Angela: It's working though.
Like
Mario: that's gonna be
the noise for the intro.
It's just gonna be
welcome to Casual FC, an Angel City
match preview and footy therapy pod
featuring two certified footy therapists.
I'm your host, Mario Salazar,
With my Airhead-eating, co-host
Angela: Gwape.
Mario: Angela
Angela: a pretend speech impediment.
It's not G-R-A-P-E, it's G-W.
It's gwape.
Gwape.
Anyway, sorry.
I haven't actually eaten
any Airheads today.
Eva, brought this home for me
from the trading card store,
and it's ⦠I'm just excited.
It's my Airhead.
Mario: Yep.
Angela: I need to put it away.
I'm, like, fidgeting with it.
I'm trying to make a little pillow,
but, off-camera that just looks really
weird, and I'm not gonna do that
Mario: okay.
Please, anybody tell me if you've
done this whole, you shake it
until it becomes a little pillow.
Angela: Julie
Mario: have
Angela: Ertz
Mario: waited un- long enough an
Airhead to become a little pillow, so
Angela: I'm not gonnaâ¦
it's starting to shift.
It had been very flat.
It's coming this way.
But, I'm not gonna do-
I'm just gonna eat it.
But it's fun.
It's a fun fidget.
I'm so sorry.
I'm gonna stop.
I'm so sorry for your ears, guys.
Yeah, so bad.
I'm so sorry.
Mario: All right.
this is our match preview for our
upcoming match up in the Mile High City
of Denver, on Saturday, October 17th.
It's at Centennial Stadium,
5:45 PM here on the West Coast.
It's gonna be streaming on
ION TV, also on iHeartRadio.
So listen to Isaac and Tracy, our
homies and our, our best friends, best
buddies ever in the whole entire world.
and there is an official watch
party, and it's going to be at
Untamed Spirits in Silver Lake, and
it will start at 4:30, go to 8:30.
Get there early.
as we always
Angela: Get there early.
Mario: any of
Angela: on Griffith Park Boulevard
Mario: Yeah, any of the ones in Silver
Lake, Highland Park, even the ones in
Angela: Echo Park, yeah
Mario: just Get there
Angela: Get there so early
Mario: we decided to do a recap
episode and kind of international
break episode last week, so as not
to have a missing week of episodes.
we recapped the entire
Gotham match on that one.
Angela: Sure did
Mario: so if you need, if you missed
that one and you wanna relive the
grind that was the Gotham match,
yet successful point on the road,
Angela: Yeah
Mario: go back to that one.
Today, we are going to go through
a couple of other things like the,
international break, recap some of the
stuff that we need points-wise, and
then just get straight into the preview.
So Yeah
we are still in the
international break, technically
Angela: Technically, we've just
played tonight, on Tuesday night,
in Angel City, National Teamâ¦
Oh my God, US National Team versus Spain.
I don't know where I am, you guys.
I don't know.
So on Saturday we played
Spain, we lost 2-1.
We looked rough.
So I, I, I mentioned this in
the, in the preview episode of
this international break, but we
have to remember that this is not
This is
Mario: This is not, the World Cup
Angela: this is not the
World Cup roster, yeah.
This is not the final thing.
Everybody's still shifting and
moving, and there has been so many
injuries, so there's a lot to try out.
There's a lot to figure out
still for Emma and for US Soccer.
That being said, wow, what an
experience those two games were.
And it was fine.
It, it, it's hard because so
many of us are just used to
watching the US go, "Sup?"
And everybody else go, "I'm sorry."
And then just, we win 3-0 or, whatever.
But right nowâ¦
this is the firstâ¦
Last World Cup for sure, last Olympics
for sure, but really truly this year
feels like the true year where we
can look across the board and be
like, "Oh, the world has caught up."
Which sucks because I wantâ¦
I think everybody wants that fifth
star, but, this has been the whole
purpose and the whole point and
the fight for access and equal pay
and parity and all, and, respect.
What the US has done over the last 30,
40 years in women's soccer, that sh-
has really finally started catching
up in, in other federations, in
other countries, other continents, in
other soccer bodies, the CONCACAFs,
the CONMEBOLS, all the things.
