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September 22, 2026: We Weavered Our Way to 4 · Rose City Red Card

• 0:16
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome to Rose City Red Card.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_01: Woohoo! I am Alan, and with me here is Marissa.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: That's me.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Marissa.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Rose City Red Card.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_01: And we are back after a weak hiatus.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_01: Uh each of us uh unrelated, but um, you know, things happened that uh you know we gotta we gotta take care of ourselves sometimes.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_01: And so we are back.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_01: Um and we are we should tell the truth.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_01: Alright, you'll yeah.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: We got sports burnout, y'all.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: NWSL, the WSL is back.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: The FIBA Women's World Cup was back.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: Congratulations, USA, for taking that gold.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: Hell yeah.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, we just I got sports burnout.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_01: You got sports burnout, I had some medical issues.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_01: You know, we both took care of ourselves, but uh we are back uh and we've got two different games to talk about.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_01: Uh one we're a little bit more excited for than the other, but you know, uh we we take what we can get.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_01: Um so I guess to to get it out of the way, we uh we did miss last week.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_01: Um we uh our our episode title that we we didn't record uh was uh 1-1 felt like a loss.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_01: Um we played Chicago.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_01: We we really needed those three points, and we almost had them.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, even we tied, you know?
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_01: Even one point, it's something, but it it felt like a loss.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: We kept them in the game.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: Like, it was so stressful watching that game.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_00: I cannot like this is a team that's been losing 5-0.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_00: And they came to Providence Park and they tied us the Portland Thorns in Providence Park 1-1.
• 2:10
  SPEAKER_00: That was rough.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_01: Nobody was expecting it.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_01: Nobody was expecting it.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_01: We definitely were not expecting it.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um but you know, we're here.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_01: We move on.
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_01: We move on, and uh, you know, we we have our energy back, and uh looks like the thorns have their energy uh back as well.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_01: So that brings us uh into let's talk about what happened uh this last weekend.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_01: So we played against Orlando, and tell me, how did that game go?
• 2:45
  SPEAKER_00: Well, we won four to one, but it was a very, very interesting match.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: Um we we are I don't know, I would I don't know if I don't know.
• 2:59
  SPEAKER_00: We've had like discussions about this before if we're like a second half team.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_00: We've always said that we're not, but this kind of proved that we are.
• 3:07
  SPEAKER_00: Now I feel like I'm introducing things that are anyways.
• 3:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um I I think that we played good.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: Um it seemed like we took our foot off the gas at the 30th minute.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_00: We kind of let them back in the game.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_00: It was it was 2-0 and then they scored again, so going into half it was two to one.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_01: We definitely lost our momentum there.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_01: We did.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, but you know, we got it back.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we did, we got it back.
• 3:31
  SPEAKER_00: I think those substitutes really helped.
• 3:34
  SPEAKER_00: Um so our subs made an immediate impact.
• 3:37
  SPEAKER_00: Harvey Borgier looked good.
• 3:40
  SPEAKER_00: Lyles got a yellow cart and a goal within 20 minutes of the pitch that she was on.
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: She was literally only on the pitch for like the last 20 plus minutes.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: So our subs, I feel like were a really big part of that after 70 minutes, after that 70th minute, we like really started to cruise.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: We started to look good.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: We got two goals in those last 20 minutes.
• 4:01
  SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, I think I think we played really well.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I think so far played amazing.
• 4:07
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, she's definitely having some issues finishing on the field, but like, fuck.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_00: I can I can say that, but I'm eating my words.
• 4:14
  SPEAKER_00: She was making space for everybody.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_00: She had finished the game with a goal and two assists.
• 4:20
  SPEAKER_01: And this was her hundredth game uh in the in WSL, all with the Thorns.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_01: But she still has not signed on with us uh with an ongoing contract.
• 4:32
  SPEAKER_00: But like I said, anyway, that this isn't the time to talk about the game, but also I don't think a lot of people are gonna be moving and creating something new for them.
• 4:42
  SPEAKER_00: Next summer's the World Cup.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_00: It's literally the biggest thing that you can win in soccer.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: It is.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_00: So I I don't think that somebody's gonna try to change up where they're training, their teammates, what their coach maybe wants from them.
• 4:54
  SPEAKER_00: So I think that we're good with that.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_00: Stop jinxing us, Alan.
• 4:57
  SPEAKER_00: God damn it.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_00: Where's the sage?
