the game, on their screens.
There are a ton of games happening
on Friday, but they will be.
Yeah, but they will be
featuring the Angel City one.
so they will be having Angel City
on, some of their screens, probably a
majority of them, and we will, we'll
repost it too, but they are having $5
pints basically during the entire match.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Okay.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
it starts a little bit
earlier than that, but.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
This is what I miss about going
out, being gluten free sucks.
'cause like I enjoyed beer, especially
Mexican laggers and like good
middle of the road, solid beer,
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Just something crisp and refreshing
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
Like a $5 pint.
Sounds amazing right now.
give me a pretzel, some
sort of cheese situation.
No, like one carrot in some
ranch and a couple beers.
God, that sounds amazing.
Anyway.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
and unfortunately now all
you can have is the carrot.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
I know I can have the cheese,
but it's usually just cheese.
It's not oh, we have these fried
cheese curds, or like mozzarella
sticks or pizza or whatever.
Because even if something is labeled
gluten-free, I can rarely have it
in a restaurant because it's all
cross-contaminated and I still get sick.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm, I feel bad for you, but
watch me will be having the $5
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Yeah,
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: pints.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Go, go.
And have a great time at Watch Me and
33 Taps and every other place we'll
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yep.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: they pop up.
Because as everybody knows,
parties are announced, like as
they get booked progressively
throughout the week, will be more.
I'm sure Rebellion usually has one.
Valry usually has one.
Relentless usually has one.
posis does too, but I don't ever,
they're like far away from me,
so I like don't remember that
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: They,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
East LA exists sometimes.
'cause I'm on the
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: I was.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: side.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah.
Yeah, I, I will say that
not all of them post.
Publicly sometimes.
Sometimes they're just doing
it like for their members,
or they'll do a smaller one.
Sometimes they'll do it more publicly
where they're like inviting and usually
anytime they post anything public
it's, or like on their Instagram or
whatever, it's, it's open to everybody.
Like they're, they're openly blah
openly, that's not a real word.
They are openly inviting you to come join
with them, whether or not you're a member.
It's a way to get to know
them if you want to, or.
Just know that you have a
place to watch the game.
Like you don't.
if you don't want, if you don't
wanna, interact with anybody while
you're there, that's totally fine.
You just know that the game will
be, that the game will be on tv.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: yeah,
like I've gone to watch parties
for national team basketball.
angel City and just watch
the game like minded.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah.
Yeah,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
somebody cool, I'll say hi, but
like you can just be low key.
You don't have to like party, party.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
So it's all good.
Speaking of watch parties, we
had our watch party this weekend.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: good you guys.
Thank you so much for coming out.
Thank you for supporting Watch Me
Show of Our Own and her deck exchange.
And littlest card shop,
like everybody was so cool.
There were folks there who
didn't know about us or a watch
party and were like, oh, sick.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Oh, I lost my voice because every
table that I went to that I was like
talking to, I was like, okay, I've
got by, by the like fifth table.
I had the spiel down of like casual, FC is
a podcast and blah, blah, blah, and we're
here doing the watch party and there's
also going, and there's also a show of our
own, and it's that table over there and
blah blah, had the whole thing going down.
so every table got the, got the whole
gist of what, why we were there,
whether or not they were there for us.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
It was awesome.
There was a ton of people there.
one of my friends.
Surprised me and I looked up,
I was like, why is Janae here?
And then I was like, oh,
it's our watch party.
So she hung out.
she ended up meeting up with
another friend of hers that she
didn't know was gonna be there.
Whose name's?
Angela.
So we were like, oh my God, we're
both Angela's this is amazing.
my best friend and my nieces
and nephews showed up at in the
second half and I didn't cry.
I just wanna let it be
know and I did not cry.
Shed one tear.
On Saturday, I came really close,
especially when they showed up.
'cause I didn't know
they were coming at all.
I didn't think they were gonna be able to.
And yeah, I'm
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
will say,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
I'm a grownup now.
I
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: yeah.
Yeah.
I, I will say, little, little
claps for, for Angela 'cause
like it at a certain point.
Doing this watch party thing and
like trying to, it's kind of like,
it's technically hosting a party and
it's not like in any other capacity.
We are like the ones feeding everybody
or whatever, but we're just trying to be
like, Hey, thanks for coming and all that.
it can become very
overstimulating very quickly.
And there was a point, and there was
a point where I look over to Angela
and she's just okay, okay, okay.
I'm just, I'm just really
overstimulated right now.
I need, I just.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: just
like there was so much going on.
and this is in like one of the
next things we'll talk about,
like there's so many people.
So much to set up and figure out
what's going where and who's sitting
where and all this kind of thing.
But watch me had two or three call outs.
They essentially had
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: working in
the kitchen, dining room, and the bar.
That's
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Yeah, that's it.
There was.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: essentially
the three of them had to hold
down the restaurant for the rest
of the night and you to everyone.
Friends of the pod, strangers
in the kit, like in the.
The dining room, everybody.
Once that word spread, the shift in
attitude and the shift in demeanor of
everybody changed and it was like, oh,
I'm, I'm not gonna stress them out.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: tables
and taking things up to the bar.
People were cleaning off tables For
other people, like way I say this.
In the most loving way you could
tell who worked food service and who
worked like service related jobs real
quick, because the second it was like
they only have three people working.
They've had people call out,
they're screwed right now.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
Everybody was like, oh, no worries.
I had a
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
a couple people like
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: I,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
get a little about it.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: yeah.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Then
everybody else was just like, oh, word.
Okay.
We, we will just not
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: I,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: to them.
let them be the people
who, who get table, you
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: yeah.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839:
orders taken first or whatever.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838: Yeah,
I saw, I saw a couple people that came in
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Mm-hmm.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
just because it was like a bar, or
like they, there was food, like they
had no intentions whatsoever of any
of the games that were happening.
There was one group that like
literally sat like in the extended
patio area and brought over.
Like sequence a board game and
we're just gonna playing out there.
'cause they had, they had
nothing to do with it.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Yeah.
But
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
and they were getting, and they, and,
and they did get a little, a little
uppity about the delay and rightfully
everything was completely backed up.
But I big thank you to everybody
who really understood and gave
them their grace of Hey, we're
doing the best with what we can.
there was even.
If you were there, we had a little
bit of an issue of getting the
game on the TVs on the outside.
The game got turned on,
on the TVs in inside.
watch me, right?
'cause there's a little ins, there's an
indoor area and there's a small outdoor
area that kind of rings around it.
but those TVs weren't, so we were like
watching some random, like college
softball, or like entertainment Tonight,
like we, and everybody was just.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: with the tv.