We're seeing that finally.
Spain isâ¦
Spain looks real crispy
Mario: Yeah, I
Angela: and
Mario: mean,
Angela: good
Mario: just entirety of
Spain, both men's and women's
Angela: honestly, I saw a video today
about some stuff and it was like,
"Oh yeah, and then here's the men's
national team and they're not evenâ¦
they got messed up by like a
presidential visit or whatever."
And I looked at my mom and I
was like, "They're just bad.
It, that doesn't, that,
that doesn't apply to them.
Women on the other
hand, that's different."
And she just started laughing.
She was like, "You hate that team."
I was like, "No, I just don't
have a reason to like them.
That's different."
But tonight, we went down two-nothing
in the first half, came back in the
second half, came out like a bat outta
hell, frankly, in the second half.
I, I got home from work and, and threw
the second half on, and Ashley Sanchez,
she is who she is, and a- almost two
years later since her last international
cap, she scored to get one back on Spain.
And then a beautiful, beautiful ball in
like the 90th-plus minute from Kate Del
Fava, who was a late add, like long ball
into Michelle Cooper across the pitch.
Michelle Cooper kinda, not loses
it, but like her defender caught up
and she had to kinda swivel around.
She lobs it over to Mal, who like onâ¦
She, she gets it one touch, it
bounces a little high, and she just
whips her hips around and- That's
a very old school Mal Pugh goal.
Not a Mal Swanson goal.
That's a Mal Pugh goal if I've ever
seen one, which is, it, like honestly,
I, I, I'm not like a triple espresso
truther for a variety of reasons.
I will not go into that tonight, but Iâ¦
Yep.
But it was really nice to see somebody
who we just watched a couple months
back, like disassociate on the pitch
after getting a little knock, really
look like she was back in her body.
She had a very difficult injury
recovery from her patella tendon tear.
There was like an extra like infection
or something crazy happened where it
delayed her recovery, then she got
pregnant, and from everything that
like I've deduced, I don't think
it was an easy pregnancy for her.
pregnancy is not easy.
You cannotâ¦
It could be like the most
textbook, quote unquote, heavy on
the air quotes, easy pregnancy.
That shit's not easy.
Your, your guts get rearranged.
No, I know too many science things.
There's no, there's in no
world is pregnancy easy.
But
Mario: much science.
Angela: yes, no.
I know too many women
who have had children.
No.
but it could be the, the on paper,
the easiest pregnancy, and it
is still difficult to just feel
like a normal person afterwards.
It was so nice to actually see her
locked in and in her body and in that
moment because it, it looked like, it
looked like she was present, and it
hasn't looked like that all season.
Not like all season, but throughout the
entirety of this season in particular, it
has not looked like that at all times, and
I'm really happy for her because whether
or not I am a fan of somebody, I don't
want them to be like effed up in the head.
I want them to be, like, enjoying
their life and enjoying their, their
work and all that kind of stuff.
So the grit they showed tonight was great.
there's aâ¦
It's a long road to the World Cup,
and we gotta get on it real quick.
But in a little bit of recap, we
had a whole bunch of Angel City
players scattered around the world.
Maiara Nunes got a start for Brazil.
she played almost the whole game,
70, 80 minutes, something like that.
they won 5 to 1 in that
game against Argentina.
There was also big scuffles.
There was, likeâ¦
Somebody got hit in the face.
It was a whole thing.
I didn't get a chance to look
into it 'cause I've been very,
very busy, but heard it was messy.
Sorry.
Mama Bear Claire was in Scotland.
She had herâ¦
She subbed in in the second half, and she
had her first goal back across, notâ¦
for club country, her first
goal back after having Jamie.
her mom was at the game.
Jamie was at the game.
I cried watching her post-game interview.
If you have not seen it, we'veâ¦
I think we reposted it.
But they won 2 to 1 against Czechia,
and it was a World Cup qualifier.
It was just, oh, so cute.
Go watch the videos.
It'll make you feel so good.
homie of the pod, Prisca Chilupha,
started and had the only goal
for Zambia versus Uganda.
