by Nick Manser | Aug 19, 2025 | NWSL
I’m officially back from vacation! Apologies for missing last week, I was in northern Wisconsin for a few days – and on Pickerel Lake, I think I saw a North American River Otter (which is my second favorite animal after the Giant Otter). Some may say it...
by Nick Manser | Aug 5, 2025 | NWSL
If one emoji could represent Round 14, it would have to be the face with spiral eyes. So much happened over the last few days in the NWSL, both on and off the pitch, that it would be too much to cover even if it was a normal week – and it’s only our first... by Nick Manser | Jul 29, 2025 | NWSL
It’s been awhile since we last talked! There has been so much exciting women’s soccer during this international break, and it’s still not over. We had four confederation championships, one regional championship, a bunch of international friendlies,... by Nick Manser | Jun 27, 2025 | Internationals, NWSL
It’s the summer international break! (Or if you prefer, it’s the lunch recess of the 2025 NWSL season.) Either way, we’ve reached roughly the halfway point of the FNWSL season. Each NWSL team has played every opponent in the league exactly once, and...
by Nick Manser | Jun 20, 2025 | NWSL
Well, I got everything wrong last week. Gotham scored three goals at Utah (including a brace from Esther), Washington (without Ashley Hatch) was blanked by Portland, and Orlando returned to a 4-4-2 formation. So hopefully you didn’t listen to me, and had a great... by Nick Manser | Jun 11, 2025 | NWSL
I’m traveling in Wisconsin for work this week, so the bad news is that I don’t have much extra time to come up with a good theme for this week’s Answers. The good news is that I did see a USLSL game on TV at a supper club. So speaking of bad news and good news…...
by Nick Manser | May 30, 2025 | NWSL
Did anyone ever read the book Flatland? Basically, it’s about a two-dimensional world where all men are polygons, with those of higher socioeconomic classes having more sides (hexagons, octagons, etc.) than those in lower classes (triangles), and circles...
by Nick Manser | May 20, 2025 | NWSL
Ok, just let me do one more 2010s song reference, and I promise I’ll find a new theme next week. But since it’s the start of the only scheduled blank round of the 2025 FNWSL season, I think we have to say that we’ve “got a blank space,...
by Nick Manser | May 14, 2025 | NWSL
You know I love callbacks to early aughts pop culture, and since FNWSL Round 9 brings us perhaps the most packed Friday schedule of the entire season, I think it’s time to recall the truly unforgettable 2011 YouTube hit: Friday by Rebecca Black. For those who...
by Nick Manser | May 6, 2025 | NWSL
Well, my head is still spinning! The NWSL continues to return to the levels of chaotic unpredictability we’ve seen and loved in non-expansion years, taking things up a notch in Round 7. In fact, I’d characterize three results among the most unexpected of...