WEBVTT - Reign Weekly 5-6: Where Have All the Goals Gone 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:12.840 Welcome back to another episode of Rain Weekly. Killy Donning 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:15.240 here with Laura Shott and our new sideline reporter for 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:18.480 Radio here on ninety three point three KGr FM, Kwame 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:20.919 Apia reminder, we're. 0:00:20.720 --> 0:00:22.079 Back on radio on the tenth. 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:26.200 Curious for you, Kwame, you finally did your first sideline 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:28.480 reporting I think it was your first sideline reporting ever. 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:30.640 Was that your your sideline reporter debut? 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:33.360 Yeah, that was my sideline reporting debut. 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:36.480 Yes, all right, let's uh, how was it? 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:38.400 Give us a day in the life or an evening 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:41.199 in the life of a sideline reporter in the NWSL. 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:44.320 It was super cool. 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:47.080 I'll say, I feel like I have the best seats 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:50.320 in the house, you know, getting to kind of just 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:53.800 hang out on that sideline view everything as it's being played, 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:56.680 see what's really going on. You hear all the grunts, 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.400 the contact like it makes you feel like you're part 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:01.680 of the game, and so I feel like it added 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:04.440 such a major element to understanding what's going on. 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:09.560 I have noticed that sideline reporting in general has kind 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.000 of been one of those positions that seems to be disappearing, 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:15.640 and as a producer, I think that's such a miss. 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:18.840 It's such an often I don't want to say like 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:22.240 a forgotten position, but it's such an important position. It's 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:24.919 like you said, Kwame, you have an entirely different vantage 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:28.000 point and you're feeling the vibes and you're being able 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.480 to see exactly what's going on on the bench, and 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:32.480 I mean you are like right next to Laura Harvey 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:33.360 who's sitting on her yetti. 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:35.840 Yeah, you see everything. 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.840 You see every reaction, you see every single time the 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:40.920 coaches look at each other, they think, like, what just 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.760 happened there? What should we do? Why is that player 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:45.760 out of position? Or is that player in the you know, 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:47.240 in the right place, or they're making the right moves. 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:50.080 So it makes you feel so connected. And I think 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:53.240 if you can take the almost the feeling of what 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:55.800 you have down there and share it with the rest 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:57.840 of the world and everyone who's tuning in, I think 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:01.240 that that's such an important advantage to viewing the game. 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.240 I love that, Laura, you've done every single position. I 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:07.040 believe you've been an analyst, you've been color commentary, You've 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:10.400 done it all. What's your favorite position on the broadcast team? 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:14.880 Just out of curiousity. Honestly, for me, I love sideline. 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.880 I mean, Kame, you're just killing it down there. You're 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:18.840 so perfect for that. 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.480 Obviously killing Stone some of that Khila You've done that. 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:23.639 You guys have been outstanding. 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:25.680 I mean something that stands out was Ball of the 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:27.280 Face game, where you just took it and then you 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:30.639 just kept going as though, like the professional you are, 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:32.079 it didn't even phase you. 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:33.560 You're just like next next thing. 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:39.040 I honestly think that for me, it's it's what I'm 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.640 doing currently, and it's color. I just love being able 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.639 to be a bit of it dips into coaching a 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:46.880 little bit. I think, you know, live TV feels a 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:49.480 little bit the same feelings. Is like getting ready for 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.200 a game. You're either making the call correctly or you know, 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:53.800 sometimes you miss some and then you got to move 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:55.880 on and you got to make the next call as 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.440 best you can and represent the team. 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.519 And it's fun to talk about the players. 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.519 It's you know, I love the group that we're working with, 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.960 true professionals, and so I'm going to go with coleenr. 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:09.040 Although they're all fun. 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.240 I like the shout that you said about coaching and 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:15.840 color commentary. I actually feel like the best color commentators 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:17.520 that I worked for or worked. 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:20.400 With having coaches. Shout out to coach Pete viewing. 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:22.680 Shout out to Steve zach Wanni who coached high school 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:24.520 for a bunch of a couple of years there. And 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.400 Brad Evans who also coached girls. I think he actually 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:28.800 still might be coaching. I have to talk to him 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.639 about that, but he was coaching girls high school, which 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:32.160 is awesome. 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:32.679 Yeah. 