They ended up losing 2 to 1,
and that was Olympic qualifying.
But there's other things happening
where they could still qualify.
Itâ¦
They're not, 100%
Mario: out.
Angela: yet.
Yeah.
SveindÃs Jóhannsdóttir started for
Iceland in a 4 to 0 win against
Croatia, another, World Cup qualifier.
She was listed as a left winger,
not the nine, but whatever.
Get her on the pitch.
I don't care.
And then, Giselle subbed in
at halftime as a left back.
Evelyn Shores didn't end up dressing.
She was the unused
subbed, sub on Saturday.
She didn't play.
I don't think she dressed today either.
But Giselle was playing, AT was
playing against Spain, which was cool.
And then at the U23 level,
half the team was there.
It was a good time.
Angelina was in goal.
Ali Senter started alongside her.
Karina Lagare and Sassy
were available as subs.
We don't know if they played because it
was mysterious And then in one of theâ¦
Or in the five to zero win against
the Dominican Republic, which was
a friendly, Ali Suttner scored.
Woo.
I want one of those little spinny
things that goes bra, bra, bra, bra.
Mario: The,
Angela: that'sâ¦
Yeah, not the, not the back and
forth one, but the spinny one.
Mario: yeah
Angela: there was a shit ton of injury
updates and all sorts of things over the
last two weeks, which, this part sucks.
So for Gotham, both Jordan Dudley and
Bruninha are out officially with SEIs.
Jordan Dudley has a foot fracture.
Bruninha has an ACL tear.
Boo.
Like, boo.
And then Casey Murphy, Boston's
keeper, has a partially torn PCL.
So most people are
well-versed with ACL tears.
The ACL tear is your anterior
cruciate ligament, so it goes
from the front of your knee to
the back, anterior to posterior.
Your posterior, and it, makes an X.
Cruciate means that it crosses
when ligaments go bone to bone.
Anterior cruciate ligament.
PCL is posterior cruciate ligament,
so it starts in the back, goes to the
front, so they make an X in your knee.
MCL, LCL are on the sides.
Those are football injuries.
ACL, PCL are soccer injuries.
That's, easiest, most common
way to, understand them.
But she has a parcel P- partial
PCL tear, which I hate that.
That's real achy because
that's harder to do.
Mario: And they're, they're taking her
out for, really more of a precaution
'cause they-- the announcement said that,
and taking her out now in anticipation
to have her ready for the next season.
Angela: Yeah.
Yeah.
Might as well start recovery now, give
her some head, like some lead time.
But then in much better, happier,
wonderful news, Haley Mace and Rafaelle
from Orlando Pride got married, which
I didn't even know they were together.
I'm so happy for them.
Yay.
yay for weddings.
They looked like they had a great
time down at the beach, and like
it was very fun to see the Orlando
Pride there, a bunch of other NWSL
players, and then like Brazil.
Like the Brazilian players that weren't
in, like playing for, the national team
came in and like those who could be there.
It was very cute.
Families were there.
They just looked super happy,
and who doesn't want that?
some people, but whatever.
Losers.
I hope you had a great
time at your wedding.
Mario: all right.
that's our, our recap of all the stuff
that has happened so far that, we know
about during the international break.
Everybody
Angela: I feel like you need to
Mario: their club teams,
Angela: Yeah.
Mario: we've got matches this weekend.
Angela: We do.
I feel like you should put in there
"And that's what you missed on Glee."
or "Last week on da, da, da."
That's what it felt like was that
recap of "And then people got married."
yeah, very dramatic.
Anyway, yeah.
Mario: dun.
Angela: We're back, baby.
Mario: is back.
We've got three matches to go
till the end of the season.
this is our last away match
for a very long away trip.
This is week number four, with
counting the international break,
week five, but it's the fourth
Angela: Yeah
Mario: that we have.
And then we're gonna come back
and finish off the two games
back at home, at BMO for the,
Angela: Fan Appreciation Day.
Mario: home?
Angela: Bay
Mario: Bay
Okay.
