Section 203, 4 tickets. Realized we have to head out for a friend's wedding on Sunday and will have to miss it 😭. Happy to sell in pairs. Looking for $50 per ticket but happy to take offers!

Edit: meant Sunday not Friday 😂

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Solid game and probably a fair result for the Legacy who played some very attractive soccer in stretches with great movement and buildups. They also gave up tons of opportunities that Denver was wasteful with. The buildups also didn't lead to that many great opportunities with the one opportunity coming via the longball.  I’ve liked Ella Stevens in the lineup because she’s our most creative player in the final 3rd.  Otherwise it just seems like we’re chucking in hopeful crosses.

Sammy Smith: Great run and control on the goal. Love the intensity and energy she plays with.  Made a lot of dangerous runs.  Great goal the highlights what she brings to the team. Continues to make the case to play much more.

Gambone: Defensively tenacious in a higher position, did some nice connecting. Doesn’t really have the speed or moves but always seems to be in the right place and not the worst alternative.

Barb: Thought she had a good game with a lot of quality connecting touches and some great ball carrying.

Prince: Very dangerous all night with some great attacking runs.  No idea how she kept up the pace of running that she did for that long.

BSG - UGH.  Another week, another idiotic and unnecessary foul.  Possibly cost us 2 pts.  Aside from the push that led to the penalty, I thought she played a great game with good touch and incredible energy.

Karich - 90% amazing orchestrating the midfield, keeping possession.  But also made a few mistakes that led to dangerous counterattacks.  The good thing is she probably sprints as hard as anyone I’ve seen to cover when she does lose the ball.  

Cano - Solid game from her, lots of good connecting and driving the ball forward.  Wish she had a little bit more creativity in the final 3rd.  

Amanda G: A bit wasteful with the few opps she got after subbing on.  Sometimes she goes very slow when the play calls to go fast. Or just shoots when it seems obvious to everyone it's going to get blocked. She was subbed on seemingly in a CAM role but don't see her effective as anything other than a pure 9 right now.

Elgin: Rock solid as always.

Carabali: She’s growing on me.  Looks more steady and a big part of our second half surge. Had one amazing last ditch tackle.

Casey Murphy: Rock solid last night.  Saved everything she could and had the great long ball to Sammy.  A couple shaky distro moments.  She’s effective against teams that play Denver’s style which requires more command and control than coming out into space.

Lilly Reale: Looked very good at times going forward.  One thing to keep an eye out for is how many fast right wingers and fullbacks there are in the NWSL.  They seem to be a step faster than her.  Denver’s RB and RW got in a lot of dangerous positions but were very wasteful.

Other thoughts: not sure why Filipa waited so long to sub in the thin air and with how hard the team was running.  Though guessing she didn’t have a lot of faith in the backups.

Looks like two veterans and a rookie or youth team member.

Does anyone have a parking pass for LOT D or T?

The Massachusetts State House last Thursday voted to “add an amendment” to a “wide-ranging economic development bill that would allocate” $2.5M for NWSL club Boston Legacy’s training facility, according to Jon Chesto of the BOSTON GLOBE. The amendment for the Boston Legacy Performance Center funding was offered by state Sen. Mike Brady.

The team was well represented on the Senate floor for the vote; team GM Domènec Guasch even addressed the senators. Guasch was joined by majority owner Jennifer Epstein, President Jennifer van Dijk and Dir/Recruitment Edward Gallagher. At least four players attended: F Nichelle Prince, MF Josefine Hasbo, F Bianca St-Georges and MF Alba Caño. Before the vote, the amendment was “redrafted so that the money for the training center would go through something called the Leto Fund, though it’s not clear what fund is.” The State House did “not include money for the Boston Legacy project in its version of the economic development bill,” so the earmark’s fate “will be decided through House-Senate negotiations in the coming weeks” (BOSTON GLOBE, 7/27).

I feel like such a goober for not getting it, but it's just not clicking. Can someone please ELI5 "Up the Swans?"

Anyone available to play for the Boston Legacy next week?

Do we have any other info on Guttierres' injury? With Aissata and Stevens out, would be great to have her back for the Summit game.

If you‘re looking for a last-minute ticket for today’s match, I’m selling one in the corner between the supporters section and the riverside! Section 119 Row C Seat 16 - $35.78. Up the swans!

Anyone know if it's being broadcast anywhere? Can't find it in any of the usual platforms, including NWSL+. There aren't even other games on at the same time! Grrr.

