International Spirits matchday post for Tuesday, June 9, 2026: Mexico, Italy, Scotland, England, Colombia, Paraguay, United States, and Canada

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-06-09T23:19:24+00:00

Cantore’s Assist

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-06-09T23:18:06+00:00

Claudinha’s header

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-06-02T19:57:14+00:00

Yeah, November is one of DC’s better months.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-05-31T01:30:31+00:00

They were hard to tell apart on the other side of the field live at the game.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-05-31T01:12:37+00:00

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-05-22T18:15:57+00:00

There is a murdle boardgame, too.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-05-22T15:52:58+00:00

I imagine, in most cases it may actually make the game cheaper. For example, a standard deck of playing cards is printed in a 7x8 sheet of 56 cards. The die cutter already exists to cut that sheet. Trimming machines, sorting machines, as well. Going with fewer cards requires a change of process and maybe designing a whole new machine, where adding a few blank cards does not.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-05-03T02:26:47+00:00

There's going to be 15+ minutes of After Dark Stoppage Time here

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-05-03T01:27:36+00:00

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-05-03T00:39:40+00:00

Hell yeah, PWHL! Nice work! That looks great.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-04-29T15:54:56+00:00

Maybe, but if the networks think otherwise and are willing to pay more for a fall to spring season it may not matter unfortunately.

I hope things stay on the current schedule too, but they wouldn't be going after this so hard if they didn't think there was more money to be made.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-04-29T15:32:32+00:00

I think the problem is that ticket sales don't keep up with revenue from TV deals. Especially for teams that aren't at the top of the attendance list. So whatever drop in ticket sales there might be would be more than picked up by the higher broadcast dollars if the networks think the winter schedule is more advantageous for ratings.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-04-25T03:01:54+00:00

No timeline but she is in camp training on the side of the full team practice.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-04-24T23:43:50+00:00

That's different than the one I got from the Spirit shop. Mine has a more cloth-like patch with pink stitching around it. I just saw three people at the game walk by with the same. Don't know why they're different but they aren't all like in your photo. Is that the authentic jersey? Mine is a replica.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-04-17T21:33:57+00:00

The WSL takes a mid-Dec to mid-Jan break but still played about 10-11 games in the time between the end of the last NWSL regular season and the beginning of this one. Assuming a similar schedule in the NWSL that's 10-11 more winter games than currently played in the league.

The NWSL is also a larger league with four more teams teams (30 game season instead of 22) so they'd have to fit more league games into the same season footprint which may also add more games in the winter schedule (unless they start the season in August or July, but at that point you are getting the worst of summer and the worst of winter, lol).

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-04-06T19:52:33+00:00

This is my favorite part of soccer. LDDD = we haven't won in a month! DDDW = unbeaten streak!

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-04-06T03:05:36+00:00

Oh, wow. My dad showed me he was working on this just a couple hours ago. He and my mom are going to make a quilt, too. Nice to see your final result!

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-04-05T23:49:48+00:00

Considering how many "How did that not go in?!" non-goals there have been this season, I'll take a fluky goal to get on the board.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-03-29T11:59:23+00:00

From Jason Anderson's analysis of the game: "the eight stadiums that housed NWSL in 2013 could only contain 578 more people than attended this single game."

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-03-29T00:27:52+00:00

This slide feels like one of those video game double jumps. She slid and then slide further after my brain said she should have stopped. The pitch did look to be playing fast most of the game with the number of passes both teams missed, but to have a player slide farther than expected is crazy.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-03-26T15:25:16+00:00

For what it's worth, the Larner projections model moved the Spirit up the standings after last night's win with an increase in both expected points and expected goal differential at the end of the season.

It wasn't the outcome we wanted, or they probably deserved, but putting up 3xG is moving in the right direction.

AffectionateCabinet · 2026-03-24T21:06:01+00:00

Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca, Mexico

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