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The following is an exclusive presentation of Seattle Rain Soccer on Sports Radio nine fifty kJ.

Happy Friday, Everybody, Welcome back to Rain on the radio.

Sports Radio nine am. This is Seattle Rain FC Soccer Jackson Felts alongside Stephanie Virjoya and Kwame Apia. We are going to take you through Tonight's Rain versus Boston Legacy match. It's the first ever match between these clubs. Boston Legacy is one of the newest NWSL teams alongside of Denver and Tonight they are hosting Seattle Rain FC. They're hosting them actually in Rhode Island. It's the first ever women's professional soccer match in Rhode Island in Pawtucket, Rhode Island,

I mean, Boston was one of the best teams in kind of all the three previous professional leagues. They were one of the kind of tried and true, the team that they people could rely on. So every time a new league was formed, they were actually one of the first ones in and so you know, it was devastating when the Boston break was folded. I loved playing there. I love the city. There's such an energy there for sports fans, and I'm so grateful I had the opportunity

It's kind of a new phase I think for Boston soccer.

Green and pink. It's an interesting combination that we'll certainly see well on our monitors today and on this field here in Rhode Island. And the real story of this game for the Rain side is can Seattle score quickly? We'll give you the starting lineup from head coach Laura Harvey. Laura was not happy what happened last Friday. They lost to nothing to Gotham. It was her birthday and she had a bad birthday considering the team lost to nothing. She was so angry that she said she didn't get

You know, having Jordan Bug back is actually an interesting, you know, kind of opportunity as well, because from someone who had the rain FC goal of the year last season, right, you're now introducing another defender into the mix who can actually transition and join the attack. And so obviously we're looking at the attack to create the goals and opportunities. But we have added another element now which gives us a little bit of an extra boost.

Stephanie, I think the question really is is this going to be the group? When you look at Holly Ward, who's getting her second start of the year today, When you look at Sally Menti, the Roosevelt High School lum, Maddie Donneen, her speed on the left side, Mercado up top, you don't have a me official. You don't have a few players Cocoamandaci or Brady Ratcliff who've scored a lot of goals this year as as a trio. You don't have that. But can this group produce?

I think the answer is always yes. And I hate to use the term rebuilding, and I feel like that everyone hates that word, right, but this is a rebuilding year. I mean, losing she was just a stall war in that midfield for them, and so not having her not se me having some big player names in there.

We have really young kids.

I mean, we've talked about it over and over again on these broadcasts. Seventeen year old's, twenty year old's, twenty four year olds. Some of the players that we're asking to do the most. I mean Madame Mercado twenty five years old, right, And I think the answer is they have energy. They're here, they're going to try and figure it out. And it makes sense that Laura keeps trying new things because they are trying to figure out.

Who they are.

Yeah, that's it's a good point. And this is a defensive first team and we certainly need to see the offense come forward. The great stat that I heard on the one of the broadcast calls was the fact that over the last four years in the NWSL West Coast teams have won only twenty six of their games on

For sure, you know, I think the Rain is a regardless off. I think the streak that's currently going on, the Rain is a team that has a great identity. They know exactly how they play them and they know exactly how they want to transition, how to defend. I think the missing piece has been how to attack, and so that's what we're going to try to see today.

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The following is an exclusive presentation of Seattle Rainsucker on Sports Radio nine fifty KJU.

Welcome back to rain on the Radio, Jackson Felt, Stephanie Verdoya, kwamea Pia. We are broadcasting for Seattle Rain FC versus Boston Legacy kicking off here in just over ten minutes here on Sports Radio nine to fifty KJR AM Rain coming to this match right now ninth place at eleven points in NWSL three four and two record. Beneath them in the table is Boston Legacy. They are two five and three, two points back of Seattle in fourth point

It can be. Yeah, So three at the back, you know, four defenders at the back is what we consider kind of standard normal, if you will. And so three at the back, you're doing a lot of things there. Either you're hoping you have maybe some two wing backs come back and help out, which Boston might do at certain points.

The risk is you only have three at the back.

Yeah, which it's interesting seeing a team that's still forming an identity to have three at the back, because typically you want things to feel a bit more consistent, and when you want consistency, you go with a standard line. You go with two center backs. You can move left, move right, talking, unison, communicate. I think the communication is

Laurel Harvey talked about how this team, obviously we mentioned it has not scored in five plus games. She said, we need to change it up because quote why not that it hasn't been working. We need to try some new things. In that sense, She also said when you're in a rut. You don't care how you score. You just need to score. Quote, we just need that one. It can come off of a piece of hair or

I think that's true.

I mean, like Kwame said, there's not a lot of consistency there and who this Boston team is when they're defending, and so it kind of gives us great opening for Seattle to be like, hey, you don't have to go up the line every time to sof we are sofioherta to get a cross in. You know, maybe we do something up the middle, maybe we try shots farther outside the box, which which we haven't seen too much this year. And so it does create a good opening to a

What this team needs is just something. It can be a piece of.

Hair, you know, it can be a defender scoring, it can be something unexpected. And teams go through these these moments. In long seasons, you are going to have times where you don't score. This is an especially long one, and so there's a desperation there.

Desperation is interesting, Kwame because when you talk about a Seattle team that's obviously does not have a win in their last five because they haven't scored. We need this team to continue to get results because we've slipped. I mean, at one point, I think our first broadcast for Rain, at one point they were tied for second place in NWSL.

Yeah, you know, it is interesting. I feel like Seattle has a certain dynamic play which actually accomplishes what you want your team to do, which is get into the attack and get balls in the box. But we just haven't had the numbers in the box to convert. And so where do we go from here? And I think obviously football is a game of inches, so it comes down to those one little moment, one little game opportunity. You just have to make sure you get that opportunity

Let's talk about the matchup that that Laura Harvey, head coach, wants today, and that is going up against the physicality of Boston and they are a very very physical team from everything that I've seen, from everything that we've heard. Meanwhile, Laura Harvey says, we can go physical for physical and we can play Cocoa Mondasy, or we can play me official, or we can counter that. And Stephanie they are countering that with her picks in the attack today.

I think that's definitely true. Like you said, Coco Mondasy player Sam Mesa as well. Those are players that you just see them in tackles. They're very physical, They're great at putting their body kind of on the line and creating some disruption there for other teams. And so I actually do really like what Harvey's going with here, which is let's almost dance around them. They're going to do emergency defending. They're going to drop their three, they're going

Kwamee, what do you want to see from the wingers today specifically and how they move and how they attack. As she's talking about that emergency defending that they'll see.

Yeah, I want to see our wingers get into the middle just a little bit more right. I want to see service coming from our outside backs. We have one, you know, an incredible assist leader and THENWSL when we think about Sophia. So it's all about making sure we get bodies in the box. And if we have our wingers drifting wide and our outside backs drifting wide as well, we're just creating a redundancy to people who are creating the same role to just the same thing, which takes

Yes, Sophia Hortz has thirty seven career assists off of that right back position, so you'll see her for sure get up into that top attack. Holly Ward. Will be interesting to see our right winger today, see how she plays and if she indeed cuts in like we're talking about. This is Boston Legacy FC versus Seattle Rain FC, the first ever professional women's soccer match in Patucket, Rhode Island, and the whole state of Rhode Island that's never seen a game like this. We will take a break for

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The following is an exclusive presentation of Seattle Rainsucker on Sports Radio nine fifty KJU.

Welcome back to Rain on the Radio. Seattle Rain FC in their tenth game of the NWSL season tonight, facing the Boston Legacy, who are in their eleventh game so far. Boston right now two five and three going up against Seattle at three four and two, Seattle at a ninth place with eleven points, Boston at fourteenth place with nine points. So certainly do not want to see three points for Boston swing them above Seattle. But it's a rain team

It is especially like we said before, defense is a main focus in this team and in this structure of play that she likes to run through. And Phoebe mclarnan is great and she's really held down the fort there, but Phoebe can be a little a little unpredictable I think at times for Laura Harvey and so adding in someone like Bug who can be very consistent, very composed, I mean, it's incredible. She's so composed for how young she is. She has a great balance to mclernan.

Kwame. This is a team that you have leaders on this team, but the absence of Jeff Fishlock, and I think casual soccer fans in Seattle all know the name Jef Fishlock. Casual sports fans in the city definitely named Jeff Fishlock legend from the beginning. The news came out last month that she will retire at the end of the twenty twenty sixth season. She was the last remaining

We are definitely missing her a lot, And I think a major thing to think about there is the identity of a team. When you take such a key piece away from the team, it definitely removes some identity. But when we think about Jordan coming back, I compare it to a one of the biggest, most important soccer drills that you will ever do.

It's called power and finesse.

