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Can add Australia's W-League to the list, though the new season probably won't begin until October/November-ish. A whole mess of NWSL players usually go play a full season in W-League as well. Site is here: https://www.w-league.com.au/ Big question player-wise for both NWSL and W-League is if this'll be the year Sam Kerr finally chases some big bucks in Europe. Edit: Also for Sweden - OBOS Damallsvenskan (https://www.svenskfotboll.se/serier-cuper/tabell-och-resultat/obos-damallsvenskan/77346/) xeria fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Jul 13, 2019 |
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Engineer Lenk posted:Is Dunn expected back tonight? I got tickets to the game, but was mostly going to enjoy watching Debinha and seeing if Hamilton stays on her scoring streak. Be shocked if any USWNT players play this weekend. I think Alex Morgan was still in LA as of last night, and Ali Krieger/Ashlyn Harris are still in Florida while the rest of Orlando traveled to Portland. Could play next weekend, though, especially the players who didn't get a lot of WC minutes.
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Jul 13, 2019 22:09
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NC could have a perpetual revolving cast of speedy forwards and they'd still score a fuckton of goals because of how good their mid is, especially once they get Dunn back.
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Jul 14, 2019 01:12
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Mr. Mambold posted:Is that Taylor Twellman aka The Voice of Fingernails on Chalkboard? God amighty why is U.S. soccer the redheaded stepchild of sports announcers... NWSL gets some loving garbage-tier announcers, though the low-light is still probably that game where Anson Dorrance said he would've shot one of the Houston players on the sideline if he was the coach.
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Jul 14, 2019 02:40
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highme posted:First off, thank you. That's a great first post. I appreciate the work. Catley also plays for Reign! Portland has Foord as the other noted Aussie. Purce especially seems like she's done pretty well in the international players' absence, yeah? Wonder if she'll get another look on the USWNT sometime.
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Jul 14, 2019 03:06
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Engineer Lenk posted:Well, I went to see Debinha and was not disappointed (though she had a couple just wide or off the post that were reminiscent of the Brazil-France game). Plus Matthias had the assist [and didn't pick up a card, which is somewhat surprising given her normal style of play]. Bummer for Williams: https://twitter.com/primetimeMitch/status/1150211293594509312
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Jul 14, 2019 03:26
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whypick1 posted:Can everyone on the Reign stop getting injured please? quote:OUT: Jasmyne Spencer (SEI – Knee), Taylor Smith (SEI – Knee), Michelle Betos (SEI Achilles), Scout Watson (SEI Concussion), Darian Jenkins (Hamstring), Jaycie Johnson (SEI Knee), Jessica Fishlock (SEI Knee), Morgan Andrews (Hamstring), Rumi Utsugi (Calf), Stephanie Cox (Calf) Still fuckin amazed that Cox actually un-retired just to play some more games for the Reign.
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Jul 14, 2019 04:10
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Orlando is just...a disaster. Wish Canada wasn't footing the bill for Zadorsky, cause that puts out an argument for keeping her because the org doesn't have to pay anything for her even though she's pretty bad. Would honestly rather just gut the team of all its internationals and start a fresh rebuild.
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Jul 14, 2019 20:25
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Engineer Lenk posted:I wish Kop wasn't so prone to big mistakes. She can make some good saves. Yeah, Kop is perfectly fine as a backup keeper in a pinch but Orlando's already pretty-shaky defense is just gonna put her in spots to make real poo poo mistakes pretty regularly.
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Jul 14, 2019 21:43
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highme posted:Thorns vs Utah Royals tonight at 8pm Mountain time. The US nationals should all be back and playing in this game. Game streamed on Yahoo. Maybe Utah will score a goal for the first time in, what, three games? If Press is playing.
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Jul 20, 2019 01:46
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Engineer Lenk posted:Watch Arod come up with something right when you write her off. More worried about them getting it to the forwards if Vero is out, though. Vaguely remember Utah's mid being their achilles heel last season, too, with getting it to Arod/Press/Stengel consistently. Edit: Press will just do it all herself, like usual! xeria fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Jul 20, 2019 |
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Jul 20, 2019 03:42
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https://twitter.com/SandHerrera_/status/1153086693291040775 That's loving enormous for a non-Portland (or Orlando/Utah inaugural) match. I hope the teams in proper stadiums can keep it up, cause average league attendance will go back to looking like poo poo once Sky Blue has a home match again.
