r/washingtonspirit • u/kg9si • Aug 10 '26

Weekly Discussion Thread Weekly Open Discussion Thread

Welcome to this week’s open discussion thread!

This is your space for general discussion, a place to talk about anything Washington Spirit that doesn’t necessarily need its own thread. That can include news, international duty, roster moves, transfer rumors, tactics, social media posts, league news or anything else on your mind.

If something feels big enough for its own thread, definitely still post it. This is simply an additional option to keep us organized and help keep the conversation flowing. These threads will go up every Monday and stay stickied throughout the week.

Go Spirit!

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u/guthriegf Aug 14 '26

When do we expect WAFCON players to return/debut?

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u/allprologues Aug 14 '26

i expect deb, monday, rose to be available for limited minutes starting next week, they should be headed home this weekend if they haven't already flown out, leaves a week to rest and get a bit of training in. deb and rose will be the most tired i would think.

ngock and bethi aren't done playing yet obvs

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u/ttsa_25 Aug 12 '26

We have two former Spirits competing on the Amazing Race. Ali and Joanna.

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u/Enviroman99 Aug 12 '26

I think that Tamara Bolt really played well last weekend and deserves more playing time. Her dribbling skills and speed really put Courage defenders on skates. She was terrific!

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u/Sequoiakc22 Aug 16 '26

Agree. ...She has really impressed with her showings of late. I think we may see more of her. ...You have to believe with those kind of showings recently, her confidence must be getting a boost too. All good.

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u/Proof_Prompt9435 Aug 12 '26

Anyone coming to LA this weekend for the ACFC game? Wife and I moved here and miss our Spirit Fam! Would love to meet up! 🖤⚽️

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u/NarrowPiccolo9069 Aug 11 '26

Brief Stainbrook (non)update from 3rd Degree

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u/Sequoiakc22 Aug 10 '26

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Why can't Hal take more shots like that? ...A laser from outside. ...If she can take say three (3) or four (4) of those per match, keeping them on frame, it just feels like she's going to put at least one (1) past the Keep & in the back of the net.
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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-15 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

just coming on here to say i love ROWDY AUDI! despite how the game this week went, the crowd was quite literally behind the spirit every single second. I’m a STM and it never fails to amaze me how despite sometimes the unfortunate results, we are ALWAYS behind this team. i’m so proud to be apart of this fan base and so proud of the community the spirit have created. love these gals and our fans! 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

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u/Square_Independent81 Aug 10 '26

I’m still thinking about Saturday’s game, and honestly after having some time to process it, I’m not as worried as I was immediately after. Going down 3-0 in the first 15 minutes was obviously unacceptable and the defensive mistakes need to be cleaned up, but fighting all the way back to 3-3 showed me there’s still a ton of fight in this team.

I also think we need to become less predictable going forward. It feels like teams have figured out a lot of our usual patterns, especially progressing down the wings and then looking centrally. I’d love to see more variety through the middle, different runs and players being more willing to just take the shot when it’s there.

The fourth goal was brutal, but we were also pushing hard for the winner and left ourselves exposed. If Hal’s dink goes a few inches further inside the post, we could be talking about an incredible 4-3 comeback instead.

Two straight home losses definitely sting, but with 11 games left I’m nowhere near ready to write this team off. Now I just really want to see how they respond against Angel City.