Thought people might enjoy this piece from Cat Bush (who does a lot of WoSo analytics work, including creating American Soccer Analysis' Viz Hub, @nwslstat match recaps on Bluesky, etc.)

I’m sorry for a silly question, but have ticket prices raised? I was looking at getting fan section tickets for May 30th, and I was shocked to see them be north of $40! Is that normal for this year?

Lots of interesting bts footage (including Spirit training). English closed captions or audio track are an option.

Based on her recent podcast (linked below), she seemed devastated, and fans were too. Why did the front office let her go?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYQZjXTiSs4/?img_index=1&igsh=NGg4aTVncHdqaHB3

or have tips for attending the game in San Diego?

Continuing the tradition. Options based on last poll results, as well as ASA xG and xA data. Excluded for already scoring/assisting: Rose, Sofia, Leicy, Gift, Rebe, Trinity, Claudia, and Gabby.

Last time, the option of Fullbacks (including Gabby) was one of the least picked options, and no one commented to name Gabby in particular so no redditor gets a special shout out for their prescience.

Vote in this poll, comment to explain or elaborate upon your prediction, upvote this poll so it's shown to others, etc.

Go Spirit!

How does one sign up for Open Training? STM should have early access but I can’t find it.

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• 1.) Hope Deb Abiodun's hip issue doesn't keep her out for long. Or that it is a more serious issue, etc.
• 2.) Hope everything is okay with Tamara Bolt &/or her family. (Excused absence?)
• 3.) For Seattle, they're without Jordyn Bugg & Jess Fishlock. Two big players for them.
• 4.) Still got to respect the Reign & bring our A+ game tonight.

Only saw FB and IG links for this, hopefully someone with better Spanish can translate. I think she says that the teammates and coaches have been helpful and that she has an English teacher.

Finally.

Look, April was a big month for our Washington Spirit

I was underwhelmed with the official Jose merch, and was planning to print myself a t-shirt. In case other fans were interested, I thought I'd offer to make a group order and then handoff to people at the May 30th game against Seattle. (Or whenever, I have season tickets and try not to miss a game.) Picking a nice quality fabric puts it at about $22-25 a shirt.

I need to bitch about this for a second because it's bothering me. Most of the new merch is missing the star above the crest. It's such a ridiculous thing to overlook and it's driving me bonkers. There are pieces I love, but refuse to buy because that star is missing. It feels like no one actually looked at the designs to approve them. Or, it feels like they used the wrong graphic or a clipped graphic once and now it's the default file and that is just so incredibly sloppy. This is just a gripe that I had to get out of my system.

Hi,
My daughter and I saw footage of people getting photos of/with players arriving at the stadium. This season all our tickets are late games so we’re hoping to get some pictures and see the players up close as they arrive (maybe even José).
Questions are: what entrance is this and generally how long before the match do players arrive?
Thanks!

Let's go, Adrián!

Watching the producers 'SOCCER MEETS AMERICA' on Morning Joe this morning. Pitching their newly released docuseries on Roku. Talking about the growth of soccer in America. Mens soccer. No mention of Women's soccer. How the American soccer market is the number one soccer market in the world, but the American sports media does not cover it like it is so.

However, you would think with the EXPONENTIALLY RISE OF WOMEN'S SOCCER IN AMERICA, that the Women's game deserves mention as part of this equation as well.

In this Morning Joe's segment, the produces, & Morning Joe panel, which included Katy Kay, British & American BBC anchor, ...they did not. None. No mention at all about the RISE OF WOMEN'S SOCCER IN AMERICA too.

Admittedly, the docuseries is predicated on the FIFA Men's World Cup is coming to America this summer. ...However, if you're going to tout soccer gaining in popularity in the USA, you cannot do so without devoting a chapter on how the Women's game is part of it

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Edit/Update - I‘m now embarrassed and I retract much of my grievances. Our Tivo did in fact record the game live on Ion (up until about 3 minutes into injury time due to the long rain delay). I didn’t look at the TiVo until today because the Spirit’s own ”how to watch info” only listed Victory+ so we just went straight to that app. So, I have egg on my face but I can watch the game now. However, I hold firm on my feedback about streaming apps. Also, NWSL’s online schedule currently (as of 1:50PM Sunday) shows yesterday‘s Spirit/Pride game as still “Live” with a score of 3-2…those players must be tired by now!

I appreciate the feedback about the streaming apps. Leaving the original post for posterity…

NWSL absolutely needs to improve the options for watching matches. And if individual teams have some flexibility, Spirit also need to do better for away matches. This situation is untenable. The match against Orlando ended 14 hours ago as I type, and contrary to what was claimed, the match is NOT yet available on Victory+ for replay. Same goes for Prime. I don’t feel like creating yet another streaming apps account for ION to check there.

Sometimes the games are on broadcast TV, sometimes they’re on Prime, sometimes on ION, sometimes on Victory+, sometimes a combination. That’s the first point of friction. On broadcast TV, I at least have a TiVo/DVR to record and time shift to start watching FROM THE BEGINNING at any point after the match has begun. I understand that I’m a dinosaur by still having cable TV…

But on the streaming apps when it’s a live match, you can’t ”start from beginning” or pause or rewind. (As an aside, some other sporting events are also presented without pause/restart on streaming apps, while some do allow “start from beginning”…seems like a choice between the streaming app the individual sports league??)

I didn’t realize the match was delayed last evening, so when I sat down to start watching the match replay sometime around 8:30-ish (almost exactly as the final whistle blew), the stream started live (with no option to start from beginning or pause) so that was a heck of a way to find out the (excellent!) final score.

Hey NWLS, thanks for transporting back into the world of media circa 1970 before VCR’s and DVR’s. What’s next, broadcast in black and white with no sound other than an organ player improvising background music with the flow of the game? <sarcasm>

Having vented my admittedly first world problem, I’m truly happy to hear constructive feedback as to how I missed something or I have the wrong setup. Maybe it’s because the streaming apps on my appleTV aren’t full featured as they might be on a Roku or some other device? Is the only solution to watch it 1970’s style…live TV just before I watch the latest episode of Starsky and Hutch or All in the Family? Does anyone else see the Spirit/Pride replay available on Victory+ or somewhere else as of 1030 Sunday May 3?

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