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From causal and seasoned fans to fresh new fans to the game, Casual FC is your Angel City FC podcast previewing all upcoming matches, highlighting what to look for as the casual football fan.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
yeah and then you'll just get me
being like, wop, wop, wop, wop, wop.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Welcome to
Casual FC, an Angel City preview pod.
I'm your host, Mario Salazar,
with my so excited she feels
hungover host, Angela Morales.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I exerted a lot of energy.
Last night, I'm pretty sure
everybody who was at BMO did.
We were, we were on another level.
It was a good one.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah, it was such a good one.
I will already this, that I
watched the game from home.
I listened to the
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Big FOMO.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah, big FOMO Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I listened to the amazing Isaac and
Tracy at home for the first half while
we were doing bedtime routine stuff,
then had to, put the phone down, put
everything away, and then did bedtime
stories, did all that stuff, and then
went outside, turned on the TV, and then
caught The better part of the second half?
yes, a lot of the excitement
and the emotion will be coming
from yours truly, Angela, here.
because she was at the game and
she will bring all that energy
that everybody who messaged us
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah, so many exclamation
points, you guys.
Good job.
solid emoting via Instagram.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Oh, yes.
Yeah.
So let's go down our note.
This is going to be a,
hopefully a speedy pod.
We'll see by the end of this, how long
this thing actually ends up being.
So on the next match,
don't worry about that.
let's just keep the ball rolling.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
This is just about last night.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: this is
just about last night, chaos award.
There was a chaos award about last night.
Wait.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah, last night deserved its
own chaos award for a million
reasons, but specifically.
Merritt Mathias and her ability to
never back down, have everybody's back,
and call someone out when they're just
being, maybe a little too aggressive.
And there's a meme, I think that's
Shayla from the Pandas made.
It's a still, somebody grabbed the
screenshot of Merritt, standing over
the player from Louisville, who I
still don't even know who it was, and
it, the player on the floor, it says
me, and then Merritt is, work Thursday
morning, and I saw it this morning.
I sent it to Mario, I sent it to
Eva, and I was like, God, help.
That's exactly how this morning felt.
But no, Merritt is, Kind of notorious
or very well known for having a little
chip on your shoulder, for playing like
it anyway, or for being a little bit
more aggressive, not necessarily letting
some things go, On the pitch that most
players would, in this case, the player
who is remaining unnamed, because I
have no idea who it was, I thought
it was Abby Erzig, it's not, I don't
know, I don't know, I don't know, she
took down Sarah, which, don't do that.
We will come for you.
Literally, this is what happened.
and then took down Merritt, there were
some dicey plays happening, and then
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: was losing it
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
the ref lost the plot
within, the first 10 minutes.
There were seven yellow
cards between both teams.
How Merritt didn't get
a red, I don't know.
I'm not asking questions about it.
I'm just accepting it
and saying thank you.
I think he was scared, honestly.
Genuinely, I think he was like, nope.
Not, no.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
not not going near that.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
yeah, we're not gonna poke that there.
But if you're not gonna control
a game that got very chippy
very quickly, that's on you.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Yeah,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I will say,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: between, like
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yes.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: a match
that is now endangering the players,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yes.
And this got
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: and this
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
very dangerous very quickly.
Thankfully, everybody's okay.
What a time.
But yeah, Merritt deserves that
chaos award because I don't
think a lot of the newer Angel
City fans, know Merritt Mathias.
For better, for worse, her history
in the league, what have you, the ACL
tear tweet that we referred to earlier
this season, there's she is so much
part of the NWSL lore and drama and
everything, but she's also a very
solid teammate and a very solid friend.
I, I can't be mad at somebody
who's gonna just, body someone
who just took down their teammate.
I understand.
I completely understand.
I, is it questionable behavior?
Maybe.
Do I care so much?
Sometimes.
It's questionable,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: it's
a very dependent on the context.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
yeah, but I can't say that I, yeah,
given the opportunity and given the
situation, we also don't know what was
said, because I have a feeling something
was said when she got hip checked, because
you don't just, straddle a person and
point at them while standing over them.
The last time something like this
happened, Was Kalia Copper and
Sophie Cunningham in the WNBA
like two seasons ago and it was
intense, but, or last season.