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:34.800 For me, it just feels like, you know, a lot 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:36.800 of the thoughts that you have during the game as 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.880 a coach, you just start to say them out loud, 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:42.840 and then you know, you try to paint the picture 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:45.360 for everybody viewing and give them a little insight as 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:50.080 to you know, substitutions, rotations, changes of formation, you know 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:55.040 why things are happening game within the game moments. It's 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.480 just fun to talk with strategy. I love it well. 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:02.280 In kwame, your debut was unfortunate match for sure. 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:04.200 We won't go into that match again. 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:06.800 Three no laws at Utah obviously, but you were on 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:11.520 the sideline when Jess Fishlock went down, which is you know, 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:15.120 trial by fire if there ever is one first sideline reporter. 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:20.520 Yeah, I mean that was a you know, for lack 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:23.040 of a better way, to present it. That was a 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:27.480 Murphy's Log game. You know, anything bad that could happen happened. 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:30.280 But I think, you know, like you said, it's a 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:32.599 child by fire moment. I think for it was for 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.320 us and also for the team, right, I think you know, 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:37.560 they were coming back into Luman for the first time 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:39.480 in quite a while. I think it was all about 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:44.520 just like recentering understanding that hey, like we are pretty 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:47.200 top of the table, but we you know, we have 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:49.520 to keep striving to make sure we stay there and 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:52.480 every moment counts, and I think like that's a big 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.000 part of just the game. Like you know, looking at 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:58.080 the EPL games over the weekend, you know, a title 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.520 race that was decided, your English Premier League title race 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.800 that was decided by one bad back pass, right, And 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:06.839 so it's moments like that where I feel like child 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.560 by fire. Yeah, Like the team noticed like, hey, if 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.360 we're playing in the back, we've got to be tidy, 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.040 We've got to make sure we're making the right connections 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:14.919 and the right decisions. And hey, if it gets the 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:16.400 point where we don't know what to do, we'd have 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.560 the opportunity to clear it or put it in an 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:20.160 open space and so yeah, it was. 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:21.720 It was a good tild By fire moment for all 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:22.040 of us. 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.120 All Right, Jess fish Lot going down, who is going 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:26.039 to take over in the ten? 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:26.760 You guys. 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:30.680 Try fire question right there? 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:33.719 Yeah, I mean put us on. 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:39.160 I think the great thing about the rain right now 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:41.960 and the midfield and the rotations, even Mercado coming down 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:45.360 from the nine to the ten playing in midfield, really 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:46.800 she could take I think the. 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:47.360 Ten or the eight. 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.840 I think the best thing in a situation that obviously 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:56.120 isn't the best and nobody wants, is that there's there's options. 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.320 You know, you have Mentee coming back in this game, 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.320 you can rotate. I mean, Maza is doing a great 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.400 job in the six, but you have a lot of 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.840 players that are playing in midfield that are showing really well. 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:10.279 I got to shout out Mcammon two. She's been solid again. 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:10.760 A number of. 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.880 Young players that are stepping into roles, whether it's the 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:16.960 six or the eight or the ten, there's there's a 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:18.799 lot of players that can play each of those positions 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:22.400 and play them quite well. So I think it's an 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.799 exciting moment. Although again we didn't none of us wanted 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.479 to see it to see who steps into those roles 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.680 because obviously, you know, unfortunately in twenty twenty five, j 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:35.080 just Fishlock similar not same, but similar situation, and that 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:36.680 in the first half of the season she went down 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.880 and she missed most of it, hoping that she's back 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:41.800 for a lot of the second part. I don't know 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.560 any timeline. I'm not aware of what her timeline is, 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:46.440 but obviously we all want her back for as much 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:50.080 of this season as possible. But she did something to 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:52.080 this effect last year, and she came back and she 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.440 was on fire. And given it's her her final year 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:57.400 and she's announced that, I think she's gonna come back 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.640 into this rotation and do great. But in the meantime, 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.520 there some outstanding players that will will step in and 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:03.040 do well. 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:05.200 I don't want to be overly optimistic. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.600 This was just me reading vibes from Laura Harvey and 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.080 her press conference talking about Jess Fishlock, and she was 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:14.960 in very good spirits about it, which Laura's many things. 