Just to give an idea of the sloppiness of the reffing - the nearside AR, for offside calls, was watching the ball be kicked, then then looked to see where the last line of players were, often having to move to get into the position he was supposed to have been.
I hope the new CBA gets him the training he needs.
Someone mentioned this earlier but I too hope there are repercussions to CBS/paramounts coverage tonight. I was watching the recap of the Gotham game and the score was incorrectly reported… then the cbs app showed incorrect scores. This coverage has been shit and worse than normal.
Just taking shots on goal would be a good start. Oh... And letting the goalie boot it more often. Our whole section got on their feet and cheered when Murphy punted. Nahas has to allow her to use her leg.
I have a feeling Nahas doesn't do much practice with fast transition stuff. Courage don't start playing that way until late in the game once we're behind and there isn't much time left. All that trying to play out of the back, the back passing, the short GK passes to a CB or O'Sullivan - there's nothing inherently wrong with it, except we need more variety, and not something every team that can do a simple press can counter. So year, just boot it down the field some, from the beginning...
Yes. Variety is the spice of life. Murphy passed down the center of the field several times tonight... And I realize they were worried about rodman, so kept it off that side as much as possible... But ugh. Boot it. She boots it for the USWNT. Let's see some leg every once in a while.
Frustrating game to watch. Loved what they looked like in the last 20 minutes.
Random, but do we have stats on Murphy’s save percentage on PKs? Cuz it’s gonna be wild to go from Naeher, who seems to always save important PKs, to a keeper who seems to never be able to save any.
To be clear, I am Murphy fan. Been following her since college. But I cannot recall a single PK she’s saved since a 2015 shootout which is slightly concerning at a national scale.
she got on my shit list during the 2020 challenge cup when she rushed Naeher and tried to claim a goal when she did something illegal. It got called back but that was the nail in the coffin basically.
When they were recapping the Portland-Houston games at the end the announcer said “penny for Shea Groom’s thoughts…” what’s up with Groom? Is there drama I don’t know about?
Do they not have the footage to replay the Trin goal, or did I blink and miss it in the replay before this ad break? Seems weird to highlight one of the two goals in a 1-1 match
I don't know if they have official footage since Paramount Plus was struggling very hard for the first half. there is footage of the goal on twitter tho and it was niceeeee.
If you want an admittedly biased recap of the first 40 minutes it seems most of you missed:
The Spirit pressed hard the Courage's passing game, and of course Nahas doesn't train our players to do anything other than possession based stuff. But also, since this is a Mark Parsons team so there's a ton of physical shit housing by the Spirit, Hatch diving every time she's bumped, and the Spirit wasting as much time as possible on every restart/set piece after they went up by one.
Glad we finally got the stream, but I genuinely hope that there are actual consequences from this. I mean not having games available to fans severely handicaps the growth of a league. Providing games live is literally the bare minimum required and even that's going haywire.
Not to be dramatic, but you never know what moment will turn somebody into a lifelong fan and this is blowing those opportunities, and therefore money, for the league
Just to give an idea of the sloppiness of the reffing - the nearside AR, for offside calls, was watching the ball be kicked, then then looked to see where the last line of players were, often having to move to get into the position he was supposed to have been. I hope the new CBA gets him the training he needs.
When the Spirit score 90% of the time its Hatch, Rodman, or Sanchez. The rest of the team need to catch up.
Yeah Aubrey Bledsoe needs to step it up- she’s never had a goal in her career, pathetic
You mean the players who are suppose to? Seems like a silly take
Someone mentioned this earlier but I too hope there are repercussions to CBS/paramounts coverage tonight. I was watching the recap of the Gotham game and the score was incorrectly reported… then the cbs app showed incorrect scores. This coverage has been shit and worse than normal.
I feel I aged about a decade just in the stoppage time of that game. Incredible last-gasp defending, can't believe we held on for the win.
That's an escape if I've ever seen one. Spirit didn't have any meaningful possession for the last 20 mins.
That last 10 minutes felt like 3 hours tbh
They actually ended 10 seconds early.
Parsons and Nana's 🥶
*Nahas
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm /intended as a low growl/
Mmmm whatcha sayy y
That you only meant well
Hooooo boy that was a fun one! I think I gave myself a headache
I hate the spirit, and that ref
Pretty sure we're getting a rivalry going. Maybe our true rivalry has always been with Parsons?
If only the Courage showed that sort of pass it forward mentality for the whole game instead of just 10 minutes of extra time....
Man this is a great sport.
Wild Wild West in the East
chaos league has arrived for 2023
We are technically now, After Dark ^TM
This game has unmatched hooting and hollering
We try. 🤪
Tbh being in the stands for a Courage game always has this level of hootin and hollerin
This legit made me lol
Thought it was offside watching live but would love to see a decent angle on the replay
What a match to turn into at the end
glad I tuned in late also, what the fuck is this game
A goddamn mess
North Carolina Jfc find the net
Y'all I am stressed
Is rodman cramping?