I don't even remember
anymore, but go ahead.
Sorry.
I got really excited about sports.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: I think, to
me, especially watching it from, watching
it from home and on the broadcast,
It was a bad, I wouldn't even
call it a tackle cause like
she didn't really tackle her.
She essentially pushed her.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: at full
speed and then they were past the line
and then it looks like she her a bit.
And
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
there was some shoving.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: she was
about to like, if she didn't stop
herself, she was about to run into the
like railing of the supporter section.
She could have got big
time hurt from that.
And,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I'd body up to somebody too.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Yeah.
Yeah.
And be like, stop that shit.
quit it.
Or
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
you sound so nice.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: it.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
that's a, an F around and
find out kind of thing.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: yeah, no, it's
the one more effort rounding you will find
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Oh, yeah, that, I just, I looked
at Eva after that happened, I go,
I just want to know what was said.
That's it.
I just want to know so badly.
I'm not one to back down
from confrontation, which I'm
sure people have figured out.
I joke that I'm not passive aggressive,
I'm aggressive, and yeah, I get it.
I get it.
But yeah, we had,
it was a game.
That's about it.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: it great?
Yeah.
and so let's just check
the scores around the NWSL.
There were only one other game.
So this was basically the
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Which in itself was also
dicey and also crazy.
Abby Dahlkemper had her ankle
stepped on and there was no card.
And it was in the box.
it just, it was a lot.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: I need
to go back and watch that one.
I didn't watch it.
I didn't have time.
But Yeah, there was only two matches.
both of these were played basically to
play catch up and get everybody at the
halfway point of the season all lined up.
So the other match was Gotham versus Wave.
Gotham won 2 1 at home and we
are now all at 13 games played
midway through the season.
You're going to be hearing this
episode right in the middle of
the and then our next match.
will be the beginning of the second
half so yeah let's just get into the
recap of what happened besides the
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
can I say one more thing
about the Gotham Wave game?
Because long time national team and
NWSL fans will love this if they
haven't seen the video already.
Kriegs was at the game with Sloan.
I'm not sure if Ocean was there,
but Sloan was there with her.
And, After the game, there's video
of Kriegs and Sloan and Alex Morgan
and Charlie, and they're like,
moms and daughters, very cute.
And then Charlie sees Rose Lavelle
and Emily Sonnet and freaks out and
asks Alex if she can go over there.
So she goes, Oh, Rose and Sonnet?
Yeah, go ahead.
So she runs over, high fives both of them.
Sloan slowly comes over and
they're like, Oh my God.
And then at the end of the video,
it's Sonnet asking Charlie if she
and Sloan are friends, and they both
nod, and I like, my heart exploded.
It's just the best thing
in the whole wide world.
I've seen these, these women are
close to our age, but I've seen
them grow up at the same time.
Like I,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: yeah
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
we've seen them and it's just, it's great.
Anyway, that's all.
It's just, I love it.
Alright, let's talk about last night.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: it's
like when you grow up watching an
actor and if you grow up watching
them when they're already older
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: like
they're the same of older age for
like ever yet up with a An actor that
was like fairly young and then you
look at them again now and you're
like, God damn, how did they get old?
But then also
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
What?
Why do you look like me?
Like, why do we look the same age?
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: You make more
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I know nothing about that.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: look like that?
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
What?
Honestly.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: All
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Alright.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
ACFC versus racing.
We
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Let's go,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
the Juneteenth match.
Result three to two.
Who scored?
But.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
everybody.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: is just
amazingness that Fuller scored.
Number
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
So I'm jumping, yeah, I'm jumping
ahead, but number 17, the 17 year
old in the 17th minute, come on.
How dope is that?
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Age 17.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
17, 17, 17.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Yeah.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
you can't be mad at that.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
No, you can't be.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
We were talking over each other.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: And
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
just so excited.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Rodriguez at the 32nd minute.
then, of course, Leroux at the 85th.
Racing had two goals, Flint slash Corniac
scored in the 41st as penalty, and
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Questionable call also.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: yes,
basically the two people we highlighted,
up scoring.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
yeah.
Okay.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Alright.
Tell me about the game.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Okay.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: bring me there.
