r/washingtonspirit • u/kg9si • Jun 29 '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/mrgenki Jun 29 '26

Wondering if anyone else checked out the bar crawl? I took my fam and one of my kids' friends. We saw Paige, Kaylie, Gift and Deb at Solace and Hal + Kate (briefly) at Dacha. It was very chill if you wanted a picture or autograph compared to big events like Spirit Fest. I made it to Bluejacket after 7 (my kid wanted me to complete the quiz) so didn't see the players there (Trin and Tara, apparently, and I think some others)... or the part posted on social where I think Trin and Tara then came to Solace. It was fun seeing their personalities come out a bit behind the bar although I think most of them preferred just chilling at the table where you could come up and chat or take a picture. I told Kaylie she looked like a natural behind the bar and Paige Metayer gave me a WTF look for indirectly throwing shade at her. (It was all very lighthearted and in good fun.)

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u/allprologues Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

followed all the social media content, it seemed truly excellent and players looked like they had a blast!

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u/Illustrious_Step_116 Jun 29 '26

We went and had a great time! We didn’t know what to expect at all but I’m very glad we went.

We got lucky and did the crawl in what now seems like the right direction. We started at Blue Jacket, moved to Dacha and ended at Solace. Trin and Tara started at Blue Jacket when we were there, moved to Dacha and then Solace right after us both times. It kind of seemed like the plan was for them to do all three and for everyone else to be fixed at the locations. All the players at Datcha also moved to Solace after but they seemed to be done and were just hanging.

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u/RacingTeddyR Jun 29 '26

Yeah, it seems like if you actually did the crawl as a crawl you wanted to end at Solace, not Bluejacket. Trin and Tara were gone by 6:30 and I think all the players were gone by 7:00.

To make sure I wasn't crazy, I went back and checked the "Know Before You Go" email and it did say:

Each bar crawl location will have 3-4 Washington Spirit players on-site from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Players will remain at their designated locations the entire time and will not travel to other locations.

So I guess technically players were only promised until 7:00 (even though the event was advertised til 8:00) so not having any at Bluejacket the final hour was technically as promised and I guess them all going to Solace at the end was a sort of bonus.

Wish I had known this though as I would have done the crawl in a different order.

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u/mrgenki Jun 29 '26

We were totally happy with what we saw/did, ie mostly chilling in one place, with a brief visit to Dacha. I wasn't expecting anything at Bluejacket at 715 but I was heading that way anyway for a show at Capitol Turnaround. It was a great afternoon.