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Jul 22, 2019 00:43
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Gonna be kind of a bummer when the final's Portland/NC for the third year in a row, but Chicago seems like the only other team who might be able to challenge. Reign are too injured to have more than a prayer, Washington's rookies have come back down to earth, Orlando/Sky Blue/Houston are pretty(very) bad, and Utah would probably need Press to have a monster game.
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Jul 28, 2019 14:39
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habeasdorkus posted:Reign would have wanted to score a bit ago. My old roommate leads the drumline for Reign. He loves doing it and the team's been real direct supportive of them (buying them drums to use, comped tickets to every game, etc.).
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Jul 28, 2019 21:24
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habeasdorkus posted:Having watched the Red Stars vs the Courage, the Red Stars look like they're in fantastic form. Only supposed to be a 5-game tour this go-around, with four of them restricted to actual FIFA windows (when NWSL teams had the option to not schedule a game if they really don't want to IIRC), though still real dumb that they're pulling everyone away next weekend for a one-off in LA. League seems pretty firmly stratified into three tiers -- NC/Portland/Chicago, Reign/Utah/Washington(maybe), Orlando/Sky Blue/Houston. Whoever sneaks into the 4th playoff spot is probably gonna be manhandled by one of the top three.
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Jul 28, 2019 23:08
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:i am amused that houston has a player named OHAI Who is engaged to JJ Watt! Binary Badger posted:Houston wound up beating Sky Blue by 1-0, a close game right to the end. Both teams looked super tired, yet didn't use any subs until like the last 20 minutes. Kinda agree with Xeria's assessment regarding these teams- the whole game reminded me of a Mets vs. Anyone Else game, it would have gone on longer if Daly hadn't scored. SB stuck with their last coach way too long (1 win/9 points in 24 games? better let her stick around another year!!!) The whole org has been a tire fire but Denise Reddy actively drove off multiple players all on her own, too. Hopefully with both her and their previous poo poo GM Tony Novo gone, they might actually start rebuilding. Or make Phil Murphy stop using the team entirely as a tax break and sell it to owners who might give a poo poo.
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Jul 29, 2019 13:33
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https://twitter.com/EqualizerSoccer/status/1156261071377915905 Figured she was probably done. No idea who's probably on a short list, since her assistant coach from the WC staff already left.
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Speculation is she's stepping into the GM role which, if that's the case, might be more likely that the next coach comes from the youth team ranks than, say, an NWSL coach. Edit: Speculation killed! Ellis isn't moving to GM. xeria fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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Jul 30, 2019 19:24
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USWNT playing Ireland tonight at 10pm EST in their first victory tour game, Morgan/Pinoe sitting for continued injury recovery I guess which -- fine, both of them need to get better so they can play for their club teams again
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Aug 4, 2019 02:22
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drat, Toni Pressley (defender for Orlando Pride) was diagnosed with breast cancer and just had surgery for it 
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Aug 8, 2019 01:43
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Lyon's roster is absurdist levels of international talent and that game against NC was really fun. I didn't even realize until that game that Nikita Parris had signed with them this past offseason.
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Aug 20, 2019 02:36
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Paulson spilling beans on NWSL expansion in a twitter thread: https://twitter.com/LukeFritz64/status/1164343587846283264 Seems like that the only team out of the southeast that could qualify as a "really big addition" would be Atlanta.
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Aug 22, 2019 03:05
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NWSL expansion update: https://twitter.com/JeffKassouf/status/1165013855111667713
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bushisms.txt posted:Yeah, SanFran Eastbay. We have the quakes and they have decent to great crowds, I'm sure the interest is there. There were rumors a couple years ago that Barca wanted an NWSL team and was eyeballing the bay area (also rumors that they could partner with LAFC on an NWSL team, or that they tried to buy Sky Blue but Phil Murphy said no, etc.).
