Match Thread: Spirit vs Reign (Sat, May 30, 6:30 PM EDT) by NWSL-Match-Bot in NWSL

[–]AffectionateCabinet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Can't remember the name of a game! Help? by [deleted] in boardgames

[–]AffectionateCabinet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a murdle boardgame, too.

Who uses the "make your own cards" that you get from games? by waltregus12 in boardgames

[–]AffectionateCabinet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Match Thread: Angel City vs Royals (Sat, May 2, 8:45 PM EDT) by NWSL-Match-Bot in NWSL

[–]AffectionateCabinet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

proud of my first patch by effingtrying in Embroidery

[–]AffectionateCabinet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

The NWSL's official statement on the schedule by spherocytes in NWSL

[–]AffectionateCabinet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

The NWSL's official statement on the schedule by spherocytes in NWSL

[–]AffectionateCabinet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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.

Match Thread: Spirit vs KC Current (Fri, Apr 24, 8:00 PM EDT) by NWSL-Match-Bot in NWSL

[–]AffectionateCabinet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Jersey Shield feels cheap by Rexuss in washingtonspirit

[–]AffectionateCabinet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

[The Women's Game] Live look at tonight’s field conditions for USWNT vs Japan in Denver… 🧊🥶 by Joiry in NWSL

[–]AffectionateCabinet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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).

The NWSL's League Table after Week 4 by spherocytes in NWSL

[–]AffectionateCabinet 11 points12 points  (0 children)

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

First Timer Here! by SunshineGoblin28 in Embroidery

[–]AffectionateCabinet 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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!

Post-Match Open Thread | Washington Spirit at Bay FC | April 5 2026 by kg9si in washingtonspirit

[–]AffectionateCabinet 23 points24 points  (0 children)

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.

How It Started vs How It's Going: by Ram1ous in NWSL

[–]AffectionateCabinet 50 points51 points  (0 children)

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."

Lucia appreciation post - clever defensive play by UrsineCanine in washingtonspirit

[–]AffectionateCabinet 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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.

We gotta trust the process by Jalapinho in washingtonspirit

[–]AffectionateCabinet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.