9/27 Washington Spirit Match Preview
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Under an hour, baby!
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
We did it!
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Welcome
to Casual FC, an Angel City Preview Pod.
I'm your host, Mario Salazar,
with my We are definitely awake
and we're definitely energized.
Now we're,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
so sleepy.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
co host Angela Morales.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Hi, everybody.
Listen, yesterday was
a real long day for me.
I was up around four.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
a different state.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I got ho in a, in Oregon, and got
home after the game around 10 30 PM.
Then I had to go to work
because my vacation was over.
I did my best to hex
Providence Park though.
So
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Who knows,
maybe when we get up there, you know?
we still got that coming.
yeah, welcome everybody.
as we start, it's that time of year again
where we're just gonna keep telling you
did you check out your registration?
Are you registered to vote?
If not, go register to vote.
It's your duty.
And you know what?
Just do it.
It takes two seconds.
vote.
org is the easiest thing to say.
There's actually a
California specific one.
And it's like votercheck.
ss.
da.
ca.
gov.
whatever.
We'll post it as a link on Instagram.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
can just click it.
And honestly, I checked it today.
It takes about two minutes, you're
done, and you're like, oh yeah, I'm
all set, my thing's gonna come in the
mail, whatever, and then there is a,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
And if you're a new voter, if it's because
you just got your citizenship you just
turned 18, or this is your first election
or whatever, You just finally decided that
now you needed to get involved civically.
I'm so proud of you.
Go ahead and do it.
If you have questions, hit us up.
genuinely, voting should be a party.
We really should get the day off.
It's a national holiday.
I don't understand why
it's such a big deal.
not even logically, Power hungry wise,
I understand why, but it is what it is.
Your employer has to give you time
off to vote, if somebody's giving you
a hard time, you're, they are legally
obligated to give you enough time
to either vote in the morning and
get to work late or leave early and
get to the polls before they close.
And, we'll talk about this more come
election time, but if you are in line,
when the polls close, keep your ass there.
If you are there, and you will vote.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
it's like the rides at Disneyland,
when you get in the line, when
they close the line, they'll stand
behind you till you get on the ride.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yes.
Yeah, or like the grocery store,
where you're the last person in
line, they just close it around
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah, so think about it that way.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Disneyland, way more fun, though.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: We, the
last time we were there, we ended up
at the front of the park, and then the
kids really wanted to go on Toy Story
one more time, and it literally was like
five minutes before it closed, and so
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Oh,
shoot.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: we ran
all the way across, got in line, as
soon as we crossed the the marquee
thing, the cast members were like,
all right, we're done, we're like,
yeah, Yeah, and they were troopers.
They lasted to the end.
okay, let's get to it.
We're tired.
Everything just happened yesterday.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Everything is
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Everything's
gonna happen again on Friday, so this
is our match preview for the home match
against Washington Spirit, Friday,
September 27th, again, still within
the same week, it's gonna be at BMO
Stadium, 7pm match, it's gonna be the
Friday match on Amazon Prime, which
is where I'm gonna be watching it.
And, if you're going to be listening on
the radio, it'll be on iHeartRadio with
Isaac and Tracy and on 980 AM La Mera.
There is a giveaway, isn't it?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Because 980 used to be like a news
network my mom listened to, like, where
to get traffic updates when I was a kid.
We'd be like driving around.
Oh, what was it?
ask her because it was like one of those,
you know, you know, all the jingles,
all the commercial breaks, all of that.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Like traffic on the fives.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I, yes, yeah, the and 11, you had the
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
kind of thing.
Man, what a different time.
Anyway, listen to the game, y'all.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: all right.
And then this match, it's at home.
You're going to be there.
If you do, there's a giveaway.
It's a collapsible water bottle.
It looks like a Capri Sun or like one of
those, applesauce pouches that kids have.
Yeah.
Basically, that's what it looks like.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
two things I am a fan of, because I, as
we know, I don't, you guys don't know
this, but I don't have my emotional
support Capri Suns tonight because
they were in the kitchen and I'm tired.
But that and those applesauce pouches,
they now make them with electrolytes
and they're just like nice little
punch of energy really messing with
your body because you're replenishing
electrolytes and also getting
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Nice.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
and other fruit concentrate.
And they're also really good.
All of the flavors are fantastic.
Please sponsor us.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Somebody?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
like, ideally Capri Sun, but, I am not
usually a fan of these water bottles,
but if I can put Capri Sun in it,
then I can buy the jugs, less trash,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
see, yeah, there you go.
It's reusable.
It's also collapsible.
Because you can roll it up,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
put it in
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
it in your pocket.
