WEBVTT - Reign Weekly 10-29: Decision Day Predictions, Fishlock's Final Wales Match 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:22.040 Everywhere we go. People let me fake me way we 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:23.480 changed the game. 0:00:24.440 --> 0:00:29.800 No fe change me fake The Rays Divide were filed 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:33.680 to drive Watch Up with Jane, where upon. 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:47.240 Ras hey rise up, Hey, Hey, Hey, rise up, hey hey. 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:52.960 Said hi everyone, Welcome back to Rain Weekly. KII dunning 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:56.319 here with Laura shot and spoiler alert, Laura just got 0:00:56.320 --> 0:00:59.240 a kitten, and I want to hear all about this kitten. 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:01.880 What is the genesis of this kitten? Did it have 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:05.360 to do with your lovely daughter. I'm assuming go through 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.200 this and then obviously we'll get into rain but I 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:08.720 think everyone needs to know about this kitten. 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:11.520 Yeah, don't. I don't obviously normally do the play by play, 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:13.000 but I mean, I guess we can. With a kitten. 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.759 A friend had a cat that had kittens, and Grayson 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:19.839 was spending some time over there this summer, and of course, 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:23.360 of course, naturally you would want a kitten. And it's adorable. 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:28.880 His name's Cheo. He's been super mellow, and then in 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.080 the last week he just wants to jump on everything, 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:34.560 like he tries to climb up me. Yeah, and he 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.320 has his own space, he has his own room, so 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:39.319 you know, you walk in there and if it's he 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.640 feels like it's time to play. He's gonna go hard. 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:44.880 Speaking of Rain, as you all know, have clinched a 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:49.240 playoff spot, but decision day still very important because we 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:51.560 would love to be able to host a home playoff 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:57.280 game that is huge, massive, amazing, would be awesome, but 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:00.760 the road to get there is not the easiest road. Yeah, 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:04.600 the team is visiting Orlando at Orlando. Laura, let's get 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:08.880 some thoughts on facing Orlando at Orlando, because that's tricky. 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.680 That's a trick. Obviously, Orlando had a They've had a 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.240 great run and then they had had injuries. I mean 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:16.320 they had an injury to Marta and to Banda, and 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.840 that set them back a little bit. I think that 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:20.760 that put them back a little bit with some results 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:26.960 more recently, but at least in the points. But you know, 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:31.320 Marda maybe returning, maybe be at full speed here soon. 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.720 I mean she has but obviously that's a big boost. 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:38.200 So Orlando though they obviously they're a good team. They're 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.880 where they're at because they've earned it, and so I 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:43.280 think it's it's you know, it's East cust travel, it's 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:47.120 all those things. Orlando obviously had a year kind of 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:51.040 reminiscent of Kansas City this year, last year. So they're now, 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:54.680 they're not new to this, they know what this is, 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.600 so they're gonna I think that game is gonna be 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:57.000 a battle. 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.480 I'm looking at the standings. Orlando is one point above 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.720 us in third place. I mean, that's like as much 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.880 of an exciting decision taking matchup as you could possibly 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.680 ask for. Yes, soccer gods, at least from an entertaining 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:15.400 entertainment and storyline perspective, or on our side, I don't know, 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:18.840 you know what, Actually I'm gonna I'm gonna take a 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:20.880 different opinion here. I actually think that this is a 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:24.160 great opportunity going into the postseason to go on the 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.919 road play one of the toughest teams. I mean, I 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.120 don't know, it feels like a great way to roll 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:31.440 into the postseason, especially if we get a good result. 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:34.480 I mean even a draw is a good result there. Yeah, 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:37.720 this is an opportunity. Challenges are opportunities. I think this 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:39.240 is a really really cool opportunity. 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.760 It's a great opportunity. I mean going on the road. 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.760 I mean, we saw saw the tithe the result with 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:48.520 Gotham last time. The rain faced East coast travel, so 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:53.840 they took that task very well, responded very well. You 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:55.440 could see that getting that point on the road was 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:59.920 huge given how the team and Laura Harvey framed it 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:04.040 and responded to it. So those points are huge, But 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:06.520 there's a lot on the line here. We know that 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:09.040 the Rain would love a home game, may or may 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:10.839 not get it because that is a very tough game. 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:13.800 And like you said, they're sitting three and four. But 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.719 you know, just recently we were playing North Carolina and 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:18.120 we were right next to them, and the standing is 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:19.920 closer to the bottom of the table fighting to get in. 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.440 So that's a great point. Again, the art the Rain 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.159 art new to these scenarios, so they'll be ready. 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.800 It kind of feels like every single team down the 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.200 stretch has kind of bit like this to be at studio. 