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Aug 24, 2019 13:37
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Engineer Lenk posted:Good facilities are hard to come by, so having these teams partnered with MLS or USL makes it much more likely that they'll succeed (though clearly it's not everything - see Orlando). Seattle struggled through countless seasons at Memorial, whose only redeeming feature is the location in Seattle center (1970s high school football stadium - lots of turf and concrete). Expansion drafts could get interesting. The last one had the mega-trade that put Alex Morgan in Orlando. Wonder if she'd try to land in Sacramento to at least be on the west coast, or if she'll be content to wait for either an LA expansion (or her husband to get cut/traded).
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Aug 24, 2019 23:10
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Already appreciate the FA Player letting me watch FAWSL games in the US with no issues.
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Sep 8, 2019 15:59
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whypick1 posted:Against Orlando? Not surprised Orlando scoring this season is always a minor miracle Can't loving wait until we can stop pretending Kristen Edmonds is good at anything. She's been inexplicably terrible since she got one whole USWNT call-up (which she didn't even dress for the game).
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Should’ve been Dunn instead of O’Hara, if it had to be someone from the US squad.
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Yesterday was Jill Ellis' last game as USWNT coach, so fire up your speculation on who steps in next. Presumably gonna be announced ASAP, since there are two November games left this year. Most everyone who I've seen weigh in seems to think it's between Laura Harvey (Utah Royals) or Vlatko Andonovski (Reign FC). I think Vlatko's probably the better coach of the two, but I also don't want the Reign to have to go coach-hunting themselves this offseason.
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Oct 7, 2019 14:46
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NWSL playoffs set -- NC v Reign and Chicago v Portland. Not looking forward to Reign getting steamrolled next weekend if they play like they did last night. Also, Laura Harvey said in Utah's post-game presser that she's not leaving to be the USWNT coach, so if everyone's suspicions were correct that the job was between her and Vlatko Andonovski, I guess grats Vlatko/ugh Reign having to hunt a new coach this offseason.
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Oct 13, 2019 16:58
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NWSL about to have a 10th team again: https://equalizersoccer.com/2019/10/17/2020-nwsl-expansion-sacramento-republic-advanced-discussions/
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Oct 19, 2019 00:51
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whypick1 posted:Seems weird that the league hasn't had a California team...ever. Also has not helped Orlando! Admittedly, other things that haven't helped Orlando: trading away multiple picks/good players just to get notably okay at best for her club teams Alex Morgan.
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Oct 19, 2019 01:12
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And a 2021 expansion team secured for the NWSL as well, formally announcing it on Tuesday I guess: https://twitter.com/itsmeglinehan/status/1185682722330689536
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Oct 20, 2019 17:46
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whypick1 posted:After 66' it's scoreless because Casey Murphy has been standing on her head all game (NCC has 19 shots, 6 on target, compared to 5/3 for the Reign). She's gotta get called up for some USWNT camps, right?
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Oct 20, 2019 20:14
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gently caress yeah do it Reign
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whypick1 posted:And that's the dagger. The team poster for this season was pretty great with just how many players they had to fit onto it.
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Oct 20, 2019 20:52
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All up to Sam Kerr to save everyone from NC/Portland for the third year in a row
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Oct 20, 2019 21:22
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Well, Alex Morgan is pregnant so she's probably never playing another minute with Orlando!
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Oct 24, 2019 01:42
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Chicago looked...about as good as Chicago ever looks against a team that makes a concerted effort to take Kerr out of it. I hope she leaves to get money and grow more as a player, and makes Chicago have to figure out how to get goals consistently without a superstar striker. Also lol McCaskill shouldn’t be starting for anyone. Bring on the expansions (rip sky blue if they make serious changes to salary caps this offseason)
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Amazing what happens when you deign to hire a GM who gives at least a fraction of a poo poo about the team: https://twitter.com/SkyBlueFC/status/1196473217872994305 From a rustbucket camper parked at the training field just to have a single bathroom present ("look! we definitely addressed your complaints!"), to playing your whole next season at Red Bull Arena.
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