Taylor Vincent

NWSL says it has ‘no duty of care’ for women suing San Diego Wave over assault claims The NWSL, a co-defendant in the suit with San Diego Wave, claimed in a defense that it has ‘no duty of care’ to the alleged victims

“NWSL claims it cannot be held accountable for events described in the lawsuit because they fall outside the relationship between the league and the Wave. The league claims it did not know the incidents occurred nor should it have known.”

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A bit of happy personal news:

At the day job I earned the Tech Lead title, almost a year before I should’ve been technically eligible 🎉

#kickingassandtakingnames

CONMEBOL Women’s Copa América 2025™ Final is most-watched Women’s Copa América telecast on FOX Sports networks

Up +273% on FS1 Saturday for Brazil’s victory vs. Colombia in penalty kicks (302,000 vs. 81,000 viewers 7/30/22 Brazil vs. Colombia on FS2)

GOOD BEHAVIOR UPDATE WEEK 14

154 players have now received a yellow card this year, 10 new players added this weekend

Week 14 reductions: 9 (11 @ 4/5 heading into the weekend)
Total reductions: 80
Players @ Card Accumulation Warning: 4
Players @ 4/5 heading into next week: 8

I guess they like each other?

Best part of the lightning break, seeing these two suited up and smiling

I certainly didn't have Utah scoring first against Orlando on my bingo card for this weekend

Dissent at 90+2’

dissent, or in Rob's words "I'll have to watch my words"

Olivia Moultrie's goal today puts her at 12 all-time regular season goals for the Thorns -- tied for 9th with Tobin Heath and Hayley Raso

She's also just one short of Jaedyn Shaw's record for goals as a teenager (13) and has until September 17th to beat the record

Rob Gale's stoppage time yellow means he'll be on yellow card accumulation warning for at least the next 10 games

Portland's halftime defensive adjustments have really limited the Spirit attack. 35 minutes into the second half and Washington only has 2 shots since halftime, neither on target

#WASvPOR halftime stats

The deadline to exercise options was 6/30. In the league's official list, she isn't one of the players who show as having an open option.

Now, what was seen a lot last season was options not being exercised in order to sign as FA's with new financial terms of the contract

That felt a little inevitable with how the first 15 minutes had gone

Torpey just saved a goal there

Barbra Banda followed a brace in her first match vs Utah with a hat-trick in her second

Banda is the 2nd player (Kim Little v HOU) to score multiple goals in her first 2 regular-season matches vs a single opp
Only Sam Kerr (v ORL in 2018/19) has scored multiple times in 3 straight league meetings

Utah has lost 10 of its first 13 matches of the season for the second straight year (W1 D2 L10 this year after W2 D1 L10 last year).

In 2024, the Royals finished with 18 points in their final 13 matches (W5 D3 L5).

The Pride have won their last seven home matches against teams from west of the Rocky Mountains, outscoring them, 18-6 in those matches dating back to April 2024.

Prior to this run, teams coming from the western part of the United States had lost just four of 25 visits to central Florida (W11 D10)

Orlando has won all three of its meetings with Utah since the start of the 2024 season by a combined score of 10-1.

The Pride’s 6-0 home win over the Royals last season is one of six wins by a league-record margin of six goals in regular-season play in NWSL history.

Sam Coffey delivered an assist to Pietra Tordin for the only goal in Portland’s last match before the summer break, a 1-0 win over Chicago.

The assist was Coffey’s 16th in regular-season play in her NWSL career, more than any other player since she debuted in the league in 2022.

Aubrey Kingsbury’s clean sheet in her last appearance, a 0-0 draw against San Diego Wave, was her 49th career clean sheet for NWSL teams across all competitions.

Her next clean sheet will make her the fourth goalkeeper to record 50 clean sheets for NWSL teams in all competitions.

After collecting two points from their first three games of the season, Portland won six of their final 10 regular-season matches heading into the summer break (D2 L2).

The Thorns’ 20 points since the beginning of April equaled San Diego for the 2nd-most in the NWSL in that time (Kansas City – 24)

Only seven of Washington’s 23 points this season (30.4 percent) have been earned at home (W2 D1 L3 at home, W5 D1 L1 away).

The Spirit collected more points at home than they did on the road in each of their first 11 NWSL seasons.

Portland has won five of its last eight meetings with Washington (D2 L1, excluding forfeit win), including a 2-0 home win on June 15.

Despite that success, Portland has not defeated the Spirit twice on the field in a single season since 2018 (W2 D1).

Regardless of all the football watching inside, play must go on

When I typed too quickly

It has been enjoyable to watch, but definitely a different vibe than copa america

and now it's time for everyone to switch their TV's over to ION to calm down in a #NCvSD matchup that's pretty ping-pongy in the middle of the pitch

#WASvPOR NWSL Availability Report

Washington Spirit
SEI/ML: Hatch, Jessee, Sarr, Sullivan
OUT: Casey Krueger (knee)
INTL: Leicy Santos (COL)

Portland Thorns
SEI/ML: Hanks, Muller, Payne, Weaker, Wade-Katoa, Wilson
OUT: Deyna Castellanos (excused)