Spirit actually saw Brad three times last year and won all three games:
MD10: SEA 1-2 WSH, 🟨 1-1
MD14: WSH 2-1 POR, 🟨 2-1
Semifinals: WSH 2-0 POR, 🟨 1-1
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Spirit actually saw Brad three times last year and won all three games:
MD10: SEA 1-2 WSH, 🟨 1-1
MD14: WSH 2-1 POR, 🟨 2-1
Semifinals: WSH 2-0 POR, 🟨 1-1
Just like the last two times the Spirit took the pitch at Audi vs Portland, Brad Jensen is the man in charge. New Englander Jeremy Scheer has the first NWSL game there since 2017, and Denver's first game is overseen by the up-and-coming Nabil Bensalah.
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NWSL is almost back! Here are the referee appointments for Week 1:
Spirit-Thorns: Brad Jensen
Boston-Gotham: Jeremy Scheer
KC-Utah: Natalie Simon
Bay-Denver: Nabil Bensalah
Courage-Rahsing: Jaclyn Metz
Wavé-Dash: Alyssa Pennington (fka Nichols)
Pride-Reign: Alex Billeter
ACFC-Tsars: Shawn Tehini
Not to mention the fact that 2/3 of their group games were set to be in LA, where they would have a great deal of support
But Iran were the third team to qualify on merit almost a year ago (with Japan and New Zealand right before them) so they and their fans have had more time than most to anticipate the tournament. We all lose as a result of this.
Better yet, bring back GANEFO, the alternative Olympics that President Sukarno created in Indonesia in the 1960s when they were expelled from the IOC after denying Israeli and Taiwanese athletes visas to compete in the Asian Games
@meninblazers.bsky.social scrambling to find a way to cover Iran rightly pulling out of the World Cup in the country that has bombed them twice in the last year without admitting that *gestures wildly* the whole thing is a farce
Organize an alternative World Cup but for all of the countries the US has bombed or staged coups in
I’m still wondering why Russia became persona non grata in sports overnight for their invasion, but the US and Israel aren’t for theirs. is it because they didn’t attack a country of white people, would attacking Greenland get them kicked out
Anyway:
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
My only live WWDTM show I’ve been to was at Carnegie Hall in December 2022, which was super fun but upon leaving I got the news about Grant Wahl’s death in Qatar
Like I said, this is the public radio equivalent of Megan Rapinoe or Alyssa Naeher retiring from the national team, or Jürgen Klopp leaving Liverpool
When dealing with a “complex” and “complicated” situation, you always want to wait until right up to any self-imposed deadline to get serious about finding a solution
My new Spirit kit gets here today 🙌
Has to be Kaylyn Kyle
Christine Brennan turning the CBA negotiations into a “they’re squandering the greatness of CC” thing is so deeply unsurprising
i know he’s looking up at bam and smiling right now
WOW major jumpscare there as a senior in college at the time 😵💫
I think even better than his Landon Donovan call
Ian Darke’s call of this is eternal
Remember what Trin said about the fans and the DC community when Jessica tries to claim this as a win for her
We LOVE to hear it 🥹
Today’s #UCL-Live refs:
#GALLIV: Jesús Gil Manzano 🇪🇸 (Guillermo Cuadra Fernández 🇪🇸)
#ATABAY: Espen Eskås 🇳🇴 (Dennis Higler 🇳🇱)
#NEWBAR: Marco Guida 🇮🇹 (Daniele Chiffi 🇮🇹)
#ATMTOT: Serdar Gözubüyük 🇳🇱 (Pol van Boekel 🇳🇱)
Philippines qualified for the 2023 edition!
Our supervisor is in town this week to check on the state of affairs at my work, and she’s from Finland originally and I could listen to her talk all day
Have never ordered anything faster than this
If the Dems who win in the 2026 midterms get squeamish about prosecuting this administration, we'll need to elect a bunch of new people running on Nuremberg shit for 2028. This isn't a joke. It's the law. It's justice. Biden let Trump back in the WH and this happened because Joe didn't do his job
Israel has been eliminated from WBC title contention after their loss to the Dominican Republic.
The single most popular cultural form in the world is Israel getting spanked at sports.
as fake as it sounds, the #NWSL season opens this week! wanna read a report of how supporters are feeling heading into the season? you’re so lucky, I wrote one!
Won’t be hearing about this on the next edition of #MLS360