So we have Phoebe as that power, that dominant player, and we have Jordan as a really finesse player, some who can actually touch the ball, pass the ball off, get it back and is really great at giving deep balls here. So hopefully we get some opportunities to go longer with that.

Seattle Rain in their blue surge kits tonight Boston Legacy and they're all green jerseys. It's the first ever women's professional soccer match in Rhode Island, Boston, Seattle. Of course Boston had it the Boston Breakers of the NWSL they folded a while back. This is a new expansion team new to twenty twenty six in this season. Soccer was gone in Boston for nearly a decade, but it is back and it is in Rhode Island tonight. And after a little false start, we are now underway in Rhode Island,

And I really hope to see a lot of that from Mattie Dolly and she kind of drives toward the end line there and tries to get around to her defender. It's exactly what Kwalmi was talking about pregame of just not staying wide. Can we drag those defenders inside? Can we cut across them, send crosses in or gets shots off. She did that great a few weeks ago, so hopefully she keeps bringing that energy and it forces them to defend in multiple ways.

Roosevelt High School lum Sally Menti will be taking this corner kick from the far side. It'll be an inswinger and it's going far to the top of the box. She has a couple players headed back still with the Rain Jordan Bugs shot will go into the stands and it'll be a goalkick for Austin's goalkeeper Casey Murphy, who

And Casey Murphy also has some women's national team experience. She's a really solid keeper, so it's not going to be an easy night where they're going to hope to get something. You know, Flukey, she's solid in the back.

Seattle here on the left. Here's Mattie Doleen chanced to cross it in has Mercado. It is tipped away still with the rain. Now on this right side for Huerta Blerta with some space, she will cross it with her left foot, takes a deflection. Now here's Boston with it. They will try to get going fast. It's a team in the Boston Legacy who are have an interesting structure and right now they are pinned back by Seattle, who's been on the front foot since the opening seconds of

Yeah, and I think that's just a really good example. The play we saw there of how open this game is going to be was very transitional soccer. So Boston crossed into the attacking half in Seattle's defensive half and only two or three passes, big long passes that broke down Seattle's defense even though they were set and organized. So that's gonna have to be something they watch out for, because if Boston can break that down that quickly, they're going to create some issues.

I saw the concerned look of Boston head coach Philip Patel a moment ago, as Seattle right now getting the way of that one. They will be trying to break on this left side, but not able to gather that one, and Boston will take it away in their own end. Kwame. We're now four and a half minutes into this game, and you saw the concerned look on Boston head coach's face, and we kind of wondered how these first few minutes

Yeah, it looks like transition is going to be a really big part of this game, like stuff.

He was saying.

I think right now it's going to feel a bit pig ping pongy right for a little bit of time.

I'm it's gonna go back and forth a lot.

I think maybe the concern look was because of the speed of transition, because once that ball was won almost in the rains half, it took quite a while for them to transition. So yeah, maybe a little bit of a speed of transition issue right now.

And here is Boston now coming up on the right side with Prince Prince up to Triore working on Madison. Curry gets some space now, crossing it into Princes Princesson's space in the box, crossing it to the top, back out to another players. Shot takes those slight deflection and

And you know, I don't think Rain actually wants to play the transition game with Boston.

I think there's strong at it.

I think you put three players at the backs that you have a ton of numbers flying forward, and they seem pretty comfortable when they're doing that. The Rain don't seem comfortable when they're playing transition soccer. And it's because Laura Harvey has coached them time and time again to keep the ball, to stay in their structure, to be creative, but to really know where they're playing and how to

Yeah, it's sort of you know we talked about in the pregame and is true that kind of lack of a true functional, normal starting lineup for Boston. You know there's an expansion team is the Rain will get to that in a moment. Here's the transition on the right side. Chance to cross it in here is Holly Ward on this right, uses Wheer to her right back. Now to the middle of the park cross coming in towards the far side. For Dollen heads it up looking for a handball.

I mean, I think it's true. Her arm is moving right, it kind of blocks the balls.

It changes the ball's trajectory, even though it's up close to her shoulder.

I do think it's a fair call, but you know, I'm.

A Rain fan, so the letter of the law, it was not going anywhere too dangerous, but it comes off of an arm and the Rain will have their chance to score their first goal in five games right here, earned by Mattie Doleen, and now a chance to go up one nothing early. It is, of course Sophia A. Hoerta, the captain of this Seattle team, stepping up to the spot. She has not scored this year, has two assists forty four career NWSL goals for Sophia Hoerta, and it seems

As much as we want to say that there's a strict rule of regulation that you know, it is a bit subjective at times, and I think ultimately you have to call it. If you see the ball hitting the arm which is outside a position in affecting play, that is a PK. You know, if it doesn't affect playing anyway, maybe there's a little bit more, you know, a room for interpretation, but it right here, I think it definitely affects the play in a major way.

Our referee today, John Motto of var Laura Rodriguez, taking another look at this one as Maddie heads it down. It hits off of the left arm of Jorlin Carabali, Boston's right back tonight, as they are taking a extra long look at this one, Sofia Haerta, who's been with the Rain since the February of twenty twenty and going up right now against Casey Murphy, who was the Rain goalkeeper until twenty So these two have a history playing

And we're seeing a little bit of gamesmanship here. You'll see this in games now. The player who's taking the kick actually won't hold the ball. A different player will stand there because the keeper loves to come up, stand right at that player, stare him down, you know, make him feel a little intimidated. So the player who ends up taking the kick sometimes we'll kind of walk away, take some space. But it can't be understated how hard it is for this much amount of time to elapse

So that's tough for Huerta.

All right, here comes the call from our referee motto as Sophia Juerta. It was funny she handed the ball off to has James Turner. Then James Turner hand the ball back to Huerta. So it is the Rain twenty twenty teammates Huerta against Casey Murphy penalty kick Here in the eleventh minutes looking for the Rains first goal in five matches. Where To stands five yards from the ball, whistle blows Murphy jumping around where to her left forward shot in the back of the nets.

Raine score and they have their first goal in too long and they have a lead at Boston Legacy.

It's one nothing in the eleventh minutes.

Just a huge, huge relief, relief, relief relief. I think that's what Kalme said before, and it really is for this team to be able to see it does not matter how it comes. Laura Harvey said that herself, where toa does a great job to step up, compose. It puts us in the corner right low on the ground, away from Murphy, and it's just it's exactly what they needed. It doesn't matter how it comes. But now they feel like they don't have to be building to that goal over and over it they have it.

Now they can control the game.

Yeah, I think it's it's a big composure goal.

If I'm being honest with you, that much time in between the penalty being called and it being taken, the amount of rattling it does for the person who's taking that it really has to be appreciated there. So I think that no matter how that ball gets in that goal, we really have to give credit to Sophia putting that in the net. And I think ultimately now we got to build off of that. I do think set pieces are going to be a big thing for today. So how do we go from here?

Boston trying to work quickly on this right side rein up now early in this game, exactly what they wanted here after five winless and if foul called over there on Prince free kick coming for Boston in Rain's own end. As this is a team in Boston that likes to throw numbers forward. They likes to transition, they like to be physical, they like to be fast. It's a team that has been unbeaten in their last five games two to zero to three, after not having a single point

Yeah, I love a trick play like that.

Actually, they had the wall set up and they just played it around the outside of the wall. To a diagonal runner who kind of tries to whip the ball in a little bit too hard on the pass, so they weren't able to actually get it into the box. But you know, I love to see different set pieces like that. They're not just whipping it in. I expect them to though, because like you said, Boston's a little They can be a little chaotic in those moments. It also makes them strong and hard to defend.

Speaking of chaotic, a goalkick there for our goalkeeper, Claudia Dicky went short and some high press from Boston, nearly causing a turnover. Rayne working out of that turnover. Now playing it long here on the right side, headed out it will be a rain throwing Laura Harvey and her coaching staff Scott Parkinson William want to go fast here on this right side. Where to looking for someone to throw it into. Finds Mercado now up to the left side.

No call.

Boston comes away with that one after a questionable note call. Boston Legacy in their bright green kits tonight Seattle and all Seattle's working left to right on your radio dial. Boston working the other way. It's on the far side after that throw in, but Boston quickly turned it over and Seattle will have a moment to breathe with Curry

Yeah, I think ultimately their current goal is to get as many bodies forward as possible, which can be dangerous for them defensively, but as you are still trying to freely figure out your identity, it's like, Hey, if we're gonna get anything to happen, we got to put as many numbers behind it as possible and hope that it works out.

Here's Seattle working in transition. Now up the left side. Da Leen chances to cross it in, cuts it in. Da Leen chance to shoot cuts it a little further now all the way to the right side. For Wheer, it's a lot of space to cross. She will cut it in. And now here comes across a lot of blue shirts there in the box, and they come down with it working against his curry, but she is not

Look right now, even though the ball is not in a crossing position, there are already two bodies in the box. So we are starting to see that effort, that real effort to get in the box and see if you can get some opportunities with that cross.

