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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 3h
With the #Reign turning away eighth place to the Courage, Seattle needs a strong finish to add some November fixtures. What went wrong in Lumen on Friday, and what issues does Seattle need to address? www.cascadiafc.com/seattle-reig... for @cascadiafc.bsky.social:
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Disorganized Reign Drop to Ninth Place
With the Reign's turning away their eighth place standing to the North Carolina Courage, Seattle needs a strong finish to add some November fixtures. What went wrong in Lumen on Friday, and what issue...
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 7h
Also put together a three-game rolling goals/xG comparison and a five-game one. Red dashed line indicates the World Cup break
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Although the Reign have increased their xG/game from 1.2 before the break to 1.6 afterwards, they haven't reached 1 xG in any of their previous four matches. Their post-break xG/game was 1.9 until Sept. 16 in Angel City.
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The #Sounders came back on Thursday with a rather unorthodox game-winner, but not without some glaring issues they need to work on as the final septet of fixtures comes on the horizon. www.cascadiafc.com/seattle-soun... for @cascadiafc.bsky.social:
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A Sounders Winning Streak?
The Sounders came back on Thursday with a rather unorthodox game-winner, but not without some glaring issues they need to work on as the final septet of fixtures comes on the horizon.
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unfortunately won't have player clips from Reign today. Evidently put my tripod in an inadvisable location during the presser and all the footage looks like this
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Laura Harvey said that the way North Carolina played was "exactly what we expected", with the loss stemming from issues with the fundamentals. "I think we played into their hands too much":
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Laura Harvey talked about Maddie Dahlien's game after getting neutralized by Courage right back Ryan Williams on Friday. "If we know that someone's as fast a somebody else, we can't just keep playing that basic ball in behind them":
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"When you don't do the basic things correctly, a goal like that can go in." -Sam Meza
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"That was pretty gutting, I think. Losing on a goal like that is obviously gonna hurt. I think we're disappointed ... but there's still everything to play for." -Phoebe McClernon
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
FINAL: #Reign 0 - 1 #Courage -A bit of life later in the second half, but not enough as the Reign couldn't find a precise touch -Claudia Dickey went up for the set pieces a lot ... wasn't really part of them tactically, though -two pts out of the picture with three games left
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Both are now back up in the 87th
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Adames and Bia Gomes on the ground after a face collision during some contact in the upper left corner. 84' | #Reign 0 - 1 #Courage
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Coco's free kick just outside the box goes a bit high and caroms off the crossbar. Follow-up floater from Adames goes high. 81' | #Reign 0 - 1 #Courage
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Adames and Ratcliffe on for Fishlock and Dahlien 79' | #Reign 0 - 1 #Courage
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Menti on for McCammon 70' | #Reign 0 - 1 #Courage
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Curry on for Brown, Mondesir on for Fishel 62' | #Reign 0 - 1 #Courage
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
6,952 is the attendance at tonight's #Reign vs #Courage match in Seattle.
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gianna Paul gets the first goal of the match, which takes a deflection off McCammon and floats past Dickey into the net 49' | #Reign 0 - 1 #Courage
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
HT: #Reign 0 - 0 #Courage -Phoebe McClernon and Jordyn Bugg have had the two most dangerous chances on net -No SOT for the Courage, but the Reign have had some shaky play in their own 18 -First team to get real sustained momentum might take this one
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kickoff in Seattle! 1' | #Reign 0 - 0 #Courage
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@reignfc.com vs @nccourage.com getting ready to kick off in a few ✍️ for @cascadiafc.bsky.social
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well with the coming lockout I fear that "Bluechel the econ writer" might make some more appearances
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Mariners majority owner John Stanton, even if he didn't intend to, offered a window into the fatal mental traps he, ownership, and brass have consistently fallen into - the same ones that led to Seattle's worse-than-mediocre 2026. www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/home/seattle...
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Seattle Mariners' Mediocrity Ensured by Ownership Half Measures — Emerald City Spectrum
Mariners majority owner John Stanton, even if he didn't intend to, offered a window into the fatal mental traps he, ownership, and brass have consistently fallen into - the same ones that led to Seatt...