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_00: Priscilla, where's the sage?
• 5:00
  SPEAKER_00: Clean it up.
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, clean it up.
• 5:02
  SPEAKER_00: We need to clean this fucking place up.
• 5:04
  SPEAKER_01: You know, I uh we have found that I I curse us.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_01: Oh shit.
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_00: Um but uh but so yeah, so let's get back to Sof.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_00: So Sof hit her 11th career PK, passing Sinclair as Thorne's all-time leader.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_00: Also, she is four straight seasons with double digit goals.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think another player's done that.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_00: Brooke will let us know.
• 5:29
  SPEAKER_00: She's been kind of fussy to us.
• 5:31
  SPEAKER_00: Um, she's been on top of it.
• 5:33
  SPEAKER_01: Uh yeah, I think it's my uh so uh she missed 2025 on maternity leave.
• 5:41
  SPEAKER_01: Uh but other than that, uh so double figures in each of her last four seasons played.
• 5:45
  SPEAKER_01: So 22, 23, 25.
• 5:47
  SPEAKER_00: But she was growing a life.
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_00: Also, Gigi is fucking adorable, so congratulations on that.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 5:53
  SPEAKER_00: But um, yeah, no, I think it was a big okay, so sorry.
• 5:56
  SPEAKER_00: We're a little scattered over here.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_00: We are.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_01: I want to talk uh about uh the fact that we uh have talked about becoming a Nina Neinstadt uh podcast.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_01: Uh let's talk about Nina.
• 6:08
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, okay, so Nina got her first goal in the NWSL.
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_00: First of many.
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_00: She has looked so good for us.
• 6:17
  SPEAKER_01: She's been playing.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_00: Like even her first game out with the Thorns, it always takes players.
• 6:22
  SPEAKER_00: Every league is different.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_00: You know what I mean?
• 6:24
  SPEAKER_00: She's only played in the Dutch league.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_00: She came over here, and everybody kind of, you know, you have to adapt to leagues.
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_00: Different leagues are different, different players, I mean, different countries, different teams, everybody has a different style.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_00: But her first game, I feel like she was doing well, and she's only gone up.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_00: And this first goal, I feel like we've been waiting for it.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: Like it's coming.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_00: And also for her, so so fastisted it and so cross it right into her.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_00: And for Nina to perfectly open up her hips and take that one hit in, it was it was a beautiful shot.
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_00: It was a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful shot.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_00: And it was also only four minutes into the freaking game.
• 7:01
  SPEAKER_00: Like that's incredible.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_00: It was incredible, you know, like it was so good.
• 7:05
  SPEAKER_00: And man, it uh yeah, it was great.
• 7:08
  SPEAKER_00: And um, so I talked about the goals.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_00: Should we bring in the goals?
• 7:11
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, let's bring them in.
• 7:12
  SPEAKER_01: Like we talked about, we we won 4-1.
• 7:14
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we won 4-1.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_01: Four fantastic goals.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_01: Uh god, yeah, like beautiful.
• 7:20
  SPEAKER_01: Let's go through them.
• 7:21
  SPEAKER_00: All right, so yeah, so like we just said, Nina Nestad got uh goal at four minutes with a Wilson assist.
• 7:26
  SPEAKER_00: It was beautiful.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_00: Everyone crowds to uh Sof Wilson because she's scary with the ball, and that leaves a lot of people open.
• 7:33
  SPEAKER_00: Nina was open, bing bang bong, one right foot in.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_00: It was nice.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_00: And then the second goal was a Wilson Sophie Wilson PK at 28 minutes.
• 7:41
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Kaya Hanks draw.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_00: She's Kaya Kaya's been so amazing since coming back.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_00: She's fast.
• 7:48
  SPEAKER_01: We saw her start this time.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, this is.
• 7:51
  SPEAKER_00: She didn't play the whole game.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_00: I think she went out.
• 7:54
  unknown: Dang.
• 7:55
  SPEAKER_01: We'll get that here in a second.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 7:57
  SPEAKER_00: But um, she didn't play the whole game, but she played the majority of the game, started and played a big chunk of the second half.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_00: She's so fast.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_00: If if you're a player in the in the box, if you're a defender, you're like, well, fuck, I'm gonna fucking follow this girl.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_00: You know what I mean?