Boston taking away that throw and they will be controlling here on the far side the right. Now along that back three that certainly transforms in transitions with help. They deal with a three center back, one defensive midfield of structure and send a lot of numbers forward. And here comes Boston working against some space against Seattle into the box, cuts on over to the left side, and the Rain do great to transition to fend and hold Boston up. They have it about ten yards outside of the box.

It is it is.

It's one thing that the Rain is very good at is getting their players behind the ball.

Get we call it getting into your line.

So it's kind of like the whole midfield line is back behind the ball, the defensive line is back behind the ball. So it's preventing that transition soccer where Boston can be numbers up, it can be three v two down a wing. You know that they really get back and get organized very well. It's one of their strengths.

And we know Seattle likes to play out of the back, and with a high press of Boston, they will certainly be going forward.

Here.

Here is our goalkeeper Dickey who sends it to the middle of the park. A foul called one of our first fouls today is am'sbro one of their center backs got way up the field fouls and the rain will have another moment to breathe here against that press of Boston, and it.

Is a very intense press, just so people can picture it. I mean they have five players at the top of the eighteen yard box. That is a very very aggressive press because it means they're giving up so much space behind. But if the rain can't out of it, it's obviously very dangerous amber.

The rain trying to hold it here on this right side. Working with Huerta, working with Holly ward Ward who's getting her second start of the year alongside Sally Menty, who's at the number ten position, the central attacking midfielder. She's also getting her second start of the year. As the Rain try to break that press and they will still be in possession in their own end of the field,

You know, we're seeing some struggle from the rain being able to really get out. But like we said, we don't want them to play the transition chess match with Boston because I actually think Boston might win that. But they need to get more numbers higher up the field

There's a long ball up on the left side for Doleen with Kyl Bally takes it away for Boston on that back end, just trying to shuffle that ball out but it does not get there. Seattle with it in Boston's own end working on that left side as Sally Menti, and that is going to be out for a Boston goalkick here in the twentieth minute. It is interesting because breaking Boston's press is challenging. They haven't been as many

Yeah, that's absolutely important. I do think not to give her too much Gretor we're early in the game, but Bug coming back and having that presence in the back line can give a lot of people confidence of how.

They can keep the ball.

It's olavary now to prints on the right side, chance to cross it in, but the cross goes far too long and it will be a goalkick here for Claudia Dickey. There have been, you know, a lot of if you look at the heat map of this game, it will probably be very much in Seattle is on the end of the field, kualme, but there haven't been anything too dangerous yet for Boston. You can see the builds that you can see the as we saw the trick play on that free kick, but there hasn't been anything really

Yeah, and that's when it comes down to, I know you can hear this world a million times, but the team's identity as of right now, Boston seems to really want to build on a one player identity system where it almost feels like it takes a lot of high level individual talent to really get in behind Seattle, whereas Seattle plays very team back and forth, very structural, and so you see an opportunity occasionally where Boston actually does break in with some incredible talent, but it's not gonna

It's not gonna be very consistent. So Boston break here and they if their press works as the Rain turn it over, Boston into the box trying to get it to a player, but it's clicked away. A nice job there by Vimy mcclerniny clearing that one for Seattle towards the middle of the field to Mercado working against two defenders. Unces back out and it cleared all the way to this right side. Here's Holly Ward, but the ball bounces up and hits Holly's arm. It will be a handball.

And it's kind of wild how differently it feels when you're up one zero, because that would have been across that. You know, if we were zero zero, we'd be saying these are the ones they have to finish.

That is still true.

Dolene still needs to get some better contact on that ball. Direct that across the goalkeeper, across Murphy, and she gets contact, but she's just not there. The finishing element still isn't there for them, but it feels differently. They're up one zero, they're creating chances. This looks like good progress for the Seattle Range.

And how does it come that comes over from a turnover in the middle of the field that Boston just has too many numbers forward. And once again, as we've seen for Boston a number of times this season, again they lost their first five games of the season. They were shut out four times, and that is a big reason why they send a lot of numbers forward. And when they turn it over in the middle of the park,

Yeah, and it's any same thing we're talking about with the Rain, those crosses, if they're in a good position and they're able to to get something, it's one. It's obviously one of the most dangerous areas of the field. It's where most of the goals are scored, right top of the eighteen, kind of in that penalty area box.

And they are going to keep creating these chances.

I think Boston is that team that we're seeing where they're getting numbers forward. They have a lot of numbers forward and so they weren't able to capitalize that. But that's something the Rain has to pay attention to, is how often they're trying to lump those balls. And it's it's kind of like the same it's a mirror on each side.

Actually, here's Boston now working towards this left side as they cross it over, but Prince can't get it taken away and McClernand clears it out for a throw in for Seattle as it hits off a sad at Triore's foot. You know, it'll be a Seattle throwing here in the twenty fifth minute, Seattle Rain leading one nothing, Jackson felt, Stephanie Verduya, Kwamia pia here on Sports Radio nine to

Yeah, it's a.

Great soccer city. I mean Seattle is a great soccer city. I don't know if there's a better one, to be honest, but Boston has Boston sports fans are let me tell you, those are some intense fans. I remember the first time I was there and one of my friends was a big Seahawks man, tried to come and, you know, jokingly make some go Seahawks cheers.

I mean, it was not funny. People did not think it was funny.

So this is a city that loves its sports, especially it's women's sports, and they've had great support for all the versions of the teams.

They've had Ray now working in possession in their own end of the field, doing well against this Boston press now on the right side with where it to, trying to send a bolong ball Ford. She does get to Mercado, Mercado throwing a ball on on the right for Holly Ward. Ward can keep it in working one on one. Ward cuts in, goes towards the top of the box, still with Seattle, but a good job by one of their midfielders.

Yeah, you know, I think the Boston you know, entire strugu is bet against bet on our defense to make sure that we can stop the ball. It seems like Seattle has a bit of a disconnect from midfield to forward. It's coming boss, coming straight from deep line or goalie right into forward's feet and they're hoping to then lay it off and then play. But it seems like Boston has done a great job winning it once we get to that forward, because it's really just becomes a one on three.

Well, here's another one of those long balls and exactly what you were just saying, trying to reach Holly Ward from the back line, but another Boston defender gets in the way of that one, and it's exactly what both teams right now are trying to do. Seattle's trying to exploit those big open gaps in the high back line and Boston's defenders are just doing just well enough. But Boston is down one nothing as they work into Seattle's end.

It is.

It's such a well deserved goal for a great player, a great leader. She's clearly a great teammate. I mean people talk about her just with blowing terms. You know, she's fantastic. And I remember I was a midfielder, you know, I played in the middle of the field. So when you see a player like where To have that much success when she's trapped against a sideline, it just, oh, I don't like the feeling. You know, she has such a little space over there, and she's incredible.

She does so much with it.

Boston now working into the attack on this left side, chance for Sammy Smith to cross. She can't hold out one. She has to play it all the way back, but it's taken away quickly from Seattle. The Hollywood cannot control that one. It will go out forty Boston throwing will they look to go quick here? No, Sammy Smith taking a moment to throw this one in, but there is a lot of blue shirts for Seattle getting the way of that one. The ball still gets towards the top

Yeah, and we're seeing a lot again and a lot of numbers forward for Boston. That's what happens when you have a three back, especially a high three back. So they're connecting through their midfield very well at times, and they've almost outnumbered Seattle throughout the pitch if you think about it, a four to three three versus a three

Here's albut Cano for this corner kick here. It'll be an out swinger here in the thirtieth minute. Here it comes with the middle of a box, redirected and redirected right at the goalkeeper for Claudia. Dicky took off a couple awkward bounces, but the United States Women's national team goalkeeper Dicky is right there to grab that one. Another one of those dangerous plays where it just hits off

They collided a little there.

It looked like Sophia hurt might have stepped down while Priory was and her knee went out slightly. I you know, don't know exactly what she's going through down there right now. I would be surprised if it was a really bad injury. It looked like she was able to at least move on it afterwards, and that's always what you're looking for with knee injury, is you know, are they down?

Are they able to extend it? Can they put pressure on it?

So waiting to see how it looks like for her, But I don't think there was anything malicious, and I would be surprised if.

She was out qualman. Let's go back to that corner kick there from Cano that took the couple deflections, comes off of McCammon, and a good save there from Claudia Dickey. What did you see on that play? You know, it was a nice floated ball right into the box.

I think right now Boston is betting on winning or getting an opportunity or scoring off of set pieces right as you can see when the ball went back off to Prince, Prince basically just ducked it and said, hey, I'm not going to take this player on one v one. We have opportunity, we have a great corner kick taker and Kanye, so what can we do here? So it was a bit bobbly, a bit scary, but you know we've got safe hands in the.

