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Speaker 2: Said hi everyone, Welcome back to Rain Weekly. KII dunning
Speaker 2: here with Laura shot and spoiler alert, Laura just got
Speaker 2: a kitten, and I want to hear all about this kitten.
Speaker 2: What is the genesis of this kitten? Did it have
Speaker 2: to do with your lovely daughter. I'm assuming go through
Speaker 2: this and then obviously we'll get into rain but I
Speaker 2: think everyone needs to know about this kitten.
Speaker 1: Yeah, don't. I don't obviously normally do the play by play,
Speaker 1: but I mean, I guess we can. With a kitten.
Speaker 1: A friend had a cat that had kittens, and Grayson
Speaker 1: was spending some time over there this summer, and of course,
Speaker 1: of course, naturally you would want a kitten. And it's adorable.
Speaker 1: His name's Cheo. He's been super mellow, and then in
Speaker 1: the last week he just wants to jump on everything,
Speaker 1: like he tries to climb up me. Yeah, and he
Speaker 1: has his own space, he has his own room, so
Speaker 1: you know, you walk in there and if it's he
Speaker 1: feels like it's time to play. He's gonna go hard.
Speaker 2: Speaking of Rain, as you all know, have clinched a
Speaker 2: playoff spot, but decision day still very important because we
Speaker 2: would love to be able to host a home playoff
Speaker 2: game that is huge, massive, amazing, would be awesome, but
Speaker 2: the road to get there is not the easiest road. Yeah,
Speaker 2: the team is visiting Orlando at Orlando. Laura, let's get
Speaker 2: some thoughts on facing Orlando at Orlando, because that's tricky.
Speaker 1: That's a trick. Obviously, Orlando had a They've had a
Speaker 1: great run and then they had had injuries. I mean
Speaker 1: they had an injury to Marta and to Banda, and
Speaker 1: that set them back a little bit. I think that
Speaker 1: that put them back a little bit with some results
Speaker 1: more recently, but at least in the points. But you know,
Speaker 1: Marda maybe returning, maybe be at full speed here soon.
Speaker 1: I mean she has but obviously that's a big boost.
Speaker 1: So Orlando though they obviously they're a good team. They're
Speaker 1: where they're at because they've earned it, and so I
Speaker 1: think it's it's you know, it's East cust travel, it's
Speaker 1: all those things. Orlando obviously had a year kind of
Speaker 1: reminiscent of Kansas City this year, last year. So they're now,
Speaker 1: they're not new to this, they know what this is,
Speaker 1: so they're gonna I think that game is gonna be
Speaker 1: a battle.
Speaker 2: I'm looking at the standings. Orlando is one point above
Speaker 2: us in third place. I mean, that's like as much
Speaker 2: of an exciting decision taking matchup as you could possibly
Speaker 2: ask for. Yes, soccer gods, at least from an entertaining
Speaker 2: entertainment and storyline perspective, or on our side, I don't know,
Speaker 2: you know what, Actually I'm gonna I'm gonna take a
Speaker 2: different opinion here. I actually think that this is a
Speaker 2: great opportunity going into the postseason to go on the
Speaker 2: road play one of the toughest teams. I mean, I
Speaker 2: don't know, it feels like a great way to roll
Speaker 2: into the postseason, especially if we get a good result.
Speaker 2: I mean even a draw is a good result there. Yeah,
Speaker 2: this is an opportunity. Challenges are opportunities. I think this
Speaker 2: is a really really cool opportunity.
Speaker 1: It's a great opportunity. I mean going on the road.
Speaker 1: I mean, we saw saw the tithe the result with
Speaker 1: Gotham last time. The rain faced East coast travel, so
Speaker 1: they took that task very well, responded very well. You
Speaker 1: could see that getting that point on the road was
Speaker 1: huge given how the team and Laura Harvey framed it
Speaker 1: and responded to it. So those points are huge, But
Speaker 1: there's a lot on the line here. We know that
Speaker 1: the Rain would love a home game, may or may
Speaker 1: not get it because that is a very tough game.
Speaker 1: And like you said, they're sitting three and four. But
Speaker 1: you know, just recently we were playing North Carolina and
Speaker 1: we were right next to them, and the standing is
Speaker 1: closer to the bottom of the table fighting to get in.