So Yes back at home versus Bay for
the San Andreas Cup, Classic, Match,
and then, ending off the season
with, Boston, at, Dignity Health
Sports Park, where we've been moved
for the final game on Decision Day.
So both of them will technically
be home in the LA area,
within the LA County border.
So of that good stuff.
We're still technically here.
okay.
So again, last episode went full
deep on, on a lot of stuff, but I'm
just gonna recap the standings check.
Currently, we are in sixth place.
the good thing about our
possibilities this week is we're
pretty much solidly in sixth place.
really simple.
A win means we move up,
and we go up to fifth.
Not mad at that.
Slow climb to the top.
That's all it is, right?
We can still move up to
fifth place with a draw.
we would need Utah to beat KC,
North Carolina to beat, the Wave,
and then the Bay to beat Portland.
All those need to happen
for us to draw and move up.
That is to say there's a lot of
contingencies on both a draw and a loss.
Let's not worry about those, and
let's just win and move straight up.
the good thing about all of this
is that, the silver lining, I will
say, is that with a loss, the lowest
we can drop down is eighth place.
So we're still in playoff contention.
It does not make it any easier
if we drop down to eighth place.
But I think we're probably,
I, I wanna say we're solidly
in the win or draw category.
The draw category only because we
will be playing away in Denver.
The air's gonna be thinner.
same kind of setup as, Utah
where, you know, theâ¦
gonna be a factor, in how quick we can be.
that's what we've got.
for the rest of the league, we
have, Gotham can actually clinch
Supporters' Shield this week.
if they win and North Carolina wins, they
have clinched the Supporters' Shield.
The s- the Wave can, clinch
home-field advantage.
They can clinch top four with a
win straight out or a draw, plus a
result from Utah, Denver, and Bay.
Win or draw, just one of the
results, for all three of them
have to happen at, together.
Washington Spirit can both clinch and jump
up to home-field advantage, with a win,
actually the same combination of results.
Utah, Utah, Denver, and, Bay winning
or drawing, gets them into home field.
a straight win or a draw and none of
those things going the way they need
to clinches them for the playoffs.
they can still clinch with a loss,
but there's a whole bunch of outcomes
that need to happen with that.
Utah can also clinch.
Again, both a win and a draw
will be enough with a bunch of
conditions, and so does the current
win plus a bunch of conditions.
A bunch of conditions
means more than three.
So go to the website and check it
out if you're really interested.
many to, to talk about or to list,
Angela: It's one of those where
if you were to go down them, my
eyes would just glaze over and I'm
just like, "Uh-huh, yeah, neat."
Mario: uh-huh, this was
your own thing, right?
Uh-huh.
Angela: I'm glad you thought about this.
Mario: and then, finally for, this
week, we do have a possibility
of the Denver Summit and Orlando
Pride both being eliminated.
again, those will have a
bunch of contingencies as to
how they would be eliminated.
So if you wanna take a look at
that, go check out, the website.
So yeah, that's where we're at for this.
week.
matches start on Friday again.
We've got a nice
beautiful weekend to play.
no more rain in California.
I don't know, is the king tide
still around, where it's, destroying
the homes along the coast,
Angela: yeah.
High ti- like it, the, the
water's still real high over here.
Mario: Yeah
Yeah, But
Angela: Yeah
Mario: We'll have some nice
weather around town for, a
nice beautiful sunny weekend to
Angela: it's gonna be 90 again, guys.
Yay.
Mario: being like sweater weather today to
Angela: God, it was perfect
Mario: flip-flops this, this weekend.
all right.
So in order to finish off our road
trip, we're going up to Denver.
we've met them once this second
half of the season already, so
we're gonna see them one more time.
what do we got in store for us?
Angela: Okay, so I talked about
Janine Sones the last time, how
she's having, a banner year.
She's like, "Who the hell are you?"
She scored more goals than she has
cumulatively over her career in the NWSL.
She's just, ugh, she's
having a hell of a season.
That still stands.
that has not changed.
but as we get to this playoff push,
Denver is looking to spoil the party.
They are looking to disrupt.
They are still in the possibility of maybe
sneaking their way in if enough of the
conditions occur, the way Mario explained.
I, n- no.