Paint me the
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I swear to you, when VAR is used in BMO,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Bullshit.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
like I don't understand.
I don't understand why every single
VAR call goes against us, and then once
it's shown up on the big screen, the
replay, it's so terribly the wrong call.
I don't understand.
I don't understand at all.
I saw a tweet this morning That was
like BMO is where refs careers go
to die, because two different refs
that got booed off the field and like
the one guy that had a police escort
because we booed him a million times,
like he's never been back to BMO.
He's still reffing in the league,
but he's never come back to BMO.
And I don't know if big homie last
night is going to end up back at BMO
for an Angel City game, but regardless
of how wildly Weird this game was,
like, I got, I think, four different
text messages during the game that
said, I don't know the rules anymore.
what is happening?
Do they know the rules?
And I said, I don't think
there are any rules.
Yeah, just making things up, okay,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: they're
testing out those new rules.
They forgot that they wasn't
supposed to be tested at this level.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
the ones that haven't been released.
Oh, geez.
But regardless,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: been
surprised if he pulled out the,
like blue card or something.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I know, what, Uno reverse, somebody
had a reverse card in the stands also.
I was like, yes.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Yes.
No, the blue card, the, the blue card,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Oh, wait, is that the penalty box card?
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah, it's the penalty
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: it's the
thing that IFAB is contemplating on
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: leagues.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Insane.
But we got our first three
points in over a month.
And genuinely,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: the
last time we won was May 3rd.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I'm claiming that was for my birthday.
But yeah, it's been,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: and we lost.
Yeah,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
But it was such a, it was so
beautiful in the stadium last night.
it felt alive again.
I, everybody was talking about the
lineup, what is this, what is happening,
I don't understand, I was like, oh,
Gisele and Maddie Curry are gonna be
playing up, they're gonna be playing
more in the midfield, which was what
happened, and we can continue this,
everybody loves this, let's go,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: yeah.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
yeah, the team,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: I
will say through the broadcast,
it sounded a lot better.
the stadium, I don't think the stadium
has sounded that way in a long time.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
no,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: part of it.
we even had some people message us, when
we talk about, like, how did you feel
at the game, or what are your takeaways?
And and it's also been a criticism around.
media, outlets, right?
Of BMO can get packed, ACFC
can pack out a building,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
yeah,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
it's a friendly building.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
not so much last night.
We'll
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
yeah, not so much last night.
Last night sounded different.
Yeah.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
this energy of like the team
came out with a different energy.
It would not surprise me if
there was a players only meeting.
Like some stuff happened
between Houston and here.
And like, it felt different.
The energy around the team felt different.
The fans, like everybody came
in, we're going to win tonight.
We have to win tonight.
We don't have a choice.
And That's what happened.
like we said, Kennedy scored in the
17th minute in the whole 17 17 17.
She's the third youngest player
to ever score in the league.
Maddie Curry had her
first assist on that goal.
So it's just like all of
these things happened.
Rocky Rodriguez, it was
her first goal with us.
It's her 14th overall.
And Syd, I was telling Eva last
night and my mom and everybody who
I've talked about it too, whenever
Syd scores, I'm going to cry.
Jesus.
Anyway.
Whenever Syd scores or something happens
where she's super involved in the
play and whatever, I get so emotional.
But it's because, I watched her grow up.
I watched her grow up on the national team
and, she's been through a hell of a lot.
And to come back from the injury that
she came back from, it was very much in
question of would she ever play again.
And, it was just so good.
And I told Eva I want to get a
picture of Her with the smoke,
with her arms in the air, I need
that picture framed in my house.
So if anybody knows, if anybody has
one, I'm gonna hit up Sandra, who does
a lot of, sidelines, photography, and
Jackie too, from Women Kick Balls,
to be like, do you have this picture?
Because I need to buy it from you.
it's just, It's monumental
when a player like that scores
because she's a game changer.
There was one game last season
right after she came back and
it was her first goal back.
She scores, picks the ball up out
of the goal and runs it back to
midfield going LFG, down the pitch.
Like she understands the immensity
of the moment and it's so much
like ingrained in her body.
So it's, oh, it's just so great.