It was like everything bad that could
happen at Watch Me essentially happened.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
yeah, and everybody, with everybody that
was outside just like about, like this
on the glass, trying to watch inside.
so it all got figured out.
It worked out.
Eventually by the half, all the TVs
outside turned to, angel City, so it.
It ended up being a great time.
I think everybody else that I
interacted with had a good time.
everybody eventually got their food.
Everybody got their drinks, so
like more, more power to the
people that, were so overwhelmed,
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Yeah.
elder--mario-_1_08-11-2025_161838:
made it work.
angela_1_08-11-2025_161839: Christina,
who was our point of contact, who
was essentially just supposed to be
our point of contact for the night,
was busting her ass all night,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: you know,
running food, probably cooking at one
point, like just to give somebody a break.
Like it was bonkers and it was so busy.
And I'm just so, I'm so proud
of the way they handle it too.
'cause they just are straight up about it.
They're like, we're super short
staffed, we're doing the best we can.
And that's the only thing
you can tell people.
people are gonna be ridiculous
about it regardless.
Other people who've worked in the service
industry or customer facing roles are
gonna be like, take your time, don't trip.
And for the most part,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
was on Saturday.
And I'm so grateful for the
community, for showing up for them,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: orders in and
like, you know, being patrons of the bar.
Like, I just really appreciate it.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
yeah, yeah.
It was, it was awesome.
And if you feel so inclined, to give
them a little show, show, watch me a
little love and you wanna go rate them,
go.
Yeah.
Give, give them, give them a
nice, good high number of stars
if you enjoyed your service.
'cause there were clearly a couple
people that showed up not understanding
and not knowing what was going on,
and then ended up giving some of
the, giving them like one stars.
And it was just like, look,
I understand, and you were totally
in your right to be like, look,
my service sucked that day, but
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: but
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
everybody else
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: like.
Service that sucks because
people are rude or like
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Oh yeah, yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: it's
just so bad for a variety of
reasons a kitchen is so overloaded
or a team is so short staffed
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Yeah, it's just those, those people,
it's just those people weren't there
long enough to, to know or to learn.
it is what it is.
But, also, I wanna say thank you
to everyone that checked in on me.
while I was there, checking in,
asking how I was feeling, asking
how I was doing, sorry if I went
through, the giant spiel of, of, the,
the extra details of what happened.
But, it means a lot that everybody
was just like, we heard what
we heard you and holy crap.
it.
and all the people that have checked
into me checked in with me before,
during whatever, whenever you did.
But, everybody that was checking
because, like also I don't attend
the, the watch parties that often.
Like I don't, they're
usually too far away from me.
it was 50 miles from
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
house in the valley to watch me.
So it took a while to get there, but,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: said
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: you.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: I
should be there at five 30 and then
10 minutes later he goes, shit,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: It's,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: o'clock.
And I was like, just pull
up when you get there.
He
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: there
like three minutes after we got there.
So it worked out
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: five 30?
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: but,
yeah, so I, I just wanna say thank you.
It just, it, it's one of those things
where like we, we talk about it, we
gush about it a lot, and it's true
every time we say it, it's been amazing
building the community that we have.
and it's the main thing
that keeps us going.
the.
the, you, you do something like
this that you throw out into the
ether of the internet and you, your
mom is reading it and like maybe
your, your, your TIA somewhere,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: after
that you're just like, I don't know.
it actually has built a following
and that that just means that,
we're doing something right.
yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
so with that, we'll get back
to our normal show, which is,
let's get to the Chaos Award.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Okay, so this is a three parter.
I'm gonna, the first one is like the
obvious one in the balls to the face
and probable concussions of the weekend
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Ugh.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: within our
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Um.
Uh, I really hope Sarah's okay there.
Like if this is Monday afternoon,
we haven't had any update of
possible probable concussion.
She didn't look so hot.
I'm not gonna be, uh, delicate
with that I have never seen
Sarah Gorden look like that.
And
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
that was,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: the
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
I mean there's, there's a couple of,
of qualifiers in that one, right?
There is, it was a short range shot.
Like it was like,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Whack.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: it two,
it was a shot straight to the head and
yeah.
Three,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: and her
cheekbone and her eye, like this
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: And
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
the, the anatomy side of things.
Your temples are really sensitive.
Don't hit yourself here.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: can
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Like whenever you, whenever you've seen
like a UFC fight and you see them just
go stiff and then fall, it's usually
because it was a shot to the temp.
Yeah.
three, most pitches are kept really
wet so that they're slick and
like the kind of play moves fast.
So getting hit by a wet ball
just even sucks even more.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: you on
top of like punching you at the same
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
It's a punch slap.
Yeah, it is.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: And
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
and there,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: or, go ahead.
Go ahead.
Go
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: I was
gonna say, and the last one is just, this
is not a kick, that's not a, a ball that
I kicked or a ball that Angela can kick.
Like it is a professional
soccer players kick.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: are hard.
Like genuinely they're
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: So
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: they're
not like squishy kick balls.
That shit hurts.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: if you
ever wanna see, Google professional soccer
player, like through panes of, glass or
whatever, it was like they had a bunch of
the, Like old school professional soccer,
where they set up like a bunch of
like panes of paper or glass or
plexiglass or something like that
and had them kick through and it
like launched through half of them.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
I'll have to look that up.
And
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Yeah, it's insane.
So they are professionals.
They know how to kick that
thing very, very hard.
And that was a point blank
shot to try to make a goal.
So it wasn't going to be a like tap,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: No,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: So
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: No.
And then to have something
similar happened to Evelyn
Shores in the second half was.
And then even though we finally
got in Iana Kennedy header, she
then got hit in the face by Kalyn
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
she got, she got punched,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: So
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
she got punched in the face.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Kalyn
Sheridan is like for Eva and I, she's
kind of like, like I said, the last
episode, I want to be her friend.
I think she's so cool.
She's also like an internal meme
because there's a picture of her like
punching Emily sonnet in the face.
like deflecting a ball, but
then just meets sonnets it.
It's a whole thing.
I'll have to send it to you, but, um.
On top of that, granted, none
of these were like egregious
or fouls or anything like that.
They were just like in
the run of the game.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: shout out
to Chicago Stars, interim head coach
Ella Mazer, who's also a former player
for calling out the refs and the lack of
accountability that the referees have.
And that's the thing I think
that pisses everybody off more
than quality of officiating.
There's no repercussions.
And this is kind of across sport
and it's really irritating.
They're like, we won't talk to the,
to the journalists or like referees
have no, like public anything.