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.880 Poker face, I don't think she really has one. I mean, 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.120 her face and her tone. You know what she's thinking 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:23.560 and you know how she's really feeling about things. So 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:26.200 that was encouraging, just you know, reading body language and 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.880 all of that fun stuff. Milestone, Dania. Oh, go ahead, Kwame, 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:30.320 go ahead. 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:32.640 You know I was gonna say, I think there's a 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:35.000 lot of ways to look at it, you know. 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:38.160 I think when Jess went down, I think Manda Sire. 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:40.400 Actually moved to the ten for a little bit, which 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:44.400 you know, typically pacy down the wing player, but also 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.280 probably one of our best players on the ball. So 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.040 do you think maybe we just put her in the 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.440 tent spot and just see what she can start creating. 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:55.520 I think there's a possibility there. There's also maybe putting 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.280 someone else in a deeper role and then maybe pushing 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:01.600 Sam Mizza up because is great with the turn and release, 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.120 and so maybe you get a bit more you know, 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:07.560 deep line passes, a bit more quick in that tense spot, 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.360 quick movement, quick passes down the line, quick breaking ball. 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.280 So there's a lot of options here, I think, and 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.000 obviously we don't we were in a position where we 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:15.840 have to take those options. 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:16.640 We didn't want to have to. 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.320 But I think that, you know, I'm with you in 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.040 the sense that I do feel optimistic about our options there. 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:24.720 Laura follow up on that, that was some good stuff. 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.600 No, it's great I mean between what I had mentioned 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.200 and what Kalme's mentioning there, I think that the through 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.440 line is that there are a lot of options. There's 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.320 not you know, like one player that can step in 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:39.720 and play the ten. There's great rotation. I love that 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:43.280 shout out to Cocona. I mean, I don't necessarily want 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.720 to see somebody that was scoring so many goals in 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:50.920 preseason and in Coachella and you know it started off 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.280 the season very well necessarily moving back and we all 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:54.839 know that we need the scoring power. 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:56.959 But I'm with Kwalme. She can do the job. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:00.080 I'm really high on her and I think that if 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.959 she is in that spot, she would do just fine. 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.520 You know, as we're having this discussion, it's sort of 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.959 coming to mind how versatile a lot of these players 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.120 are that we have currently on the Rain and how 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.760 you know, they can play multiple positions and there's a 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:16.760 lot of flexibility, which is a huge bonus and a 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.240 huge advantage for this Rain team. And it gives Laura 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.920 Harvey tons of options when she puts out her eleven 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:25.079 every single match, because, as you know, she is very 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.800 matchup based on her starting eleven, so tons of options 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:32.200 she must love that milestone Mania this weekend, Laura Harvey 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:35.160 is about to hit three hundred and WOSL games coach 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:38.600 across all competitions. On the twenty six, she hit two 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.240 fifty with the Rain. Now she's gonna be hitting three 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:43.040 hundred two forty two with the rain. 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:43.920 And if I can do. 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.280 Math correctly, the rest and I'm not even gonna try, 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.040 the rest of them were with Utah Royals. 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.120 I mean, when you think about WUSL. 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:51.199 I mean, she's got to be on the Mount Rushmore 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:54.280 at this point, Like there's just no question she's the 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.640 coach of the NWSL, Like, let's put her, Let's let's 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.920 put her silhouette on the you know at this point, 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:01.880 like just her sitting. 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:03.960 On a Yetti or a Gatorade cooler, Like. 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:09.120 I guess you could, right if the league symbol was 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:13.000 Laura Harvey on a YETI I mean, amazing. 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:14.679 We need to at least make those two. Actually, I 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:16.000 think those T shirts might exist. 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.200 I hope that they do. Merch April on our merch team. Hello, 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:23.040 let's let's let's make those happen. But Laura Harvey, I mean, 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.440 what a career. She's about to hit three hundred nl 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:29.880 result games coached across all competitions, hopefully better result than 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:31.199 number two fifty. 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.600 With rain E FC. But I mean she's a legend. 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:35.760 She's literally just a legend. 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:41.880 Yeah, big time. I think you just think about the 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.679 progress that NWSAW has made from the beginning, and when 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.559 you are one of those major pioneers, if you think 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:49.760 about the players, the fact that Jess is, you know, 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.280 one of the last players out there, you think about 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:55.680 how much you know, how long it's been and so 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.719 paving the way in terms of on the field and 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:02.319 off the field. You have two very incredibly pivotal pieces 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.720 to the whole history of the NWSL. So yeah, I 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.120 mean it's it's really cool to see it and really 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:12.000 cool to kind of witness the growth and like how 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:13.600 impactful Laura has been this whole time. 