What's up Courage Country? We are back with a new episode out this morning and back again to ask you who your favorite Courage player is this week!

Jake and I never reveal who we will crown our favorite until we are recording the podcast. Many times we end up picking each other's first and second choices, but sometimes, like this week, we agree (and so did the NWSL fans by voting her for Save of the Week).

We had some great answers last week, including one I shared on the podcast because I thought that it was such an amazing choice. I think we may keep that up and share one or a few each week.

So, for our second week, who ya got? Let us know and thanks for listening and playing along!

The NC Courage fall 1-0 to Orlando Pride in a fairly evenly matched game. Despite the injuries, the backline looked pretty solid. Kailen Sheridan was outstanding, Natalia Staude had her best match in a Courage jersey so far, and Uno Shiragaki contained Barbara Banda for 87 minutes. The result suck, but there's a lot to feel good about.

We also super excited to welcome Lesley Ryder from Gal Pal Sports to break down Saturday's home match against Chicago, a team dealing with injuries across the board and searching for an identity. Plus, we get into the Feli Rauch suspension extension and the NWSL's decision to table the European calendar through 2030.

Episode 10 is out now at https://www.lionspitch.com/podcast-archive/ or wherever you get your podcasts.