Like they
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: own,
review board, but there's no,
like, we missed this call.
You know, like
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
or we didn't do this right.
Or what have you,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
it's only,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: you
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: it's
only been in, it's only been in like
really egregious, like really egregious,
and I've only seen it really, like
in the like men's professional side.
But there's been a couple of instances
where there was really egregious calls
where it was just like, all right, this
guy got suspended for the next match.
or, or has been suspended for
multiple matches because of
how bad of a call that was.
Because it definitely changed the
trajectory of the game, right?
We, we love soccer because it is a,
we love it because it's a low schooling
sport, but that low schooling sport
means that like everything that you do
is important and every goal that goes
in is super important because one goal
is what makes the difference, right?
and.
A lot of times when we complain
about these refs, it's about
their, it's the range of things.
Like they didn't manage the game well.
So then it became chaotic.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: in a
good way, not in the way that I wanted,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
the, not the chaos that I
wanted, but the bad chaos.
the, or, or, they, they gave
yellow cards or red cards when
they should have been the other
way around or whatever it may be.
And it just really affected
the game at that point.
and yeah, there's no, they get the
slap on their wrist and then they
go onto their next assignment.
Part of that I think is just those,
the lack of number of refs of, of qual
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: enough.
We were talking
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: meh.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: with Dustin,
like there's not a lot of full-time refs.
I talk about somebody I know who's a
flight attendant along with a being a
professional referee and like people are,
they've got like data entry day jobs and
like all these other things that they do.
Someone was like an environmental,
oh, Dustin said it was Chesky that
she's like an environmental scientist.
I'm like, okay.
So like, um,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: So I,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: part, I was
super bummed because we had been watching
the Chicago and Bay of Sea game and then
there was a emergency broadcasting alert,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: mm-hmm.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
and then when it came back.
Because we were watching it on like,
regular tv CBS, it came back and
then it was just Chargers pre-game
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Ah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: and it
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: kcal, but
we didn't find out for like 15 minutes.
So we just started watching a
different game and I was like, so I
didn't even get to see what happened.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
So for all of that, I will
be putting in the clip.
And you can hear what
she, what she had to say.
And, um,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
And it, it's really
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
there's no lie.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: And
she's even like, yeah, I'm gonna
take the fine for this because
everybody else has to get better,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Mm-hmm.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
but they don't.
So like, which one is it?
You know,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
are we progressing and evolving
as a group or are we not?
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
So
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
here it is.
Gone throughout your time here.
Yeah.
I mean, you always try to take a
positive for sure, but listen guys,
this is where I'm gonna get in trouble.
I'm, I'm tired of the refs.
I'm gonna pay a fine for this.
But every game, this is eight
times now, they've gotten it wrong.
And we can do our job and you can say,
ever, and we we're not trying to make
an excuse, but it has to be better.
Whoever's watching it has to be better.
This is, this is, this is last straw.
We get it.
We get a call wrong.
They tell us that it's wrong, and
then nobody holds them accountable.
Nobody, it's not a slap on the wrist.
It changes the game over and over
and over game, and I have eight
times that has changed the trajectory
of how we come out on this end.
And I'm tired of it, and no one I, I
understand I'm gonna get in trouble.
I get that.
But you hold us accountable for how
we do it, how we conduct ourselves.
It has to be better.
It has to be.
It's enough.
The rest of it.
I, sorry, I I No, you're good.
Stole your question.
I was just gonna say, do you
feel that sentiment's shared
throughout your locker room?
That's why you feel that
It's not, it's not that.
It's every coach I, I shake
their hand after game.
Oof.
That was, that was hard.
Oof.
We are held to standard.
We understand that.
We accept that.
We understand.
We have to understand the
bylaws of this league.
We are proud to be a part of
this league, but if you wanna
make this league, then use it.
Use VAR and tell us why.
And it's not just a hand
clap, we get held accountable.
The refs need to be held accountable.
They have to be.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
And we're back.
next point in the Chaos Award.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
we've got two more Chaos awards.
The second one is me again because I said
that Simone Charlie had two new acls.
No.
She has two new Achilles, and those
are very different body parts and
they do very different things.
And I knew this, think I black
out when we record because
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
She's going off.
Angela goes off.
There's so much knowledge in her head
that she's, honestly, if you look at
her too in the video, there's a lot
of times where both of us are staring
off into space because we're, we're
thinking, we're trying to process
what we're saying as we're going off.
We don't, we write bullet points
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: in our
script for little peek behind the scenes.
We don't write things out unless
we really need to remember them.
And at times also, we are like
writing bullet points super quick
right before we are about to record.
So if you just put Simone
coming back from injury
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
Which is probably what it was.
But yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: and
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: the
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: part
is that I didn't know this happened
and I didn't realize this had
occurred and that I misspoke.
Until Mario posted the clip on TikTok
and on Instagram, and I saw it on
Instagram, and I was like, who said that?
Who is that girl?
I don't know her.
I full on was just like, oh God,
somebody's gonna troll me so hard.
So I commented everywhere and I was
like, I know they were her Achilles.
I, I don't know what happened.
Um, but yeah, we love Simone forever.
That's all.
She's great.
Give her Hawaiian
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: forever.
And then my last point is silly.
It's essentially quote unquote,
rivalry Weekend was this last weekend.
Um, even the players were just like, what?
Which was great.
Like Rose Gotham played the spirit, and
Rose Lavelle was just like, I mean, I
guess when they asked her about the,
the rivalry, which totally like blew
the cover of like, oh, rivalry weekend.
Um.
Yeah.
Right now the only like tried
and true real rivalry in the
league is the Cascadia Cup,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Mm-hmm.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: and Seattle.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: had 43
matchups over the course of the NWSL.
I mean, Portland, Seattle
already is like a thing,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
that's just it.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Northern
California, Southern California, the
Bay like, and la and then LA and San
Diego, and San Diego and the Bay.
Like I would say Angel City and
San Diego are probably the next
closest, but that's just because LA
and San Diego, it's just the rules.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Same thing with LA and San
Francisco, or like the Bay Area,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
They're just,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
we're just, like S.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
eh, yeah.
Yeah.
as much as I am, touting the, the whole
San Andreas cup, it really honestly is a,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Mm-hmm.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
I keep saying, it's a made up
thing that I made up for myself.
And if you like, happen
to like it too, awesome.
But it's a made up thing, honestly.
and I think as Angela's pointed
out before, like the whole rivalry
between LA and San Diego, I think
that's rooted more on some of our.
Other sports that we have, right?