Speaker 1: So that's a great point. Again, the art the Rain
Speaker 1: art new to these scenarios, so they'll be ready.
Speaker 2: It kind of feels like every single team down the
Speaker 2: stretch has kind of bit like this to be at studio.
Speaker 2: I mean, starting like you said, when we were playing
Speaker 2: North Carolina, we're playing Louisville, like all those teams that
Speaker 2: are now those are the two teams that are fighting
Speaker 2: to make get into the postseason still and we've really
Speaker 2: risen to the challenge. So congratulations and the Rain on that.
Speaker 2: Laura Harvey always sort of and she's told us this,
Speaker 2: She puts out her starting lineup based on the opponent.
Speaker 2: So what do you think Laura Harvey is going to
Speaker 2: put out against Orlando And how do we match up
Speaker 2: against one of the top teams in NWUSL.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we match up extremely well. I
Speaker 1: don't know if she's got to change a whole lot
Speaker 1: from the last game. I mean, we'll see, We'll see
Speaker 1: where Heidem is at. Obviously there were a couple injuries.
Speaker 1: Meant to see where she's at if she plugs back in.
Speaker 1: But we know that Laura Harvey, like you said, she
Speaker 1: changes lineup week to week. We've seen that all year.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't doubt if there's going to be some changes. Obviously,
Speaker 1: those are two big names that have started a lot
Speaker 1: of games and been very successful. They might be back in,
Speaker 1: but it'll be interesting to see what she does with like,
Speaker 1: for example, a Jess Fishlocke who has been coming off
Speaker 1: the bench and obviously doing it extremely well. Well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: almost like a sixth man kind of scenario or a
Speaker 1: twelfth man kind of scenario coming in totally and that
Speaker 1: brings a ton of energy. That's a really fun dynamic
Speaker 1: when you have that as a coach, where you know
Speaker 1: you can make substitutions and at a point in the
Speaker 1: game sixty seventy minutes and you can get better. You
Speaker 1: can bring that energy, you can bring that excitement. So
Speaker 1: I think those are some things to watch for sure.
Speaker 1: We know who she may play in the back line
Speaker 1: when you're playing the five. There's really about six people
Speaker 1: that have been rotating in there, maybe seven, But those
Speaker 1: are the those are the things that I'm curious about
Speaker 1: to see really Heidema, where Menti's at. But we know,
Speaker 1: you know, mclarenan stepping in has been doing wonderfully. We'll
Speaker 1: have to see where Mezz is at because she was
Speaker 1: going to go into camp and then didn't, so that's
Speaker 1: an interesting fold. But no matter what, we know that
Speaker 1: the rain are prepared for this. It's almost like they've
Speaker 1: been training for this all season. If you look back,
Speaker 1: and you know, I know at times we were we've
Speaker 1: talked about, oh are they are they gonna, you know,
Speaker 1: end up with a starting lineup and get to a
Speaker 1: very regular eleven, and that never happened sitting in fourth,
Speaker 1: so it seems to have have paid off. In that rotation,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have people who are a little bit more fresh,
Speaker 1: so hopefully that all that all works out here in
Speaker 1: the end. As we got into that second half of
Speaker 1: the year after we had the large international break, it
Speaker 1: was really interesting to see that. I'm and even when
Speaker 1: we played a team like Utah, who after the turn
Speaker 1: started to win some games and make a run in
Speaker 1: North Carolina, they had actually quite a significant number of
Speaker 1: people changing in the lineup. So I think what's unique
Speaker 1: about the rain is that it wasn't necessarily injuries or
Speaker 1: anything like that, or even trades that changed the lineup.
Speaker 1: It was more people earning it and trading. Having a
Speaker 1: young team, and I think as a coach you're trying
Speaker 1: to figure out what what buttons to push when, how
Speaker 1: they respond, how they're how quickly they're going to come
Speaker 1: along at the professional level. And there's just been a
Speaker 1: ton of players this year that have stepped up, and
Speaker 1: then a ton of older players, veterans that have just
Speaker 1: hit landmarks. So it's been it's been quite the year.
Speaker 1: It's been a lot of fun to watch.