Goal and Trioria will enter this field again down and was in a lot of pain. She is back up and she is back on the field. That is Boston striker good to go is Seattle's thrown. They will control here, but dealing again with this very quick Boston press and Triori very quickly joining that press as if no injury happened two minutes ago. Good to go, and here's Seattle with where it's on the right side. Cuts in uses McCammon. Now mcclernan to Dicky. Press backs off and Dickie can

Yeah, and the rain are just swarmed when they're trying to build out of the back.

They really are. I mean, there are green jerseys everywhere.

This is a soccer that you're watching as a parent and your kids the one with the ball and you're like, just kick it, just kick it as far away as possible, because they are swarmed right now. I mean again, they have five players up at the top of the eighteen yard box, and so Dicky's looking around and where can she play.

She can only send it forward, and she sends it forward to the middle of the park, trying to get it as Menty or Mercado and stays with Seattle. Is where it helps her out. Mercado goes down, they'll call back to the foot of Dickie, and here comes that Boston press, not in this moment, but they have five green shirts kind of just all around the edge of the box waiting to pounce. The moment it gets to a Seattle defender and Dickie just cap't keeping the ball

Yep, definitely, this is a pace they like. They like to get in their positions. They like to have the ball in front of them so they can be organized and move as a unit, and they're doing a great job of that. I would not be shocked if Harvey completely changes their billd out plan when they come out in the second half.

It is interesting. On the bench today for the team is sam Mezza. She is a dominant midfielder, a young dominant midfielder for this Seattle team. You know she didn't have as much practice this week, but she is available off the bench for Seattle and that is a major piece.

Yeah, Like Stephanie was saying earlier, I'm very curious to see how the second half goes in terms of actually building out a plan and going back against this. Right now, it feels like Seattle's playing a little bit into the hands of Boston's you know, plan and strategy, and it's actually giving Boston a really interesting attacking and defensive edge. And here, you know, it could be paying.

Off right crossing it in the box, headed away from Madison Curry, Seattle controlling into the middle of the park now and they find some space they can a good job there by menty to earn that space and now Bom goes along to the left side. Here is McCammon working all the way up to the field. Some mercado still with Seattle. Africa is cleared back and it will now be with Seattle's back line and that pressure from Boston and not as fervent as it was ten minutes ago.

Dickey And again I think that just a little bit more composure from these midfielders. You know they're under a ton of pressure. We saw mcammon come in there. She's a huge she's really important. If sam Mes is not going to be on the field breaking up some of this play and able to move the ball forward, then mcammon.

Does need to fill that role.

She needs to step up, and I think she's trying to be the connector, but under this pressure, she has to be.

A little bit more of like the dictator, right.

She has to decide where the ball goes, she has to turn when she can. He has to move the ball higher up the field quicker.

For how much Boston is pressing, it's it's definitely a testament to Seattle's defense that Boston right now has such few expected goals. I last time I saw it, it was about point one point seven on the board here, and they have not had a lot of great chances at goal after another shot goes long and wide. But Boston's press maintaining that they have not been able to create anything against the Seattle defense that has been very,

Yeah, it's a really interesting It's a whole new development in sports, know wellness, recovery, preparation cultures, truly. I mean it's wild. It's like how much has changed even from when I played. There's so much studies now done around sleep and how it impacts you, and so actually just trying to stick with your time, even if that means you're playing later in the day.

I mean, you know, it's not too much later.

This would have been an eight pm game for them, so there's a lot of benefit there.

And it's just you told you if you would have told people this ten years ago, that chanced across on the left side.

Sorry for Seattle, here is to Hollywood on the right Hollywood has where queer. It's a ball is intercepted from Boston. Sorry interrupt step there. That's a cross into the box and one of those big chances for Seattle on a takeaway that built very very quickly for Seattle.

Yeah, and Ward and wheart are do. We had a pretty good job of staying connected. There's been a few times where I you know, they're super dangerous when they're together and on the same page, And on that last one they both kind of missed it and weren't on the same page.

Rain still have it. Foul is going to be right outside of this box. That is a clear foul about six yards outside the box. Free kick coming for the Rain here in the forty first minute, dangerous spot kuwame for this free kick. We will see if it is where to who's going to be standing over this one? In just a moment after Sally MENTI was taken down there.

Yeah, you know, it's just going back to what we said earlier. I think this game is going to be one or lost off of set pieces. It feels like a game that's gradually being played right in that middle area. A lot of pressing, a lot of counterattack. But right now it seems like it's just back and forth. And so I do feel like some opportunities to really stop, pause and see the game in front of you could be really what wins this game?

Seattle leading one to nothing on an eleventh minute penalty kick from Sofia Horta, and she will be standing over this one here in the forty second minute, just about twenty four yards from goal where former rain goalkeeper Casey Murphy sits in goal right now for Boston. The question is will she put this one on frame or will she try to cross it?

There?

You see Jordan bug there on that right side, maybe looking towards that back post. Here is Squerreza stepping up. She will put it right at the wall, stays with the rain minty long distance shot. We'll go into the crowd there for a goalkick.

Yeah, right into the wall there.

Unfortunately, you never know what you're going to go for in those moments, how you're going to kind of curve it up and high end the upper V or sneak.

One under the wall.

That one didn't pan out, and then the kind of rebound shot. I mean, you get so excited when those come out.

You know, you just really shoot for the moon.

And that one was way over the Crossbard.

Yeah, maybe it was you swear to trying to go under that wall. That didn't jump, but it bounced right back out and the goalkick for Boston will come in, but Boston quickly gives it away to the Rain three minutes before the break here, want both of your thoughts, Kwame and Stephanie on what the Rain need to do here in these final few minutes before the halftime whistle.

I think the the wingers need to become a bit more connected to the to the you know, to the full backs. I think that's a bit of the disconnect right now. It seems like we're playing very very dominantly in the middle, trying to make sure we're finding our target nine target forward, play the ball over, get it to her feet and then hopefully she can find someone you know below her who can then send it up wide.

Yeah, I don't know. In these last three minutes, I'm like, just just keep it out of the defensive end. You know, Boston's just coming with so much presser and so much energy, and they don't seem dangerous when they're on the ball, but they seem very.

Dangerous when we are trying to build out.

And so if I'm Laura Harvey, I'm like, get it out of the back and let's let us free group at halftime.

I think that's what she literally just said. There actually was here yelling on her Yettie Core. That might be a word for word. Actually, what just happened is we're now into the forty fourth minute here. Yeah, Laura might be listening to the stream. I mean, I wouldn't blame her. iHeartRadio app Sports Radio nine to fifty Kjerim Jackson felt Stephanie Vrdoya Kwame Apia calling Rain on the radio, Seattle

Yeah.

And they're just really sneaky passes that Boston's getting in this final third. They're finding players a lot of horizontal passes, so kind of going directly across the field, finding players in that middle. And that's where Prince was. And she's a dangerous player. She's fast, she got a very good foot. You know, she could put some power on that shot. And we're lucky that didn't go in.

Yeah, Prince is one of their better attacking players. Has a goal to assist this year, as to nine out of their ten games so far this year. It still is Boston after a giveaway long distance shot and Dicky's able to grab that one at that near post, Claudia Dickie goes right into her diving chest, both arms around it. As the clock will strike forty five, we will see how much added time we have as a quick turnover nearly led to something for Boston. I believe that's their

Yeah, excellent recovery from Sophia Fluorta.

Quick corner here from Cano going short to Hasbo Hasba middle of the park to Ola Vari crossing it in towards Gold, goes up for it and not able to redirect it as Krabally one of their center backs. She sends it about twenty yards right left of the left post of Gold and that will be out for a goalkick for Claudia Dicky here with two and a half minutes to go before that halftime whistle.

Yeah, and just back to that defense by Huerta. I mean it's really understated sometimes how dangerous those moments are. And she did a quick check of her shoulder and really put this last final dish effort to get there right before the cross got to that back post.

Player.

It's what you teach young players in the game all the time. You have to follow your runner all the way through, no matter where the ball is. You got to finish out that play, and you know it's those kinds of things as the leader of this team that she's doing consistently and is keeping her team in the game. You really got to give a shout out to her.

Now Boston has gotten their best few chances here of the game. In the last fifteen to twenty minutes or so. Their high press has started the work of late. But the question is how long can they go with this high press deep into the night here in Rhode Island, Seattle leading one nothing here a couple minutes coming as Seattle will earn a throw in about ten yards from

Well, you know, I think this could be a big opportunity. It seems Boston plays a very zonal defense when it comes to corners, so this actually could be an opportunity to put an extra one in the net before the half. Obviously a bit of a sloppy play, you know, And I think once again that comes down to a lot of pressing, a little bit of tired legs ready to get into the half.

