One of these days I will actually write up my critique of the way soccer fans use xG. For now I'll just say that if you're looking at xG for anything other than understanding the quality of chances created, you're doing it wrong
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This is a subskeet but if you say that a team didn't earn the 5 goals they scored? Jesus fucking Christ get fucked. None of them were on PKs. None of them were on free kicks. How dare you say they didn't earn every single fucking goal they made
Did a bit of digging and there was one other player who has hat tricks of both goals and assists in NWSL play. The full list (year of first hat trick of each kind): Debinha (A: 2019, G: 2022) Megan Rapinoe (G: 2015, A: 2023) Sophia Wilson (G: 2023, A: 2024) Cloé Lacasse (G: 2024:, A: 2026)
@sabercrabs.bsky.social · 3d agoI've only been able to find assist hat tricks back to 2021, but there are only 3 players who have an assist hat trick in that span and also have a hat trick in the NWSL: Megan Rapinoe Sophia Wilson Cloé Lacasse
I've only been able to find assist hat tricks back to 2021, but there are only 3 players who have an assist hat trick in that span and also have a hat trick in the NWSL: Megan Rapinoe Sophia Wilson Cloé Lacasse
Final tally for Utah's 3-match weeks: 5W-2L-2D +9GD (16 scored 7 allowed)
Oh yeah and they played Washington in the middle of all of that.
@sabercrabs.bsky.social · 3d agoUtah set a new team record for goals scored twice in 7 days and first tied then beat their record for margin of victory in those 7 days as well
Utah set a new team record for goals scored twice in 7 days and first tied then beat their record for margin of victory in those 7 days as well
Kiana drew so much attention there that it was like Portland didn't know Brecken existed
Just for reference as a throwback to the last Utah Portland match, Paños just held that ball for TWELVE seconds before she got rid of it. That application of that stupid fucking rule is capricious at best
Maybe unpopular opinion: if you try to commit a professional foul and the player gets past you and you commit a second professional foul, that should be a double yellow. Like the first one was a yellow, but the ref played advantage. The second one was also a yellow.
Was curious so I went and watched the replay, and it's what I thought. I would not say Tsé fouled Cloé, except the contact was exactly like 5 other things he called fouls tonight.
Jimmy's in the 4th official's ear because one of Washington's coaches grabbed a ball which delayed a Utah restart, which is exactly what our set pieces coach got a red for two weeks ago
I feel like if you're going to play Man, I Feel Like a Woman at an NWSL Pride match, you should dub Billy Eichner's "Let's go lesbians!" over the "Let's go girls"
Oh hey those folks in the shoe kinda look familiar
Utah Royals FC@utahroyalsfc.com · last wk.Get in the MD-1 zone with a little guessing game 🧐💭
I'm a defender of shots outside the box and of Ally, but that was a bad shot to take
Something I just realized that I haven't seen anyone else say - that was the best offensive output in regular season play EVER for the Royals. We have never scored more than 3 goals before tonight except against Tijuana
Ijeh has been getting away with that all fucking night so I'm glad they finally called it