Speaker 2: It really has uh and it's I don't want to
Speaker 2: say up and down. Hasn't been up and down, but
Speaker 2: it's definitely been unpredictable. I would say unpredicted. Yeah, lots
Speaker 2: are really really cool. Like you said, those milestones all
Speaker 2: coming this season, A bunch of retirements that are you know,
Speaker 2: coming hopefully though they have a bunch of more games
Speaker 2: to play. I'm actually scary. So I'm looking at these
Speaker 2: game notes that are awesome pr afishinga o'riyan Perez puts together. Yeah,
Speaker 2: And I'm looking at the starting elevens from this season.
Speaker 2: I don't know if we have a single one that
Speaker 2: is exactly the same.
Speaker 1: I I mean, are you thinking, are you looking back
Speaker 1: to back or are you looking just across the course
Speaker 1: of the year.
Speaker 2: Oh, I'm looking across the across the course of the year.
Speaker 2: It's hard though, my brain is kind of but it's
Speaker 2: a lot of different ones.
Speaker 1: Well, I mean just to catch you know, like I mean,
Speaker 1: Keey right now is looking live at twenty five. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a lot lineups, so it's it's a lot to process.
Speaker 1: I don't know about back to back. Maybe maybe once
Speaker 1: or twice we've we've had the same one. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it speaks to the ability of players on
Speaker 1: this team to be prepared for a moment, and we've
Speaker 1: seen a number of players step in and nobody has
Speaker 1: looked out of place, nobody has looked like, oh they
Speaker 1: have to catch up in some way. They've seemed very prepared,
Speaker 1: very professional, They've performed very well. So it gives a
Speaker 1: coach and it gives an organization a lot of flexibility
Speaker 1: and what they want to do with the opponents that
Speaker 1: they face.
Speaker 2: I have to say too, I think it's a testament
Speaker 2: to the depth of talent and totally because we're not
Speaker 2: the only team that's this way.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know.
Speaker 2: I look when we put together those starting lineup graphics
Speaker 2: on all of our local broadcasts, we always use the
Speaker 2: game notes and we try and predict what they're going
Speaker 2: to do just based on what their last lineup was,
Speaker 2: and it's never even close to being correct.
Speaker 1: So many times we're in there as we get lucky.
Speaker 2: Sometimes we get lucky and a coach is like, yeah,
Speaker 2: we're people knew one or whatever, but yeah, people knew.
Speaker 1: Like when we go through rehearsal sometimes we don't have
Speaker 1: the lineups, and how quickly we know. We'll look at
Speaker 1: a lineup from either the previous game or we'll look
Speaker 1: at a lineup last time we face them, and it's
Speaker 1: often almost all the time I would say it's.
Speaker 2: Different almost every time. It's different, which you know, it's
Speaker 2: annoying on our end. Slightly right, just a little bit
Speaker 2: more of a fire drill right before we go on air.
Speaker 2: Just a little bit more fire drill.
Speaker 1: But you guys are so good. I don't envy that moment,
Speaker 1: but you guys are so good at it. It's like
Speaker 1: seamless for you guys.
Speaker 2: Congratulations to Jordan Thompson who is my broadcast assistant who
Speaker 2: works on graphics with the Jordan operators, and then Ashley
Speaker 2: and Larry who have been all changing as our graphic operators.
Speaker 2: So good job, guys.
Speaker 1: Those guys are awesome.
Speaker 2: It's really really hard, but like I said, it is
Speaker 2: a testament to the depth of talent in the NWSL
Speaker 2: for sure. All right, let's go through the rest of
Speaker 2: the matchups that are coming up on decision day Casey
Speaker 2: versus San Diego, Utah playing Washington spirit Portland versus Houston,
Speaker 2: Chicago versus LA, and then the two games that I
Speaker 2: have starred because this is going to determine that final
Speaker 2: playoff team North Carolina playing Gotham and then Louisville playing Bay.
Speaker 2: So those are gonna be the two to watch simply
Speaker 2: because either North Carolina or Louisville is going to make
Speaker 2: that last uh playoff is gonna have that last playoff spot.