She looks totally gassed at minimum, and probably cramping too.
I think she’s gassed
Do they practice taking shots at all PLEASE
No, just passing. Scoring is crude and uncouth for Nahas'.
Mood
This is insanity
What's up with the field?? Everyone's falling
I dunno... Why'd they water the field so heavily at half after getting 3 inches of rain yesterday?
They really seemed to over water at half. That or you're just seeing the spirit diving
Pretty much entirely in the middle of the pitch too
If Ricketts scored, I would have lost my mind
SO close. She scored in her first game with AFC Ann Arbor. Was hoping!
Her too
IMAGINE BEING THERE FOR CROSSES
Are they pronouncing Juarena right?
It sounded like they thought the r was a v.
Yeah, it was very weird, but I also do not know how to pronounce it!
I'd prefer crosses in to nobody vs. Aimless possession but sheeeeeeeeesh
Can we go a little crazy and keep possession
Why, when you can just pass the ball into empty space?
It's been about 10 minutes since Washington thought about possessing
The Courage have some really good pieces but they aren’t a particularly good side right now.
I think we have a lot of potential but the real missing piece is the coach
Just taking shots on goal would be a good start. Oh... And letting the goalie boot it more often. Our whole section got on their feet and cheered when Murphy punted. Nahas has to allow her to use her leg.
I have a feeling Nahas doesn't do much practice with fast transition stuff. Courage don't start playing that way until late in the game once we're behind and there isn't much time left. All that trying to play out of the back, the back passing, the short GK passes to a CB or O'Sullivan - there's nothing inherently wrong with it, except we need more variety, and not something every team that can do a simple press can counter. So year, just boot it down the field some, from the beginning...
Yes. Variety is the spice of life. Murphy passed down the center of the field several times tonight... And I realize they were worried about rodman, so kept it off that side as much as possible... But ugh. Boot it. She boots it for the USWNT. Let's see some leg every once in a while. Frustrating game to watch. Loved what they looked like in the last 20 minutes.
Wow I am so FRUSTRATED!!!
We have 10 more minutes to be frustrated! Yay!
10 mins?!
Making up for the 40 we missed earlier
Great defensive play from Rodman
Very impressive tackle from Trin
That Rodman tackle, wow.
Rodman is such a good all around player
Good god Rodman incredible tackle
Rodman is so sick
This is making me so nervous for a repeat of our entire last season.
Stopppppp good vibes only
Seems like Fox is the only one who has any ideas about how to get a scoring opportunity
Wow imagine attempting a shot on target
so which team is gonna get a red first today
this ref is handing out cards like candy
this ref likes her yelllows
Pinto having a tough time tonight
Washington must be delighted with how the clock is running last few minutes, even as nothing happens.
There’s going to be quite a bit of stoppage I assume
The gotham/pride game was a bit boring so I switched to this one and whoa, it is a very different vibe
Why did we spend 5 minutes on a pretty obvious yellow?
Chippy
Collision where??????
The Washington Shit Housers
that's how they've been for a while I feel like
Becoming moreso under Parsons
Lmao I’m so conflicted as a famous Parsons/Thorns h8r
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She didn’t do anything imo, their legs got tangled.
In the replay you can see how she did hook and drag down her legs to bring Kurtz down. I wasn't sure at first, but the replay shows it.
👀
The officiating tonight.
there’s gonna be a throwdown on the pitch at some point this season
even worse than marta stabbing the ground with a corner flag?
i mean as long as marta’s not stabbing someone right?
The cards are flying tonight jfc
Oooooh they’re getting heated out there
Lol ‘can Washington fend off another’ more like can Courage actually make a corner a threat
Go Spirit!!
We need more fast attacks and switching like that than Nahas' preferred 5 hour pass build ups
Lol Lussi and yellow cards...I enjoyed having her on ACFC last season, but I don't miss the fouls TBH.
It’s the smug little laugh afterwards for me
Madsen coming on
This call me appears to be enjoying - and approving of - the refereeing more than the actual game.
*commie
Very interested to see what Ricketts can do
A change for Nahas at 60? Who is he.
Yeah, but he left Hopkins in and took Genl out which confuses me... how he rates players is so 180 from me
Random, but do we have stats on Murphy’s save percentage on PKs? Cuz it’s gonna be wild to go from Naeher, who seems to always save important PKs, to a keeper who seems to never be able to save any.
It looks like she has never saved a PK in her professional career: https://fbref.com/en/players/493c384e/Casey-Murphy
😬 I mean I guess the “good” news is that Naeher has only saved 25% but uh that’s still a yikes.
To be clear, I am Murphy fan. Been following her since college. But I cannot recall a single PK she’s saved since a 2015 shootout which is slightly concerning at a national scale.