So let's see what this provides. Here's MENTI in swinger from the our side, going towards the far post. Here is Jordan Bug brings it down but can't get a shot off. It's redirected and still with Seattle. Believe that is still with mclernan, but it's out for a Boston throwing reach Jordan Bug at the back post. Stephanie, that was a heck of an opportunity.

It was, and it's actually the second time so she got one very early on in the half as well. She kind of hangs out high, so kind of towards the top of the box and on that back post.

Two times it has popped out to her.

They are very difficult shots to hit, the ones that people think look easy, but now she kind of skies it there.

All right. Well, that is the halftime whistle from our referee and Seattle will go into the break leading one nothing, Rain up with an eleventh minute penalty kip from Sophia Hortza. We'll take a break and we'll get to the halftime show. Seattle rained up looking for their first win in five matches. We'll talk about that first half next on Sports Radio nine to fifty KJRM.

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The books in Rhode Island. It's Seattle one, Boston zero in the first ever professional women's soccer match in Rhode Island. This match taking place at Centralville Banks Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where Boston Legacy FC is playing seven of their matches, this being the first this year before they open a new stadium. The expansion team playing, and the expansion team right now down one. Nothing to your Seattle reign.

I think it was good, not great, to be honest, so that you know, they got a goal on the board, which basically we all talked about was like the main thing for this game. So don't want to take that away from them. It came from a PK. It came from good team effort. You have some good movement up top. But I think they're struggling still to really put their

Otherwise I very much see Boston coming back in this game.

Yeah, I'm gonna plus one on that one. I think it's good. I think that we've done really good job building out. I think despite all the pressure, we've found a way to find our target nine. You know, I feel like Maddie's been getting the ball to her feet. I think it now comes down to how do we connect Maddie with our midfielders and then to our wingers. And I feel like it's a game changer. And now I am starting to really see, you know, the decisions

You know, moments before the first half started, we talked just for a briefly about Jordan Bug and the fact that she is back. She was out with two different lower leg injuries so far in twenty twenty six. She had come off the bench, hadn't gotten a start. But Stephanie, we look at the connection between Bug and mclernan. I mean when we talk about Lou Barnes, the Seattle rain legend, and there was the transition year last year where you know it was her last season, but last year Bug

Absolutely, there's some good continuity there. They trust each other. It's when you the back line, if players have played together before, it's it's really hard to overstate how much that helps that trust when when certain players are having to either you know, cover for one another or go

Yeah, and I should mention as well Madison Curry who also started twenty four of twenty six games as well. So you have the entire left side of that back line. And Sophia ware To she is your regular right back. She was on loan, she came back. She started the final thirteen games of the season for Seattle as well. But right now, the rain who have not won their last five, they've not scored, they got the goal, can

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The following is an exclusive presentation of Seattle Rain Soccer on Sports Radio nine fifty kJ.

Welcome back to the halftime show. Seattle Rain leading Boston Legacy by a score of one. And now I think this is Rain on the radio. Seattle's professional women's soccer team, Seattle RAINFC in Rhode Island to face Boston Legacy tonight. Let's get to some keys to the second half. Stephanie kwalme, what are the keys to the Seattle Rain getting this victory tonight?

Yeah.

So for me, I'm gonna start with a player that's on the field. I think mcammon and I mentioned this stuff for this in the first half, she needs to do a little bit of a better job kind of dictating the game. So we keep talking about Seattle's having a hard time building out. They're having a hard time building out. They get it to where too, they don't know where to go. You know, Dicky kind of floats this ball up to Mercado, but we're not holding on

Yeah, I honestly don't think I could have said it any better myself. You're hitting the nail on the head. I feel like we're not really having any turn and play action from mars center mids. We're just having, you know, play back. It feels like just let's keep the ball, let's play it back to our keeper. Keeper plays it over and then we go from there. We're not actually playing through the middle at all. We're playing hopeful, guessing

Let's go over who Laura Harvey has available off her bench today. Cassie Miller is the backup goalkeeper. Also has Cocoamanda ser Shay Holmes, Ryan Brown, sam Meza, me Official, Emily Mason, Brittany Ratcliffe, and Emria Domas Stephanie. That is a strong bench with offensive weapons, defensive players like the return at Shay Holmes. That's certainly somebody you can get in with Jordan Bugg perhaps on a minute limit coming

One nothing definitely, you know who I want to see me official. I just think she would come in and hold the ball up so well against the team that clearly we're going to have to play more direct and maybe quicker up the field. She's really good at that turn and play, kind of like what Kalme was saying, and I think she would change the game. I think there's others as well, like Mesa and Folks, but I would love to see the official in the next ten to fifteen minutes.

Yeah, I agree with that.

As why I think you're basically reading my mind. I think we need a player who's going to hold that ball up. Give us an opportunity to turn play to the wingers and then let's transition and go into the attack. Right now, I think Maddy's done a fantastic job, but it's been tough. I feel like it's a lot of

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The following is an exclusive presentation of Seattle Rainsucker on Sports Radio nine p fifty KJU.

Welcome back to Rain on the Radio. Seattle Rain FC getting ready to kick off the second half against Boston Legacy Rain leading one nothing on an eleventh minute penalty kick by their captain Sophia Huerta in Rhode Island's first ever women's professional game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where Boston is playing seven of their games this year, this being the first in our referee John Model will whistle this one away as Boston in Rhode Island. We'll get this

Yeah, Coco Mantas one of the best players on the range at having the ball at her feet, and so that's gonna be a big game changer, right. I think Hollywood's in a great job tracking back and forth, but ultimately you're looking for some who you can give the ball to up there, who's going to make sure they can take that ball straight at feet down the line and provide us some service into the box.

McClernand going along there. It is Boston controlling. Now they're trying to work quick here to the middle of the park. Now here's Cane on the left side cross coming in towards the far post, and no need for Claudia Dicky to jump up in that one. It's out for a goalkick here in the forty eighth minute, Stephanie. The system that we spent so much time talking about ver Boston. Their head coach, Felipa Patel, the thirty seven year old from Portugal, is an interesting system.

Yeah, it definitely is.

And we were just talking about how different coaches can come in with a very specific idea of what you want to get out of your players. And so when you play in a system like she is with a three five two, you can tell she's a coach that really wants her players to feel creative and free up top and a little bit more focus on goal scoring than defense, which is a classic criticism or positive you know, feedback of different types of cultures in the way they

Here's Seattle in possession. Now in Boston's own end. Curry will use her center backs. Boston pressed so much of that first half. Now Seattle trying to work against that press. Foul called right fifteen yards outside of the box, and Seattle will have a free kick, a chance to potentially cross this ball into the box. They will work quickly though on this left side. Here's Natty Dallen Natty Dollan in the box working against three defenders. Now back out

Away right there. You can actually see what we've been talking about at the half. We've had two opportunities now that have gone through the middle, has gone to a sixer and eight who has then turned and then played to either someone else in the midfield or someone out wide. And so we are starting to see that distribution through to midfield and that means that Laura is definitely you caught onto that and has definitely transition the game.

That was the question is how exactly Laurel Harvey changes this game as it goes on and what subs may happen. Don't believe any subs made as a throw in comes for the Rain here on that right side, quickly turning his Ward, putting it under foot the shot and it takes an immediate deflection. Seattle's still with it in possession in Boston's half. Bug over to this right side working with Ward. Now here's chance for Mercado. Perhaps can't get to it, though, Boston doing a great job to grab

I'm just right there, aren't they? The blocked shots, the almost crosses, and again you know you want the waterfall of goals after you get that first goal of so many games not having it, and I really want them to get another one here because I think they will actually believe it that more are coming.

Well, here is Minty, You'll be an outswinger here from the far side the right here in the fifty first minute, working against goalkeeper Casey Murphy former Rain goalkeeper. Now with Boston, here comes the corner going to the top of the box, does not reach Jordan Bug. I think that was the idea again, but it will stay with the Rain. That's Curry long ball towards the back post. Hast Dahlen Maddie in the back of the net. Maddie Daalen second gold for the Rain.

It's two nothing Seattle, a corner kick, pop back out. The cross came in from the left side from Madison Curry. Madison to Maddie Daleen makes.

It too nothing.

Yeah, the magic of the Maddies apparently tonight. I mean, honestly, that was a fantastic goal. Just like we were saying, they need it to believe it. You can see it on their faces. You can see it when they're celebrating and this ball comes in and it's just a perfect chipped pass and she just in the back post, just easy, nice inside of the foot volley to go across the keeper. I mean, it's very composed, a good finished, great team goal, and you can tell they believe in themselves.

Now.

