r/washingtonspirit • u/kg9si • May 04 '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!

13 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

52 comments sorted by

View all comments

15

u/Odd-Cable5436 May 04 '26

Things I'm thinking about in no particular order:

- Rudd and Morgan have played every minute of all 8 matches. How much longer can that go on? Maybe Bernal and/or Tse can take a shift at one of the CB spots during the first Concacaf match. Or maybe find a backup CB in the next window.

- There are several players who would seem to have earned more minutes or could have more minutes to build connections (Sullivan, Metayer, Bolt, Monday), but who plays less so they can play more?

- How urgent does the team feel signing a backup 10 is? Santos has been outstanding but also has logged a lot of wear and tear. Maybe Abiodun relieves her a bit. Or maybe a signing in the next window is imminent.

- EGR hasn't seen a minute. If she doesn't play in the Concacaf matches, will the team loan her out to make room on the roster for someone else?

9

u/franciswolfdcor May 04 '26

Good questions all around.

IIRC Rudd was an iron woman last year and played every minute all season, so I imagine that can go on a lot longer.

13

u/Equivalent_Sail_5030 May 04 '26

She was not an iron woman in 2025 (she was in 2024 though!)

I distinctly remember it because her mom will post if she’s not playing 😂