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.039 I mean, starting like you said, when we were playing 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.159 North Carolina, we're playing Louisville, like all those teams that 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:36.039 are now those are the two teams that are fighting 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:39.799 to make get into the postseason still and we've really 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:42.359 risen to the challenge. So congratulations and the Rain on that. 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.560 Laura Harvey always sort of and she's told us this, 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.040 She puts out her starting lineup based on the opponent. 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:52.560 So what do you think Laura Harvey is going to 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.200 put out against Orlando And how do we match up 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.839 against one of the top teams in NWUSL. 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.400 I mean, I think we match up extremely well. I 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:05.520 don't know if she's got to change a whole lot 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:10.400 from the last game. I mean, we'll see, We'll see 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.440 where Heidem is at. Obviously there were a couple injuries. 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.840 Meant to see where she's at if she plugs back in. 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:18.839 But we know that Laura Harvey, like you said, she 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:22.159 changes lineup week to week. We've seen that all year. 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:24.880 I wouldn't doubt if there's going to be some changes. Obviously, 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:26.720 those are two big names that have started a lot 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.560 of games and been very successful. They might be back in, 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.400 but it'll be interesting to see what she does with like, 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:34.840 for example, a Jess Fishlocke who has been coming off 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:40.159 the bench and obviously doing it extremely well. Well. Yeah, 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.080 almost like a sixth man kind of scenario or a 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:46.760 twelfth man kind of scenario coming in totally and that 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.640 brings a ton of energy. That's a really fun dynamic 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:51.880 when you have that as a coach, where you know 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.240 you can make substitutions and at a point in the 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:57.039 game sixty seventy minutes and you can get better. You 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.840 can bring that energy, you can bring that excitement. So 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.119 I think those are some things to watch for sure. 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:06.000 We know who she may play in the back line 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:08.680 when you're playing the five. There's really about six people 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.720 that have been rotating in there, maybe seven, But those 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:13.719 are the those are the things that I'm curious about 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:17.479 to see really Heidema, where Menti's at. But we know, 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.320 you know, mclarenan stepping in has been doing wonderfully. We'll 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:23.040 have to see where Mezz is at because she was 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:24.720 going to go into camp and then didn't, so that's 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:27.159 an interesting fold. But no matter what, we know that 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:29.800 the rain are prepared for this. It's almost like they've 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:31.880 been training for this all season. If you look back, 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.119 and you know, I know at times we were we've 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:36.800 talked about, oh are they are they gonna, you know, 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:38.760 end up with a starting lineup and get to a 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:43.600 very regular eleven, and that never happened sitting in fourth, 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:46.560 so it seems to have have paid off. In that rotation, 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:48.360 you're gonna have people who are a little bit more fresh, 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.800 so hopefully that all that all works out here in 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:52.920 the end. As we got into that second half of 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:58.279 the year after we had the large international break, it 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:00.400 was really interesting to see that. I'm and even when 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:02.559 we played a team like Utah, who after the turn 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:06.279 started to win some games and make a run in 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.560 North Carolina, they had actually quite a significant number of 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:14.640 people changing in the lineup. So I think what's unique 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:18.320 about the rain is that it wasn't necessarily injuries or 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.120 anything like that, or even trades that changed the lineup. 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:25.040 It was more people earning it and trading. Having a 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:27.680 young team, and I think as a coach you're trying 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:30.800 to figure out what what buttons to push when, how 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.120 they respond, how they're how quickly they're going to come 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.840 along at the professional level. And there's just been a 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.600 ton of players this year that have stepped up, and 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:42.720 then a ton of older players, veterans that have just 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:46.120 hit landmarks. So it's been it's been quite the year. 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:47.640 It's been a lot of fun to watch. 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:51.160 It really has uh and it's I don't want to 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:52.920 say up and down. Hasn't been up and down, but 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:58.680 it's definitely been unpredictable. I would say unpredicted. Yeah, lots 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:01.520 are really really cool. Like you said, those milestones all 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.880 coming this season, A bunch of retirements that are you know, 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.239 coming hopefully though they have a bunch of more games 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.080 to play. I'm actually scary. So I'm looking at these 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:14.360 game notes that are awesome pr afishinga o'riyan Perez puts together. Yeah, 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.520 And I'm looking at the starting elevens from this season. 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:20.240 I don't know if we have a single one that 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:21.280 is exactly the same. 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:26.400 I I mean, are you thinking, are you looking back 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:28.240 to back or are you looking just across the course 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:28.640 of the year. 