NFL rivalries, baseball
rivalry and vibes too.
but the Cascadia is a completely
different, that is historic.
Like b both both men's and women's.
yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: I don't know,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Oh.
So sight side, side note.
Side note to all of
this, but still related.
I went up, I had a project
up in, near Portland.
It was a, a town right
outside of Portland.
so I flew up because it was, we
were opening this park, right?
And I designed a bunch of the
signage that went into the park and
things like that, which was great.
Was there for the last bit of
installation and then the next
day was like the opening ceremony.
It was great.
While I was there though, I like went on
to Reddit and I was just, and, and like
I was just looking 'cause I was like, I.
Let me just see if, if,
Seattle has a matchup today.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
either, either team, right?
Men, men's or women's.
lemme just see if there's a game
because it would've been like,
literally it was walking distance from
my hotel, so I was like, Portland.
Portland, yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
They're gonna come for you.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
I'll edit it.
No, I won't.
and then, so I, I look it up real quick.
And then, it turns out that there was a
a, a a a Portland match, A timbers match.
and I just randomly started like
posting and then I posted in the
Reddits be like, Hey, visiting MLS
fan, just want to know where would,
where would a good place to buy?
Should I just buy through Ticketmaster
or should I go to the stadium or, 'cause
I'd rather give the team the money
than Ticketmaster, directly, right?
someone messaged me and said,
Hey, the, the Timbers Army.
has a big old tailgate and they'll
do like day of ticket sales for like
people that just donated or whatever.
You can grab one there.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: cool.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
like, awesome.
So I was about to, I was about
to head out and this random user
messaged me and said, Hey, I got a
ticket and it's in the Timbers Army.
And I'm like, dude,
that's, that's awesome.
Like, how much do you want for it?
He is nothing, just free.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: pull
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
I was like, dude, let's go.
so I show up, I'm standing outside
and I told him like, Hey, I'm wearing
this bright ass, orange rain jacket.
and he is, and I'm just like, okay.
I don't know the guy's name, I
just know his Reddit username.
And I'm just like standing there.
He shows up though.
Super cool guy.
We hit it off.
we went in.
I didn't realize until I was
walking to the match that it was
the Portland, Seattle match and I
was sitting with the Timbers rv.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
I didn't know this.
This is amazing.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: And
they had s they had special scarves,
Seattle being the, fishmonger, so they had
special scarves that said kill the fish.
Or and it was like on the scarf, it
was like this long fish with its head
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Whoa.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: you,
see the, the like ring and the like,
and, and it's like everybody was like
wearing like their old school ones and
then there's like newer ones and stuff.
the rivalry was deep.
Being in that timbers army was amazing.
And it was, it was, it was
honestly a really great experience.
I ended up hanging out with the guy
till the bars closed, basically.
'cause we went, we went to
a mini golf slash bar place
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: I need
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
in Portland.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
haven't been to Portland.
I mean, I was in Oregon in October,
but I wasn't actually in Portland.
for more than like two hours.
'cause I was out.
on the Oregon coast with my
friends outside of Tillamook,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Yeah, I, I lucked out too.
And the cl and last little note,
the, my client, the, the, he was one
of the guys in the city council of
the city that we made the park for.
he is also a, Portland
Timbers, season ticket holder.
So he was like, he's definitely
go and if you go, let me know.
And then we met up at the game
too, and it was, it was really fun.
so yeah, it Cascadia runs deep.
That rivalry
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
that that rivalry predates
both the NWSL and the MLS.
Like it
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: like
Supersonics versus the, the,
oh my God, what is Portland?
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
trailblazers.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Thank you.
I kept saying Timberwolves 'cause
I had the timbers in my head.
I'm like, that's wrong.
But you've got like that, you've Oh my.
Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
that rivalry is dope across
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
so if you rank the rivalries,
it's like Cascadia.
And then you give it some room
and then it's like maybe the
La San Diego one and then,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: a caveat.
Maybe
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
yeah, maybe.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: yet.
Nobody's, nobody's called dibs
on on second place for rivalry.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Okay.
So with all of that of rivalry
weekend, there's a lot of ties.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: So many.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
here are the scores of, of the
roundabout of the NWSL scores.
Houston did beat North
Carolina two to one.
Utah lost to Kansas City.
zero to one.
Let's see.
Doesn't matter what the score is really,
but New York, Washington, Orlando,
Louisville, US San Diego, we'll get to it.
bay and Chicago, all tied.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: I will say
the Gotham Washington game was amazing.
Gotham was down a player, of the
first half, uh, like red cards.
So they were playing with
10, the majority of the game
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Oh, nice.
Yeah.
Not to say any of the, not to
say any of the gains are bad.
I'm just saying scoreline from
there, they're all tied and then
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
that game was insane.
and then
apparently just random note,
someone put, I think it was Joel
or somebody in a different discord.
I don't remember.
There's been, I think seven red cards.
And in all those games across the
season, only two have been won
by the team that was up a player.
The majority were draws
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Nice.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: team and
just like kept the lead and, and won
or like, it's just a weird stat, but
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
and then the rivalry of all of
them, the Cascadia Portland ended up
winning four to two against Seattle.
Yeah.
alright, so let's quickly review,
our match against San Diego Wave.
Ended up in a one, one tie,
an 86 minute, McKen, McKenzie.
Rob.
Roby.
Sorry.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: I put it,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Yeah, you put it and then
well, I you put it afterwards.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: that's where
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
86 minutes scored and then we had
a beautiful, the, the thing we've
been waiting for this whole season
so far, and Alana Kennedy, header
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: With a
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
equalize.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
from cyst from.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yes.
at the 90, 90 plus two
while getting nailed by Kailin,
Sheridan, Alana did not fall.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: No.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: There
was an a San Diego, which, I believe,
everybody was telling me that it was
McCaskill McCaskill's, the one that was
on the ground after that confrontation.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: she and Kalin
Sheridan collided McCaskill and, and
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: And they
initially were like, oh, interference,
like on our player with a goalie.
But then they quickly reviewed it,
honestly, like under 30 seconds.
So it's quick.
Um, realized Savannah collided with
her own keeper, gave us the goal,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Yeah, like it went up.
One watch me went crazy.
Then we were looking at the
screen and it goes back to zero.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: and
everybody was like, ah, like no.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: There,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
there, was a lot.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
there there was, yeah.
Let, let's get into some of the, the,
what we thought about the game, but
also there was, there was a, there was
a bit of even the commentators, there
was a point where there was like this,
this run and then they were calling it
back and it was like, possible offsides.
And they're like, oh.