We-- I don't want us to
allow that to happen.
If we win, there's a greater
chance they're out of the playoffs.
I like this plan.
So the hard part with that
is that Lindsey Heaps exists
For those of you who are newer
to women's soccer, US soccer,
what have you, her maiden nameâ¦
This is her married name, is Heaps.
Her maiden name is Lindsey Horan.
She was known as, known as The
Horanimal for many, many years.
She went to play overseas.
That happened.
She came back.
Now we're here.
I have mixed feelings
about her personally.
That's just my own opinion.
But she is definitely still adjusting
to the physicality and the speed
of the NWSL, because European
soccer is still very, a vibe.
It'sâ¦
The, the way the NWSL is,
ultimate chaos all the time,
you don't know who's gonna win.
You d- There's, there's so
much parity, it's stressful.
you know that kind of thing, where you're
just like, "I don't know what's going on.
Why are they all so good?
Why are they all so pretty?
Why is this all happening
all at the same time?"
European soccer is like we have
a system, we play to the system.
You can predict who's gonna win
depending on the matchup because
there's, four clubs that have $80
bil- billion and then everybody else.
Mario: And
Angela: So you have, top tierâ¦
Yeah.
With, credit card debt,
some stuff off, Klarna.
layaway is happening.
There'sâ¦
it'sâ¦
there's big disparity in a lot of
the other, leagues across the world,
and that's goes for men's and women.
it, it's just wild the disparity
in a lot of the leagues.
The NWSL, as we know, does not
have that, which is why these damn
playoff rushes are so stressful.
But all that to say, The
Horanimal knows how to win.
We've seen it in the Olympics.
We've seen it in the World Cup.
We've seen it in, the European leagues.
she just has that different level of
grit that you don't really have until
you've done it or you're just bonkers.
You know what I mean?
you're either that person from
the day you were born or you've
learned it through winning.
Because sometimes it doesn't matter
if you are the eighth seed, if you are
barely squeaking into the playoffs.
Look at Gotham in 2023.
They just needed the door open.
They got their foot in, and they
took the whole thing by storm.
that's the kind of thing.
she understands that, and she understands
that from when she was in Portland.
She understands that
for when she was at, OL.
you just gotta get there
Mario: Yeah
Angela: and you're fine.
she can score.
She can disrupt.
She can defend.
She can body you into the sun.
she can do all the things I think
because she has some lingering
injuries, some lingering issues, I
don't ⦠She's not a full 90 ready.
She's been subbed on, subbed off.
She's had other issues coming into
the league, like that carried over
from, from Europe that they're still
trying to figure out and all that.
So which sucks, 'cause like again,
I don't want people to be injured.
I wanna beat you at your best.
I, I am not someone who
enjoys the beat down when like
everybody is like dragging ass.
you're just like, "Okay," "We
showed up," and you're like,
"Oh cool, we beat you by 100."
No.
I, I wanna match up against a team
that is showing me I wanna have to play
better because they're playing well.
Mario: Yeah.
Angela: thing.
But also, if they wanna
play terribly, I don't care.
Mario: yeah, yeah.
And but also if they're playing
terribly and you wanna beat
their ass, then yeah, go for it,
Angela: Exactly.
Exactly.
Denver has a lot of threats on their
team in a variety of positions that's
been proven throughout the season.
They have multi- they have multiple
scorers with multiple goals,
five, six goals across the season.
it's similar, very similar actually
to Angel City, where we don't
just have a primary goal scorer
or two, two or three people.
There's six players that
have more than three goals.
So yeah, duh, they're gonna be dangerous.
They're gonnaâ¦
Like I said, they're gonna
wanna spoil the party.
Yasmin Ryan is one of them.
She's been on the national team.
She's been all over the league.
She is very, very, very
good at what she does.
She's a forward.
She has six goals on the season.
She has five assists on the season,
which is equally as dangerous
as scoring, and I think a lot
of people forget that part too.
The assist is only counted
if a goal is scored.
So that means five assists means
they've scored five goals off of that.
It's not just a pass that's completed.
That's, across sport, if you
assist something, that means a goal
is scored and, and the positive
thing has happened from that pass.