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_00: Because maybe the goalie could stop the PK, but she's not gonna stop like, you know, stop this.
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_00: So Kaya, thanks for going down, girl.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_00: We got a goal.
• 8:18
  SPEAKER_00: Sof clocked it to the right top corner again.
• 8:21
  SPEAKER_00: You I've been saying, like, why aren't these people scouting Sof's kicks?
• 8:26
  SPEAKER_00: She's kicking to the same fucking spot.
• 8:27
  SPEAKER_00: Kicked to the same spot, goalie knew where it was going, still out of her reach.
• 8:31
  SPEAKER_00: She sunk that shit.
• 8:32
  SPEAKER_00: It was so nice.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_01: It was it better.
• 8:34
  SPEAKER_00: And then our third goal.
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_00: Weaver.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_00: There we go.
• 8:42
  SPEAKER_00: There we go.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: Weaver gets her fucking first goal back after two years of injuries.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_00: We love to see it, Morgan Weaver.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_00: We love to have you back.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_01: Morgan Weaver.
• 8:57
  SPEAKER_00: Also, this girl sunk this shot at least 25 yards out.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_00: She dribbled, took a touch, and just sailed it.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: And their keeper, well, we'll talk about that later because Orlando's keeper did phenomenal.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I mean, four goals doesn't say that, but the ball's gotta get through 10 people till it can get to her.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_00: It was a fucking beautiful shot.
• 9:24
  SPEAKER_00: She was so happy.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_00: She ran up right up to Kaya Hannings because they've been they've been in the train.
• 9:29
  SPEAKER_00: They're they're you know, they're not with the like when they're off with injury, they're not with the team.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_00: They're together, like working on their own shit.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_00: So it was just so nice.
• 9:36
  SPEAKER_00: It was so fucking great to see.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, so the last goal of the game was a Lyles goal at the 82nd or the 88th minute with a beautiful Wilson assist.
• 9:46
  SPEAKER_00: Shef actually got assisted the the W the NWSL uh whatever Insta said that that was the assist of the week.
• 9:51
  SPEAKER_00: It was fucking beautiful.
• 9:54
  SPEAKER_00: And like I said, like Lyles was huge when she came onto the field.
• 9:58
  SPEAKER_00: I hate sorry to repeat myself again, but literally was on the pitch for 20 plus minutes and got a yellow card in a goal.
• 10:06
  SPEAKER_00: That's that's outstanding.
• 10:07
  SPEAKER_00: That's outstanding.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_01: Um productive, productive 20 minutes there.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we got some goals out of the way.
• 10:12
  SPEAKER_00: Uh big shout out to having Rayland Turner back on the field.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_00: She's having a good time.
• 10:18
  SPEAKER_00: She's so fast.
• 10:19
  SPEAKER_00: She's gonna get a goal.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_00: It's coming, girl.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_00: Like, it's yeah.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, we're seeing all our players like starting to score these great goals.
• 10:29
  SPEAKER_00: And so honestly, like something coming back.
• 10:32
  SPEAKER_00: Something that's dangerous for other teams.
• 10:33
  SPEAKER_00: So, like North Carolina.
• 10:34
  SPEAKER_00: North Carolina has Ashley Sanchez who has 19 goals for the season.
• 10:38
  SPEAKER_00: If Ashley Sanchez doesn't score, who's gonna fucking score for them?
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_00: For us, we got what do you like four different players scored today?
• 10:46
  SPEAKER_00: You know, so it just means that we there's a scary attack, and I don't know, we do we do have a scary offense, and I feel like our defense is definitely picked up.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, let's fucking go.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_01: Let's fucking go.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_01: So that brings us to uh an interesting little fact, which is that if Portland manages to get uh another shutout, that will be their 100th shutout.
• 11:16
  SPEAKER_01: Uh that that's insane.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 11:25
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I I think that um sound effect keeps going until you hit the the stop button.
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_01: I saw the red street.
• 11:31
  SPEAKER_01: We we should probably fix that because I No, we shouldn't.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_01: I think I did the same thing uh in a previous episode.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_01: Um we may have cut us talking about it then, but we're not gonna cut it this time.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_00: No, we're not.
• 11:46
  SPEAKER_00: No, we're not.
• 11:47
  SPEAKER_01: But anyway, um so we were we were two minutes away from having that 100th shutout against Chicago.
• 11:57
  SPEAKER_01: We didn't quite get it.