And then they go, start going in depth
about oh yeah, that's definitely offsides.
And then you finally, and then
they, they show the wide angle.
Nowhere near, there's like the
full defensive line was right
there, 10 yards ahead of them,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
like red card or possible dog,
so, or something like that.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
A possible dog.
So that's what it was.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: offender and
then there's like three people behind her
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
That's what it was.
It was the dog.
So thing, not the OS thing.
Yeah.
And it was just like, okay, so now we
know that you're completely talking
out of your asses, not just, like I,
I get it, I get it and I know that the
commentators do a good job and they're
doing what they can with, but that
one was very, very egregious of you
guys are not even paying attention.
Like
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: the
referees, were reviewing it.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
then that's the stupid part.
It's like you're reviewing this
call where it's like VAR does, and
it took way too long to review dog.
So
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
the review is.
For dog.
So you cannot review for a yellow card.
So as long as it says no dog.
So that's it.
That's VAR.
Your job is done.
You have no, you have no
other power to do here yet.
It took a minute or so, or
maybe a minute and a half,
Look, I have TV delay when we stream
this game and it's quicker than that.
come on now.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
second TV delay was faster.
But yeah, I really think that
coming out at halftime, and
granted first half was fine.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
Yeah.
First,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: glad
we held the zero zero Scoreline.
Um, with Sarah going down, I think it kind
of shook everybody, like, what the hell?
I mean, Megan Reid came in no big deal
and like just stepped in as she does,
but like, still really stressful.
And that's the
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
yeah, it.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: know,
like, that's your captain too.
And I see her get hurt like that.
Nobody wants that.
But after halftime it really felt
like they just like went into the
locker room, everybody took a deep
breath, you know, said, okay, this
is what we need to tighten up.
And that's what happened.
And the second half you could
see where the team is really
starting to come together.
And that was amazing.
And I think as we see people
get healthy, we'll see people
playing in their natural position.
Like Evelyn Hor is playing, uh, wing
back when she's normally a midfielder.
And like once people are in their normal
positions, people are healthy again.
We have some more subs.
We're gonna see another growth spurt
and the rest of the season is like gonna
be fits in spurts like that because
that's what happens when you get players
that are coming back from injury.
That's what happens when you have a
new coach and, and new philosophy is
settling in and people are like, oh, okay.
This is the direction.
Or like, you just get better middle of the
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: You just have
a jump and, I'll talk more about it later,
but that's how I feel about the game.
I'm fine with it.
We got a
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: the
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
We got a point.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
we didn't fall anywhere.
We're okay.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Look, both, both teams were coming
into this like over 200 minutes.
I think
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: I, it was like
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
we were,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: minutes each.
yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
I, we were more, we had a
longer, no score drought.
So both teams coming into this not having
scored at all in, in that long, yeah.
So it, everybody was hungry
and having them score first.
There was there at home, there was some
stat that flashed up there that gave,
the same kind of stat of how many times
have, have, has Angel City come back
from after conceding the first goal?
And it was like, and it was like,
we haven't come back to win at all.
we've drawn once and then there was
like six losses or something like,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
scored for, when scored on
First Angel City has never won.
It's like, thank you.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Thank you.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
so the fact that, that we did not
lose our composure and we scored
and equalized, just what better I,
yes, we could have asked for a win,
but honestly what better way to
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: With
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: really,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
to the face, I'll take a draw.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
Yeah.
And, shout out to the supporters that went
there and had to sit up all by the lone
sum lonesome in the upper deck apparently.
No tickets on the upper deck.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: no
tickets were sold in the upper deck.
except our supporter group, like
supporters that went down there.
just shoved in a corner and the best part
is once we scored camera was like on the
pitch and did that like super fast, like
to the supporters and they're like, ah.
I'm like, oh, I know that person
and that person and that person.
But no, like I'm grateful for the point.
So after the game, we're still
all hanging out at watch me.
Mario had the wits about
him to post on Instagram.
Like, we got a point, we'll take it.
How was your quote unquote
rivalry match day on Instagram.
We got a message from Angelica who said
I was about to have a heart attack.
When the score flipped to zero on that
Kennedy goal, it came back, but, and
then put the mind blowing emoji and same.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: was
like the mini heart attack was
not appreciated by the NWSL.
And then Richie said, we started
slow and ended good enough.
Anyone wanna wave bucket hat?
He, it was like a giveaway.
He wound up getting one and then
was trying to give it away to a
family with a baby and they're
like, no, no, no, you keep it.
He's like, I don't want it.
they didn't take it.
Um,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
If, he wants, we'll raffle it off.
Just be like,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
what is it, an effigy where
you like can burn it and like,
we'll save it for next season.
Uh, and then Naomi, who's
now a friend from Australia,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: said, sick
header by my fave equals great day
here in the little Australian flag.
She ended up buying one of the
Lonnie Long Ball shirts loves
Alana Kennedy and she's super cool.
So, yay.
Thank you.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yay.
And yeah, I, we helped her out and
made sure that she was gonna be able
to get everything shipped to Australia.
and I learned new stuff about our
whole shipping systems and options.
So there you go.
on our Discord, Cassandra came in with
gritty, spicy shith, late game equalizer.
That's a rivalry game.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
yeah, like I said, rivalry games are
usually the games that you don't, you,
you can't really go in expecting one
thing or another because they, they tend
to have a little bit more heat to them.
All right.
And Kristen came in with, I've never
seen restraint like Tiernan tonight.
I was sure some Jersey would come out.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: so
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Eva, our resident jersey?
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
Our resident jersey girl.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
oh.
Riley definitely let some
jersey out last night.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
There was definitely a point where I
think everyone goes, like was watching
the game and just went keep it in.
Like
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: start mouthing
off to the reft towards the end of the
game 'cause she was getting run over
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: and the
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Her face was getting so red from
her just being pissed off yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: absolutely.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
And there were.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: thought
it was gonna be a little spicier.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
there were, there were a bit more, there
were a bit more comments, in the Discord,
going back and forth about, tearing in.
But, we'll leave those there.
If you ever wanna join the Discord
and see what was being said.
Ani, we looked better
and we played a full 90.
I think the goal giving up was
a coaching call, but, be more
aggressive in possession and
leave us, open in the counters.
Less open with Gordon,
but football is life.
Scott came in with, That was pretty good.
We were so much better in the second
half, than the first connections
were more solid than last week.
Everyone seemed more comfortable,
not clicking perfectly, but progress.
yeah, I think we definitely
all feel that way and we feel
that, it was definitely it.
As we're seeing improvements,
those are good things and we got
a point, which is even better.
all right.