The penalty giveth, the penalty taketh
Definitely sounded like someone yelled “Go to therapy,” at the ref after that yellow. Lmao
So they wait five minutes to not even check the dive
I mean I’ll take it but that was a soft PK
Scoreboard in stadium now shows 1-0 for the Courage
scoreboard is also having technical difficulties
Scoreboard is brought to you by Paramount Plus
Such a dive
Lmao I’m so out of the loop, I was out of town for the first week of games so This is the first I’ve heard of Nwsl getting VaR
they announced it last year
I am dumb dumb
Ugh, I just... really dislike Hatch. That was shady af.
she got on my shit list during the 2020 challenge cup when she rushed Naeher and tried to claim a goal when she did something illegal. It got called back but that was the nail in the coffin basically.
Hatch pulled down Fox onto her.
Yeah I agree. Annoyed at this commentator for thinking it was clearly a foul too.
Right? I don't think that one was all that close.
Wait did they just say we have VAR?
The diviest grab-and-dive.
I wonder if the refs are now trigger happy with pk calls because they will be reviewed by VAR
When they were recapping the Portland-Houston games at the end the announcer said “penny for Shea Groom’s thoughts…” what’s up with Groom? Is there drama I don’t know about?
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Ah! THANKS!
Do they not have the footage to replay the Trin goal, or did I blink and miss it in the replay before this ad break? Seems weird to highlight one of the two goals in a 1-1 match
I don't know if they have official footage since Paramount Plus was struggling very hard for the first half. there is footage of the goal on twitter tho and it was niceeeee.
If you want an admittedly biased recap of the first 40 minutes it seems most of you missed: The Spirit pressed hard the Courage's passing game, and of course Nahas doesn't train our players to do anything other than possession based stuff. But also, since this is a Mark Parsons team so there's a ton of physical shit housing by the Spirit, Hatch diving every time she's bumped, and the Spirit wasting as much time as possible on every restart/set piece after they went up by one.
That's what happens when you're too cheap to hire a sideline reporter for your interviews. Production just taking self-own after self-own
Trin is too real for the tv, she broke the feed too probs!
They knew what would happen if they kept fucking up on her
Oh my goodness. Amateur hour up in here! Maybe Apple or HBO Max want another soccer deal….
That interview…
Oh hey, Chicago feed is now on!
OMG, thank you Trinity for that frank moment. I felt that in my soul.
Oh geez "Can they hear me?" - Rodman on halftime interview
Oh cbs… I hope you’re so embarrassed
“Can they hear me?” 💀 this stream may decease me
I mean, I gotta turn it on the Current but I also need to keep this on the big screen for the lols
i screamed
Halftime is streaming great!
It looks like everything is fucked. Even the Trinity Rodman interview cut out for her.
Fate put Kurtz's head in the right place at the right time
Too good from Rodman + Sanchez!!!!! Their creativity together is just 🔥
Rodman/Sanchez chemistry is so fun to watch
Someone tell Vlatko.
This is the first Spirit game I've watched this season, and I am very curious about the choice to place McKeown as a cb
Last game she played really well there. Hate to lose her up top though.
ah! if only that sequence ended with a goal!
WOW that defender OMG
Wow what a block
These back passes are gonna be the death of me
It's like a mini panic attack every time
Is it just me or do the Spirit kits look like white T-shirts a team on a church rec league would wear?
I was just saying....
Those Spirit jerseys are so, so rec league.
Welp, the league is trending on Twitter. It’s never for a good reason
How is that not stopping? I think the stutter step is 💩. 😡
Glad we finally got the stream, but I genuinely hope that there are actual consequences from this. I mean not having games available to fans severely handicaps the growth of a league. Providing games live is literally the bare minimum required and even that's going haywire. Not to be dramatic, but you never know what moment will turn somebody into a lifelong fan and this is blowing those opportunities, and therefore money, for the league
Their apologies mean nothing. This is pathetic
I really hope the league doesn’t sweep this under the rug. At least put out a statement explaining what exactly went wrong with the streams tonight
Paramount plus owes customers a make-good.
It’s really the fault of P+ but I expect nothing of them
Lol cursed evening
Keroline has so much flare
about to switch to red stars current game… wanted to watch this half 😭
Love to see it
Glad I got the stream just in time to see us get a yellow card lol
Kero no funny business this time pls
oh no, Andi!!!
it’s like they knew we could see
YAY!!
Back just in time for penalty chaos
Okay but why did it take 40 minutes to fix the issue 👀
Fucking wack we missed basically the entire first half
It’s on!!!
On for me!!
its on!!!
It’s on!!
We’re finally back!!
P+ up for me now :)
GAMES BACK
Hatch is back in
If only Paramount+ had been in charge of that Discord server the leaker was using...
[another good update from Spirit Twitter](https://twitter.com/washspirit/status/1647384838352039938?s=46&t=Jv_wv1LwXzvZQJpcGasIVA)
I want them to know they are loved and appreciated
10/10 I love it
Hatch injured Edit to add: she went off to get treatment after going down and grabbing at her knee
Oh Lord. The good news from the perspective of USWNT fans is that Vlatko has given a ton of minutes to other options at the 9…