• 11:59
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, but we're we're so close.
• 12:01
  SPEAKER_01: Like it's such a cool, cool thing.
• 12:05
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and it's such a fun thing to to look forward to.
• 12:09
  SPEAKER_01: Um we were talking about how this next game uh is coming up uh in town here.
• 12:16
  SPEAKER_01: And you know, we play so well at Providence Park.
• 12:20
  SPEAKER_01: Uh yeah.
• 12:21
  SPEAKER_01: What do you think?
• 12:21
  SPEAKER_01: Can we do it?
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: Um yeah, uh it's so we're playing Houston, and Houston is like a good coach and a few players away from being really, really good.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_00: Uh they have Avery Patterson, who is one of the best one of the better defenders in this league.
• 12:38
  SPEAKER_00: But um I think we can do it.
• 12:41
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I think the importance of when it is in the season right now is kind of like let's we need to fucking lock in.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_00: Every point matters.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: We need to have a home game playoff.
• 12:55
  SPEAKER_00: We need a playoff game that's at home.
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 12:58
  SPEAKER_01: Um and I think that depends on where we fall in uh the rankings, uh, right?
• 13:04
  SPEAKER_01: Um I was seeing something about if we we hit fourth, we get a home game.
• 13:09
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we're if we hit fourth, yeah.
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_00: And right now we're fifth underneath Utah.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, um, so yeah, I was just looking at who's playing who, who's close to us, and uh Utah, we I've talked about this before.
• 13:24
  SPEAKER_00: We have a pretty easy I mean nothing's easy in this league, but besides North Carolina, we're playing kind of lower table teams for the last five games of the season.
• 13:33
  SPEAKER_00: Utah plays who's tied with us in points.
• 13:37
  SPEAKER_00: The only thing that's different is like goal differential, goals against.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_00: That's kind of what's that's the I was seeing there was some controversy.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and that's the tiebreaker.
• 13:47
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
• 13:47
  SPEAKER_01: Some people were not understanding the tiebreakers, and it went like down two levels.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_01: Two or three levels.
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_01: I had to look it up.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_00: But so they play North Carolina, Racing Louisville, KC Current, Seattle Rain, and Gotham.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_00: That's what I think.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_00: Is not as I don't want to say easy, but that doesn't that's they're not gonna get they're gonna drop points, is what I'm saying.
• 14:12
  SPEAKER_00: You know what I mean?
• 14:13
  SPEAKER_00: And I like I they're gonna drop points, and the who knows what goes on in the league, and who knows, but like we said, anything could happen in this league.
• 14:24
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but you know, I think we're in a solid position.
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, no, we are.
• 14:27
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we're we're we're looking good.
• 14:30
  SPEAKER_00: Um and I feel like we're healthy, we're healthy at the perfect time.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_01: We are like we got not to get back to the game too much, but we looked beautiful out there.
• 14:40
  SPEAKER_00: So great.
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_00: Let's get back to the game.
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_00: Oh my god, it was great.
• 14:43
  SPEAKER_00: But no, we've moved on.
• 14:45
  SPEAKER_00: But like we got Raylan Turner and Kaya Hanks starting for us.
• 14:49
  SPEAKER_00: That was huge.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_00: And also, I uh we didn't bring this up in when we were going over the game, but uh, we didn't have MA Vignola for us this game.
• 14:58
  SPEAKER_00: And her she was definitely missed, but we made up for it.
• 15:02
  SPEAKER_00: Our defense looked solid, our midfield looked solid.
• 15:05
  SPEAKER_00: We did take our foot off the gas, but that's one goal.
• 15:08
  SPEAKER_00: You know, we didn't it we played well.
• 15:11
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I don't know.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_00: I'm just really looking forward to getting to getting this fucking season on and getting to fucking playoffs, you know.
• 15:18
  SPEAKER_00: And we brought it back.
• 15:19
  SPEAKER_01: We we really did.
• 15:20
  SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, we came back from it and again, we played great.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_01: And um before we get too far away from it, uh apparently I buried the lead here.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_01: Um it's not just uh the 100th shutout that uh Portland would have.
• 15:35
  SPEAKER_01: This would be the first one hundredth shutout in the NWSL.
• 15:41
  SPEAKER_01: So this this could be be pretty fantastic.
• 15:46
  SPEAKER_01: Uh what do you think?