Yeah, the Maddie magic, we'll call it. That was incredible. I mean, one of the best crosses we've seen at the night. And you know, we haven't really seen Madison Curry too many opportunities to put the ball in the box, and I think that was floated just the perfect length, a ball that teases the keeper enough for them to come out, but not enough for them to come out and actually get.

The ball from Maddie Doleen. That is her first goal of the year. She had four goals four assists in twenty six games last year, and this in her eighth game of twenty twenty six, gets her first goal and her sixth start. And it was, as you both accurately said, the magic of the Maddies. There is Seattle's entire left side today is Madison Curry, Mattie Doleen, and Mattie Mercado, and has Seattle right now leading to nothing against Boston Legacy on the road, and this would be Seattle's first

Yeah, she did a great job to receive a throw in. Actually, how often do you get a shot off after a throw in? But she receives that ball, turns her defender, kind of does a little touch around another one, and then just a great volley and yeah, really pushes Murphy to tip.

It over the edge.

Here's Minty. You're gonna be another outswinger here. Last time she did this it led to a goal for Seattle. Will she go long to the top of the box again. There is Jordan Bug there she will go long. There is Mercado, There is Jordan Bug, There is mcclarnin, and another deflection there is across the face of goal from mclernan is out for another corner, this time from the near side the left for Seattle. Minty will be over it again here in the fifty fourth minute rain on

You can feel the confidence. There's some indescribable things about soccer. It's one of my favorite things. And if you're watching this game, or if you're listening, maybe just the smiles on our faces that you can hear as we're talking, you can tell the team looks more confident and just within a minute, this is what a goal does. This is what a team who hasn't scored for games, just getting those few.

It's what it does for them, and it will go out for I.

Believe it's another Seattle corner here. The throwing came long, did well with it. I believe that was when the cammon did well with it in the box, forcing a Seattle corner. And Laurel Harvey likes what she is seeing. Have not seen her this. I think content with the situation is probably a good word for her facial expression right now. In quite a long time with Seattle leading to nothing, here's MENTI another outswinger from that far side, going long all the way too. But it's a good

Yeah, I'm not sure Laura Harvey would ever want you to call her content at the fifty fifty fifth minute.

You know, she just doesn't look angry.

I know, I totally agree with you, but she's gonna say I'm not content until this game is over.

But I agree with you.

I think she is is absolutely content with what she's seen because this is what she hoped for. It's exactly what she hoped for. When we talked about the game, there wasn't even a huge strategy.

It was like, we just need something.

Seattle is called for off side there a Tollyward on that right wing. She is offside on the pass there from Matti Dollen and Boston will have a free kick. As we get another look here of Matti Dollen's goal that came just a few minutes ago, and there's Laura Harvey. It is funny because you know, we've seen over these last five games where Seattle hasn't scored, we've seen a

Yeah, it is. And you know, actually talking to her this week, one of my favorite things that she said, and we should mention, is that their mantra for the team is that we are the ones we are waiting for. And I think we're in that moment. She said this because the team is young. We've said it over and over again. You have young players in the squad. That's kind of like looking for someone else to lead them, and instead she's saying, no, it's it's right here, like

Boston in possession. But it's now with Seattle with this press as Mercado and Dollen giving a little pressure to those Boston defenders here who have thirty four minutes down to nothing. Seattle leading here in Rhode Island. Casey Murphy goes trying to go along against a lot of pressure, but here is Curry on it, Curry getting in the way. Curry just had an assist trying to poke it forward to Mercado, Mrcado trying to get to the end of that one. A foul called. Boston will have a free

Out for a Seattle throw in spoke that into existence. I mean, it comes with the confidence. Once one team gets confidence, it takes confidence away from the other team, and then every little bit of a mistake feels like extra added pressure. And so right now Boston's trying to play themselves out of that pressure and that mentality in the Yeah, right now, it seems like it's working in Seattle's favor.

And here's Boston now working in possession and there on the end of the field, working with a lot of press. It's changed from Laura Harvey's working. It's a quick turnover, Seattle back with it, no opportunity for Boston to get comfortable at all right now. And this is the change we were wondering Laureal Harvey would make here in the second half. She has made it, and it is working so far. But here is now Seattle in possession, Boston with the press, high pressing from both teams. Right now,

Yeah, and I think we see a flurry of subs in the next you know, ten to fifteen minutes because both teams they're put like you said, they're pressing high.

It's transition soccer.

Two zero's you know, quote unquote the most dangerous score and so you're going to be looking for both coaches, both teams to be making at least, you know, get some fresh legs in there.

Switch up the energy.

Kick come as Boston. We'll control now on this right side, sending it to the forward. Here is Prince Prince working one on one now, trying to use an overlap. But some great defending there by Phoebe mcclernan, and that's shuffled out for I believe a goal kick coming here in the fifty ninth minute. Some good defending there is. We'll wait to see. I believe some subs may be on the way here. Actually, I wanted to make a note of that.

The most interesting thing that just happened there was it looked like Podie was the one defending there, but our forward Mattie Mercado is the one who came all the way back to usher that out into the into a goalkick. And so that's incredible effort all the way from top to bottom. And so that's that's just a big, big, like you know, note to make there that the entire team for ninety minutes is putting there all into.

Everything, player down to believe that's Maddie Dollen is down getting her lower right leg worked on by a trainer. Here in the sixtieth minute, we see the replay here Dollen just tripped up, looks like may have taken an awkward fall there here in too much pain is Mattie Doleen, but certainly is down and is in some here as this could be one of Seattle's changes.

Yeah, it didn't look too bad there, but they definitely got tangled up and looks like she's kind of just getting urching guard on, ready to go again.

No now leading to no. We've talked about the sub ideas and the sub potential strategy from Laura Harvey in a one nothing game. Stephanie Qualmy, how does the sub pattern, How does that idea change with a too nothing game? Or does it change it all?

I don't think it changes it all.

For Laura Harvey in this moment in the games that they're coming off of, I think she's going to push for CoCom onduce here and for others to still come on and change the energy here because I think she knows if they get another goal that is exactly what this team needs right now, and so she wants to bring the energy regardless if it's you know, adding a third goal, or if it was adding a second, that's what she's looking for.

She needs more.

Yeah, yeah, I mean so, statistically speaking, the two zero lead is the most dangerous lead in the game of football, because soccer is a game. It's a game of momentum, and so once you get up that high and you're mentally you feel like, hey, you have the momentum, and so it kind of puts you on your heels and if one.

Goal gets scored, it could change the whole game.

And so you want to pretend that two zero lead is a one zero lead and you still want to go score more goals.

Boston in possession on that left side, but merely giving it away here as Maddie Dalen back onto the field. She came off the field for they required a couple of minutes, and then is now back on after a high five from Laura Harvey. I thought that might have been the sign that she was coming out of this game.

Yeah, and I expect just to see it a little bit more, you know, like we said, as players get tired, as this game wears on, that's when you start to see some of those fouls in that physicality. And you know, like you said, I mean, the momentum shifts of this game have been huge at moments, and I think this last five minutes was a little bit of a lull where where both teams were actually combining in the midfield,

So what we're gonna see right now is a massive change for Boston and the players coming on are Lace Arujo, Nikki Hernandez. Those are two defenders, midfielders, and then Amanda Gutierrez is now on the field for Boston. That is a name we're probably gonna say a few times here in the remaining twenty six games. In twenty six minutes. Amanda Gutierres is a twenty two year old Brazilian forward. She recently played with Paul Miras in Brazil, where she

Absolutely.

I mean, you see those stats and if you're a rain fan, I think we joked about it at halftime, We're like, can we just please don't put her in the game.

Can you just keep her out for her a little bit longer?

You know?

She clearly, I mean, she's very, very crafty she's a skilled player. A lot of people talk to her as just someone that is very comfortable on the ball and has a lot of skills at her to put disposal. So again, this changes Laura Harvey's strategy slightly and that the back line absolutely knows who just came.

Into the game.

And now here is Boston with possession on this right side as they bring some additional players on, We'll see how Laura Harvey will combat those changes here in the sixty sixth minute. No changes yet so far for Seattle.

In Boston with three subs at this stage. I mean, you know, we kind of said it that we thought there was going to be a flurry because they play a fast paced, high demanding type of soccer. They're pressing, they're covering a lot of ground and so besides the fact that they're down to zero and need some energy, they also play hard.

And Boston taking it away a chance to break quickly here working on this left side, trying to move fast through the middle of the park. Now here's de gudieras in the middle of the field. She's dropping back but can quickly get forward and get involved. Now to this right side for Prince, but a great job by Madison Curry to hit that one out for a throw in. Boston will have to work quickly on this right side

But she did a great job to get around her to offender her and actually had a great ball in and just really can get on the back shoulder of that defender and take a touch towards goal.

You know, it's a hard angle.