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.160 Oh, I'm looking across the across the course of the year. 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:35.079 It's hard though, my brain is kind of but it's 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:36.079 a lot of different ones. 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.720 Well, I mean just to catch you know, like I mean, 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.959 Keey right now is looking live at twenty five. Yeah, 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:45.280 it's a lot lineups, so it's it's a lot to process. 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:48.800 I don't know about back to back. Maybe maybe once 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.280 or twice we've we've had the same one. But yeah, 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:54.440 I mean it speaks to the ability of players on 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.199 this team to be prepared for a moment, and we've 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.719 seen a number of players step in and nobody has 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.360 looked out of place, nobody has looked like, oh they 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:06.040 have to catch up in some way. They've seemed very prepared, 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:09.400 very professional, They've performed very well. So it gives a 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.640 coach and it gives an organization a lot of flexibility 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:13.079 and what they want to do with the opponents that 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:13.520 they face. 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:15.600 I have to say too, I think it's a testament 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:19.960 to the depth of talent and totally because we're not 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:21.240 the only team that's this way. 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:22.560 Yeah, you know. 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:25.360 I look when we put together those starting lineup graphics 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:27.600 on all of our local broadcasts, we always use the 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.000 game notes and we try and predict what they're going 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.240 to do just based on what their last lineup was, 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:35.439 and it's never even close to being correct. 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:40.000 So many times we're in there as we get lucky. 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.160 Sometimes we get lucky and a coach is like, yeah, 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:46.800 we're people knew one or whatever, but yeah, people knew. 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:49.440 Like when we go through rehearsal sometimes we don't have 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.400 the lineups, and how quickly we know. We'll look at 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.560 a lineup from either the previous game or we'll look 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.199 at a lineup last time we face them, and it's 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.040 often almost all the time I would say it's. 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:02.839 Different almost every time. It's different, which you know, it's 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:07.640 annoying on our end. Slightly right, just a little bit 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:09.440 more of a fire drill right before we go on air. 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:10.840 Just a little bit more fire drill. 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:14.640 But you guys are so good. I don't envy that moment, 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:16.200 but you guys are so good at it. It's like 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:17.320 seamless for you guys. 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:22.160 Congratulations to Jordan Thompson who is my broadcast assistant who 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:25.560 works on graphics with the Jordan operators, and then Ashley 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.760 and Larry who have been all changing as our graphic operators. 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:29.480 So good job, guys. 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:30.360 Those guys are awesome. 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:33.240 It's really really hard, but like I said, it is 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:36.400 a testament to the depth of talent in the NWSL 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:39.719 for sure. All right, let's go through the rest of 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:43.480 the matchups that are coming up on decision day Casey 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:49.320 versus San Diego, Utah playing Washington spirit Portland versus Houston, 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.360 Chicago versus LA, and then the two games that I 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:55.520 have starred because this is going to determine that final 0:10:56.679 --> 0:11:02.520 playoff team North Carolina playing Gotham and then Louisville playing Bay. 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:05.880 So those are gonna be the two to watch simply 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.800 because either North Carolina or Louisville is going to make 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.960 that last uh playoff is gonna have that last playoff spot. 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.880 That's actually kind of exciting. I love when there's all 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.160 these you know, other factors that you know you have 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.640 to factor in and you can't prepare for because you're 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.560 not gonna know until there it is. And you have 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.720 to be adoptable and you have to adjust, and you 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:30.199 have to you know, be willing to get gritty and 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:32.360 crazy in the playoffs. And this is my favorite time 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.040 of year. I love postseason soccer. I know that is 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:39.680 so anti European of me, I don't care. I love 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:43.959 that we still adopt the American postseason. And I've convinced 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.520 several people from across the Pond who have moved out 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:50.880 here and have been you know, working at WSL and MLS, 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.120 and they all, well, I'm not gonna say they all agree, 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.320 but Steve zach Wanning agrees with me that the playoffs 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.520 are great. So I will die on that hill. I 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.679 love postseason soccer. Yes, Kansas City won the Supporter Shield, 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.600 but like Phoebe McLaren had said, a while back, that 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.000 doesn't matter. When we celebrate winning the w CEL trophy 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:09.480 right in front of you. So that's right. 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:11.280 I love seeing her get fired up. I mean, that's not. 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:15.480 So great, it's so great. And to like put that 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.719 out in the press too, I love that. I love 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.920 that so much. Yea, it brings out my WWE fandom 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:21.680 a little bit. 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.880 Oh does it. I don't think I know this about you. 