Speaker 2: That's actually kind of exciting. I love when there's all
Speaker 2: these you know, other factors that you know you have
Speaker 2: to factor in and you can't prepare for because you're
Speaker 2: not gonna know until there it is. And you have
Speaker 2: to be adoptable and you have to adjust, and you
Speaker 2: have to you know, be willing to get gritty and
Speaker 2: crazy in the playoffs. And this is my favorite time
Speaker 2: of year. I love postseason soccer. I know that is
Speaker 2: so anti European of me, I don't care. I love
Speaker 2: that we still adopt the American postseason. And I've convinced
Speaker 2: several people from across the Pond who have moved out
Speaker 2: here and have been you know, working at WSL and MLS,
Speaker 2: and they all, well, I'm not gonna say they all agree,
Speaker 2: but Steve zach Wanning agrees with me that the playoffs
Speaker 2: are great. So I will die on that hill. I
Speaker 2: love postseason soccer. Yes, Kansas City won the Supporter Shield,
Speaker 2: but like Phoebe McLaren had said, a while back, that
Speaker 2: doesn't matter. When we celebrate winning the w CEL trophy
Speaker 2: right in front of you. So that's right.
Speaker 1: I love seeing her get fired up. I mean, that's not.
Speaker 2: So great, it's so great. And to like put that
Speaker 2: out in the press too, I love that. I love
Speaker 2: that so much. Yea, it brings out my WWE fandom
Speaker 2: a little bit.
Speaker 1: Oh does it. I don't think I know this about you.
Speaker 1: I don't know about the WWE, but I have.
Speaker 2: Some weird hobbies and interests. Okay, that's probably why I've
Speaker 2: migrated somehow to Seattle, aka like the nerd capital of
Speaker 2: the world. And I say that with love and it's
Speaker 2: a fellow nerd.
Speaker 1: Oh, I got it. I got it.
Speaker 2: I appreciate the specific Northwest for that so much, and
Speaker 2: the not too cool attitude about it, which is also awesome.
Speaker 2: We still have so much to talk about with the Rain,
Speaker 2: including a ton of players who had international duty, which
Speaker 2: is just another I keep saying the word testament. That's
Speaker 2: kind of my word of this show. A testament to
Speaker 2: the strength on the Rain, a testament to the work
Speaker 2: that Leslie almar is done to put this roster together.
Speaker 2: And you know, just the best women's soccer talent right
Speaker 2: in your backyard, so stick with us. We'll have more
Speaker 2: on international duty and more playoff predictions. Achille Dunning and
Speaker 2: Laura Shatt back with more Rain weekly. One thing I've noticed,
Speaker 2: just as you know an American sports fan who also
Speaker 2: you know now loves soccer, and soccer is my favorite
Speaker 2: sport that I enjoy watching and I obviously work in
Speaker 2: and I live, breathe, and do so much with it
Speaker 2: now a little theater kid from California now, is that
Speaker 2: soccer there's so much less transparency that I've noticed in
Speaker 2: terms of actually knowing what an injury is to a player,
Speaker 2: how long they're going to be out. I know that
Speaker 2: there's reporting protocols, but when you look at the n
Speaker 2: you I feel like teams have to report it, yeah,
Speaker 2: and you have to know, Okay, they're gonna be gone
Speaker 2: this amount of time. It's this very specific thing, and
Speaker 2: any cloak and dagger type of stuff that they try
Speaker 2: and do they never get away with, whereas soccer, and
Speaker 2: it's probably more of the international culture of sport versus
Speaker 2: the American culture sport, where American cultures we have to
Speaker 2: know everything about everything and you have eight media availabilities
Speaker 2: that you have to be available for and there's just
Speaker 2: so much more that's expected in terms of transparency and
Speaker 2: information on the side. But in Europe, I mean, I
Speaker 2: I don't half the time they're not even able to
Speaker 2: attend trainings. Like that's a different thing. That's a totally
Speaker 2: different thing. So the whole you know, not really knowing
Speaker 2: injury stuff. It's it's different, it's very very different.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I guess bigger picture for the NWSL,
Speaker 1: I'm curious as the players Association and just a little
Speaker 1: bit more time passes with some of the protocols, what
Speaker 1: happens with that. I mean, I'm sure at some point
Speaker 1: it'll it'll change a little bit. I mean which way
Speaker 1: or how I can't predict, but I think that for
Speaker 1: a great reason, and there's been a lot of focus
Speaker 1: on player protection and player safety, and so I think
Speaker 1: that they want to get it right and it's better
Speaker 1: to err on the side of keeping the players safe
Speaker 1: and comfortable, uh than chance it. And I think that's
Speaker 1: just a snapshot in time, maybe a piece of where
Speaker 1: we're at. But I think that maybe it'll change somewhat
Speaker 1: in the future.