So she's a perpetual threat, and
she will run you into the sun.
So
Mario: okay.
Angela: yeah.
It's one of those where-
Mario: and then being a
mile high up too, like
Angela: Yeah, so that's gonna be a factor.
And I know we've talked about it
a whole bunch, but, it's something
you can't deny, you can't ignore.
You have to prepare for altitude.
They're probably already there, or if
not, they're leaving within the next 24
hours to get up there to start to, to
acclimate and let their bodies adjust.
There is nothing worse than having
to run around at 7,000 feet in the
air and then all of a sudden you're
just like , like your chest is on
fire, air feels like it's burning.
it's awful.
They haveâ¦
you have to adjust to that.
It sucks.
Mario: I wonder if they're there already.
the fact that, this has
been a big, road trip.
I know because of the international
break, people probably went home.
Angela: Yeah
Mario: players were just playing today.
so there's all of that, but
Angela: But it's possible.
Now I'm on, now I'm
like, "Who posts a lot?"
Mario: to Denver for, training.
Although I have heard, there's a couple
of different, ideas about training
at altitude where it's You do the
minimal amount of time at altitude
so that it's minimally impactful.
Like you, you wanna fly in like the
day before, the next day and get out,
Angela: Yeah
Mario: you try to go as early as
you can to try to get acclimated.
Yeah
that, that's always a very
tough thing to manage.
and it's one of the things that I think
a lot of, a lot of fans that come from,
the WSL or from a lot of other leagues,
sp- specifically the, the English
league, for both men's and women's,
when they start looking at, the NWSL
or the MLS, they don't understandâ¦
Like the, the distance traveled is
always a big surprise for everybody.
then als- it's also with that
distance traveled, it's also
climates that you're hitting, right?
You're playing in, rainy Seattle to like
Miami, or you're playing in New York
where it can be hot And muggy at one
point, or it can be snowing early in the
Angela: and yep
Mario: I mean, the season starting
in February next year, there's a
possibility if there's a New York match,
there might be snow on the ground.
Angela: Yep
Mario: to might be snow in Denver.
Angela: Yeah, and there could
be snow in Denver this weekend.
there's so much crazy stuff
happening with the weather right now.
We don't even know it because what is,
meteorology these days when it comes to,
Mario: When
Angela: national weather?
Mario: yeah
Angela: Oh, it's not like we need
science funded, but anyway, yeah.
I just looked at, half the
team's social media that isn't
at a national team situation.
No idea.
I have no idea where they are.
So they're likely still in town,
which that's completely fine, and
they're gonna be fine regardless.
Like Mario said, there's so many
different factors and beliefs
of what the best option is.
but yeah, like we have
to manage our energy.
Weâ¦
I noticed it during the,
what's the other mountain town?
The Utah game.
Wow, I'm tired.
You can tell.
we, we managed our speed a
lot differently in that game.
We came out a lot slower.
We came out a lot more, spread out to let
the game come to us, and whether or not
that was a good decision, I don't know.
But we-- it was because they ended
up with two red cards, but we were
able to manage the altitude in Utah
a little bit better, I think, because
we came out a little bit slower.
We reserved that energy.
We didn't burn through all of that oxygen
truly to go fast, go fast, go fast.
Second half, on the other hand, fast,
fast, fast, and it was a good time.
So yeah, and just as a reminder, the
last game against Denver when we were at
BMO was a draw, but it was a 3-3 draw.
We scored first, held
that in the first half.
Second half, they came out, whap,
whap, whap, just like bap, bap, bap,
Mario: Yeah
Angela: three goals in
eight seconds it felt like.
Whole long time, and then we came back to
tie the game, and you, and this, this then
happened the next week against Bay FC.
They went up two-nothing, and Bay came
back to equalize and get the draw.
So as much as I say that they're
here to ruin the party, they also
are this, wild card of we don't
know what the hell's going on.
they're still new, and they're
still trying to figure themselves
out as an expansion team.
So
Mario: which we
Angela: curious no longer
Mario: We're not immune or, or not
strangers to how those games go.
yeah, I just, I looked up, I looked
up what their, situation is and
it's, it's actually a really long
shot for them to be eliminated.
they have to lose, one.