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.319 I don't know about the WWE, but I have. 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.440 Some weird hobbies and interests. Okay, that's probably why I've 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.559 migrated somehow to Seattle, aka like the nerd capital of 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:35.480 the world. And I say that with love and it's 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:36.280 a fellow nerd. 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:38.679 Oh, I got it. I got it. 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.439 I appreciate the specific Northwest for that so much, and 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.120 the not too cool attitude about it, which is also awesome. 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.200 We still have so much to talk about with the Rain, 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:52.600 including a ton of players who had international duty, which 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:54.839 is just another I keep saying the word testament. That's 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.199 kind of my word of this show. A testament to 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.480 the strength on the Rain, a testament to the work 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.240 that Leslie almar is done to put this roster together. 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:06.080 And you know, just the best women's soccer talent right 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.800 in your backyard, so stick with us. We'll have more 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:28.600 on international duty and more playoff predictions. Achille Dunning and 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:32.080 Laura Shatt back with more Rain weekly. One thing I've noticed, 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.680 just as you know an American sports fan who also 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:37.000 you know now loves soccer, and soccer is my favorite 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.120 sport that I enjoy watching and I obviously work in 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:41.800 and I live, breathe, and do so much with it 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:47.599 now a little theater kid from California now, is that 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:52.920 soccer there's so much less transparency that I've noticed in 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:56.360 terms of actually knowing what an injury is to a player, 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:57.960 how long they're going to be out. I know that 0:13:57.960 --> 0:13:59.920 there's reporting protocols, but when you look at the n 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:04.839 you I feel like teams have to report it, yeah, 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:06.600 and you have to know, Okay, they're gonna be gone 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.560 this amount of time. It's this very specific thing, and 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:12.640 any cloak and dagger type of stuff that they try 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.720 and do they never get away with, whereas soccer, and 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:19.240 it's probably more of the international culture of sport versus 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:21.800 the American culture sport, where American cultures we have to 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.320 know everything about everything and you have eight media availabilities 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.920 that you have to be available for and there's just 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:31.080 so much more that's expected in terms of transparency and 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:35.160 information on the side. But in Europe, I mean, I 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.120 I don't half the time they're not even able to 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:41.520 attend trainings. Like that's a different thing. That's a totally 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.200 different thing. So the whole you know, not really knowing 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:46.960 injury stuff. It's it's different, it's very very different. 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:52.440 Yeah, I mean, I guess bigger picture for the NWSL, 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.720 I'm curious as the players Association and just a little 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:59.600 bit more time passes with some of the protocols, what 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.840 happens with that. I mean, I'm sure at some point 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.680 it'll it'll change a little bit. I mean which way 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:08.240 or how I can't predict, but I think that for 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.760 a great reason, and there's been a lot of focus 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:15.200 on player protection and player safety, and so I think 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:16.920 that they want to get it right and it's better 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:19.160 to err on the side of keeping the players safe 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:22.760 and comfortable, uh than chance it. And I think that's 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.120 just a snapshot in time, maybe a piece of where 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:28.240 we're at. But I think that maybe it'll change somewhat 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:28.920 in the future. 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:31.880 I think that that's a whole another interesting conversation just 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:37.560 as a sports league grows, Yeah, what the expectations are 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:42.880 then placed upon the personnel within that sports league. Yeah, 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.040 it has to change. And what doesn't change and how 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.160 fast that can change and how slow it has to 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.680 you know, you can't. I just look at this from 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.640 producing our first local broadcast this year, and this is 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:56.880 absolutely nothing to do with anything from the team side. 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:00.160 They have been amazing to work with and incredible and 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:01.760 this has just been a dream year for us in 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:04.840 so many ways and really really cool. But I'm not 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:09.640 going to push too hard to get too much too soon. 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:12.320 Yeah, you know, growth has to. 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:16.680 It has to be gradual, and then eventually you hit 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:20.280 a point where it, you know, skyrockets. But right now, 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:22.400 and this is the frustrating middle part for a lot 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:26.360 of people. Sure, is this like right before the launch 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.200 kind of you need to go gradual? Yeah, because then 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.480 you'll stay up. You're not going to just go right down. 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.000 No, you need it, You need a base. And I 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:36.880 mean I think you hit it on the head, Kiley. 