Speaker 2: I think that that's a whole another interesting conversation just
Speaker 2: as a sports league grows, Yeah, what the expectations are
Speaker 2: then placed upon the personnel within that sports league. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it has to change. And what doesn't change and how
Speaker 2: fast that can change and how slow it has to
Speaker 2: you know, you can't. I just look at this from
Speaker 2: producing our first local broadcast this year, and this is
Speaker 2: absolutely nothing to do with anything from the team side.
Speaker 2: They have been amazing to work with and incredible and
Speaker 2: this has just been a dream year for us in
Speaker 2: so many ways and really really cool. But I'm not
Speaker 2: going to push too hard to get too much too soon.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, growth has to.
Speaker 2: It has to be gradual, and then eventually you hit
Speaker 2: a point where it, you know, skyrockets. But right now,
Speaker 2: and this is the frustrating middle part for a lot
Speaker 2: of people. Sure, is this like right before the launch
Speaker 2: kind of you need to go gradual? Yeah, because then
Speaker 2: you'll stay up. You're not going to just go right down.
Speaker 1: No, you need it, You need a base. And I
Speaker 1: mean I think you hit it on the head, Kiley.
Speaker 1: And that's a really important point that the league itself
Speaker 1: obviously had some changes in the last few years, very positive,
Speaker 1: great for growth. I mean we're already seeing that organizationally, though,
Speaker 1: there's a reason why a lot of players look at
Speaker 1: the Rain and want to come to the Rain, And
Speaker 1: a lot of that's cultural from the front office, from
Speaker 1: coach Harvey, from GM Leslie Gallimore. Uh, you know, they
Speaker 1: they have certain values that they want to hereby. And
Speaker 1: I think that both of those individuals speaking about Leslie
Speaker 1: and and Laura certainly growth mindset, individuals that know that
Speaker 1: a short term payoff isn't always best long term and
Speaker 1: so whether it's player safety, or it's looking long term
Speaker 1: planning or those sorts of things. I think everybody is
Speaker 1: on board that it's it's a build, right, don't want
Speaker 1: to have one good year and then you know a
Speaker 1: slew of poor ones. You want to you want to
Speaker 1: build something that has a solid foundation. And you know,
Speaker 1: the organization went through a lot of changes just over
Speaker 1: a year ago, right, so a lot of positive things,
Speaker 1: so many positive things. I want to echo what you said,
Speaker 1: I mean, what an awesome year I want to turn
Speaker 1: around from last year. I just think that there's a
Speaker 1: lot of positive things moving forward. You hear that from
Speaker 1: the players quite a bit, right. They want to always,
Speaker 1: you know, give these people compliments. It's not always the way.
Speaker 1: It doesn't organizations, right, they're not always complimenting. They're not
Speaker 1: always complimenting their m and their staff and the players
Speaker 1: around them. There's a lot of dynamics that go on
Speaker 1: in a locker room, but you get that here and
Speaker 1: that's special. And I think the slow build in terms
Speaker 1: of having a great year but building upon it and
Speaker 1: having a solid foundation or or where we're at and
Speaker 1: what we're doing well.
Speaker 2: And like I said, that middle sticky, annoying place where
Speaker 2: you don't you're working so hard but you're not seeing
Speaker 2: the results of it necessarily. But then all of a sudden,
Speaker 2: the results start coming and you're like, thank goodness, I
Speaker 2: went this slow. Thank goodness I was the tortoise and
Speaker 2: not the hair, because now I have this amazing foundation
Speaker 2: that's built.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I mean you can look take stepping back
Speaker 1: from it the last year, I mean the Seattle rain
Speaker 1: sitting and forth right now last year sitting in thirteenth
Speaker 1: and there's nothing really slow about that turnaround. No, But
Speaker 1: I think when we're talking about growth and we're talking
Speaker 1: about foundations, getting those things right sometimes take time. I
Speaker 1: just think it's great that this organization values those things
Speaker 1: and sees them as important. And then on top of that,
Speaker 1: I think that you get players that feel valued and
Speaker 1: they feel safe, and you know, there's adversities in every season,
Speaker 1: whether they're injuries or other things, and when those things
Speaker 1: come up, if everybody has developed this trust, which again
Speaker 1: takes time to develop. Yeah, it takes time, and they're doing.