She's pretty far out wide and so she's not able to actually get it all the way across Casey Murphy like she wants to. She's trying to play it under her in that near post. But we're seeing some stuff from the rain that that you know, Kwamea and I actually were standing here cheering a little bit because they're playing through the thirds. Their midfielders are turning and that's

And now Boston having a possession on this left side after they made a couple changes to the both their back line midfield and then getting Gudieera's up top, we'll see if that can produce here. Now onto the right for Carl Bally, wring to head of forward for Prince. Good job by James Turner getting in the way of that one, smucking up those waters. But Boston finds some space now here on the left side, chance to cross

And that was some incredible footwork. That is footwork that you wish you could do on the field, and we'd all practice in our backyards and do when we don't have anyone pressing us. But man, that was some crafty footwork.

And it will go. A free kick now coming for Boston in Seattle's end of the field. We're twenty two minutes away from stoppage time here in the second half, Seattle leading to nothing. Free kick will come from all the way at the back here from albut Cano, about thirty five yards from the end line, right hand raised. Now send it towards the middle of the park, going short, now across towards the back post, headed up. Triori heads

And I think this is exactly what we thought Laura Harvey might do. It's just do not pull up, do not rest on the fact that you're up two goals. Nope, We're gonna put Coco in. We're going to put me Official in. We're going to see how much we can press and if we can get two even three more goals, you know, before the end of this game's over. I think she wants this team to believe in themselves and she wants more people to have the opportunity to have chances to put.

A goal on the board.

So it be Sally Mente coming out of this game Jordan Bug coming out of this game. As we now see Emily Mason. It's a straight swap at center back me official as well. Onto this game, we'll see who is the final player that came out for Seattle here for those final changes. As Boston try to work into the box, we'll get to that in a moment. The right side, Prince Chance across it in, goes towards the

Hundred and one says, and you're right, it's a it's a big stat for Claudia Dickie, especially as such a young keeper. And it's in games like this, in moments like this where you're you're really glad that you have her because she's so strong coming out of the goal, and like we've said, it's a dangerous score line. Boston clearly is not taking their foot off the pedal, and so you know, they've had well, i'd say three or four chances in these last ten minutes, and so they

Boston with a possession on their right side. I believe it was Holly Ward who also came out for Seattle. Yea, Holly Ward was the other substitute, as Coco Monassey is on that left wing. The official up top Mattie Mercado shifts to the central attacking midfielder the ten as Sally Menti has exited. So those are the three Seattle changes here as they lead to nothing. Here with eighteen minutes left to go of the ninety now Seattle attacking with

Yeah, that was huge.

I mean, just really slides and is able to poke it away at the last second. I think it was Matti Mercado kind of charging up the middle and was able to dish it off there. And again she's just a great player that can create chances for the rain.

Here.

This Coco Monasse here to take this corner kick in the seventy fourth minute, it'll be an in swinger going to the front of the box, bounces back out to Juera Juertza putting in the ball all the way towards goal. Was hoping that would be a body there towards the near post not doing I mean it, we'll go out for a goal. Kick for Casey Murphy and Boston have to work quickly here. They have to open up. They have to find two goals in sixteen minutes. But it's

Like gentle time management at this point. I think if they were going to the corner, I would be a little worried. It's too long to go to the corner.

What is this sixteen minutes?

So yeah, well, you know they'll take their time when they have throw ins and when they have kicks, but definitely not to that corner yet.

But eventually I do think they'll get there.

With this pressure and the speediness and aggressiveness that Boston has.

Free kick for Sophia Horitz sending it into the box going towards a head. It gets to Emily Mason's head, but not enough on that head or I think it might have been a kind of a more of a cushion head or to cross it to somebody, but it goes right to the goalkeeper Casey Murphy, and she will work quickly for Boston. Here's me Official with some heavy press here, not letting much time on any of these defenders.

I mean you see the pressure on both sides right now. It becomes a matter of who can seal the game, who can get back into it. So everyone is putting in every bit of effort. They're making sure that that last second, that last step, that last move really really counts.

Boston going along here trying to find Troy already headed away. They play there by Mason, Boston picks it up here, here's Gudieras. Gudierras has help the middle of the field. Have not too many green jerseys up the field into the final third of the park, A lot of blue shirts for Seattle or back now onto this right wing our Bally, but a good defending there from Maddy Dollen on that side.

Yeah, and you can tell there's definitely an urgency with Boston right now. It makes sense you're down to zero,

And Seattle's able to clear that one all the way back out to Boston's own end, but Me Official keeping that pressure up as you talk about here, clock hits seventy seven to thirteen minutes of the ninety left to go. Seattle looking for their first win in a while, a team that opened up the season with a win in Orlando, where they ended their run in twenty twenty five. In the playoffs, they lost to Parland, then went to Spokane where they got big results a win over Kansas City,

Yeah, I'm talking about this this East Coast trip too. I mean, you know, they're lucky that they're able to kind of get out there, like you said, stay on their time zone, you know, keep kind of an even rough air work into this game, and then to also get settled there.

But before they take on.

Their next opponent, a yellow card coming right now to Madison Curry. Wonder if that's one of those tactical good yellows where you just don't want to let Alba Cano get too far down that right wing without anybody on her. So Madison Curry takes the yellow card to halt Boston's attack, and a free kick will come from just inside of Seattle's half. And here is Canoe over the ball looking to go along with this kick here or from just right next to the side, right next to Laura Harvey.

Yeah, and you have to be careful because a little taste of success here for Boston. You know, they're getting some, like we said, more chances. That wasn't exactly on frame, but they're dangerous. You feel like they're still in this game. And so even though there's only you know, ten minutes or so, with maybe some stoppage time, I think the feeling.

Is that they're still in it.

And so the worry here is if you get one, then it's kind of emergency, lock the game down. Defending the rain really don't want to go into that mode.

They certainly do not, but they have the ball at the feet of Turner. Now to Mandasier Montasyr dragged back.

No foul called.

Nowady is a foul called, and Seattle will have a free kick just inside of Boston's half. You wonder if any other subs coming. Both teams made triple changes. Boston made their big triple change first, Seattle and Laura Harvey resaliated with a big double offensive change of me Official and Coco Mondasre. A straight swap at center back with Emily Mason and Jordan bug who had a great day defending.

Yeah, excellent defending when you're going up against an incredibly fast player like Coco Mondessar who could just get around the edge of her defenders so easily. And you know, I love it when when a fast player like like Coco goes down, you know, for an offside call, and she's just in disbelief and she's like, no, I'm just so fast. It's just that I'm so fast. You didn't even see me. I was on side and I was so fast. But she gets called there.

Boston making another change here Alea Gambon a forward coming out of the field now for one of their center backs, Jordan Clara Balilara Bali has been part of so many attacks and she just had that header that went off frame a few minutes ago. She exits this game. Is Boston throwing another number forward? Can Seattle break those numbers and get a third decisive goal that just will put this game within no doubt.

I mean that's a pretty aggressive move to bring in that extra forward there. I think that's a clear sign from Patao that this game is not over. I think she actually it almost seems like they're going to a two back.

That's what they look like they are. Yeah, right now they're working with a two BAC system of Nicki Hernandez and Lesa Rujo, who, by the way, was questionable in this coming into this game with a thigh injury. Here she is playing in what is a no very very little defensive set here, but into the box here is Gudier As. Gudia has turned shoots and that shot will go maybe two Massachusetts in the eighty second minute rain

Yeah, she does a great job, right, just balls that kind of even holes in the air and it's really hard to hold up while your defenders trying to kind of bump you off and create better positioning.

Does such a good job.

And so whether it's getting the foul or actually coming out of that with possession, it's one of her best skills.

And it will actually be Claudia Dicky to take this free kick from Seattle's own end, going along to Mondasere, headed away from Nikki Hernandez. As we see a Boston team that now that they have to defend their throwing a lot of migfielders along that back line, just to have bodies along the Seattle offensive weapons official Mercado, Doleen and Mondasere seven minutes until the full ninety Boston working with it in their own end. Pressure now from Mondasere,

Yeah, it's definitely a rough fowel. They're just kind of going into her back some frustration. They want to win the ball back and so yeah, now Seattle, can you know ten seconds can feel like an eternity at some point in games like this, So to get a little bit of a back is nice.

Here is where it's a mock kick and then does take it. A couple seconds later, another five seconds go off the clock and she will go short. Seattle working with it in possession, getting a lot of pressure here from Boston. Can they break this pressure? Now to the left side for Curry. Curry has doleen. They have Official right on top, a little looped ball over trying to find me Official, and it's out off of Boston foot

A team that's winning to zero. This is almost exactly how you want the game to go. You're consistently in the other team's half. Are you putting them, you know, pressure on theirs, You're putting them on their heels, and so it's a right now it seems like Seattle has a good control of the game.