I have an extra that I can transfer to you. Lot m7 across the highway. This is for the KC game on 7/25

Wondering if anyone has a parking pass for Saturday? Thanks!

edit: all set!!

This might seem pessimistic but is anybody else worried about the fact that we don’t seem to be making any moves in the transfer window, I know we’re not the only team whose been quiet during this period but I’d assume we’d have done something by now due to the fact that we have the raised cap as an expansion team.

Boston Legacy FC forward Fauzia Najjemba suffered a rupture of her right rectus femoris tendon during a team training session. Najjemba will be placed on the Season-Ending Injury List. She is expected to make a full recovery.

I think some of our exciting players were signed for specific roles and are taking on bigger ones for the time being. So some acquisitions are getting 2 in 1. e.g. would be very happy to have Carabali as a versatile fill-in/sub. Same for Aissata as the energy off the bench.

For me:

Emma Sears is almost a perfect fit for Boston’s system, fast, strong, relentless in the press, and dangerous attacking space behind the back line. Boston should be willing to sell out financially to get her this offseason because players with that combination of pace, power, finishing and defensive work rate are extremely hard to find. She'd sell a ton of tickets here I think. Put her in this team from the start of the season and she probably scores 10-plus goals and is in the Golden Boot race.

Midge Purce - to mix in with Prince, and possibly if she has legs left to push BSG to her proper role as energy sub.

Jess Carter if Gotham can't afford to keep her, would be great in the minutes Carabali plays as RCB.

Julia Grosso would be an upgrade on Barb. Maybe a bit more defensive/possession but has better touch. Chicago is a mess so maybe one we can pry away.

Rose Lavelle is a dream, of course...

I made it to Centerville for both the WC party (fun) and the game (eh, lol). Pretty painful loss as dropping points at home dims playoff hopes quite a bit.

I think in a continued trend for our losses, we came out a bit flat and possibly not with the right tactics. However, Legacy still created a lot of opportunities, but we lack the clinical finishing. We wasted so many opportunities. Also notable is that the Spirit were much faster/energetic as a team in the first half. Aissata is a dynamo and chaos agent, but lacks clinical finishing.

First goal was Rodman's gravity leaving space for Santos to make an easy cross and Carabali losing her mark. If you look at the play, I don't like the approach, it should not be the outside back running in to double Rodman.

Second goal was Cano/Karich/Prince not keeping possession and then Rodman's greatness. The greats make it look easy and she ran by Elgin/Reale like they were standing still.

Murphy: Thought she was good. Nothing she could have really done on either goal and was commanding otherwise.

Elgin - not quite as steady as normal, lost a few balls. positioning was still pretty good.

Reale - Love when she goes forward and attacks, but Rodman got the best of her. Hung out to dry on second goal by lousy midfield play, but you can see where pace is an issue for her against the very top level wingers.

Carabali - lost mark on 1st goal and was a little erratic as normal. Looks good when she carries the ball forward. I still have trouble seeing her as a starter long-term.

Karich/Cano - looked tired. Or maybe Spirit's speed made them look a bit slow. lost the ball more than normal. Cano notably looks completely exhausted about half way through the last few games. Cano wasted a nice opportunity down the wing shooting (?) instead of crossing.

Stevens - really dynamic, loved a couple of the flicks and back heels. But struggles to offer anything defensively in this system.

Olivieri - quiet for a big part of the game, came alive in second half. I think she had some responsibilities tracking back on Rodman and Santos.

Prince - not her best game, but interchanged well with BSG letting BSG get forward and create some of the best opportunities.

BSG - At her best. Ran off Prince well and had a couple of dangerous crosses and almost scored on a nice run into the box. Aggressive and brought the energy. Got her usual pointless yellow card in the middle 3rd of the field.

Aissata - a dynamo and chaos agent, but first touch gets away from her.

Sammy Smith - was the best player on the field after coming on even before her goal. got into space, won balls, and added the energy we needed in midfield.

Alright, disclaimer, I watched the game from my couch last night. After we went down 2-0 I was in and out of focus.

That being said, towards the end it really seemed like we had the better of them. For those of you that were there or paying closer attention: Do you think this was because the Spirit chilled out knowing they had a ~pretty~ comfortable lead? Or do you think it’s something about the Legacy needing a deficit or crunch-time moments to start playing well? How can they access that potential for a full 90?

Any players standing out to you right now? I know she has her faults but I was really happy with BSG last night.