Speaker 2: It amazing all right, Speaking of our amazing veterans, Jefs
Speaker 2: Fishlock playing her final game with Wales, not final game
Speaker 2: in soccer in general. She is not retiring WSL. No,
Speaker 2: it's been quoted as confirming that she is not retiring.
Speaker 2: We will still have just Fishlock with us. We can
Speaker 2: we can't lose Jeff Fishlock. No, ya, but on fire.
Speaker 2: She's been on absolute fire. She's having an absolute renaissance
Speaker 2: of a season. Again. Congratulately are her and mass and
Speaker 2: congratulations her one hundred and sixty six cap with Whales
Speaker 2: and her final cap, which is a record of course
Speaker 2: for her. Uh. I was about to say, like, let's
Speaker 2: just talk about Jefs Fishlock, but so that is so massive,
Speaker 2: one hundred and sixty six caps. Yeah, and she is
Speaker 2: that Wales team.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 2: Men and women, men and women's the men's and the women's.
Speaker 2: It's Jeff Fishlock, Gareth Bale. They are whales.
Speaker 1: She is whales.
Speaker 2: She's true. It's incredible.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, we're talking about building things and we're
Speaker 1: talking about foundations, and you know, Jeff Fishlock is obviously
Speaker 1: gonna be one of those people for Whales, for Whales
Speaker 1: soccer forever. I mean, nobody has done it like she's
Speaker 1: done it. There you can tell. I mean we talked
Speaker 1: a little bit about the celebration and the singing and
Speaker 1: the support during her final game and press conferences and
Speaker 1: those things, and you know, you can you can tell
Speaker 1: how much she means to that team and that country
Speaker 1: and what she's done there. It's palpable, it's obvious, and
Speaker 1: you can tell the joy it brings her too, and
Speaker 1: how much pride she takes in it. So it just
Speaker 1: it brought me a lot of happiness seeing those things
Speaker 1: coming from from that game in her final match, because
Speaker 1: she deserves it all.
Speaker 2: I could not have said it better myself, so I
Speaker 2: will not even try.
Speaker 1: All right, all right.
Speaker 2: Other great news, big, big, big, amazing exciting news. Lynn
Speaker 2: Biandolo Yes is having a baby, posting on Instagram. Yeah,
Speaker 2: four days ago to our little blessing. You are already
Speaker 2: so loved, You are already such a light in this world.
Speaker 1: Great post.
Speaker 2: Parents are already so embarrassing.
Speaker 1: Love you more than you can imagine.
Speaker 2: Mom, Mom, and dead. That is so cute.
Speaker 1: It's so good. It's been a great job.
Speaker 2: An sing. That's amazing, So congratulations to them. Absolutely unbelievable.
Speaker 2: That's amazing and yet again another testament to how strong
Speaker 2: women's bodies are. That we give birth to actual human beings.
Speaker 2: Our bodies build and create other human beings, and that
Speaker 2: is amazing.
Speaker 1: I just I love that we're at a time where
Speaker 1: these things are are celebrated and you know, put out
Speaker 1: posts like that and everybody's so excited. And we've seen
Speaker 1: it with with other athletes in the league over the
Speaker 1: last few years. And you know, that wasn't that wasn't
Speaker 1: always celebrated the way it is now. And the fact
Speaker 1: that the athletes get to celebrate this, they don't have
Speaker 1: to hide it or wait or you know, any of
Speaker 1: those dynamics that just weren't as weren't as fun. And
Speaker 1: you know, having children is an amazing thing. And seeing
Speaker 1: these tremendous athletes put these posts out and share it
Speaker 1: with the world that they're expecting or they're they're having children.
Speaker 1: I just it. Every time I see him, I'm just like,
Speaker 1: this is this is so fun. I love seeing every
Speaker 1: post that they put out. And congratulations to the bandolos.
