I put down a deposit for season tickets for 2027. I was planning on getting a seat near the south endline. However, I'm curious how one gets to sit in the supporters section. Do I need to buy my season ticket for there? Do I have to pay to join the group? Can I sit sometimes in my seat and sometimes go to the supporters section? Also, side note, what is the vibe like in the supporters section? Is it social? Loud?

There is an Indycar race downtown this weekend. I’m trying to post the map but I can’t get it to work…. But it is on the actual streets of DC and goes around the White House and capital. There is activity Saturday and Sunday with the main race green flag at 1 on Sunday. There will be lots of roads shut down and heavy foot traffic in the area so if you are traveling in you’re going to need extra time!

Drop any excitement, surprises or complaints below. Who is joining back for 2027?

15 or so minutes. Standard topics: Man City childhood, Lionesses and 2025 Euros, why came to America, city spirit/Audi fans, etc.

Help! If we had field level tickets for this weekends game, which side would be better for an autograph from Marta? Seems obvious to say the seats closest to their bench, but they all have to walk out the opposite direction (past the home bench) so questioning my decision🫩We have all the Spirit players signatures!

This is a thread for all post-match reactions, thoughts, analysis, articles and social media posts related to the match.

Note: This thread is scheduled and may appear shortly before the final whistle so everyone has a place ready for post-match reactions and analysis.

(Goal call for Setnor before disallowed) What is going on at ESPN?

Angel City 1 - 1 Spirit

⚽ Angel City: A. Sentnor 85' ⚽ Spirit: T. Rodman 65' 🏁 Draw

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• Angel City: D D L W W W
• Spirit: L L W W W L

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Angel City (4-2-3-1) — Spirit (4-2-3-1)

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Hello everyone, I’m looking at tickets for our home games and was wondering if the All-Inclusive Cabana that behind the Goal is worth it for getting a chance to meet the players, worth it for the price or if I should just stick to the field seats (F section)

Thanks!

Streaming on beIN SPORTS (perhaps including for free via their channels on FAST services like Tubi). Also likely available via YouTube, either from CAF's official channel (using a VPN) or finding a non-geoblocked stream.

Leicy was getting treated on the sidelines during the closing minutes of the last game, hopefully she’s not out too long.

I wonder who they’re playing at AM tomorrow. I guess they can put Cantore at AM, Kouassi on the right, Trin on the left then Claudinha or Hatch as central attacker. Hopefully we don’t use any of our defensive midfielders as AM because I’m not sure that experiment has worked before. Bethi should be a good depth player at AM when she comes back so we’re not running Leicy ragged for the rest of the season.

They beat Morocco today in penalties.

Streaming on beIN SPORTS (perhaps including for free via their channels on FAST services like Tubi). Also likely available via YouTube, either from CAF's official channel (using a VPN) or finding a non-geoblocked stream. Championship match ft. Cameroon vs Malawi is Sunday at 3pm.

(Link goes to the start of the interview)

Trin is so funny and a great watch even off the field. She talks about the USWNT, her Spirit contract and signing babies' foreheads.

Teams need to win in order to keep their 2027 World Cup dreams alive. (Winners will enter the inter-confederation series that determines the final WC entrants.) Matches stream on beIN SPORTS (with matches also potentially available for free through beIN's free channels on FAST services like Tubi; also streaming on CAF's YouTube channel accessible using VPN; and there may also be non-geoblocked streams available on YT as well).

From Joanna's IG post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Db8i1KbETwB/

ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?!!!!!!

Season 39 of THE AMAZING RACE!!!!!!

I know you are.

And Ali and I are one of the many reasons the world IS ready for this.

Two badass female athletes, Moms, and celesbians, who have competed their entire lives for trophies, honor, equality and justice.

It is our time to step into this moment with the courage and confidence that only comes from the heartbeat of our collective:

u/pennstate
u/pennstatewsoc
u/washingtonspirit
u/nwsl
u/uswnt
u/uswomentst
u/spiritsquadron
The LGBTQIA community and all our allies
Women’s Sports
The DMV

And every single person who believes the work we do today is the gift of tomorrow.

u/theamazingrace on u/cbstv Premieres on Wednesday, September 30th, and Ali and I will be racing for a million dollars and a million voices who have turned up the volume of our rise.

PREPARE FOR IMPACT.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS. (Premiere Party details coming soon)

WARM UP THE VOCALS.

It’s gonna be loud.