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:41.080 And that's a really important point that the league itself 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:45.160 obviously had some changes in the last few years, very positive, 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:50.440 great for growth. I mean we're already seeing that organizationally, though, 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:52.960 there's a reason why a lot of players look at 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:54.840 the Rain and want to come to the Rain, And 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:59.440 a lot of that's cultural from the front office, from 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:04.520 coach Harvey, from GM Leslie Gallimore. Uh, you know, they 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:08.680 they have certain values that they want to hereby. And 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:13.280 I think that both of those individuals speaking about Leslie 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:17.840 and and Laura certainly growth mindset, individuals that know that 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:22.200 a short term payoff isn't always best long term and 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:25.560 so whether it's player safety, or it's looking long term 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:29.879 planning or those sorts of things. I think everybody is 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.399 on board that it's it's a build, right, don't want 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.879 to have one good year and then you know a 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.240 slew of poor ones. You want to you want to 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:39.680 build something that has a solid foundation. And you know, 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:41.680 the organization went through a lot of changes just over 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:45.720 a year ago, right, so a lot of positive things, 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:48.040 so many positive things. I want to echo what you said, 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:50.080 I mean, what an awesome year I want to turn 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:55.000 around from last year. I just think that there's a 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:57.480 lot of positive things moving forward. You hear that from 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:00.560 the players quite a bit, right. They want to always, 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:03.840 you know, give these people compliments. It's not always the way. 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:07.440 It doesn't organizations, right, they're not always complimenting. They're not 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:10.879 always complimenting their m and their staff and the players 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:12.879 around them. There's a lot of dynamics that go on 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:14.919 in a locker room, but you get that here and 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:19.000 that's special. And I think the slow build in terms 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.959 of having a great year but building upon it and 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:24.359 having a solid foundation or or where we're at and 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:25.440 what we're doing well. 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:29.600 And like I said, that middle sticky, annoying place where 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:32.800 you don't you're working so hard but you're not seeing 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:36.360 the results of it necessarily. But then all of a sudden, 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:39.679 the results start coming and you're like, thank goodness, I 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:43.080 went this slow. Thank goodness I was the tortoise and 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:46.960 not the hair, because now I have this amazing foundation 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:47.720 that's built. 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:51.240 Yeah, And I mean you can look take stepping back 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:53.120 from it the last year, I mean the Seattle rain 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:56.280 sitting and forth right now last year sitting in thirteenth 0:18:56.680 --> 0:19:00.280 and there's nothing really slow about that turnaround. No, But 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:02.880 I think when we're talking about growth and we're talking 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:08.080 about foundations, getting those things right sometimes take time. I 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:10.760 just think it's great that this organization values those things 0:19:10.920 --> 0:19:14.840 and sees them as important. And then on top of that, 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:17.040 I think that you get players that feel valued and 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:20.520 they feel safe, and you know, there's adversities in every season, 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:23.800 whether they're injuries or other things, and when those things 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:27.639 come up, if everybody has developed this trust, which again 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:31.720 takes time to develop. Yeah, it takes time, and they're doing. 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:36.160 It amazing all right, Speaking of our amazing veterans, Jefs 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:40.840 Fishlock playing her final game with Wales, not final game 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:44.359 in soccer in general. She is not retiring WSL. No, 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:47.600 it's been quoted as confirming that she is not retiring. 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:51.560 We will still have just Fishlock with us. We can 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:54.600 we can't lose Jeff Fishlock. No, ya, but on fire. 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:57.960 She's been on absolute fire. She's having an absolute renaissance 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:01.359 of a season. Again. Congratulately are her and mass and 0:20:01.440 --> 0:20:04.119 congratulations her one hundred and sixty six cap with Whales 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:06.800 and her final cap, which is a record of course 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:10.960 for her. Uh. I was about to say, like, let's 0:20:10.960 --> 0:20:15.760 just talk about Jefs Fishlock, but so that is so massive, 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:19.439 one hundred and sixty six caps. Yeah, and she is 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:20.520 that Wales team. 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:21.000 Yep. 0:20:21.440 --> 0:20:24.560 Men and women, men and women's the men's and the women's. 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:29.760 It's Jeff Fishlock, Gareth Bale. They are whales. 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:30.960 She is whales. 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:33.760 She's true. It's incredible. 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:37.320 Well, you know, we're talking about building things and we're 0:20:37.359 --> 0:20:41.119 talking about foundations, and you know, Jeff Fishlock is obviously 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:46.560 gonna be one of those people for Whales, for Whales 0:20:46.600 --> 0:20:51.760 soccer forever. I mean, nobody has done it like she's 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:54.920 done it. There you can tell. I mean we talked 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:57.800 a little bit about the celebration and the singing and 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:00.920 the support during her final game and press conferences and 0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:04.280 those things, and you know, you can you can tell 0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:07.639 how much she means to that team and that country 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:12.080 and what she's done there. It's palpable, it's obvious, and 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:14.159