Max came in with, we're lucky to
not have given up any goals in the
first half, even on the, on the goal.
that was one of our better
second halfs in a while.
A lot more direct play from the
center backs, which was nice.
I think once the team and Sveindis,
get in the groove with each other, some
really great stuff is gonna happen.
She's fun to watch.
She, like we said, from the, from that
first one that she was on there, she
was flying and she was really fun and
not afraid to, to get into the ref
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Nope.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
a little bit.
and.
Eva closes everything
out with any other year.
I think we give up another
goal and don't equalize.
This is the most we've ever looked
like a competitive NWSL team.
I'm not sure what's reasonable
to expect or hope for the rest of
the season, but I think at a bare
minimum next year will look great.
Strauss is clearly effective at getting
his ideas across and implemented,
and then on top of it, he engages the
community and cares about the city.
It's nice to feel like things
are trending upwards all around.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yay.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: so
looking at the playoff picture, we're
definitely still outside of the playoffs.
we're, because of all the ties that
happened and because we also tied,
not much moved since last week.
there was a few little flip flops, but.
Not really.
Not much really.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: right?
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: no.
Let's see.
oh,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: That's funny.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
Just Portland and Seattle.
Where the, 'cause they were the
only ones that had a full Yeah.
Everybody else just went like, all right,
we're just all gonna move up together.
you can definitely see it.
I'm gonna probably be posting
up or looking at this, graphic
by, Alison Gale, which we love
looking at every now and then.
It's a really fun spaghetti, look of
how the teams have moved up and down.
And then annoyingly, you look at just
the isolated angel city one, and then
you see like we had a really good run
and then we dipped and then we come
back up and now we're all the way
down where we're at in 11th place.
The good thing though, as we said
last week, and because everybody's
tied Yes, we're in 11th place.
But we're still only a few places out.
a few points, four points
out of, the playoff spot.
Things are gonna definitely get
harder if we're not actually
getting all three points.
So
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
with that, we, we just gotta, we gotta
get those points and, and it looks
like we're trending in a positive way.
So I think that's great.
but
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
let's look at what we're going to next.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
So we've got the Utah Royals on Friday.
The biggest like breaking news,
oh my God, that happened uh, with
this matchup is the fact that Ally
Centner is no longer with this team.
And the hard part too is that Ali
Sinner has been a revelation the
international games in Team USA and
this is all so cool US national team.
She's had four international goals.
She's had one club.
Which is like
disproportionate, but it's also not,
you know, like when you're in a a
system that's working and running on all
cylinders, you're gonna have the ability
to score more you're not, you're not.
We know, like Angel City fans are
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: We.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: versed in
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yes.
Yes.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: know
if you are forwards and attacking
midfielders are not getting the
ball, they're not gonna score.
Um, but Utah received
$600,000 in club money.
Something, I don't know
what it was called.
I just like checked out after a
certain point from Kansas City
where Ally Sinner is now playing
already has an abundance of riches.
I don't know what the heck, but
Utah's gonna be receiving that 600
k over the next couple seasons.
It's like 300, 200, 100.
And then there's the
ability for more money.
kinds of trade stuff that I don't
pay attention to, because frankly
I don't care how it happens.
I just shocked that it
did and it was approved.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: So
something I was talking to Dustin, and
his partner Yes, at the watch party.
And I, and I apologize for not
remembering her name, but is Jen.
Oh shit.
Okay, so I was talking to Dustin and
Jen, and, we were talking MLS, but this
ties back to what I'm about to point
out with the whole 600 K and everything.
and Kansas City being ridiculous
with the salary cap the way ev all the
money funny money works in the MLS.
the reason it's very hard for
teams to be dynasty teams, right?
the reason that most teams that
win the cup will, it's, it's
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: very
hard for them to repeat a second year.
for, and, and a good example
right now is, like the Galaxy.
they, they won the cup.
They, they did what they
did, and now they're like.
Bottom.
They're, they're, they're fighting
for the, the wooden spoon right now.
the main reason that happens, and
it's all in the parody, thing of
trying to keep everything, on par, is
that when you win, whatever contract
bonuses you have for your players
and you have to pay them out,
all of those payouts affect your
following year's salary cap.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
That's bullshit.
And
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
we've talked about this before,
but like, that's stupid.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
So it, it's ridiculous and
it's completely stupid.
And that's why most teams that
win the cup have to give up a
lot of their really good players.
They have, they have to sell them out.
yeah, I, I, it hasn't happened.
But then again, are, are we hitting those,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
I hope not, because I
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: let
people play where they wanna play.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
That's a big part of it for me.
I'm just like, if I move from Utah to
Kansas City and I'm enjoying Kansas
City, I wanna stay in Kansas City.
A team wants me in Kansas City, fine.
Like why am I having to
leave again after a season?
But whatever.
That's neither hide nor hair.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
so right now to, to NWSL.
Utah's in last place,
they're kind of on the
come up at the same time.
'cause they have a few
folks returning from injury.
They're, when you're in last
place, you have nothing to lose.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: True.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: So you
play, you can play free or you can
play without like this weight on you.
'cause it's like whatever we win, we win.
If we don't, who cares?
We're already here.
Um, like you get, it's only up from here.
You can't get further in the hole.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: but the
thing is, is that we have to approach
every single game from here on out as
if we are playing Kansas City as if
we're playing the top of the table.
Because ideally, every match we
win, especially this one, we can win
and we can win by multiple goals.
We start chipping away
at goal differential.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: now
not only do we need to improve
our record, we need to score more
goals make up goal differential.
'cause if we end up tied and somebody
has a minus one and we have minus three
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Gold
differential has bit us in the ass before.
Yeah.
Hmm.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: So as much
as I would love an end of the season,
five to one win over a team and a bicycle
kick and all that, like it's stressful.
And nobody wants to deal with that.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Let's,
let's save all that five to one energy
for the playoffs and spread out that
energy for the rest of the season so
that we can get comfortably in there.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Exactly.
Um, Utah also has, excuse me,
Canadian International Chloe lacoe
coming back from an ACL tear.
You may remember last season she had
a hat trick in the first half for
Utah against Seattle, and then like
immediately tore her ACL the next game.
Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
That's tough.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: So
having her back just training
and with the team and, you know,
being there to sub in is big time.
She's experienced, she has goal
scoring power, so there's already
another like, um, like it's
another opportunity to score there.
Like I said, no matter what, we have to
stay ready so we don't have to get ready
and we don't have to be like, oh my God,
on the pitch and like redo everything.
'cause we're just like, oh, whatever.
That's the last place team.