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.280 I think what's really impressive to me about her is 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:21.600 her ability to coach anyone and everyone. There's not a 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.680 profile of oh this is a Laura Harvey player. I 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:28.199 feel like she can coach and mentor and be effective, 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.240 and she knows how to put any type of player 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:35.120 in the right position, which just makes her an ego 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.240 list coach in my mind. That you know, it's not 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:41.920 about Okay, this is my you know, mastermind tactics, and 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.560 you're gonna all fit into my game plan. 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:46.720 She takes the game for what it is. 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.520 She takes the players for who they are, whether they're young, 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:53.120 younger players or veterans. She's done an incredible job coaching 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.800 the Ogs, and now she's doing an amazing job coaching 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.200 all these young up and comers. I mean, we had 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:03.120 a production call where she just saying AINSLEYE. Mccammon's praises 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:05.920 and talked about how that young player who is she 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:08.960 even twenty yet is one of the leaders on the 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:12.200 team and is on the leadership team and is being 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.600 built up as a potential leader eventually in her career. 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:18.480 And I mean typically you hear coaches, you know, they're 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:21.000 either really good with, you know, a Megan Rappino type 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.560 of player, or they're really good with a EMERYA Domis 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:25.920 type of player, or they're really good with a you 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:30.040 know me official type. But she's incredible with everybody. So 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:34.880 that is a credit to her as a leader. And Laura, 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:36.760 we look forward to seeing you in many more production 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.679 meetings during training. So get ready, I know I'm bringing 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:40.680 a bunch more media. 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:41.120 Members your way. 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.960 Appreciate you. Hopefully you're listening and are hearing me say 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:48.960 thank you, so thank you. Any more thoughts on Laura 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:50.200 Harvey guys before we. 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:53.320 Move on, I mean, she's an the n WSL gout 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:53.839 all right. 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:57.440 I think that was a mic draw moment. Well said you, guys. 0:12:57.920 --> 0:12:59.960 A couple more milestones before we go to the break. 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:03.280 Emria Damas is about to hit fifty regular season appearance 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:06.280 with her next appearance, and Claudia Dickey is three saves 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:09.600 away from reaching two hundred regular season saves. She will 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.200 be the thirteenth NWSL player to reach that mark with 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:17.000 one club Legendary team, one of the og clubs in NWSL. 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:18.680 Too many milestones to account. 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:20.360 I think that this is a category that we have 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:22.120 every episode. 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:22.560 When we come back. 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:26.240 Recap of a hard fought draw versus Houston and our 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:28.280 preview against Washington Spirit. 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:37.400 Welcome back to Rain Weekly. 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:40.640 Killy Dunning here with Laura Shott and Kwamea Pia, our 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:44.040 new sideline reporter for nine fifty KGr AM. 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:45.160 We will be back on. 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:49.360 Radio for the match coming up this weekend, also on 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:52.079 Victory Plus. If anyone is looking to stream the match, 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.240 but tickets are still available rainfc dot com slash tickets. 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:59.440 All right, guys, before we move on to the next match, 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:01.880 let's do a quick recap of our May first draw 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:08.079 at Houston dash pouring rain torrential downpour. By the way, 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:09.920 shout out to all the fans who were actually in 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:11.199 the stands during that match. 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:13.000 That's commitment. 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:16.439 Shout out to Houston fans because that. 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.520 Is some serious, serious commitment. 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:22.160 And watching it. They didn't even have Parkson or raincoats. 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:24.520 They're just taking it. They're taking it. 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:25.360 What was it? 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.880 Okay, So okay, this is just and Kwame will go 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:29.520 to you really quickly. But this was just a really 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:33.440 funny reference. We were in the broadcast truck like watching 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:35.480 as everyone's getting ready dah da da da, and just 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.280 watching the feed and they're showing these drummers and they're 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:42.520 like drumming but it's pouring rain, and our graphics operator 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:45.160 Larry just goes it's like the Blue Man Group. 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:46.120 They're playing like the. 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:48.960 I thought that was pretty funny, and it was. It 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:49.840 was like the Blueman Group. 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:51.560 Uh, Kwame playing in rain? 