One More Go Round

Eight days, three games, three cities, one opponent. Pretty intense way for the U.S. WNT to wrap up an exhausting two year Cup cycle. Why do it? For you, the fan, it’s a final opportunity to see this amazing team play together before some of its individual members, maybe one of your idols, hang up their boots for good.

Say thank you to the team through your attendance. For the players, it’s pretty simple: The series is another chance to compete, to play the game they love, alongside the teammates they love, in front of the people they love. Of course, all that sentimentality doesn’t mean that winning doesn’t matter. For someone like Shannon Boxx, the only way to end the year on a good note is to tackle hard, sprint all over the field, and when the final whistle blows, walk off as part of the winning team. The homecoming is also a chance for Tash, Tarp, Carli, and the next generation of WNT stars to show everyone how far they’ve come as players, and why they’re going to be needed when the Olympics come around.

And with Hope back on the roster, these games will prove that the WNT is still a family, through the thick and thin. Things might not have gone according to plan, but coming together is why when this team falls, it falls on its feet.

The first game’s tomorrow night at 7pm in the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. It won’t be televised, so grabbing a ticket is the only way to see the action. Then, checkout the action in Portland at PGE Park on Wednesday and 7pm. Ending out the series on the 20th, take a roadtrip to Albuquerque to see the ladies one last time vs Mexico.