The Cooler Guild

In this bonus episode Coop and Van discuss Reign’s all-too-common heartbreaking loss, this time against Club Tijuana in the Summer Cup Series, as well as cover all the women’s soccer drama and controversy this week at the Paris Olympics.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024

In this special bonus episode, Van and Coop sit down for a chat with DC Power player Mariah Lee. Mariah fills us in on her experience so far with the new USL Super League and the importance of having more opportunities for women to play soccer professionally in the US. 

We also talk about Mariah’s blog “Soccer She Wrote” and what inspired her to start writing about her experiences. Coop also dives into the important questions regarding Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album and they talk about growing up in Covington, WA.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024

It's a Summer Cup bonus episode. In the opening match of the first ever Summer Cup series, the Reign finally picked up a win, having not won a match since May 3rd. We take a look into what we saw in the match against Utah, as well as chat about the new young signings and what that might mean for the future of this club.

We also talk about the USWNT friendlies that took place in preparation for the Olympics this summer.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024

As the Reign go into the Olympic break without a win since May 3rd, the team records yet another draw, this time against the last place Utah Royals. We dive into the Reign's current form, if there's any hope for the rest of season, and just overall trying to wrap our heads around why there hasn't been any major changes in terms of getting results on the field.

We also discuss the other happenings in woso and what we can expect to see from Reign players during the break from league play.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024

In this weeks episode Coop and Van discuss Reign's match versus Gotham FC, where they were able to pick up a point on the road in their first meeting against Gotham since the NWSL Final last year.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024

Coop and Van discuss Reign's upsetting draw vs Racing Louisville in Seattle, preview the Reign's next match against Gotham, as well as a few other things including trade rumors for the Reign (both unfounded and founded) FC Olympia's USL-W team, and choices by a certain media company in the women's sports world.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024

Coop and Van discuss Reign's nil-nil draw against Portland in Seattle and the news of the Reign's new ownership finally being announced.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024

Coop and Van discuss the Reign's road match from Sunday against the KC Current.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024

In this first bonus episode, Coop and Van dive into their backgrounds with the sport and the Seattle Reign. With the NWSL being off for international break, they also discuss the USWNT friendlies, Olympic roster selections, and other notable happenings from the week. To skip ahead to strictly soccer talk, the uswnt discussion begins around the 27:30 mark. This episode was recorded on Saturday June 8th, 2024.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024

In The Cooler Guild's first ever episode, Coop and Van discuss Reign FC's 3-2 loss on the road against the Washington Spirit. They also dive into what may be causing the team to not find results this season. Episode was recorded on May 28th, 2024.

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The Cooler Guild Est. 2024