They certainly do. Is Boston has to retreat all the way to their goalkeeper Murphy and along there now two woman back line playing with almost no defense, just throwing numbers as many as they can forward. And now a big turnover, but a foul is called a huge turnover in Boston's own end. But a foul bails them out in what was certainly going to be a third Seattle goal.

Yeah, and everyone's just Dez really waiting for that flag to go up, show us the flag rep and it does there. And you know, watching the play, you kind of assumed she was. She was pretty low on the post there behind the defenders. You know, it's smart play. It's a low crossload. Defenders were low on the field. But she does just sneak right in past me and mclernan.

Yeah, Hasbo there, gets the ball in the box and her first touch towards goal. Triori eventually gets it, but it's waved off after she puts it into the back of the net. You wondered, and it is no goal. And now three minutes remaining of the ninety and for head coach Felipe Pateal, Boston has not lost in five games. They're two to zero to three. They lost the first five games of their expansion season, as many expansion teams do. They were shut out in four of those five games,

Well, they also might be looking to see if it actually knicks a Seattle defender because if it comes off you know, a Seattle player in that instance, then she might not be offside. So you also have to watch for that because if it hits the back line, if it hits a defender last, then it's actually she could she could be in the clear triory for being for being offside.

Man. If that, if that took a Seattle afflection, it was not much. Did not see much of a deflection on that. Let's see what our referee, John Motto vir Laura Rodriguez, what they decide here. And know there is no penalty given play on as we approached the ninetieth minute here in Rhode Island, the first professional women soccer match to ever be played in Rhode Island, and it looks like Seattle right now is looking at winning that

Jackson, you can't say that too early.

Jinxes aren't real.

Yeah, now we're gonna see them, hopefully see this game out. We'll see how much staffage time there is. But you know, Seattle does look like they're in barely good control. But Boston keeps knocking on the door as they come down the field once again.

Yeah, on this right side of your chance for Prince once again to cross it in working once again on Curry. Curry defending her so well, or she's done all day on or light glue and gets in the way for a turnover, Mercado trying to clear it's still to Prince, Prince crossing to the top of the box. As we now know, four minutes have been added here. Collision between mondasre ful called on Mondas here free kick coming for Boston about ten yards outside of Seattle's box is where

I thought it was a little weak.

I mean, I think they're both kind of going in in a collision, But it did seem like her leg and her pleat was kind of up and maybe went in a little bit late once once the player already had the ball. So yeah, maybe fair enough, But this is a tough spot to give this kind of free kick at the stage of the game.

Albut canoe over it for Boston? Will she shoot on frame or looked across on frame? But no, not on frame wide left? She went four goal and missed about five yards wide left and Claudia Dickey will have a goalkick here in the ninety second minute. If I've added four minutes here in this game, you wonder, though they looked at a couple things there, if they extend that four to a slightly longer.

Yeah, you never really know, do yet?

You never really know.

Once that first number is up there, then it's a guessing game.

Long ball from Dickey bounces off of Boston head cleared to mcclernan, who sends it out right towards Laura, who is screaming at her team to get back. Laura Harvey wants help defensively, she wants me official to come back and help, trying to get as many Blue Shirts back in their own end as possible to close this thing out.

And I think that kind of shows exactly, you know, one, how dangerous Boston can be. I think everyone watches this game.

We've talked about it.

They're aggressive, they're fast, they're transition oriented, so it does feel like they could get two goals quickly at any moment, no matter what moment. And you see that in Laura Harvey while she's really really yelling at her players to get back and to get organized.

It has been interesting because Boston plays this transition, high intensity, high press game. Seattle defensively has stopped them at every turn today. Big collision there, Ratcliffe working on cano. Boston comes away with it, but only to mandas Here, who interrupts that one and sends a ball all the way towards Boston's own box, and the legacy will have to

Laura Harvey celebrates with her staff. Players celebrate on the field. Seattle Rain break the winless streak. They get the w It wasn't cleaning there in the final minutes. It ends with a two to one final score. Nerve racking at the end. But the Rain will start off this road trip with a w.

Yeah, big win for them. Great to see them get not just one goal but two goals. You know, magic of the Maddies, we said, Maddy Dolling come in and with such a great goal there.

And this is a good.

Boston team, maybe inconsistent, but this is a strong, fast, good Boston team. And the Rain did a great job to meet them toe to toe to put away their chances and I think start actually believing in themselves again and knowing how good they really are.

You got to be proud of your wins. You know.

You don't look at where the team is, the level of their consistency, how many points they have, look at the fact that this is another professional soccer team. They came out there to play, they have scored, they have it on a good streak recently. And so you came out there, you did what you had to do. You scored two goals, and you know, ultimately, hey, a tough you know goal against you in the end, but you put it together.

You played hard and you won the game. So for Seattle they go to now four four and two on the season. They move back into the playoff picture with fourteen points. For Boston they stay all the way back in fourteenth place with their nine points. We will take a break and talk about what is a win for the Seattle Rain two to one final score. We'll talk about it next on the postgame show on Sports Radio nine to fifty KJRM.

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Curry Long both towards back post Hast dline, Maddie in the back of the net. Maddie Dollen second gold for the Rain. It's two nothing Seattle. A corner kickpop back out.

The cross came in from the left side from Madison Curry, Madison to Maddie Dolly makes it to nothing.

It's a win for the Seattle Rain. Late goal for Boston not enough. It's a two to one victory for Seattle. They moved a four to four and two. They're in the playoff window now and they open up this long East Coast road trip from here to Washington, DC. With the w welcome into the postgame show, Jackson felt Stephanie Verdoi had kwameapaya as we talk about a Rain win, the first Rain win for Rain on the radio here

Stephanie, Yeah, what do you know, It just takes some goals to actually win. So they did that tonight and it was great to see it. You really could see the change and the energy, the smiles, just the momentum out there. We hadn't seen it in recent games, even when they'd played well. They played well against Spirit recently, they had their moments against Gotham. But but tonight you really saw them believe in themselves, and we said that.

Over and over again.

They took more chances, they were more creative, they you know, they did a lot together as a team, and so I think they walk away with a lot of things to be proud of.

Yeah, a lot of pride in it. Honestly, you saw Stephie and I were just cheering in a few times. You saw us excited, jumping up and down it. In case you heard any thumps on the radio, we were just so excited about good soccer. You know, I think that's one thing that the Rain does really well. They play really good soccer in moments of the game. You see good connections, you see good through balls, you see them really making sure that they're playing with spirit, with heart.

For Maddie doll Leen, she had four goals for US to slash year in twenty six games. It's taken eight games this year, but she gets her first goal contribution with her first goal of the year here in the fifty first minute. Sofia Houerta, your captain, steps up to the spot, hits a penalty kick in the eleventh minute, gets her first goal of the year, her forty fifth career goal. So Huerta got them off to snine with

Okay, I'm gonna do the obvious one, Mattie Dollen. I mean, what do we say you have to score goals to win? And I just I think she was the dynamic player that they needed.

Her to be.

I think she has actually been that player in recent games, and so it's been building for her and I'm just so happy that she finally got the reward of that play because she's she's a really really aggressive, good fast striker and she did a great job.

So it's finished that off.

I have a different player, So kwame, are you also going with Maddy Dolan or you going somebody else?

I'm gonna go Maddie Dolleen. I mean, all the way from the first minute, won us our first corner right and then ended up ultimately had a having technically another goal contribution because won us the PK and then ultimately scored to also get that you know, game winner. So I just she was all over the field. She just yeah, she was taking defenders on, putting the ball in the box. I gotta go dling.

So Paul's choice. Skincare is proud to present tonight's player of the match, that is Maddy Dolleen. I would just like to say Sophia Wuerta not only getting us off the schnight, scoring our first goal in five plus games, also representative of a back line that dealt so well with Boston's pressure tonight. Boston won the press, press, press, pressure, pressure, pressure, and until the very very end of that game, they

It absolutely was. Seattle's defense is maybe actually the player of the match the whole back line, but Huerta is a major part of that. And you know, she's a captain, she's leading this team and I'm really excited to see what they do next.

Yeah, I mean, honorable mention for me for you know, player of the game would have been Matti Mercado. You know, I think playing as a nine, coming back and defending in our box and then getting moved to the ten and playing box the boxes a midfielder. So it's just effort all the way through. And then also almost god An assists in an incredible through ball to Maddie Dollen, and so playing defensively, playing hard, winning the ball and

Seattle with a win in Boston a final score of two to one with goals from do Leen and Huerta, that will do it for us tonight. I want to thank every with the broadcast and their shirts on our board, our broadcast producer, Keiley Dunning. Great job here from my right and to my left from Kwame Apia and Stephanie Verdoya. My name is Jackson Feltz. We will talk to you