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Tash, Kossler, Sonis... all have 4 goals. Eva gaetino kicked off the scoring in our first home win on saturday.

that's the whole story of this team right now honestly.

the xG was 2.98 to .55. this wasn't close. the lynch/sheehan double pivot completely suffocated Banda all night, the red card wasn't the reason we won, it was orlando finally snapping after getting controlled for 63 minutes straight.

also tobin heath and christen press were there as part of a re_inc partnership with the club. got to sit down with both of them. tobin said this might be the only league in the world where an expansion team could win it all in year one. i mean she's not wrong... the way this team plays, there is a chance.

Utah on saturday genuinely worries me. McGlynn (the backup keeper) is crushing it at 90.9% save percentage. they are second in the table. for a win i think we need to dominate the possession game.

also... anyone else watching the carson pickett situation? second game in a row off the bench. but, Means and Oke are holding their own...

full breakdown is up on all the podcast players. I'll link it below.

Hey r/DenverSummit frens... so i'm still processing saturday but i had to share this because i don't think it's getting enough attention.

obviously losing 3-2 after being up 2-0 at halftime is brutal. three goals in 16 minutes. the carson pickett own goal was just cruel. and i know everyone wants to talk about the second half collapse and what went wrong with the formation switch.

but did anyone catch jonas eidevall's postgame? the san diego head coach. the team that just beat us. broke their 30-match curse against us specifically.

he got asked basically "as the top team in the league, what does the wave think about this expansion side?" and his answer was not coachspeak. he said "denver is so good. they've built an incredible roster. they've come so far in such a short time" and called us "one of the toughest opponents you're coming across in this league."

THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE NWSL coach. after they beat us. saying that.

the underlying numbers back it up too. xG was 0.90 to 0.93, basically dead even. shots 9-8 denver. touches in their box 27-13. we weren't outplayed, we were outscored. san diego was just clinical and we weren't.

cushing's "tough times make top teams" line is gonna stick with me. so is what he said about eva gaetino — on crutches at mile high four weeks ago, subbing on against the best team in the league saturday. that's the kind of fight this team has.

i broke all of this down on the latest 5280 pitch episode if anyone wants the full breakdown. but mostly i just wanted to put the eidevall quote somewhere people would actually see it. because the league is paying attention to what's being built here, even when the result hurts.

🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6jiBAbW0QXepwdqK0qhaaF

This Summit roster is DEEP...