Exactly.
When you're all done.
That was the last thing I was gonna say.
Oh, yes, it's also
Celebración de Culturas Night.
It is, Latinx, Hispanic, Latino, whatever
you want to identify as heritage month,
we do as the Cooligans joked, we, as
Latinos here, we get our own month,
but we start it late and we leave late.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yep.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
And we, yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
We leave late.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Hispanic
Heritage Month is from the 15th of
September through the 15th of October.
And, yeah, so this is going
to be the event at the park,
the park at the stadium.
usually,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
We were talking
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
a lot.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
pre this too.
Guys, I've used up, I've used up my
family, like midweek tokens of Going
to a game, going to another thing,
tomorrow, and then wife's cashing in
for a mom's night out on the next day,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Oh week is so busy
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: It's,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: us.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: this,
Friday's not gonna work for me.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
But yeah, this week is
super busy for both of us.
Eve and I are packing up
her place to move down here.
She's got a gig on Friday.
We've got a game on Friday.
Everything is a
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
if you see me, if you saw
me last night, I'm sorry.
I was very tired.
Zach especially.
I was
distraught, delusional,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
But, yeah, Friday, just wave,
just, hey, I don't know,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Oh yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
um, it'll be crazy because
Eva doesn't play until 11.
She's I could actually go to the game and
we could just go, but that would be weird.
And that means the game would be 300
minutes long and nobody wants that.
Yeah.
But in soccer news.
heart breaks a little bit for another
official SCI, O'Hara had announced her
retirement this season, and I was so
excited for her to out this season,
have a wonderful storybook ending
to her career, all this good stuff.
She's been hurt a lot this season, you
are a national team player and play for
a million years and play prolifically
into the playoffs most seasons,
body's got a bit more wear and tear.
And her SEI was announced this
last week, as knee degeneration.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: man.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
can't even pronounce things.
So, yeah.
And she posted a screenshot of a
text message that was just like,
Alex Morgan and Kelly O'Hara
retiring, all these things.
And then it was a screenshot of her text
message from Alex Morgan that just said,
can I call you so we can cry together?
And I was like,
yeah, so it was a tough one,
but she's officially done.
And I just want to cry about it.
So that's it.
I didn't even have an idea of a
chaos award because it's like my
life right now wins chaos award.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: That
and the game just literally happened
yesterday, we didn't have time
to take a look at anything else.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
and I got stuff to say about the game
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I'll skip
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: we'll just
say refs again, and then we'll keep going.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Honestly, yeah, Joshua
had me yelling a lot.
But quick roundabout for the league,
congratulations to both Gotham and
Kansas City for clinching the playoffs.
And then Orlando scored
a top four spot, which
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Take it.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
they secured home field
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: top.
Yeah, so this year's playoffs
is a straight up, top eight.
So it goes into a, four, four game
playoff, starting at the semifinals,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
wait, quarterfinals.
And then going on from there,
none of this, top team gets a bye.
And then there's a little mini
playoff, it's just Straight.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
immediate.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: and so
that means Seed hosts their matches
up until the final, and then the
final is going to be in Kansas City,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
yeah.
So this weekend, we were actually the
last game to close out the weekend,
obviously, because it's a Monday.
Kansas City played the Washington
Spirit and won 3 0, which was, which
evens them out for the season, because
Washington cramed them a couple weeks ago.
Orlando Pride.
Still undefeated.
Beating Bay FC 1 0.
Racing and North Carolina played.
Racing pulled it out 2 1.
The Dash won and beat Seattle.
The Red Stars won and beat San Diego.
won and beat Utah 1 0.
of low scoring games this weekend.
And then we played last night.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
So we played last night,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: We
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
and it was Like a lot of the
same story all over again.
A lot of hope at the very beginning.
If you weren't in your seat at
by the time kickoff started, you
most likely missed the first call.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
honestly, it was wild.
the scoreline was 2 2.
It felt like a lot more.
Just in general.
It was just a very, was
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
night.
shout out to my friend Yolanda, who
went to her first NWSL game last night,
because we had extra tickets all over the
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Oh, yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: a
few listeners, me, all kinds of stuff.
We had extra tickets, and I was
like, hey, do We were talking about
basketball and women's sports and
I'm like, you're not doing anything
tonight, I have extra tickets.
And she was like, okay.
So yeah, it was
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Oh, that was sitting with you.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
new fans.
Oh yeah.
My friend that was with
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah, thanks for the intro.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
my bad.
See, I wasn't even like wherewithal
to, my words don't work.