And then
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: to say
that score that you're talking
about, the LaRue goal is actually
LaRue goal that's referenced in our
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I think it is too.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: I think
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: that
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I think it's that one.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: where,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Because we ended up, I think we ended up
losing that game, but it still was like
this moment of oh, we're not done yet.
And I think that's what it is with Syd.
It's like this ever
present moment, or feeling.
She's not done yet.
And she will make sure you
know that she's not done yet.
so as of right now, this
was her 45th career goal.
She's now tied with Dubenia.
For ninth all time, she's
knocked Carly Lloyd out of the
top 10 for scoring, which, okay.
I'm not the biggest Carly Lloyd
fan for a variety of reasons, but
she's done a lot for, the sport.
But Syd also now has
15 game winning goals.
So it's basically the equivalent
of a walk off was that goal
last night, which I love it.
And then Alyssa, Had her 5th assist on
that goal, so now she's tied the club
record with her 7th career assist,
and she's tied with Claire with that
now, and then her 5 assists this
season ties Claire's record from last
season with 5 assists on the season.
I just said a lot of the
same word a lot of times.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: yeah, but
they all meant something different.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
They did.
English is weird.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: And, with
that goal, also, she is in fifth place
in the, assist leaders in the league.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Oh wow,
realize that.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Emsley no
longer is in the top five for the Golden
Boot, but she's technically still tied.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: for that fifth
place, but, because of the tiebreakers,
she's no longer in the top five.
the running.
if Emsley starts, She's
getting on fire again.
She can definitely climb up
that ladder really quick.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
That wouldn't surprise me.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: made
it to fifth place in the overall
assist leaders in the league.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: were saying,
I know, we know Alyssa has, she's going
through what we're calling the yips of
her scoring and everything like that, but
If she's becoming this assist machine,
if she's becoming this, driver,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
that's fine.
Assists sometimes are more
important for players.
Like your playmaking.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: yeah.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
It just, what a match.
Like this, we talked about it in the
episode that came out on Tuesday.
we need to find the team
that did this last season.
They have been found.
They've been resurrected.
We have found them.
I see the light.
Like I, I feel like new life
was breathed into my body.
On vibes alone last night, like my
Doug, who's a good friend of the
podcast last night just goes, I
think we're just here for the vibes.
I said, I think so too.
And you know what, if we can
tie and get the draw tonight.
All right.
And he goes, we need to win.
I said, I understand that.
But I'll take what I can get and
I can't get my hopes up because
I don't want to be disappointed.
Yeah.
A point's a point and it's not a loss.
So having it be a win.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: like,
we're at this point where a
point's a point is, good enough.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: this win
shows us that we can expect more.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yes.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: can, we
ask for more, and we should get more,
and they should get more, right?
the team earned it.
I will say, damn CBS Sports Network.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Oh, yeah.
People are big mad.
Across the country, big mad.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
okay, I'll tell you this though.
my wife, Jen, right?
She, I was, oh, I was watching
the LAFC game before, earlier,
and then I was just sitting there watching
and I was playing with the cat that were
cat sitting, and then, she goes, how
mad would you be if, like, when they
get the ball I just turn off the TV?
as a joke, and I'm like
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Jen!
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: then I'm
like, I looked at her and I was like,
Oh, and then she starts laughing.
She's No, I wouldn't do that.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Oh my gosh.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: you not.
We're done with that.
We're done with bedtime
routine and everything.
The kids are down.
She went and took a shower
as she was coming out, right?
She was like, stepping into the
living room, right when LeRoux gets
the ball and the screen goes black.
And I look at her and she's looks
at the TV and I'm like, and then it
blinks and then it comes back, right?
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: all we,
basically all we saw was the replay.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
oh,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: all, cause
it was the actual feed that went out.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
like my screen glitched out.
It was the actual feed.
And so all I got to see
was the replay of it.
And then she starts laughing
because she's that wasn't me.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Oh, Jen, oh my gosh.
Like, all I wanted was somebody
to just, have that, gif of Syd in
front of the supporter section, just
raising her arms in the air, and just,
it's like, are you not entertained?
the most epic moment.
Oh, it was just it was so good.
I don't, I just have sounds and feelings.
I don't really have enough words for it.
But think, speaking of thoughts and
feelings, Mario at the end of the game
put up, let the emotions go, let's go.