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_00: Uh that's how I feel.
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_00: I've got controls of the sounds over here, so Houston coming in.
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_01: You know, we didn't make it to the last game uh we like we had said we would, uh, but hopefully we will this next time.
• 16:07
  SPEAKER_01: And that brings us to this week's Marissa's Match Week Roundup.
• 16:17
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 16:18
  SPEAKER_00: Soundboard coming in clutch.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so welcome to Marissa's Match Week Roundup.
• 16:24
  SPEAKER_00: Match Week 22, presented by Marissa and Allen at Pappy's Bar.
• 16:29
  SPEAKER_00: Woohoo! Let's go.
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, so we had a full week of games starting on Wednesday, ending on Sunday.
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_00: First Wednesday game was Denver versus the Bay.
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_00: They tied two to two.
• 16:42
  SPEAKER_00: Denver came back to tie that game last, like last part of the game.
• 16:46
  SPEAKER_00: It was good for Bay.
• 16:49
  SPEAKER_00: It's strong.
• 16:50
  SPEAKER_00: I've said before, Bay, I don't know why they're so low on the table.
• 16:53
  SPEAKER_00: They're strong.
• 16:54
  SPEAKER_00: Also, Claire Hutton is a fucking beast.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, the other Wednesday, midday, Wednesday, midday game, midweek, not midday, was Angel City versus Seattle.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_00: Angel City wins three to one.
• 17:08
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for losing, Seattle.
• 17:11
  SPEAKER_01: Always a good day, yeah.
• 17:12
  SPEAKER_01: Always a good day.
• 17:13
  SPEAKER_00: But also, like, Angel City is looking good.
• 17:17
  SPEAKER_00: They have their yon starter back, they have Gordon back, they have Savvy King back.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_00: They are looking strong.
• 17:23
  SPEAKER_00: They are they're making a push.
• 17:25
  SPEAKER_00: I they're in the play, they made themselves in the playoff contention right now.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season for them.
• 17:31
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so those are for the uh midweek uh games.
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, so then on Friday, we had San Diego versus Kansas City.
• 17:39
  SPEAKER_00: San Diego wins in a doesn't sound dominant, but it was a really good game.
• 17:44
  SPEAKER_00: San Diego wins 2-0, beat Kansas City.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_00: San Diego looks scary from the defense up.
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_00: They just look scary.
• 17:54
  SPEAKER_00: I we'll we'll see.
• 17:56
  SPEAKER_00: This we'll see, we'll see.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, that was the only Friday game.
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_00: Let's move on to Saturday.
• 18:00
  SPEAKER_00: Saturday, the first game was Orlando versus Portland.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_00: Pew, pew, beep! Sorry, I know we have a soundboard for that, but I love doing it.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_00: We won 4-1.
• 18:09
  SPEAKER_00: Beautiful game.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_00: Fuck yeah.
• 18:11
  SPEAKER_00: Let's go, Thorns.
• 18:13
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, second game of the game of the Saturday was North Carolina versus Gotham.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_00: Gotham wins 2-1.
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_00: It was a good game.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_00: Dudley is Jordan Dudley got both goals.
• 18:25
  SPEAKER_00: She is so fun to watch.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_00: She's only 21.
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_00: She's almost six foot.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_00: I'm it she's so fun to watch.
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_00: She got both goals.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, Gotham is just gonna Gotham.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_01: Um they really do.
• 18:36
  SPEAKER_00: They really are just gonna gotham.
• 18:38
  SPEAKER_00: Uh last game on Saturday was Denver versus Seattle.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_00: Denver beat Seattle 2-1.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_00: It was a good game.
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_00: Denver is, I feel like, I think they might make playoffs this year, which is crazy as an expansion team.
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_00: Like, that's awesome.
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_00: But also, thanks for losing, Seattle.
• 18:55
  SPEAKER_00: Second time in a week, you guys lost.
• 18:57
  SPEAKER_00: That sucks.
• 18:58
  SPEAKER_00: Second time in a week.
• 19:01
  SPEAKER_00: That sucks.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe, I don't know, maybe the cooler that Laura Harvey sits on has some magic tricks for you, but I don't know.
• 19:08
  SPEAKER_00: You're gonna have to figure that out.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, so let's move to Sunday games.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_00: We had four on Sunday.
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_01: It was that's a busy game.
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_00: She was it was a long game for your girl.