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How do you personally use the word whom? My own natural speech is that whom is the prepositional case while all other cases use who - so I say "who is it", "who do you see", and "all of whom" Caveat that the word whom has to be after the preposition. So I say "who is this for?"
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jordan Morris talked about what the Sounders need to do against opponents that beat them physically. "You have to find ways to adapt":
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cristian Roldan talked about what the Sounders need to before their road match in New England. "How can we run in behind and be more direct and play off second balls instead of sticking to the same type of game that we want to play?":
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here's the full clip of Brian Schmetzer discussing Jordan Morris' improvements from half to half on Thursday:
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brian Schmetzer talked about why he put on Seba Gomez at halftime. "A sub needed to be made":
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here's the full clip of Brian Schmetzer talking about the Sounders playing out of the back too much on Thursday:
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brian Schmetzer talked about a fan in Salt Like who always gives him drumsticks. Apparently, after a mix-up this year, Craig Waibel delivered the drumsticks to Schmetzer:
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brian Schmetzer said of which position battles he's thinking about the most: "all of them."
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Look, I didn't think Jordan had his best half in the first half. I challenged him, Albert, Moose, Paul, some of the senior guys ... wasn't good enough. What did Jordan do? He responded with better body language, better movement." -Brian Schmetzer on Jordan Morris
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"I'm not using this as an excuse, but we had injuries to critical players ... it was hard. Part of it is you're getting players back, part of it is the two signings that Craig pushed over the line." -Schmetzer on the biggest changes from the losing streak to now
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"I was pissed at halftime, so I had to make a sub. And again, he was challenging for minutes." -Schmetzer on why he subbed out Seba for Musovski
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Seba has been pushing for playing time, not by his words [but] by the work he does in training and what you see on the field ... at the end of the day, Seba has had some really good moments." -Brian Schmetzer
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Schmetzer said that the #Sounders tried to play out of the back too much today
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FINAL: #Sounders 2 - 1 #SportingKC -Paul Arriola has talked about wins not needing to look pretty ... that was one of the middest mid-offs of all time, but the Sounders got three points out of it -Dumbest game-winner I've seen in a minute -Seba sub at half was key
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rusnak out, Yeimar in 90+3' | #Sounders 2 - 1 #SportingKC
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SLO-MO SCORCHER! Jordan Morris gets it on the breakaway and passes to Cristian, whose shot somehow floats into the net as the SKC defense had a bit of a Tim Ream Moment 90' | #Sounders 2 - 1 #SportingKC
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mark Bronnik in for PK 89' | #Sounders 1 - 1 #SportingKC
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
28,587 is the reported attendance at #Sounders-#SportingKC ... does look a fair bit sparser
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Calheira's header in the box goes into Thomas' arms. Scary moment averted for Seattle. 77' | #Sounders 1 - 1 #SportingKC
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Caden Clark on for Paul Arriola, Kalani on for Stu Hawkins 63' | #Sounders 1 - 1 #SportingKC
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Sounders tie it up! Jordan Morris gets dragged in the box after getting a high ball, but Seba Gomez got an open shot and launched it into the net! 51' | #Sounders 1 - 1 #SportingKC
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
HT thoughts: #Sounders 0 - 1 #SportingKC -Boos from the rather sparse crowd as the half ends -Sounders have had a terrible time of giveaways in the back -SKC is physically bullying Seattle around -if they don't turn this one around it might be wraps
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Horrifically botched clearance leads to a goal for Andre Luiz. The Sounders have been playing sloppily out of the back for 30 minutes and it burned them. 44' | #Sounders 0 - 1 #SportingKC
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
J Mo's bicycle is called offside. Still 0-0
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Teams have kicked off!
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
✍️ for @cascadiafc.bsky.social as the #Sounders take on #SportingKC
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Cal Bluechel @calbluechel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NO PAYWALL: The #Mariners would have been playing on Tuesday if they had gone .500, such was the state of the West in 2026. But in a year when it was World Series or bust, they came up short in the worst way of their melancholy history. www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/home/seattle...
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Seattle Mariners' 2026 Most Disappointing Season in Team History — Emerald City Spectrum
The Mariners would have been playing on Tuesday if they had gone 81-81, such was the sorry state of their division in 2026. But in a year when it was World Series or bust, they came up short in perhap...
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