But during the game, around halftime,
Alysha messaged us and was like,
can we have a midweek episode
just to discuss the first half?
And I was like, this is so stressful
because she's it's so spicy tonight.
I love the energy.
And then later after the game,
she just goes, just talk about
last night, which here we are.
So we give the fans what they want.
Yeah.
Yes.
Oh yeah.
That's what
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: did
answer the prompt for this one,
which was just let the emotions go.
but we did do a, Hey, we're going to
record our mid season thing because
we didn't get to, so it's whatever,
any last minute things that all she
wrote was just talk about last night.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
it was.
But no, like it was So good.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: for you.
We're talking about it.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah, definitely.
So Zach.
With this said, yes, with six exclamation
points, whoo, two more exclamation
points, we fought hard for this win,
chee hoo, let's do it again against Bay
FC, which I have a very good feeling
about, after this game, I'm like, oh,
I have confidence in my team again.
Let's go.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah, let's ride this.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
And our buddy,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: train going.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yes, let me wear my shirt again.
But our buddy J'Anthony said, was anyone
else terrified that Syd's goal would be
called back for something non existent?
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Yes.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I had that fear after every single goal.
Honest to God, I was like, please, no.
Rocky, no.
Kennedy's goal, I'm like,
oh, okay, no whistle, cool.
Rocky's goal, oh, okay, breathe.
Like
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
screen went black.
So I saw her get the ball, screen went
black, and then the goal in the replay.
And I'm like, Because I didn't get
to see anything else in between.
I was like, oh shit, they're gonna call
it offside, they're gonna call it offside.
that's the one thing that I'm gonna
be like, of course they do, right?
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
But they didn't.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
like, or it's gonna be like,
oh, it never crossed the line.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Oh, outside.
Oh, you breathed wrong.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
line technology, it never
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Ugh,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: line.
Oh.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
This fanbase has been through
so many things just from B.
A.
R.
's stupid reviews.
Anyway, Alicia also then commented
on this and said, this is the
energy we need, which absolutely.
Ethan said, so happy, heart eye
emoji, crazy eyes, tongue out, bleh.
emoji.
I'm just going to call that
my Megan the Stallion emoji.
I love that.
he said, can't forget to play
the full 90, but the refs
can't forget how to ref a game,
which is so true.
Oh, we were, I was talking
to a couple of people.
We both were to a couple of folks who
were messaging us last night and it
was just like, welcome to the NWSL.
Nothing makes sense.
What are rules?
We don't know.
This game has just existed
since the beginning of time.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
NWL after dark match.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
It was very after dark.
Dustin said, this will be a bit long.
Sorry, not sorry.
Obviously, the wind is incredible.
Such vibes of the game from the fans.
Amazing.
It felt different tonight.
The bad giveaways in the back are still a
problem, which I agree, it was stressful.
But, it felt like we were fired
up and ready to kick ass tonight.
Bit chippy, but I'm not mad about it.
A hundred percent.
Hundred, hundred billion percent.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: there was
one moment that I started freaking out.
It was when the game was
tied and I didn't clearly.
see but we had the ball there was
pressure on our on our defense
and they pass it back to Didi
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I know exactly what player
you're talking about.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: but it
was like the slowest pass ever and
honestly that racing like if she had
an extra two steps that would have
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: you know like
it was that close i was just like it all
right mirna said the larue was on fire
five exclamation points Jasmyne's goal
save and then double exclamation point.
Rocky and Fuller goals,
they all looked great.
And then exclamation points galore.
Jeff, came in with a lot
of firsts I'm happy for.
Fuller and Rocky's, first goals.
first goal.
goal kicked in by her leg because she
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
We had to clarify this.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: she has
a total of four goals but three of
them have been scored by headers so
this is her first goal of the season
that she was able to score with her
feet the first time in nwsl history
three teens have started for the team
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Wild.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: and team yeah
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
team.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: And first
time we have three goals this season.
And then every time I said goal,
there's a soccer ball emoji.
And then there's a couple
of confetti, cone thingies,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Horns?
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: that.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
I don't know what those things are.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Horns?
Eh, I don't know.
DiDi Clutch, exclamation point.