My
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: I will
say that I got a fun invitation from our
supporters group where from Rebellion
99, I was able to represent it.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
We both
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: yeah, I
got the secondhand one because Angela
couldn't make it essentially, but
nonetheless, it was still awesome, I
represented Rebellion 99 down, for the
three clap, it was complete chaos, at
the beginning of the match, Nobody knew
what was going on, and they do this
like day in, day out, but then I think
that's just part of the course of live
events, and also Hello Kitty was doing,
leading the three clap, and Hello Kitty
doesn't talk, so we were like, What the
hell is going to go on and they kept
telling us like, you guys have to do it.
You guys know how, funny
enough, nobody really remembered
how to do the three clap.
We're like, what are you supposed to say?
We figured it out.
We got ready.
We went out there.
It turns out we didn't
have to say anything.
Hello Kitty had an entourage that was,
that were the ones holding the mic.
So we were just like, all of a
sudden she starts talking and
we're like, oh, we're doing it.
And then,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I will say I have been
trying to be very supportive.
of the three clap of the new three clap
of this idea before the match because
i like the intent i love the intent the
thing that i don't think folks in charge
of this are seeing that nobody does it
because there's too many steps when it
was just boom it was always a little off
20 some thousand people but now people
are like what like because when you go a.
c then you clap.
It should be two claps.
A, C,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
you're already wrong.
Yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
just,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
It's ACCLAP, FCCLAP.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
saying, in, in your head, it's
two syllables, two syllables,
two syllables, two syllables.
So nobody ever knows what they're doing.
It's, I want to love it.
And it's gotten worse.
And honestly, people
don't participate anymore.
So jumped the shark on that one.
But back to the game.
as Mario said, we, I'm like, I'm, nope,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
We're tired, we gotta wrap this up.
Let's keep going.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
yeah, Alyssa kicked it off with a hell of
an icy goal, at the 9th minute, literally
scored and was like, ooh, chilly in here.
it was
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah, it was
a nice, it was a nice, sneak in, right?
Hit the post and went right in,
it was a nice, it was a nice and
she had a really good dribble
throughout the entire thing, so
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yes.
Yeah, it was great.
And then Morgan Weaver countered.
At the start of the second half, then
Olivia Moultrie scored in the 63rd
minute, which probably should have
actually been called back for a foul
that occurred that caused Alyssa to
be on the ground for close to five
minutes, but whatever, no reason.
And then Claire equalized
finally in the 75th
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
With herself and the ball.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
acrobatics.
she scored.
With the ball, with her feet,
with her energy, Claire became
the ball, it was the whole thing.
I alluded to it, but at what point
will a referee call a foul or blow
the whistle a player is down and like
legitimately writhing on the ground?
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
after the first
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: I
don't, and not like a whiny baby men's
soccer flailing, like I can't breathe.
It's hurt so bad.
I'm in the fetal position
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: After
the first couple of calls, I know you
looked at me, cause I did come up to you
and then you were like, is this Trevor?
And then I had to look it up
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
this Trevor?
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: and then
it's oh yeah, no, this guy is Joshua.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Sorry to the cool people named
Joshua, mainly my cousin.
but this guy was not it.
And again, it's not even oh, we
should have won because of this.
It's no players on both teams.
Got
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
and nothing.
Syd got pancaked in the
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: no call.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
which could have been a red card.
It could have been dog late in the game.
did Mackenzie Arnold not get carded?
At the very least a yellow for full on
clobbering Messiah Bright out of the sky.
I don't understand.
this is the thing.
I know we've talked about the
issues with pro refs and their union
and education and experience and
all the thing, but what the hell?
Because
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: And
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
this game,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: honestly, I,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
it's just
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: I want,
it's one of those things
where the ref excuse.
is the easy one to get to.
And yet we feel like we're constantly
hitting that excuse because we constantly
feel slighted, bamboozled, like whatever.
But, and I don't have the time to
keep to look at every single match.
Like I can't sit there.
Yeah, and
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
you it happens in every
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: I know it.
I know it does.
So it's just like how frustrated
are other fans out there
about this from other teams?
And just, and I do know, I understand
that at a certain point the argument is
you can't leave it on the ref, you can't
blame the ref for not scoring, right?
But we did score.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
not even
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
But we did score.
if we lost, three to nothing, then
it's you can't fully blame the ref.
But when you're up two in a
game, and then the shitty ref
causes you to lose that game.
When you're up, when you're up one and
Two of these goals are questionable.
Although Nina, our dear friend from
the Angel City Chicks did clear,
clarify the Weaver goal was onside
at the point of the second ball, the
second contact that it was onside.
and I will take her word
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
that was called off, not the goal,
but when she, they called her off,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
towards the end.