Speaker 1: We're so excited to meet your little one when it's time.
Speaker 2: All right, Okay, final topic, Okay, before we go, I
Speaker 2: saw the coolest thing on Instagram. It was so cool.
Speaker 2: Former rain keeper Fallon Tallest Joyce posted or was they
Speaker 2: did an article about this or something. She's also a
Speaker 2: marine biologist and deep sea diver, because of course she.
Speaker 1: Is, because of course somebody on the rain is amazing.
Speaker 2: Rain keeper who you know all of the records that
Speaker 2: Claudia Dickie is in the process of breakings, they're all
Speaker 2: fallons and she's a deep sea diver and marine biologist
Speaker 2: as well.
Speaker 1: I was not aware of this. This is amazing news.
Speaker 2: Like, are you kidding me? How do you have time?
Speaker 2: It's amazing.
Speaker 1: I'm a little bit speechless right now. This is how
Speaker 1: do you have time? And how are you this smart?
Speaker 2: That's what she got her a degree or like college
Speaker 2: degree is in marine biology.
Speaker 1: I mean another another nature and animal lover I mean,
Speaker 1: this is this is just the way it is. I
Speaker 1: I think I need to stop being so surprised when
Speaker 1: everybody does such amazing things and has so many talents.
Speaker 1: I mean, it goes well beyond the field, which is
Speaker 1: another fun fact about this organization. And I think that
Speaker 1: this is also a product of the fact that people's
Speaker 1: people's gifts are celebrated here and yes, and so people
Speaker 1: can do multiple things and they can do them well.
Speaker 2: And they're not seen as distractions, like they're not.
Speaker 1: They don't have to be distractions.
Speaker 2: They don't have to be distractions.
Speaker 1: No, your family doesn't have to be a distraction, You're
Speaker 1: the fact that you're a marine biologist doesn't have to
Speaker 1: be a distraction.
Speaker 2: Absolutely not.
Speaker 1: They can be they can be lot of they can
Speaker 1: be celebrated, and frankly, I think definitely us and then
Speaker 1: the Rain fan base just of course they want to
Speaker 1: know that.
Speaker 2: This is like when you're in elementary school and you
Speaker 2: have to, you know, draw yourself and be like what
Speaker 2: are you going to be when you grow up and
Speaker 2: you're six and you're like, I'm gonna be a professional
Speaker 2: soccer player and a marine biologist.
Speaker 1: From the entire Rain roster did everything.
Speaker 2: A teacher, just like, yeah, sure, honey, of course you will.
Speaker 2: You're totally gonna do that. And then she actually did it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, of course you're going to be a professional soccer
Speaker 1: player and a marine biologist. Of course you are.
Speaker 2: And then you know, the six seven year old girl
Speaker 2: from the nineties dream was to be a professional soccer
Speaker 2: player and either a marine biologist or like a palaeontologist.
Speaker 1: You're not wrong.
Speaker 2: That was all of our dreams.
Speaker 1: And she did it, and she did it.
Speaker 2: She's doing it, she's doing it, doing it, So I congratulations, Fallin.
Speaker 2: I'm going to be your newest Instagram follower because I
Speaker 2: need to see all of this. So cool and so
Speaker 2: cool that the rain are playing Orlando this weekend. Check
Speaker 2: it out. It's going to be a massive, massive game,
Speaker 2: and it, you know, decides whether we have a whole
Speaker 2: playoff game, which I know we all want. I know
Speaker 2: that we all want that. We want that so bad.
Speaker 2: And then the day after Sounders playoffs and yeah, so
Speaker 2: really really, really good. It's always a good time to
Speaker 2: be a soccer fan in Seattle. Right now is the
Speaker 2: best time of the year to be there. All the sports,
Speaker 2: really sports, all the Seattle sports Krack and might catch
Speaker 2: up at some point.
Speaker 1: Well, I mean, go get there together.
Speaker 2: Check us out next week. We'll be back recapping an amazing,
Speaker 2: hopefully big win decision day against Orlando and previewing the
Speaker 2: playoffs even more so. Stick with us on ninety three
Speaker 2: point three KGr. We'll be back next week