Refs, not so much.
Hey, I rhymed.
Three exciting goals
and three earned points.
Great match, cool guy
with the glasses emoji.
I want these to be like Dr.
Seuss rhymes now.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Alright, so next, after Saturday's match,
regardless of everything, haikus, rhymes,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: you can make
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
yeah, make it weird.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Alright,
K came in with, just pure emojis.
Smiley face, heart
eyes, hands, and salute.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Syd scored, I get a text from this
K that said, stand up, cause she
sits like directly below my section.
And we stood up and we
just saluted each other.
I was like, yup.
Yeah.
I think that's going to be our new
thing from I think 227 to 129, 128,
129, whatever section she's in.
But yeah,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: No,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
just, what did I say?
No.
She's,
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: No, 129.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
in the corner right there.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
129 is to my left.
going north, the numbers go
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
You right.
It's like 126?
125?
I don't know.
A section.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: that.
alright.
Nicholas, the first 35 minutes seem
like some of the best we've played this
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Mm hmm.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Cautiously, cautiously optimistic.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah, buddy.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
this could totally be a fluke.
It can be.
that's the reality of it, right?
Like this,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
We're just gonna act like it's not.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: yeah.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Because it doesn't have to be.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Melanie came with, Syd is her,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Syd is her.
And the crazy thing is that
Syd tweeted about the pass from
Alyssa saying, Alyssa is her.
It works.
It works.
It works.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: and
then we got a couple of late
submissions that were actually, it.
I think like they came in like this
afternoon basically but you got them in.
I needed last night's
win bad with five D's.
Glad to see the team back in sync
and we are right there with you Abby.
Yessie came in with fucking finally!
I feel it.
And then sparkle emoji.
This is where we turn
around like last season.
Sparkle emoji.
I think when I took a picture of the
standings, when it was on the screen,
and was like, this is, this, let's
bring the Becky Sparkles energy.
This is where we need to like,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
bring it, and let's go.
And then last but not least, Katie sent us
a message saying, me, I'm the problem, I
didn't go, and we won, laughing emoji, and
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Poor thing.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Katie, I'm there with you.
I didn't go to the game
either and they won.
And, look,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
see Mario at BMO again.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: jeez, last
time I turned on the TV and they scored
against us, I'm just like, what the heck?
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: to catch
everybody up on the standings, we, with
this win, it's a much needed win, like
we said, we're gonna need all the points
we can get over these last, two matches.
Really, we need it out, out of the three,
but, We are currently in 9th place.
are tied with racing, and the reason they
are ahead of us is by goal differential.
They're, plus 3, I think we're
negative 5, something like
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah.
I think, negative four, I think now.
Something.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Uh the
main thing to know is that we no
longer, like I said at the very top,
we no longer have a game in hand.
So we've been talking about this
almost every single episode.
trying to be that little bit optimistic
to say, but we still have a game in
hand on top of most of the teams, right?
we still have an extra game, and we're
only in this position, but then as we kept
dropping, it made it harder to keep that
optimism going because of that extra game.
So we got the best result we
could have this extra game.
So now everybody.
All teams have played 13 matches, we're
all even, and we are where we are.
9th place, we're knocking
on the door of the playoffs.
let's go.
The first half of the season
is officially done now.
Second half to go.
Come on, Becky Sparkles.
Bring that magic back to ACFC.
Yeah.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
We're getting it.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: All
right, and then in our normal
section, we'd have a preview of
our next moment, but you know what?
We did a double header pod.
Go listen to that one.
And then,
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
We did the homework already.
mario_1_06-20-2024_211610: Yeah, we did.
We did it.
A quick reminder of where to watch.
The next match is going
to be Saturday, June 22nd.
Angel City is traveling up to San
Jose to play Bay FC at PayPal Park.
The game will be at 7 PM.
it'll be streaming on ION TV and,
you can always listen to it on
iHeartRadio with Isaac and Tracy.
the moment, we did all of this.
There was no watch party information.
I'm pretty sure there'll be
something coming out soon.
When it does, we'll share it.
But yeah.
Woo!
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
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Yeah, hard, guys.
ang--chicken-nugget-_1_06-20-2024_211610:
Yeah, and we've been shadowbanned
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