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_00: So, first game on Sunday was Boston versus Houston.
• 19:22
  SPEAKER_00: Houston ends up winning two to one.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_00: It was fun to watch.
• 19:26
  SPEAKER_00: I I feel like the games that don't redo it, have a like they who wins or loses this game doesn't affect us on the table.
• 19:36
  SPEAKER_00: So it's a lot more fun to watch.
• 19:37
  SPEAKER_00: You know what I mean?
• 19:38
  SPEAKER_01: It's more fun when there's less than a game.
• 19:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's a lot more fun.
• 19:42
  SPEAKER_01: Games are are more fun when there's either a lot of stakes or very little.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_00: Like, it's so funny that like the Thorns games are the most anxiety-ridden for me when I should be like, I love this game, I love this board.
• 19:52
  SPEAKER_00: It's like, no, I want to I'm crying.
• 19:54
  SPEAKER_00: And where's my shot?
• 19:55
  SPEAKER_00: And where's my joint, you know?
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_00: Uh so yeah.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, and then the second game on Sunday was Chicago versus Spirit.
• 20:03
  SPEAKER_00: Spirit wins 3-0.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_00: I also have to bring this up, which is something that maybe more people should brought up.
• 20:11
  SPEAKER_00: I did my whole early week podcast and nobody was really talking about it because I'm time wasting.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_00: Shout out to Kelly O'Hara and Allie Riley.
• 20:17
  SPEAKER_00: Fuck yeah, you guys.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 20:19
  SPEAKER_00: But the game was almost unwatchable.
• 20:23
  SPEAKER_00: The main camera that has like the bird's eye view camera was covered with raindrops for the entirety of the game.
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_00: They maybe wiped it.
• 20:34
  SPEAKER_00: Dude, we talk about Chicago being a fucking pro like poverty franchise.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_00: What the fuck is going on?
• 20:40
  SPEAKER_00: You guys can't give nobody a fucking paper towel, no microfiber towel, no spray that has anti like, you know, like homo hope high drop.
• 20:50
  SPEAKER_01: We figured this out a hundred plus years ago.
• 20:53
  SPEAKER_01: Like for trains.
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_01: I because I should have been a good thing.
• 20:58
  SPEAKER_01: If we're gonna have a brook check-in, uh, Marissa.
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_00: So to add insult to injury, that second loss dropped Seattle out of the top eight entirely, ninth on 37 points.
• 21:09
  SPEAKER_00: And then Chicago's whole season is a poverty franchise stat line.
• 21:14
  SPEAKER_00: 14 goals scored, four fifty-seven conceded, a f a negative forty-three goal difference.
• 21:22
  SPEAKER_00: Nobody else in the league is worse than negative fourteen.
• 21:28
  SPEAKER_01: That's that is That's a big difference.
• 21:31
  SPEAKER_00: That's actually a lot sadder than I thought.
• 21:33
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you, Brooke, and thank you, Marissa, for the Brooke voice.
• 21:35
  SPEAKER_01: Uh got you guys.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_01: We had that earlier in the episode, but cut it out.
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_01: Um but yeah, uh, that'll be a new part.
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I'll do mean LC accent.
• 21:44
  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, MACA, anytime you want to come on the pod, I got you, girl.
• 21:48
  SPEAKER_00: Just joking.
• 21:49
  SPEAKER_00: All right.
• 21:50
  SPEAKER_00: All right, but yeah, okay.
• 21:51
  SPEAKER_00: So bring it back to the Chicago spirit game in Chicago.
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_00: It was terrible.
• 21:57
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't know if it was a kaleidoscope A watercolor painting.
• 22:02
  SPEAKER_00: It was truly the worst camera work I've ever seen.
• 22:06
  SPEAKER_01: I didn't watch it, but you showed me some of the pictures.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_01: You're like, no, this is fake.
• 22:10
  SPEAKER_01: Like I It was bad.
• 22:11
  SPEAKER_00: There was points I couldn't watch.
• 22:12
  SPEAKER_00: And then they would switch.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_00: You know how they switched to like side angles, like more zoomed up, like cameras are always on the field, and they tried moving them around for a better thing.
• 22:20
  SPEAKER_00: They were all fucking terrible.
• 22:22
  SPEAKER_00: Literally, there was one camera that was fine, but there was only the zoomed up camera, and it was just like one player at a time.