Yeah, she was totally on.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
She was totally
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: but, yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
My thing is that, If you're on this
level, means you've worked your way
up through, rec leagues, high school,
college, like, all these different
things, semi pro, all that good stuff.
Do you not take pride in your work
as a referee?
Do not take pride in the fact that
you're gonna call a good game because
what the hell and not to say it's
not even for me at this point.
It's not even oh, my team
didn't get the calls.
It's my team got hurt.
Alyssa was not okay last night towards
the end of the game when Messiah came in.
She was gingerly running
and pushing through it.
You could see it in the 200
level like across the pitch.
that's the thing.
It's like women are already getting hurt
sometimes because the pitch is trash.
Sometimes it's just.
Because, take any option out, the
fourth official, somebody in the
radio, if there's a player down,
tell the person, tell your first
official to call, to like toot.
Because, just stop the game.
There's, we're adding 50, 000
minutes of stoppage already.
what's two more, give them a chance
to breathe and make sure that they
can run or that they aren't concussed
or they can catch their breath
because they got the wind knocked
out of them and it's not safe.
something.
has to be some, liability
in that on the ground.
The referees.
And God forbid that, and I think part
of the reason I want to say so much shit
about this, because I know the players
can't because they get fined out the ass.
I know the teams can't because they get
fined out the ass, because God forbid
you talk shit about people who don't
do their job well, or an organization
that doesn't do their job well.
But honestly, if I was Julie or Angela
or, I am Angela, but not that Angela.
If I'm, if I was GM Angela or
freaking Bob Iger or his wife,
I'd be like, take the fine.
It's 10 to rich people, take
the fine, say some shit,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
because players are in danger, and
that's, defeats the whole purpose,
your job is to make sure it's safe.
And yet.
On that note, though, Maggie Dougherty
Howard played a hell of a game.
She had the sauce, she had something, she
was spicy out there, and it was great.
played really well, we had a few
slip ups here and there, but we
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I think overall,
I feel like someone
listened to the podcast.
But only partially.
Only partially.
but
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Some people more than others, but yes.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: maybe they
sent clips to each other or something.
but it seemed like in, at least to me,
it seemed like in this match, they, they
picked up the speed, they opened things
up a bit more, not as much as I would
like, but a bit more, they started playing
out towards the wings, they started,
and then every now and then they revert
back to these weird, like, Why are you
trying to thread a needle through traffic?
And also when you're doing that, for
some reason, it's a half ass kick.
there's no mustard behind that.
And then it gets taken away or again,
I'm going to keep saying it.
And we all know Deedee's view of
the field when it comes offensively.
There were, I stopped counting it.
I stopped counting it.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
scary
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
counting at six
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: when
the back line was spreading out,
going I have no one around me,
pass it right here, and then she
like boots it to a Portland player.
And it's just
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: I
will say, I was eating a little bit of
crow because was one moment towards the
end of the game after Messiah had come
in and I was like, dang, it'd be really
cool if somebody could kick it up and
over everybody to get it to the offense.
that doesn't happen at Angel City.
That's just what it is.
And I just have to deal with it.
And Eva goes, what happens if she does it?
And I was like, then good.
Prove me wrong.
prove me wrong.
Prove me so embarrassingly wrong.
And guess what happened that play?
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
but that one,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Up and
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: one play
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
But it
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: out
of 90 minutes, just booting it for
the sake of getting the ball down.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
But it was really good and we almost
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: But
what I'm saying, yeah, but like.
it's literally like just hitting
it and being like, oh, it's going
to fall or it's going to fall.
that's not a strategy.
And then, so many of those
passes felt so short.
Portland was right on top of it.
I just, ah, okay.
let's just move on.
Beyond that, Trevor,
Joshua, both of you suck.
You are now on the list of
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Brad
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: 2.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Trevor, Josh, and Brad.
Generic white boy names.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: And sorry
if you are a Trevor, Joshua, Brad.
Kyle 2, we added Kyle to the list because
we have some bad Kyles in our life.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Connor.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I don't know.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
don't know.
I'm just throwing names in at this point.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
So sorry if that is your name.
We do not mean you.
We mean the highlighters on the field.
So that is a thing.
So again, as we always do, a
little bit of footy therapy.
we were running high and then came
down and then came out with a meh.
At least we got a point.
So the prompt was, we almost had it.
How you feeling?
Do you want to talk about it?
And we got dual haikus.
One.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Ooh!
