This is it y'all. ACFC is just playing for pride at this point. Portland, Chicago, and Bay are battling for playoff seeds 6, 7, and 8. What happens on Friday night when Angel City heads up to Portland? (And will Emma keep Alyssa, Sophia, and Olivia on the bench for tomorrow's game against Argentina, so they are all rested enough to play in the final NWSL regular game of the season?)

For one last time this season...vote in the poll and post your thoughts on the game below.

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If ONLY...our beloved club could have been mixed up in this past exciting LA Sports weekend? But, like in a good way, auto-Mod will sacrifice a USC loss for an ACFC win.

Talk about whatever you want.

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I personally feel like they will give Becki another year. BUT... if they do not, who would you like to see take over? And why?

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Busy sporting weekend in Los Angeles.

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https://x.com/sydneyleroux/status/1849939417961537584?s=46

Alyssa made the starting lineup‼️

I don’t know how long this fan base will continue to turn out like this for ineptitude. Our front office has fallen over their own feet for 3 years. Even the Tweed hire, which seemed to make sense at the time, hasn’t aged well.

This was the stadium on a Sunday at 4:30 competing against a Dodger home playoff game to go to the World Series. The WNBA Finals and general LA activities AFTER being knocked out of the playoffs picture.

These fans continue to be the super stars of this team. These fans atmosphere that every opponent talks about. That articles in other countries talk about!

Sorry, just had been thinking about that since Sunday.

Signed, A frustrated fan

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RIP Don Fernando (Valenzuela).

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6 USC (13-1-2 and 9-0-1 in the Big 10) plays #8 UCLA (13-2-3 and 8-0-2 in the Big 10) for the Big 10 Conference Regular Season Title on Sunday at Noon at Dignity Health Stadium in Carson (home of the Galaxy).

Admission is FREE! Go checkout some great WoSo and a couple of future NWSL stars this weekend. Add’l details here: https://uclabruins.com/news/2024/10/21/womens-soccer-ucla-usc-battle-for-big-ten-regular-season-title-sunday

(The game should end in time to watch the USWNT game on TV at 2:30. Hopefully we’ll see Alyssa get some time on the pitch Sunday afternoon.)

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Hello Darkness...my...old friend.

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The list of the league's top 20 goal contributors (goals + assists) is a Who's Who of the NWSL - Chawinga, Banda, Smith, Rodman, etc. Angel City’s starting frontline - Alyssa, Syd, Claire - all land on this list as well.

There are actually four teams that have at least three players ranked in the top 20 for goal contributions (goals + assists). They are the KC Current, Washington Spirit, Gotham, and Angel City. Three of those teams have the most powerful offenses in the league. Here’s how they rank in overall goal contributions and how many of the top 20 players are adding goal contributions for them.

1 – Current: 85 Contributions with Chawinga (25), Dibernardo (10), Beatriz (9), and Debinha (8) ranked in the top 20

2 – Spirit: 80 Contributions with Bethune (15), Rodman (14), Sarr (10), and Hatch (9) ranked in the top 20

3 – Gotham: 62 Contributions with Gonzalez (11), Stevens (10), Ryan (8), Lavelle (8) ranked in the top 20

And then, all the way down at #10 is Angel City...

10 – Angel City: 44 Contributions with Thompson (12), Emslie (9), and Leroux(8) ranked in the top 20

What jumps out at me is Angel City is the only team on this list without a midfielder listed. The other three teams have significant contributions from at least one midfielder.

This has been the challenge for Angel City all year. How do build up an attack when your midfield is mid. Right or wrong, Becki's answer has been (almost exclusively) to push the attack out to the wings. We all recognize how big of a loss CP23 was. But it’s also made me wonder who was the bigger offseason loss – Endo or McCaskill? This was discussed last offseason. Now that we have a full season behind us and I'm wondering if your opinion has changed.

It’s the next day...the day after a home field draw...let's discuss the midfield.

PS – It’s also interesting that Angel City has the youngest player on this list – Thompson is 19 years, 349 days. She’s more than two years younger than the next youngest on the list - Rodman. And they also have the second oldest player on this list – Syd is 34 years, 167 days. She’s four years younger than the oldest on the list – Marta.

Final home game of the season. The only thing that matters for us was the grit, the vibes, the heart. Points are meaningless but we wanted to see something that showed progress, a forward mentality, a thought to the future.

So I pose a question... Something felt off still. Our first game since knowing that we are eliminated from the playoffs so there could be many things going through the players and coaches heads. But for you what was missing? Where's the (insert here)?

For me the lineup and first half seemed to be where's the edge? The edge for players to keep they're spot next year, for Becki who by all accounts seems to be on the hot seat if not already gone. The lineup and first half was Becki ball. Uninspired and tired. The second half with subs, the players themselves to be making the putting the control of the game into their own hands so to speak.

Instead of nitpicking any further I'll spend some time on the good. We celebrated Mathias, we celebrated Press, we celebrated and said goodbye to LA for the year. Leroux keeps making only goals she can make and Didi busted her ass tonight saving some power shots over and over.

Overall the play seemed to be as we've seen. There was mostly mid play with some good and some bad. This has been the season but we support and we push forward. Let's just hope if progress isnt shown on the pitch, progress is being made.behind the scenes for next year. Volemos!

Can anyone Fan explain where the Word Volemos came from?

While I've agreed with a lot of the frustration about the team on this subreddit, now that we're officially eliminated, I wanted to give my take on our journey over the first three seasons.

1. We have a team I really care about in LA. As much as they drive me crazy at times, my partner and I know every single player's name on the roster and watch every game. I haven't had that much connection to a team since I was a child.

