In Memory of Naya Rivera

aka, THE ONE WITH ALL THE SCREAMING

ahem. first up the ‘nobody saw that’ scream. notice the brash outburst of one emily sonnett, hands and mouth flying open in a synchronized rage. she is about to go full chaos on main when… a miracle happens? that’s right, it may have taken her 18 years to escape the confusion of her parents naming her twin sister emma, but you saw nothing

things have only just begun when the ‘you smacked me in the face and this is the only legitimate scream of the match’ scream comes from an accosted c. dunn. if anyone has the right to scream during the next 90 minutes, it’s crystal ‘you should see my herb garden’ dunn. and on this the celebration of her 100th cap, THE NERVE. tell ‘em jj:

this is the ‘we are just getting started’ scream sans subtitle because this is a family show. but due to personal reasons, julie ertz is about to do to this game in the space of a few minutes what ina garten did in a few hours on instagram when she went from ‘frittatas are a delicious way to clean out the fridge’ to ‘a vat of cocktails at 9am is acceptable during a crisis’. in other words, crush it

there’s a break in play and this huddle looks suspiciously peaceful and productive. abby dahlkemper is smiling from ear to ear and could not be more at ease. carli ‘where is hope solo’ lloyd is intently focused just as she has been for the last 87 years. idk what sam mewis is doing but let’s say it’s important. and JUST KIDDING because julie ertz has chosen this moment of serenity to bypass five tiers of ussf pro license accreditation and assume the still occupied head coaching position of the us women’s national team. homegirl is about to risk it all over tactics in the 26th minute so the least we can do is honor her efforts with the ‘I’M THE CAPTAIN NOW’ scream

to the untrained eye, it may seem like rose lavelle is not screaming here. but folks this is the sort of full body silent scream that occurs when you don’t deal with your feelings. uncommonly referred to as the ‘i could shout into a canyon but bulldozing people is easier’ scream. whenever anyone says rosie is ‘so sweet, so innocent’, remind them that she once leveled ona batlle with HER SHOULDER, took a two-second rebound break, turned around… and leveled alexia putellas with her elbow

over to megan rapinoe to demonstrate the ‘i’ve been waiting in this line for over an hour and i’d like to speak to a manger’ polite, but still peeved af, scream

throughout history people have used the north star for navigation, a tin rooster on a spinner for storm prediction, but here at st-ells-lucy hq the only barometer we refer to for things going south in a hurry is abigail ‘claire’ dahlkemper. and right now her ‘i’m only calm on the outside’ scream is saying run for the mf hills

um ‘YES I AM STILL SCREAMING AND WHAT TF OF IT’ akskdkdkjsks scream. jj ‘if you want something done right do it yourself’ ertz just scored the game’s only goal in the *checks notes* 87th minute, so maybe rage is fine?

it’s been 200 years since the first scream was screamed during the match of screams in which screaming. even christen press has started to lose it. because at this point, why not? why NOT stand in the middle of a grassy field in texas and scream chaotically?