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Ethan, our resident, haiku master,
gave us a beautiful haiku and,
Katy gave us an accidental haiku.
as we've talked about this before on the
discord, we've introduced the haiku bot.
And the Haiku bot actually
looks for the haiku pattern on
random things that people type.
And so if it fits the haiku, it
formats it into a haiku for you.
Here we go, Ethan's Haiku, passing
through too long, starting line,
low cohesion, Scottish karate.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
it's Lil, like
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Just
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
low cohesion, Scottish karate.
flyin in there.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
She flew, like feet tangled in the net.
All kinds of
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: and
then, Katy's accidental haiku that I
just love either way, because we're
all starting to feel it this way.
I have a theory that involves
referees and conspiracy,
which really comes down to
like, Why is this so bad?
honestly, it's either you're honestly
that incompetent or there's something
afoot and logically your brain goes,
there isn't something afoot and they're
just really that incompetent, but then
as Katie put it, there's the little 10
percent where you're like, But what if?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
But, what if that was real?
What if it
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
was a conspiracy.
Yeah.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
and then Dustin came in.
A point is better than nothing, but it
felt pretty disjointed for the night.
Alicia said, love the Spencer Emsley
connection, although she did write
it as the Spencer Emsley connection.
Spensley, that love the
Spensley connection,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah, that was great.
The assist from Jas to Claire was amazing.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Jordan came in with, I need some
folks to be more aggressive,
attack the ball, apply pressure,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yes.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
who I did the three clap with,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah!
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: I'm going
to throw hands with the next ref I see.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Ruby also texted me, just,
bruh, why do the refs hate us?
And I was like, I don't know, dude.
And it's
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah.
Zach, came in with.
Thompson with that corner post banger,
Emsley with full body crash into the
net, I'll take the point, high five.
and Myrna came in with, the
passing was off tonight.
So much time in our
backline, it drives me crazy.
me and you.
and then last but not least,
Yessi came in with, We played
really well in the first half.
Great possession and control of the ball.
And then, in parenthesis, C DMs.
She continued in the DM.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: dun.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: but almost
every time we score first, my excitement
wears off right away because we tend
to lose the lead and continue to pass
back instead of moving the ball forward.
We need to bring more offensive
energy, like Emsley's goal,
consistently throughout the game.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yep.
That's
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah, okay, real quick, permutation
corner, checking out the standings.
Currently, we are in 10th place.
We're at 22 points.
We, We were six points away from Portland.
This tie leaves us at six
points away from Portland.
Unfortunately, we're not going
to be able to close that gap.
it didn't hurt us really per se,
but it also didn't help a whole lot.
so 10th place, 22 points.
Sadly enough, if we would have won,
we still would have been in 10th
place, but at least we only would have
been one point away from 8th place.
so really.
We're not out, and we won't be out
for a little bit, but we absolutely
cannot be dropping points at all.
We're at that point again where
we're scrapping for a chance to
like sneak in to the playoffs.
And it sucks, but we're at a point where
we're still controlling our own destiny.
If the matches go the way we
need them to go, we're in.
Doesn't matter what
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Thing is that if we squeak in,
We'll have a very difficult road,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yes,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
because the matchup would
be, like, the Spirit or
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
it'll be Orlando.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Kansas City, and it will most likely
be Orlando, and I don't want it.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah,
it's definitely gonna be Orlando.
It's gonna be us sneaking in
8th versus Orlando in 1st.
Alright, but either way,
we're still in control.
We don't need this whole mess
of if this team loses, what that
team loses, and this one, and, no.
if we get our points, we're in.
and then the next ones coming
up, Utah will be illuminated.
If they lose this next match, so they
lose this next one, they're the first
ones out completely, mathematically.
And then, if the Courage loses it, no
one, I believe, from my calculations,
permutation corner, no one is, close
enough to be the next person to
qualify into the playoffs, but the,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
There's a
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: yeah,
but the things that we have right now,
if the Courage loses it, Lose, the
spirit automatically take top four.
One of the top four spots.
If there's a courage, loss, or
a draw, the spirit secures a top
four if the spirit draws with us.
if we keep them to a draw,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Ooh.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: still, can,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Or they
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
or they can lose.
They can just straight up lose.
That's fine.
Yeah, but even if they lose,
and, but if the courage loses
also, they still secure top four.
you know what?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
that's inevitable, but
what if they didn't?
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: And
then, okay, and then with that courage,
loss, or draw, Gotham, if they win
or draw, secure the top four, or the
current wins and secures the top four.
So that's it.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
So big place.
It's playoff placement right
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: but big
whoop to teams that are not us, so
let's move on.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
So speaking of the spirit.
