I'll say this for St Georges... she doesn't give any Fs. She took the ball off Chawinga late in regulation, double-teaming her and outmuscling her, which isn't easy to do. Then, when Chawinga took her down from behind, she got up and stood over Chawinga, got pushed down from behind by Wheeler, then got up and kept jawing. St Georges is a hothead, but she's very strong and doesn't take any shit.
I'm not sure that we saw everything that transpired, but both live and on replay it looked like Chawinga possibly could have received a yellow for taking down St Georges from behind, St Georges could have received a yellow for standing over Chawinga and shouting at her, and Wheeler probably should have been shown a red for shoving down St Georges from behind. Ref swallowed his whistle on all of that. Will be interesting to see if the DISCO issues any discipline after the fact.
Anybody else finding that they're not able to watch KC & NC via Paramount+? It looks like P+ is trying to force an upgrade to P+ & Showtime bundle. WTF?
In keeping with my deluxe lifestyle I have the deluxe edition of P+ (the P+ that showed what, two matches this year?) and can only verify it has the match.
In honor of the playoffs starting, I have emerged from writing hibernation and will be doing season exit survey diaries for each team. First up, the bottom 5, Featuring:
- Houston's season from hell (but also, Tarciane!)
I'll say this for St Georges... she doesn't give any Fs. She took the ball off Chawinga late in regulation, double-teaming her and outmuscling her, which isn't easy to do. Then, when Chawinga took her down from behind, she got up and stood over Chawinga, got pushed down from behind by Wheeler, then got up and kept jawing. St Georges is a hothead, but she's very strong and doesn't take any shit.
I'm not sure that we saw everything that transpired, but both live and on replay it looked like Chawinga possibly could have received a yellow for taking down St Georges from behind, St Georges could have received a yellow for standing over Chawinga and shouting at her, and Wheeler probably should have been shown a red for shoving down St Georges from behind. Ref swallowed his whistle on all of that. Will be interesting to see if the DISCO issues any discipline after the fact.
Anybody else finding that they're not able to watch KC & NC via Paramount+? It looks like P+ is trying to force an upgrade to P+ & Showtime bundle. WTF?
In keeping with my deluxe lifestyle I have the deluxe edition of P+ (the P+ that showed what, two matches this year?) and can only verify it has the match.
I kept running into something that either wanted me to upgrade (I just have "essential") or create a new account for P+ via the Roku channel.
I found a different solution.
In honor of the playoffs starting, I have emerged from writing hibernation and will be doing season exit survey diaries for each team. First up, the bottom 5, Featuring:
- Houston's season from hell (but also, Tarciane!)
- Seattle's uncertain path (but also, Jordyn Bugg and Emeri Adames!)
- Angel City's yucky midfield (but also, Alyssa Thompson!)
- Utah's FO awakes from coma, not in time for A-Rod (but also, Ana Tejada!)
- SD will be fine.
I enjoyed digging into the data and doing some rewatches for this! Comments appreciated as always:
https://www.theeaststandnwsl.com/post/nwsl-2024-exit-survey-diaries-the-bottom-five
PLAYOFFS? You want to talk about PLAYOFFS?
I'll see your Mora, and raise you an Iverson homage.
"We talkin' 'bout not a game, not a game, not a game. We talkin' 'bout... practice."
"How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?" ROTFL!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI
"I sure miss watching him dribble in a circle for minutes at a time" said no Philly fan, ever.
:-D :-D :-D