No, if the team is in last place, we
should be beating them by multiple goals.
We have a winning record.
We should keep it that way.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
They're gonna be the scrappy ones.
So
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
watch, watch out it,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: like
the NWSL, the last place team
can come back to win the
championship the next season.
And I don't wanna be a
team that loses to that.
So let's talk about Yu Utah a little bit.
They have, like I said, they
have players coming back from
injury the same way we do.
have Mina Tanaka, who is the, the
person that scored the last game.
I think they were playing against
Houston two games ago when they won.
Um, she essentially just.
Said, okay, I'm scoring now like I am.
the captain now.
Now that Ali Sinner's not
there, she's number 11.
She's a forward, she's a
Japanese national team player.
I was looking up different information
about her 'cause like I don't
know too much about her career.
So she's played the
majority of her career.
That started in 2011.
she's already 14, 15 years deep into her
career in the NCO league, which is where
June played, where played, like that's
the primary women's league in Japan.
And then for the national team, she
has 92 caps for the Japanese national
team and 40 goals in those caps.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Damn.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
She's this close to just being a
one for one or like one to two.
So every two games she plays, she scores.
That's, a lot.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
that's that's insane.
Yep.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Yeah, but she's,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: I,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: fun to watch.
She's very, very good.
that's, that's like, she's gonna
be on your scouting report, you
know, like, mark her please.
Thank you.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Um, and,
and Japanese players are very crafty.
Like, you know, we're used to seeing June
and she's, so, she dances on the ball.
She's very creative.
She's very, like,
they don't play like American
players play, you know what I mean?
Like, it's not as structured.
It's a lot more fluid.
And with that comes unpredictability.
Predictability.
Did I, did I put enough syllables in that?
Whatever.
She's unpredictable because
she plays differently.
Ta-da.
And then we have Kayla D Oh my gosh.
I like combined two players.
Kaylee Real, a defender.
She essentially took the same
pipeline that Ali Krieger did.
She's from Virginia,
Kress is from Virginia.
She went to Penn State,
Kres, went to Penn State.
Um, she's a defender.
She, she set the record, I forgot
to try this down, but she set the
record for a minutes, played in the
end in the ncaa during her career.
It was like 8,000, 800 minutes
or something like that.
I'm
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Geez.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
that's so many minutes.
Um, what's really interesting is
that she's played for four different
teams in the NWSL in her career
because she came in and debuted for
what team was it?
Houston, I think during
the bubble season in 2020.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Mm-hmm.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: And
so she's played, she was drafted
by Sky Blue, which is now Gotham,
for Houston racing and now Utah.
But.
also in the US soccer system and
she's played like U 17, U 20, U 23.
So she's very good.
You know, like you have these players
and it's really, hard part about the
NWSL is like a team's in less place,
but they have world class players.
just circumstance, you know?
then you have Kate Del Fava,
also a defender, and she made
her NWSL debut playing against
Kaley Reel in the bubble Utah.
'cause she was on Utah
when it was first a team.
And then she went to Kansas City
when Utah went to Kansas City,
and then she came back to Utah.
So I just think that's funny that they
both debuted in the bubble against
each other completely by chance.
But they did a feature on her
this last weekend that I was.
So taken by, Eva told me about
it and then I saw it on TV
and then I looked it up again.
She has it written in her contract
that the team matches the 25
season tickets that she holds.
So she has 25 season
tickets that she buys out.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Okay.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: matches
it, so it's another 25 tickets
that all 50 of them are given to
disadvantaged families or families who
wouldn't necessarily get to the game.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
That's awesome.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
part of her being on the team,
which I think is fantastic.
And that's the thing that you
don't necessarily see teams.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Yeah, that's not something on the pitch.
Like it's not something that you're
gonna, and it really just depends on the
team of like how public that information
is, or, or, there's, there's also a fine
line of Hey, we're doing this good thing.
Come look at us.
We're we're doing good.
Versus no, just honestly, it's just an
honestly good thing that we're doing.
yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: more
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
That's awesome though.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Dubs,
just for the sake of doing it.
That's it.
Like Angel City, I think
I've mentioned it on here.
And for those that don't know, for
every sponsorship at any level that
Angel City gets, or partnership or
you know, brand deal, whatever, 10% of
that has to be involvement or giving
back to a community in some way.
They just did a report on it.
It's like over four years, 200, I
think it's $200 million worth of
services or goods or whatever have
been given back to the community
through partnerships with Angel City.
That's a hell of a lot of money
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Yeah, that's awesome.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
it's not that hard.
It's a tax break for everyone.
That's Utah.
They're gonna be a worthy opponent.
So are
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
you said, when you're at
the bottom, you get scrappy.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Mm-hmm.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: It's
not something scrappy is unpredictable, so
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
So three people, of them are up for
end of UL, like awards of the week.
Evelyn Shores is up for Player of the
Week, which took me by surprise I like it.
I'm not saying she's a bad or you
know, like there's none of that.
It was more that I didn't like
see anything flashy.
But then I realized it's probably
like the Becky Sorun effect of,
oh, you just did a really good job.
And then it went under the
radar because no one noticed it.
Like, you know, like no one noticed that.
A person that you were, you were guarding
the, you know, that side of the offense
for the other team wasn't impactful.
So I didn't pay attention to it.
It didn't like impact, I mean,
impact the game in the sense
that she shut down the offense.
But like, she's playing outta position.
It's her second game in the league.
That's it.
She just came in from
North Carolina the break.
It's her second cap.
She's getting nominated
for play of the week.
Whether she wins it or not, I don't care.
That's enough.
Because not only, like I said,
she's playing out a position
and it's her second game.
She's fine.
Like she's holding her own in a
position she's not used to playing at
a level she's never played at before.
And Yeah.
she was playing on the
TST USA winning team.
Like whatever, you know, like
had that, she had, she has
experience on a higher level, but.
To be competing against all these
world class forwards bonkers.
I could have been in the best shape
of my life coming outta college.
There's no way in hell
I could have done that.
Like, not to this, not to the level
that she's like holding her own
and asserting herself as a person
that can be trusted in different
spots on a team, which says a lot.
Very excited to see how she
progresses with Angel City.
But that's, what I have to
say about Evelyn George.
She's just holding her own and doing a
damn good job at it, because nobody's
noticing, you know, and the times that
a player has gotten by her or has beaten
her, she's similar to Emily Sonnet in
the sense of you might get beat, but
you're immediately making up for it.
You can, you might get beat on the run,
but the next thing you know, you're facing
up to the ball and, and defending again,
and you're not just letting that person
go getting beat so bad you can't catch up.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: So I like it.