That's who we play.
gotta talk about them.
So last time we played them,
I talked about Trinh and I
talked about Kroy Bethune.
Unfortunately, fortunately for us,
unfortunately for the league and for
her, Kroy is actually out with an SEI.
She sustained a wonky injury at the stupid
Nats game, throwing out the first pitch.
I blame the
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: I
don't mean to laugh, it's horrible
that, but getting injured when
it's not what you're doing, right?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
It's It's, it sucks.
You're like, I just went and I
stood there and I threw a ball and
then cool, and now I'm out for the
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: But
I will say, still Rookie of the Year in my
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah, I think it's,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Three straight months
of Rookie of the Month.
if we don't give it to
Croix, we are foolish.
Foolish.
she's so fantastic to watch and I hope
her recovery is going really well.
Hope mentally she's doing
okay and that next season she
just comes out and kicks ass.
Not against us, but just in general.
she's gonna have a fantastic season.
so there are a couple other
players on the team to talk about.
The first one is Ashley Hatch.
She is a forward.
She's been in the league
for a few seasons.
She was a 2017 Rookie of the Year.
No big.
When she was on North Carolina
she was a 2021 golden boot.
No big deal.
She's been on and off the national team.
I think in the weird transitional
Vladco era, got lost in the sauce.
Ashley Sanchez, Alyssa, there's four
or five players where you're just like,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: it's, yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: it's
the embarrassment of riches, right?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
And we actually had a lot of people in
her position as a forward so that if
you're going top four, maybe top five.
That sucks because you have,
your starting three are amazing.
Your secondary, your tertiary,
every backup is amazing.
So you're just okay, we
can't a team of forwards.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
But like, why not?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: is,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
to, I was talking to Richie
last night and then I was like,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
did you watch Friends?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
yeah.
I don't know it like
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Okay,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I watched it when it was
airing because I'm a hundred.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: I, I
did not, I watched it on reruns, but,
when Phoebe's the surrogate and her
brother is there and then they're
trying and he's what if you just
like, Cram like a hundred in there,
and she's I'm not a gumball machine.
that, that plays in my head all the
time, whenever I'm just like, look,
we're out of the playoffs at the moment.
We need these points
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
put in the forwards,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I don't think that's a,
I don't think that's far
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: like
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
It's the opposite of It's speed.
It's the
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
make it a 4 6.
that's it, just a four, no, not
four, three, three, just four, six.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: 6.
Yeah, it goes from parking the bus to
Sandra Bullock and Keanu, hauling down the
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Exactly.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Because it was filmed in El Segundo.
I can tell you where it was filmed.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Before the freeway is finished.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Wild, or like just after, right around
that time is when they filmed it.
but she, so Ashley Hatch has a very
interesting history in the league.
the kneeling
during the anthem, protesting during
the anthem, all of that, she actually
We had big conversations with service
members, with folks who have represented
the country at different levels.
She is a, I believe her family is
military as well in some degrees, but
she was donating to different funds
to help those who were protesting
and help those affected by police
violence and all that kind of stuff.
She didn't kneel, but it was out
of the, Like conversations she had
with her family where it's I don't
necessarily need to do it here.
I'm going to do this through
my actions, which is amazing.
she's very outspoken, like quietly
outspoken about it, where you're like,
I'm not saying anything about it.
I'm just doing it.
But then when asked about it, she was
like, Oh, yeah, this is what it is.
And you're just like, what?
she was also part of the Players
Association negotiation team for this
last CBA negotiation that happened this
summer, which, snaps all over the place.
Yes, let's go.
CBA forever.
yeah, but it, she's just a
really interesting person.
And it's one of those things where
you can tell whether it was her
upbringing, what she learned in school.
I don't know what the influence
came from, or where it comes from.
But she is very, walk the walk.
don't make it like you just do it
because it's the right thing to do.
You don't
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
It's not performative.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
like popular.
Yeah.
Thank you.
That's exactly what I was trying to say.
but yeah, she's a fantastic
player on the pitch.
Dangerous as hell.
So we got to lock her down, unfortunately.
and then the other spirit player
I really want to talk about is
Casey Kruger, cause she is so dope.
She played with, Sarah Gordon in Chicago.
They played there for a hot minute.
Seven seasons in Chicago
for Kasey Krueger.
She is also from Naperville,
went to Naperville Central High
School, which is known for sports.
Home of the Candice Parker, went to
the same high school as Candice Parker.
They didn't overlap because they
like, like five years difference
between the two of them.
but for those of you who don't know,
Candace Parker is one of the greatest
women's basketball players of all times.