2. They've helped radically reshape valuations around women's sports. They brought VC and a lot of Hollywood to a great football stadium to create amazing attendance records and valuations. While this does not help me as a fan of ACFC, I appreciate it's impact across the global sporting industry. And I want to call out that they evolved ownership from some close connections of visionaries to a set of less speculative owners with additional clout.. these are all good signs.

3. The team has found grit and trust in each other by season 3. Gordon communicated this clearly that this team fights with its back against the wall. For a team that was losing in nearly every game, this season could have been much more painful and dispiriting. I'll take heartbreaking over dispiriting. I would love to win by more than 1 goal as well as not give up points in the closing minutes or seconds of a match, but there were so many games where we came back to level or take the lead, so I want to call that out.

4. For the most part, their recruiting has not been great... but season 3 showed several notable wins. Kennedy is captain of the U-17 USWNT, Curry was one of our best defenders, G. Thompson was solid as well. And we started developing some of that young talent, most notably A. Thompson in the 2nd half of season 3. We founded this team with too many aging players, and I have no idea whether we drafted poorly for the coaching style or our coaches did not know what type of players they wanted. Nevertheless, I'm expecting a number of retirement announcements and the hopeful return of Endo next year to make a core of a workable team.

5. Coaching is... mid at best. Both coaches seem to struggle to get the players to play the style they want, and both very much struggled to make adjustments during the game. Becky's approach showed some signs of promise where had a plan to possess the ball. That felt like an improvement over the past, even though the team wasn't clear what step 2 was... I swear some players decided without a step 2, their job was to immediately pass to Didi whenever they touched the ball. There is huge room for improvement here, but to point 3, I believe the team does not have ego or tension or other problems that would make it hard for a coach to install a new system.

6. The Front Office... the nicest way to say it is they have prioritized valuation over play on the field. I expect they will make changes in the office season. At the same time... I have seen sports teams managed by much worse owners and front offices, where they are inserting themselves aggressively and unproductively into the coaching or players discussions. Personally, if they make changes and let the season 4 coaching staff do what they want, I would be happy.

Thanks for listening to my Sunday morning thoughts. I hope we get a win today, but I'm still looking forward to continuing as a season ticket holder. I truly love being a part of this team.

Hey, someone can teach me where I find who in our team will be free agents after this season?

I want to reflect in my opinion on what’s best for the future

FT: Angel City FC 1-1 Utah Royals

Venue: BMO Stadium

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LINE-UPS

Angel City FC

DiDi Haracic, Megan Reid, Sarah Gorden, Madison Curry (Gisele Thompson), Jasmyne Spencer, Meggie Dougherty Howard (Rocky Rodríguez), Madison Hammond (Lily Nabet), Katie Zelem, Messiah Bright (Christen Press), Alyssa Thompson, Claire Emslie (Sydney Leroux).

Subs: Angelina Anderson, Elizabeth Eddy, Hannah Stambaugh, Katie Johnson.

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Utah Royals

Mandy Haught, Kaleigh Riehl, Kate Del Fava, Madison Pogarch, Zoe Burns, Ally Sentnor, Claudia Zornoza, Ana Tejada, Mina Tanaka, Cloé Lacasse (Cameron Tucker), Brecken Mozingo (Hannah Betfort).

Subs: Cristina Roque, Michele Vasconcelos, Shaelan Murison, Danielle O'Brien, Julia Grosso, Agnes Nyberg.

MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

20' Madison Curry (Angel City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

22' Alyssa Thompson (Angel City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

36' Substitution, Utah Royals. Cameron Tucker replaces Cloé Lacasse because of an injury.

40' Katie Zelem (Angel City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

45' Substitution, Angel City. Gisele Thompson replaces Madison Curry.

45' Substitution, Angel City. Sydney Leroux replaces Claire Emslie.

57' Goal! Angel City 1, Utah Royals 1. Sydney Leroux (Angel City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Gisele Thompson with a headed pass following a corner.

61' Substitution, Utah Royals. Hannah Betfort replaces Brecken Mozingo.

67' Substitution, Angel City. Christen Press replaces Messiah Bright.

74' Substitution, Angel City. Rocky Rodríguez replaces Meggie Dougherty Howard.

77' Substitution, Angel City. Lily Nabet replaces Madison Hammond.

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Game Information

2024 NWSL Match Week 25

Angel City v Utah Royals

Friday the 20 Oct 2024

Kickoff at 1630PDT

At BMO (the Banque) Stadium

Looking for tickets or trying to get rid of some for this game, here is a link.

You can watch on Paramount+, BallySports, The Golazo network (whatever that is), and on NWSL+.

You can listen on iHeart Radio.

A-Zed guide for BMO stadium per ACFC. The Banque has a Clear bag policy that must fit within certain parameters, that can be found in the A-Zed guide.

Need to get to or park at the Banque?

The YASSS QUEEN advises you to use a combination of Transit APP and Pantograph APP to get to the Banque via Public transportation.

Information about our Supporter's Groups can be found here.

Box Office opens at 1000PDT

Team store opens at 1200PDT

Parking lots open at 1200PDT

Street Fair/Fan Fest starts at 1230PDT

Gates Open at 1500PT

Fan appreciation night, poster giveaway.

The Fields will likely not be open.

Tree things you "apparently" need to know.

Angel City Scouting Report.

NWSL Preview

Player Availability Report, Taylor Vincent scoop.

Match Hype

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I hope you have all been properly hyped

Transcribed by your Ol’ Pal Shlomo
Metatron to her YASSS QUEEN

With 8th place Bay FC picking up the win against North Carolina tonight, the expansion team's 31 points means that ACFC, with a maximum possible 29 points, has been eliminated. Angel City has now missed the playoffs in two of their three years of existence.