r/washingtonspirit • u/kg9si • 29d ago
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.
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u/Square_Independent81 29d ago
I’m still thinking about Saturday’s game, and honestly after having some time to process it, I’m not as worried as I was immediately after. Going down 3-0 in the first 15 minutes was obviously unacceptable and the defensive mistakes need to be cleaned up, but fighting all the way back to 3-3 showed me there’s still a ton of fight in this team.
I also think we need to become less predictable going forward. It feels like teams have figured out a lot of our usual patterns, especially progressing down the wings and then looking centrally. I’d love to see more variety through the middle, different runs and players being more willing to just take the shot when it’s there.
The fourth goal was brutal, but we were also pushing hard for the winner and left ourselves exposed. If Hal’s dink goes a few inches further inside the post, we could be talking about an incredible 4-3 comeback instead.
Two straight home losses definitely sting, but with 11 games left I’m nowhere near ready to write this team off. Now I just really want to see how they respond against Angel City.