I would even go as far to say best
basketball player of all times.
because I said so.
But also she is absolutely
fantastic and a wonderful human.
but Yeah, Naperville,
big deal in Illinois.
And then Kasey was, she's been
on and off the national team.
She's been in the USA Soccer
Federation for a long time,
like since I think you, 13?
Like she's been in it.
but she was on the World Cup team.
played for like a breath and
then played in the Olympics
and brought home a gold medal.
She was on defense when legs were getting
tired towards the end of that last game.
Super cool.
She has the most adorable child.
son is stinking cute and It's really neat
to see what the Spirit and Michelle King
have done to support moms on their team,
daycare and facilities and lactation
rooms and all the services, because for
those of you who don't know, King is big
into women's sports as its own thing,
not just as sports, but as a community.
It's a community.
The girl version.
Women's sports as a whole,
including the athletes, which
means our bodies are different.
We react to things differently.
Our hormones are different.
She's helping fund the, oh shoot, it
has a name, but Dawn Scott, who was
the perform, the head of performance
for the national team for a while under
Jill Ellis, has her own, facility and
they're researching women's bodies and
high level elite performance like they're
doing all these things to like better
treat women through injury recovery and
elite practices and all kinds of stuff.
So I can't not champion that.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
It's like my
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
No, I mean, just, Michelle
Kang's on a different level.
we've talked about her
effortlessly floating with a cape.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
She does not touch the peasant
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
but also, the amazing things.
like you said, she's, Very much a
businesswoman that is looking at
sports and women's sports as the sport.
it's not basketball with a pink tax.
It's not soccer with a pink tax.
it's, it's not take the toy, make it
pink and then make it more expensive.
Like it's,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
exactly.
And make it less, worse
quality, more expensive.
It's the opposite.
The quality is better
and somehow it's still
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Michelle Kang is going to make
sure we get rugby gold, next
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I know.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Or rugby medal.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
one who Yeah, anything at this point
is amazing, but she is somebody who
puts her money where her mouth is.
Absolutely.
I don't know much about her aside from
the fact that she is like, I don't know
if she's a venture capitalist or what,
but she's got a gazillion dollars.
take ten.
she, if she wants to
sponsor this podcast, cool.
honestly, sponsor me.
But that's the spirit.
They are doing fantastically this season.
They are a very good team
in general, historically.
think they've won a couple Shields,
but we just need to show up.
Like, that's the thing.
We got to show up from the first
minute, play the last and not.
Not let ourselves get complacent
in the middle, because I
know that happens sometimes.
Every team goes through that,
but we don't have the luxury of
being able to drop a game here or
there at this point in the season.
with that said, I decided that instead
of talking about players tonight, I want
to talk about what I hope we'll see.
Because Washington is going to force
us to be on the top of our game.
They have a very fast offense,
so we we just have to use it.
I would love to see a shakeup
in our starting lineup.
I don't really know who.
where?
I have ideas,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: I'm trying.
I'm trying to think back to what was
the lineups during the Summer Cup?
Because things were seem like they
were gelling a bit more there.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
yeah.
And I think part of it fresh legs
like, Messiah, know, like that kind
of thing, Syd come in as a super sub,
have, or, know, like a game changer
in the last 20 minutes instead of
Messiah to see how that works out,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: yeah.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Start, I want M.
A.
to Messiah goal bad.
speed, it's The Roadrunner from
Looney Tunes, passing it to the
Roadrunner from Looney like,
Sup, bye, bye, bye, bye, boom.
I would love to see CP play
in this game, because nobody
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: was
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: nope.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Hanging out with Hello
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
did she even suit up?
Was she?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Nope,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: okay.
I was just gonna be stupid and be
like, what if it was a Messiah to M.
A.
goal?
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Ooh, I don't, everybody here knows how
much I love A., like, I'm not gonna be
like, Oh, no, I don't want her to score.
Like, I don't care.
She could be part of that six.
She doesn't actually have to play defense.
We got enough defenders.
Throw me in the middle.
Throw her up front.
I don't know.
Just get weird.
I'd love to see us stay more spread out.
Our midfield has a tendency, ooh, what
Um, our midfield has a tendency to get
crunchy in the like, just clump up.
stay spread out.
Give yourself the space to succeed.
Because we're so close.
This game, are a few transitions where
you And MDH was actually involved in
all of the ones I can remember off the
top of my she was just on and connecting
and getting, causing trouble for
Portland, but also playmaking for us.
And getting the ball
where it needed to be.