I like it a lot.
And then about her a little bit.
We have Ya's daughter, which is just cool.
She just seems cool, like
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
She seems like she's got
her head in the right place.
Like anytime she's been on
the field, she's very active.
She's active in the prog the progress
of the play, like the building up
the play, she's active in the, the
defensive actions of, of that play too.
Like she's, as soon as the ball kind
of gets flipped, like she goes straight
into defense and is not afraid to do it.
and then she's,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
of like, whoop, lost the ball.
Have to get it back.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
like, oh my God.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: And
she's also, nice and active with the
ref to be like, what, what was, what
was there that you saw that I didn't?
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: And granted,
this is also her third, fourth game in the
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
something like that.
Like not very many.
And she's still getting her
legs under her, but it's, she's
so fun to watch and I'm very
excited to see how she progresses.
'cause she's already got the
speed of the league down.
She's getting the physicality of
the league, like the specific type.
it's not so much like,
like they're bodying against each other.
They're not so much like
grabby hands, pulling jerseys.
I mean, granted it happens,
don't get me wrong.
It's obvious, but like there's a
difference between like shoving somebody
without making it look like you're shoving
somebody and just yanking on a jersey.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
But she going to be so
much fun to watch as she.
Adjusts to the team, to the league
and all that, and connecting with the
other players on the team on the pitch,
because that, that assist was killer.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: placed.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Perfectly placed right outside of the
reach of Sheridan, right onto Kennedy?
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: of
that less Alana Kennedy getting
punched in the head like,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yes.
Yes,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
But I really feel that she's
going to be the, like, spark.
We needed connect everything because
we've had all these pieces and she's
coming in as somebody to kind of
like them together in the right,
in the right way, the right places.
And with June back, that's even better.
Like, we're just, it's just fun.
It's fun to watch us again
and I really enjoy that.
And then we've got our, one of our faves,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yep.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Alana
Kennedy, she's a center back.
She's a midfielder.
She can score, she can
like, she can do it.
And I love that.
I hate the fact that nobody gets
hit in the face more than she does.
And put on here that she deserves a
medal and lifelong top tier health
insurance, like you deserve the
best healthcare because you are
taking a freaking beating out there.
Part of
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: she's tall
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: and
it's easier to get her head on
the ball because she doesn't have
to jump three feet in the air.
She can jump like a foot and a half
and still be taller than, you know.
Her head is still higher
than the person next to her.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: and
she's, she takes a beating for
that internationally as well.
She's an Australian superstar, for years
in the NWSL, in the European leagues, in
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
I'm sure, I'm sure you, I'm sure you
do a quick, just, just put her name
into Instagram or TikTok or something.
You'll see the black guys,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: you'll
see, the international like games that
she's been in and the black guy she gets
and, but you know what, she, she, she's
one of those players where, and we have a,
a handful of them on, on Angel City where
like they get that knock and they're like.
No, let's keep going.
And she'll play, she'll play the
rest of the game with that big old,
like Sarah Gorden, had, she got,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
split her head.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: she
split her head, had like her entire head
like gazed and wrapped and then like
later that night posted up, like going
out to dinner and then had like stitches,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
you just.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: too, between
men and men's and women's soccer.
will fight on the pitch.
The women will just like get their ear
ripped off, get it sewn back on and
be like, okay, I'm going to dinner.
Like the World Cup in 20, 20 15 or 20
19, 1 of the English players like sliced
down the side of her head and was just
like, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine.
They're like, no.
Get your ass off the bitch,
your head is bleeding.
But I mean, Alana Kennedy is a force to
be reckoned with and I love that she's
such a solid force in the midfield and now
in the back line for us and set pieces.
'cause their set pieces are getting better
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: just really
nice to have veteran presence like
that, especially 'cause so many of
our vets have been hurt this season.
They're not completely with the team
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: ones
that aren't are like coming still
on the process of like playing more.
So I'm just so happy to have
a player like her on our team.
I also just think she's also
very cool and it's just fun.
It's
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: have
players you like on your team and
that you've liked for a long time
because then I get to watch them all
the time and we don't have to play
against them, which is even better.
yeah.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
It's always a good time.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: that's
my pre cap preview, whatever you
wanna call it, of this matchup.
It's gonna be scrappy and I think
we're gonna come out on top.
I don't know.
don't know what degree
will come out on top.
I hope I a lot like, I legit hope we like
make up a good chunk of goal differential.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
I do too.
At this point though, I'm like,
let's, let's focus on the, let's,
let's focus on the scoring at least
one more than they score on us.
part of it,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: one in the
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah.
Yeah.
A plus one means a three points.
So let's, let's, let's just do that.
Let's focus on that one
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Exactly.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
from there.
history between the two teams.
So far we've had two wins
against them and one draw,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Mm-hmm.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
let's make that three wins.
Eh, yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: Why not?
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: just
as a reminder, this is the match that's
happening on Friday, August 15th, 7:00 PM
They're playing in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The game's gonna be streaming on NWSL Plus
on, paramount Plus, and most likely the
FanDuel Sports Network, which might be on
one of your streaming packages, probably,
maybe it was on Fuo Fobo, but Jesus Fuo.
It's on Fuo.
At least we know.
yeah.
you can listen on the radio
iHeartRadio, Isaac and Tracy.
It's always amazing if you
can't watch or stream it.
there are a couple of watch parties
out there from, ACFC Mosaic so far,
and, watch Me will be showing the
game various places, 33 taps, native
Sun, and watch me in Long Beach.
So you've got options if you want to go.
See them in a social setting.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: I
personally will be seated on
this actual couch watching,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832: Yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: on my tv.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
yeah, yeah.
kids start school on Thursday,
so I will be at home.
yeah,
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832:
Everybody's gonna be tired.
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
yeah, yeah.
Everybody's gonna be tired.
Plus I've got a couple doctor's
visits that day too, and Yeah.
There's Thursday's gonna be
busy and I'm supposed to go
back to work on Monday, Yeah.
Yeah,
yeah.
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: like,
that's like the worst part of it all.
It's like, and then I have
to go to work, like I,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
don't get me wrong, I kind of, I kind
of wanna, I'm excited and I want to
get back to it, and I wanna get back
to doing what I do, but also just
like anybody else, it's just it's like
angela_2_08-11-2025_163832: yeah,
elder--mario-_2_08-11-2025_163832:
the, the Sunday scaries, right?
it's definitely gonna
be like a whole weekend.
I'm just, it's gonna start again.
So yeah.
It is what it is.
Yeah.
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