Over The Reignbow

sister hood of the traveling bob

ref cam sucks but also

The fact that the first $1 million+ transfer in the women’s game is going to be both an American and a woman of color? The significance of this cannot go understated.

ok but what was it that broke the orlando pride curse? we need to know the magic so it can be applied to other terrible teams

What happened to Rapinoe is actually all Ashlyn Harris's fault. You see, Pinoe has never won a NWSL championship, and absolutely deserves to. It would have been the perfect way to send her off into retirement. And the universe intended that originally. BUT then Ashlyn went and cheated on and divorced Ali. Incredibly cruel and tragic for that to happen to Krieger. So the universe had to compensate for that, to have some things go incredibly Ali's way. Enter Ali Krieger Revenge Tour. It's more important for the universe to balance out what happened to Krieger than to give Rapinoe a fairytale sendoff. We go to the final. The Reign are too good. Their mentality is sharp. Their game has never been better. They are going to win. So the universe has to knock them down. So that Gotham and Ali Krieger can win. But the Reign is so special. They've endured a lot of difficulties. They can handle a lot. Taking out any other player won't do. They have a deep bench and will adapt. There is only one player whose loss will affect the rest of the team wholly enough to tip the scales. They are all playing for Pinoe, they all want to send her out with a ship. Pinoe going out in her final game in the cruel and tragic way she did hits the whole team hard emotionally. It's like a punch to the heart. They aren't as sharp as they could be. They aren't as focused as they could be. They still look like a team that deserves to be in the final. But they don't look 100% like what they looked like in their end of season and post season runs. Championship games are often won on thin margins, and these are the margins that allow Gotham to separate themselves, to EARN their own Championship win. The Bats and Ali Krieger take the trophy home.