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:52.480 What is that like? 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.320 And not just rain? Torrential downpouring rain. 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:56.160 And fifty degrees. 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:59.960 Yeah, you know, it's really funny when it's light rain 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:01.640 and it's a little nice outside. 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:03.480 There was this quote that I heard a while back. 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:08.640 Whoever thought sunshine was happiness has never played soccer in 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:12.160 the rain, right, when it's very light rain and the 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.920 ball moves and it skips a little differently. For me, 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:18.320 it's like a striker's dream. You just hit the ball 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:20.600 low and you hope for it. But when it's torrential, 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:23.040 it's a whole different story. And I think one thing 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:24.840 that needs to be factored in as well is like 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.840 rain in Seattle if it's torential, rain in like Houston 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.720 if it's crential, different, Like the thickness in the air 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.040 is different, and so like it's a whole new environment 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:37.560 to play in. And so when I think about like 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:42.520 the likelihood to you know, commit errors or mistakes, it goes. 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:46.280 It just skews up significantly, And so overall, I honestly 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.920 think a point is good in this circumstance, especially considering 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:53.040 the two teams aren't far apart, right, so it's like 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:57.160 two teams battling it out. Ultimately is just like one 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.360 team trying to make sure that nobody makes a mistake 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.080 and then all you know, it comes down to the 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:02.960 point I gotta say, we got to take that. 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:04.520 We're happy with it, you know what I mean, based 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:05.280 on the circumstance. 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.120 Yeah, zero zero draw In this instance, I feel like 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.040 that was actually a very As Phoebe mclarnan and Matty 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:13.760 Mercado after the match, they were the postgame press conference, 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:15.360 they said, you know, it was a really gritty, hard 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.960 fought result and the team is actually very very happy 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.040 with it. And as I said before, Laura Harvey has 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.360 no poker face and she was smiling in her postgame 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:26.960 press conference. So that's always a good sign, but does 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:28.800 not take away from the fact that this rain team 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.840 needs goals. Three hundred and nineteen minutes without a goal, 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.280 three consecutive matches without a goal. March twenty eighth versus 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:39.160 Racing Louisville, Coco's goal was the last goal scored by 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:42.680 Rain FC. We haven't scored in four of seven matches. 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:46.400 Chicago leads this stat with five scoreless matches this season. 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:50.520 But it sort of doesn't really make sense because there's 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:54.440 so many attacking threats on this team, and the eye 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:57.040 test has shown us that they're moving the ball, they're 0:16:57.040 --> 0:17:00.240 creating chances. Laura Harvey and the postgame press conference and said, 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.280 we would be worried if we weren't creating chances, but 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.840 we clearly are Official clear had the sitter. I don't 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:07.159 even want to call it a sitter because it was 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.560 playing in the rain and it was just crazy. And 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:12.480 coach Laura Harvey actually did a shout out to me 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:14.960 Official on this season that she's had great hold up 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:16.800 play and she's been phenomenally defensively. 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:21.240 I'm just looking at our attacking core Emery Coco. 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.400 Matty Dullen, Britney Radcliffe, Me Official, Matti Mercado. 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:27.720 It doesn't make sense to me that we've only. 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:30.240 That we're been scoreless in four or seven and watching 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:34.000 the team, it hasn't looked like we've been held without 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:35.520 a goal in four of seven of our matches. 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:37.800 What are your thoughts, you guys. 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:42.720 Yeah, I mean, from my perspective, I think there's a 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.400 component of it that has to do with I think 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:49.320 experience that I mean, there's there's a bit. 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:51.280 Of growth right that still needs to happen. 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.439 I think, you know, the team's still young, especially in 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:57.320 the attacking corps midfield to attacking corps, and so, you know, 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.680 I think it comes with getting a bit of experience, 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:04.560 which helps gain a lot more composure. You know, it's 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:08.600 it's really heavily underestimated how much composure helps in all circumstances, 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.680 especially within that eighteen yard box. 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:12.040 Right. 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:16.480 We still had I think about eight shots in the box, right, 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:19.200 And so it comes down to just the composure, getting 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.600 fine with it, getting normal with it, feeling like, hey, 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.679 this is just another day for me, And you have 0:18:24.760 --> 0:18:26.680 to put a few in the goal to start feeling like, 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.199 all right, it's just another day. If it's you know, 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:32.600 circumstances like this where it's like teams really really fighting 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.920 for that whole position and fighting for that goal opportunity, 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.560