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_00: It was fucking terrible.
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_00: Chicago, get your fucking shit together.
• 22:31
  SPEAKER_00: We're in.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_01: I could tell that the player had a head and that they were wearing a yellow jersey.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_01: Thank God that we were playing Spirit.
• 22:39
  SPEAKER_00: Dude, thank God we were playing Spirit and they have those highlighter yellows so you could kind of see the fucking players, but it was a fucking joke.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_00: Chicago, get your fucking shit together.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_00: The league wants you to do well.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't we do not want a team to be shitty.
• 22:51
  SPEAKER_00: We want everybody to do well.
• 22:53
  SPEAKER_00: Rising tides raises all ships, but you guys fucking suck.
• 22:57
  SPEAKER_00: Figure your shit out.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_00: Anyways, moving on to the second Sunday or the third Sunday game.
• 23:04
  SPEAKER_00: Uh it was Bay versus Racing.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_00: Bay beats racing 2-0.
• 23:09
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_00: I was one of the I didn't really watch a lot of that game.
• 23:12
  SPEAKER_00: It was a long day for me.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah.
• 23:15
  SPEAKER_00: Bay moves is moving on.
• 23:17
  SPEAKER_00: Utah versus Angel City.
• 23:20
  SPEAKER_00: The last game of the weekend.
• 23:23
  SPEAKER_00: I figured maybe, I mean, Angel City's been doing well.
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_00: I figured maybe win, loss, draw, who knows?
• 23:30
  SPEAKER_00: No, we do not fucking know.
• 23:32
  SPEAKER_00: Utah ends up getting two red cards within the first 23 minutes of the game.
• 23:42
  SPEAKER_00: Two red cards.
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_00: So from 23 minutes on, they're nine players down.
• 23:49
  SPEAKER_00: Angel City, obviously, then I mean not obviously because we did end up being Seattle nine player down nine players at the beginning of the season.
• 23:57
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, so Angel City ends up beating Utah 3-0.
• 24:00
  SPEAKER_00: It was actually kind of a boring game.
• 24:02
  SPEAKER_00: Utah's playing nine players, they're only in a low block.
• 24:05
  SPEAKER_00: You're not going to be able to do that.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_00: There's only so much you can do, you know, but 3-0 was the game.
• 24:11
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and also a lot of that that was huge for Utah not picking up points.
• 24:15
  SPEAKER_00: So Utah's not moving ahead of us, you know.
• 24:18
  SPEAKER_00: So that was good.
• 24:21
  SPEAKER_00: And that's it for Morissa's week, match week roundup, week 24.
• 24:31
  SPEAKER_00: Week 22 and not 24, but hi, who's counting?
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_00: Besides me.
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, and welcome to the final installment of our podcast.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_00: So, first of all, cong huge congratulations to Val Loboa.
• 24:53
  SPEAKER_00: Girl, representing Portland.
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_00: She plays for Columbia.
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_00: She scored the game-winning goal to send Columbia to the semifinals in the U-20 World Cup.
• 25:03
  SPEAKER_00: Like, that is sorry, we have a soundboard, but like, dude, that is fucking huge.
• 25:09
  SPEAKER_00: Like, Val, that's huge.
• 25:11
  SPEAKER_00: Um I I will I will have to admit that I haven't seen a lot of the U-20 World Cup.
• 25:17
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I did I there's only a few of our players that are actually playing in it.
• 25:21
  SPEAKER_00: Alan and I just had a conversation about FIFA windows and all this stuff and what needs to change, but dude, Val, you that is so awesome.
• 25:30
  SPEAKER_00: Portland is about like behind you, girl.
• 25:32
  SPEAKER_00: Like, that is fucking cool.
• 25:34
  SPEAKER_00: And we will absolutely be watching you tomorrow.
• 25:36
  SPEAKER_00: Like, we will absolutely be watching you tomorrow.
• 25:40
  SPEAKER_01: It it's uh as we record this, uh the semifinal is tomorrow.
• 25:44
  SPEAKER_01: Uh we will hopefully be releasing this uh within hours of the start of that game.
• 25:51
  SPEAKER_01: Uh so next week we'll be able to talk about it uh a little bit more.
• 25:56
  SPEAKER_01: But that is that is so cool.
• 25:57
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_00: Like on our thorn, like that's that's so cool, representing her country.
