The Spirit won a great game in the semi-final against Portland, 2-0. And they are heading to the final against NY/NJ Gotham. Just like one of the water girls predicted! Thanks to our amazing photographer, Mike Stevens for the great photo for the episode. It captures sooo much emotion from the game and the moment Croix took the ball from the goalie to have a clear path to the goal!

Spirit cliniched home playoff games! We celebrate with new Spirit fan, Lauren! She tells us all about being a new fan AND teaches Marieka some soccer terms!

Stoppage time magic at Audi field! The Spirit scored in the final seconds of stoppage time to beat the Wave 2-1. We also discuss our press adventures this week. Spoiler, we asked coach about the short corner kicks to prep for this episode, but it turns out we aren't the only ones asking.

Spirit tied KC 0-0. Which is pretty good against the number one team in the league. And we recap the win against Seattle two weeks ago. ...and, as a bonus, we have a few stories from photographing college games.

KC clinched a playoff spot. Michelle Kang owns London City and is putting together a team to stay in the top tier of the WSL. Plus we cover a bit of women's college volleyball. And this was all recorded before the Spirit tied the Chicago Stars so we make wildly inaccurate predications for how the game will go.

The Water Girls + Fran went on a field trip to San Francisco to see ‘The Show’. Aka: the Spirit vs. Bay FC at Oracle Park (aka where the SF Giants play). It was epic to see a soccer game at a baseball stadium! Bay FC did a great job hosting and breaking the NWSL single game attendance record!

Washington Spirit's Heather Stainbrook returns to chat with the Water Girls! We chat the Euros, NWSL, tunnel fits, and taxes. What more could you want! Stay to the end to hear what Heather has learned from rookie season to her second season in the league!

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We took some field trips for the this episode! We went to the USWNT game at Audi field and then to the Mystics game against the Aces. Unfortunately, we did not make a field trip for the Euros but we do discuss!

July is pretty low key for the NWSL. The players have a mandated one week off per the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Then the Spirit had another week off. So we just chatted random topics including the new USWNT kits and some WNBA news. Recorded July 1.

College Softball wrapped up this week and we have some thoughts! Plus we are so excited that Brittany Ratcliffe was named NWSL player of the week!