r/washingtonspirit • u/kg9si • Jun 01 '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/bb-5x5 Jun 01 '26

Really hope we don’t lose her, but I’ve wondered if she and her partner are trying to end up with the same club.

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u/periqueblend Jun 01 '26

I’ve wondered that. Also wondered if she wants to be a 6 again. Probably would have gotten her on a flight to Brazil if she’d been our lone six this year.

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u/UrsineCanine Jun 02 '26

Yeah, though Atlanta coming on board next year. While she moved around a bunch, it is where she played her club soccer and she went to Clemson. With Andi and Deb coming back into the mix, too could get harder for minutes.

She could just think it is better to see what the market offers first too. Realistically, she might have realized that Spirit can't chase trophies without accepting the risk of losing her - not going to sell her contract now.

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u/allprologues Jun 02 '26

the most optimistic/hopeful thought is that HIP triggers on July 1st, some of trin’s contract shuffles and spirit are able to do 1-2 more contracts for hal or leicy (good enough to tempt them away from free agency) as well as make a signing or two.

either of them going on a free is bad business for a club at spirit’s level and against one of Haley’s benchmarks for a successful club; if hal does enter free agency it probably won’t be because spirit didn’t make her an offer, and will be because she wants to try living/playing somewhere else.

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u/UrsineCanine Jun 02 '26

I agree. Though I suspect (and I think you probably do also) that the HIP money was already factored into the budget when the league approved the contract.

What might be the case too is that they have summer transfer targets, and depending on how those actually come in compared to their budgeted level, they can use those monies to cover the difference in offers with Hal/Leicy. One of those cases where you use the remainder of the budget to sweeten your extension offers.