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_00: Like, and I I was like, I watched all the videos and she was so happy and everyone's so happy.
• 26:08
  SPEAKER_00: It's just it's so cool.
• 26:10
  SPEAKER_00: Like, we'll get into more thorns abroad, but like it was just so special.
• 26:13
  SPEAKER_00: Like, so huge shout out to Val.
• 26:15
  SPEAKER_00: Like, that's so fucking cool, girl.
• 26:16
  SPEAKER_01: Like we were talking about off air, you know, this is uh, you know, the the sport is growing so fast, and we want to see these girls getting uh as many opportunities as they can, and it's just it's so cool to watch.
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_01: Um but that does bring us uh we are this week, uh we are at Pappy's, uh, our usual home.
• 26:38
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and so cheers.
• 26:44
  SPEAKER_01: Uh next week, hopefully, we will be at a new location uh that is actually invited us to record there.
• 26:52
  SPEAKER_01: So um we won't name them quite yet, just in case things fall through.
• 26:56
  SPEAKER_01: But uh we are very much looking forward to it.
• 26:58
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 26:59
  SPEAKER_01: Uh and I will just say uh as a preview, uh your uh Brook accent earlier uh might have something to do with the place that we are.
• 27:07
  SPEAKER_00: You should probably give it away.
• 27:08
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, if anybody's in Portland knows, they should they should probably give it away, you know.
• 27:13
  SPEAKER_01: So we're looking forward to that.
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_01: Uh it's gonna be a great time.
• 27:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um I won't promise anything, uh, because last time we we said we were gonna be at a game, but we weren't there.
• 27:23
  SPEAKER_01: Uh but you know we we might be at the game this week as well, and uh you know this is it's gonna be a great time.
• 27:30
  SPEAKER_00: So also uh huge shout out to all of our listeners.
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_00: You guys are the best.
• 27:36
  SPEAKER_00: We are learning.
• 27:39
  SPEAKER_00: You guys have been awesome.
• 27:41
  SPEAKER_00: Love you, Darby.
• 27:42
  SPEAKER_00: Have a good night.
• 27:44
  SPEAKER_00: You guys have been awesome.
• 27:46
  SPEAKER_00: Like, it's it's also yeah, it's just really great getting to do this with my buddy.
• 27:51
  SPEAKER_01: And it's so much fun.
• 27:52
  SPEAKER_00: This is so much fun, and thank you guys for listening.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_00: We all care about the thorns.
• 27:56
  SPEAKER_00: This has been like this is fucking great.
• 27:58
  SPEAKER_00: Like it we're only up.
• 27:59
  SPEAKER_00: We're only up from here, you guys.
• 28:01
  SPEAKER_01: So and shout out to everybody who uh has commented or interacted with us.
• 28:06
  SPEAKER_01: Um I um I should have brought this up uh but I didn't.
• 28:10
  SPEAKER_01: Uh thank you to the guy on Reddit who uh gave us some great drinks elections uh or suggestions.
• 28:16
  SPEAKER_01: Uh the new bar that we're hopefully gonna be at uh actually has a Portland beer on tap.
• 28:21
  SPEAKER_01: So uh I will not be drinking uh all this out of state uh bullshit.
• 28:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 28:26
  SPEAKER_01: So that's gonna be fantastic.
• 28:28
  SPEAKER_01: Uh and thank you also to people who have commented on uh Spotify and YouTube.
• 28:34
  SPEAKER_01: Um I I don't think we've addressed any of those comments, uh, but some people gave us some uh little minor corrections that were you know always good to hear.
• 28:42
  SPEAKER_01: Uh you can also email us rose cityredcard at gmail.com or just you know check us out uh rosecityredcard.com or rose city red card on YouTube and Instagram.
• 28:55
  SPEAKER_01: And if you run into one of us in person, uh we'll give you your own red card.
• 28:59
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, we will.
• 29:00
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, we will.
• 29:02
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 29:02
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 29:03
  SPEAKER_01: So, as always, not your birds kind of thing.
• 29:07
  SPEAKER_00: Sorry, the bartender just flashed me.
• 29:09
  SPEAKER_00: Uh all smiles, no injuries, fuck Seattle.
• 29:17
  SPEAKER_00: Let's fucking go, Thorns.
• 29:19
  SPEAKER_00: Let's fucking go.
• 29:20
  SPEAKER_01: Let's fucking go, Thorns.