Madison Hammond stepped the F up towards
the end of the game, a few people, and
I was like, yeah, um, that was fantastic
to see, but we need to score fast, and we
need to score often, we need, I feel like
half the team has a, glimpse of the yips,
and the other is like, I want to go fast,
like Ricky Bobby, pre, preseason, Accident
and Ricky Bobby post, I am not paralyzed.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
we've got the tool.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I just messed up a from, like, one of
my favorite like, do Ricky Bobby's.
got the, I want to go fast, if you're
not first or like, crazy speed.
And then we like, Michael Clarke
Duncan yelling at like, you are not
paralyzed, like, you can do the thing.
And I just hope we see less
trepidation in pushing the ball.
Because if we keep pushing, we go
faster, we move the ball better, we
don't have time to get in our heads.
Because I think that's such a big
thing is that this team think,
this team is so smart, but we
get very intellectual about it.
And sometimes you just need to be free
flowing wooshy on the, on the pitch.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: If
you don't, if the soccer IQ isn't
fully there, balance it out by speed.
The soccer IQ isn't there, it
means because you're young.
Young, you got legs.
Let's keep it moving.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah, go.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Go and open.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yes.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
what I'm trying to do.
It's oh, it's like watching
Maddie play right now in her,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358: Oh,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: where like
they're all just running in a group.
yeah.
but yes, we need to take advantage
of the strengths that we have.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Yeah.
Play to that.
Play it's that, it's just that
kind of thing where you can see
them, you can see certain players.
Thinking too much?
And not to say that you shouldn't
think play, like, like, duh, you
have to, but like, when you're trying
to figure out the best option in a
millisecond, to go with your gut.
You have to trust that, and you can
see that kind of faltering within
certain players of themselves.
And I hate to see that, because
it means like, they're not fully
comfortable, or like, they don't know, or
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: it
feels like when they get in a rhythm
and they're doing the like one,
two touch ball, like they're moving
it and they're controlling it.
Awesome.
As soon as one player, touches, three
times and they're like, oh, shit.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Oh, yes!
Like, oh no, yeah,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: I
think we just need to, we need to
keep the rhythm, find the beat, keep
the rhythm, let's go, let's get you
out there on practice days and just
giving them a beat, keep them going.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Like, just have
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Yeah,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
it, I want this like, this team
has the speed like, pickup games.
Where everybody is just having a freaking
blast and you're just pew pew pew and
everybody's running around there's
joy in it and I want us to find that
that's that's what's starting to fade.
We'll see.
We'll see what happens on Friday.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: we'll see.
We're, history between the two teams.
We have two wins, zero draws, and
three losses against the Spirit.
Let's, three and three,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
it three wins.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
let's make it three three.
and that's where we're at.
reminder, next match is going to
be this Friday, September 27th.
Angel City versus the Washington
Spirit at home, BMO Stadium.
7 p.
m.
kickoff, Friday night traffic.
Good luck, everyone.
Yeah, take the Metro.
it gets off right at the Rose Garden.
You just walk, 10 minutes,
5 minutes, and then you're,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
There'll be a gaggle of people.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: the
game will be the Friday night Amazon
Prime match, which we ended this week.
We ended the last game of this week of
games, and then we're the first one of the
next week of games, and we're just like,
holy crap, who makes these schedules?
I don't know, but,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Blame the MLS for having 80 million games
and taking up all the good times at BMO.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
that, the thing is that they're
not even playing here this weekend.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Oh, well that means they're probably, the
other stadiums are probably all jacked up.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: alright,
but, yes, it'll be the Friday night match
on Amazon Prime, and if you can't watch
it, or if you want to sync it, and watch
it, and hear it on the radio, Check out
Isaac and Tracy on iHeartRadio and 980 AM
La Mera in Spanish on Terrestrial Radio.
yes, it is the celebración,
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
Celebration of the cultures.
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: no I'm
just going to leave that in, I'm not
even going to rewind on that one, yes.
It is Hispanic Heritage Culture Night,
and there is a special giveaway of
a collapsible water bottle that you
can definitely fill with the pre sun.
there you go.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
I don't know, it's like a hyper
fixation food or something.
I know it just like Capri Suns.
It's like the perfect amount.
all started FYI at the Roots
concert that we were at.
It's what triggered all of this.
All right, you guys, thank
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Yeah,
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What is that?
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358:
just let's wrap it up.
angela--she-her-_1_09-24-2024_211358:
today.
Yeah, sorry.
I have nothing.
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What a night.
Tell your friend about
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We.
Bottle up all of the things and the
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send them over to the team to help them
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mostly.
But with that said, don't
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See you Friday,
el-mario_1_09-24-2024_211358: Bye!