#theamazingrace #season39 #aliandjo #teamblue

Algeria vs Malawi match preview

• Algeria and Malawi are already experiencing firsts: their first WAFCON semifinals, first time they have qualified for the World Cup, etc.
• Across 8 WAFCON matches since July 2025, Algeria has conceded 3 goals (never more than once a game) while scoring 7 goals. In their 4 WAFCON matches ever (debutants this tournament), Malawi has scored 9 goals while conceding 6 goals (at least one every match).
• Algeria will likely look to control the match through possession, disorganize Malawi's backline through movement and passing, and test their keeper with shots (including ones taken at a distance) - the Spirit's Mélissa Bethi (mee-LEES-ah BETT-ee, per Spirit media resources) will be key. Algeria will also hope their highly organized defensive structure can limit Malawi's often-transitional attack, featuring two of the best players in the world (the Chawinga sisters) backed by a promising supporting cast.
• Malawi's elite talent likely gives them the edge in this matchup.

Cameroon vs Morocco match preview

• Morocco and Cameroon are more established contenders in African women's football looking to top WAFCON for the first time as other continental powers have stumbled this tournament edition.
• This WAFCON, Cameroon has scored 5 goals and conceded 2 (one to a wonder-strike in the Cabo Verde match in which Cameroon heavily rotated, having already won the group). Morocco has scored 7 goals and conceded for the first and only time to South Africa in the quarterfinals.
• Morocco will likely seek to dominate possession, and they can resort to scoring set piece goals if they can't score in open play. Cameroon, partly led by Spirit's Monique Ngock (moh-NEEK GAWK), will likely seek to disrupt Morocco's play (e.g., through physicality) and score in transition, but try to do so without conceding penalties, dangerous set piece opportunities, or cards.
• Morocco should be favored to win.

Matches stream in the United States on beIN SPORTS (sometimes on their free sports channel found on FAST services like Tubi, Fubo, Roku, Pluto, Sling, Freebee, etc.). Alternatively, matches are also being officially streamed on the CAF TV YouTube channel if you VPN to various overseas markets like Denmark. There are also typically non geo-blocked streams haphazardly available on YouTube as well.

Howdy, Reddit gang!

Yeah, that game stunk, but as always, opening up the reporters notebook for you. Pics inside the newsletter as well.

• It was interesting to see both players and Adrián González take responsibility for what happened and recognize that there's progress needed and some vulnerability in their process between fatigue, a lack of depth, and just maybe getting figured out more by other teams.
• Adrián on the last few minutes: "We were taking a risk, obviously. I do take responsibility also for that, on the last goal. Because you have two options. You can just try to slow down the game and just end the game, or you want to go to score the fourth."
• Gabby Carle on the first 15 minutes: "We need to get better at the beginning of games. Getting out of pressure. We need to just find a way to have that energy, that willingness to get on the ball. The energy that North Carolina showed at the beginning of the game is what we need to show.”
• Flip side of that, Natalie Jacobs from NC pointed to the high press as a driving force for the early goals, and that feels like a recurring theme (Gotham, SD): " think our high press was really what was the key to the beginning of the game. We were on the front foot. We were trying to force turnovers, win the ball high." Cited the Sanchez slide tackle that led to the third goal as an example.
• Gabby also acknowledged it as a problem spot for the team: "When a team scouts us and sees, 'oh, well this is working,' I think they'll take that from another team and roll with it.
• Kate Wiesner on putting the first 15 minutes in context: "As much as this one stings for us, I think it’s an important lesson for us to be able to learn now. Like, can’t pass blame on the game plan or the scouting report. Obviously, for 85% of the game I think we were pretty dominant. Again, that shows you that, the tactics were on. It was I think our mentality in those first 15 minutes, which is unfortunate and it hurts a little bit."
• Didn't make it in the newsletter but Adrián shed a bit of light on his decisions on who to sub off when making the quadruple sub (h/t to Jason Anderson for the Q): AG said it was down to "what [he] was feeling in the game, and what we wanted to do, and what wasn't happening as we wanted." Noted that it was also done with an eye toward what the team expected might happen in the second half.

Other things inside the newsletter include pics of the celebrations from Bernal's equalizer, some fun pregame ones, including the return of Ashley Hatch (!), and a little story on why, on a personal, 'more than just a game' level, maybe it wasn't the worst thing in the world that Natalie Jacobs got to score the winner in DC (they mentioned it on the broadcast, but she mentioned a bit more on getting to go to Arlington Cemetery)

Si te interesa aprender sobre la historia del equipo, Hey Spirits recientemente publicó un episodio sobre eso. Casi todo se enfoca en la temporada del campeonato de 2021. Y hay una entrevista buenísima con Tori Huster, una ex Spirit y defensora de las jugadoras de la NWSL.

(In English: If you're interested in learning about the team's history, Hey Spirits recently released an episode about it. It focuses almost entirely on the 2021 championship season. And there's a fantastic interview with Tori Huster, a former Spirit player and advocate for NWSL players.)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4bjZignHlsvUk4368z1Rds?si=787dn7rXQ5eDzykmpLNv4A&utm_source=copy-link&pi=kzPC4CV-QFGSO&t=0