Yeah that was definitely the worst of the fill… Not super fun, that one

This was it! Thanks - makes much more sense now. Thanks!

Rusnak out with an undisclosed illness; Morris is now a dad (congrats!!) and out for that reason.

And Ruidíaz was supposed to start but is apparently now in street clothes on the sideline. Maybe the hamstring? (Was apparently warming up initially but then pulled). Sounds like Heber up top.

Also love that they had players and families model the new gear: https://www.soundersfc.com/eternally-yours/retail-gallery.

It does make me wonder if they signed Paul Rothrock primarily to be a model 😂

Totally agree. The crest is miles better - looks much more modern. I really like the way that they managed to refresh without losing continuity. The Carnation and Orca are also great - can see picking up Carnation gear for myself and Orca stuff for the kid. The refreshed typography and wavemark in the text also feels fresh but a good throwback. All in all, a win, IMO.

I was thinking the same thing re: King. Restricted free agency means that she could solicit offers from other teams, but Reign have the opportunity to match, right?

Not sure if you’re looking for Reign-centric stuff, but in addition to this and [email protected], you could also check out https://www.sounderatheart.com/ - they (Ride of the Valkyries) cover the Reign with great depth, and lots of other nwsl content is discussed on the site.

Would love to see many of these players back, but above all I hope that they can bring back Rose Lavelle. Just my absolute favorite women’s soccer player to watch.

Yeah, but the end of that second half… woof. Still, will take the win at altitude on the road midweek.

This is the lineup for the #jordanisthetrue9 and #freeatencio crews, for sure. And Leyva’s on the bench for Colorado, which I guess answers the question of whether or not loanees can play against their parent clubs…

Seems like a good guess?

0:25

A point each in Frisco.

Also, these commentators… woof. So, so bad. Long stretches of nonsense about the USMNT, irrelevant MLS history, etc.

RBW to ARoldan at the back post. Took a slight deflection, but no matter!

Halftime - Dallas leads 1-0, and it seems like the Bad Sounders made the trip. Miscommunications, passes to no one, no real goal threat, and a midfield doing its best swiss cheese impression.

RBW in at left back as Nouhou was just with Cameroon. Otherwise looking pretty familiar…

Yep - most of the other teams have a game in hand on us, but most of the teams have been squandering those games in hand so far.

Yeah, it’s a bummer… I know it’s good money in the NWSL world and she probably wanted to go when the opportunity presented itself, but it’s hard to lose a fan favorite for $160k…

I find that they’re great for headings, titles, dates, etc - a little emphasis in my notes. With that said, my pilot metropolitan’s stub nib has also always been really scratchy too, and hard starts a lot. It’s always been one of my most disappointing pens.

One of my favorite stub nibs is a Jinhao 80 (Lamy 2000 clone, usually sub-$10). I swapped out the Jinhao nib for a Lamy 1.1 stub, and it writes like a dream!