They have to, h- we have to win basically.
Angela: Yeah
Mario: and then they need to have
four
Angela: matches if you have to count
Mario: four results, need
to happen altogether.
Any one of those that don't
resolve, they're safe.
So
Angela: Whoa
Mario: for another week.
But Yeah.
it's, it's gonna be a big push.
we'reâ¦
Like we said, we were- we're at the
end of the season, three more matches.
this last stretch of matches for
everyone has been super important and,
and we're starting to lock places in.
I wanna say the earliest I remember
having the full, the full playoff
locked in was probably around this
point, s- before decision day.
It's I think since we've, since Angel
City has started, the decision day matchup
has been relevant maybe about two times.
Angela: Yeah.
Mario: but
Angela: relevant for us.
Relevant for other teams?
Yes.
But with the expansion of the
amount of teams going to the
playoffs, there are moreâ¦
It takes a little bit longer to get there
Mario: Yeah, yeah.
that, that's true.
And, and relevant in that, the top eight
have not already been, like, securely
locked before the final decision day,
Angela: Yeah,
I think so
Mario: 'cause we've had a couple
of, "Oh my God, we're, we're
Angela: Will they, won't they?
Yeah
Mario: so we'll see.
We'll see when it comes
down to all of this.
We'll see what the decision
day lineup might be.
right now as it stands,
Angela: the next couple weeks
Mario: as it stands there's only
two spots that have been locked.
There's still six more to go, right?
Angela: Yeah
Mario: um, a lot can happen
within the next three weeks.
So
Angela: Yeah
Mario: our experience with Denver,
like we mentioned, has been a draw.
That's it.
We only played them once.
we'll be playing them for the
second time in the second half
of the season, this Saturday.
So Yeah
let's, let's make it a win.
Let's make it a straight win so
that We can move up to fifth,
Angela: Yeah
Mario: get a home match, least
Angela: just gotta get to fourth.
We gotta get, we gotta get to fifth
so then we can try and get to fourth.
But
Mario: Yes, Let's go.
A
Angela: Let's go.
Mario: at BMO
Angela: I can feel it in my veins
Mario: doesn't bring
out everyone, come on.
All right.
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Angela: This year kicked our ass
Mario: Yeah
Angela: Last year, Mario's ass got kicked.
Mario: Yeah.
Angela: This year it's been both of
Mario: So yeah, we'll, we'll, we
have lots of ideas and we wanna
Angela: Yes
Mario: bringing them, as fun ideas.
the website, know?
There's, there's the sanandreascup.com.
Angela: has done a lot of work.
Mario: There is, the
nwslplayoffpicture.com.
There is wheresthenwslschedule.com.
Angela: that is newly redesigned
Mario: New- newly redesigned, yes, and
it has historical data on there too.
and, yeah, it's, it's all, and
they're all now starting to work
with each other, which is great.
Angela: Ooh.
Mario: it's like, it's like a whole
empire, of, of semi-pointless websites.
Angela: Listen, everyone that I
know that has talked about the
playoff picture website loves it,
and they're like, "Hell yeah."
Mario: Hell yeah
Angela: Duda loves it.
That's enough for me.
Mario: it out?
Oh, ah.
Angela: Oh, no big deal.
Just Duda Pavão.
It's fine
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Angela: Making me cry.
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Angela: Ooh, do it.
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Angela: yeah
Mario: a home match hopefully.
Let's get that home match in the playoffs.
with all of that, everyone, we'll
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Bye
Angela: She opens a box of
Parkside, like Parkside Pacific.
They're a high-end product.
My mom
Mario: What did you
Angela: pulls this
Mario: Is that Riley?
Angela: Yeah
Mario: A one of one or what is it?
Oh,
Angela: Yep.
this woman
This woman, not this woman, this woman, my
mom, "Oh, I guess I'll get a box of that."
Patricia
She has, she has insane, insane luck.
She's like, "Hee, hee, hee, hee.
That's my card."
And I'm like
"Whatever, Mom."