Michelle Cooper

Yeah.

I think it was only amended by the fact that Michelle Cooper was like, by the way, just to correct the record, here's some other things he achieved and then just listed everything that they did last year.

And that like Tim Wachwinga came out and basically did a get a coach who looks at you like this post.

And he's so obviously the architect or the co-architect of of this excellent team and has been shoved aside it now seems very clear that sporting director was some version of gardening duty he was he was shoved aside and now has been dismissed

I, um, I think that, um, it's, it's telling to your point how all of the, um, The social media posts and the different statements that were made by all of his former players, especially the ones that are still playing for the current, made it a point and very specifically made it a point.

Michelle Cooper was not – didn't hold back at all, said – No one can speak appropriately to the things that you've accomplished, even the people who left your accomplishments out or something along those lines, even the accomplishments that were left out of the press release.

Like Lola Bonta did it.

I mean, Temuah Shawinga goes on social media to talk about how much she loves Waco as a coach.

Tamwa Shawinga posted crying emojis with a video of Andonofsky celebrating a goal with her.

Michelle Cooper screenshotted records from the team's 2025 season and posted, quote, "...have to include his historic 2025 season since the press release missed it." And Lola Bonta also seemed to notice the press release's failings, writing in part, quote, the impact you had on this organization could never be summed up in a press release, even if it were to be acknowledged.

You set the standard for staff and players.

The records we broke are now the expectations for this club, and we could not have accomplished any of that without you.

Yeah, absolutely.

I do want to get to some player reactions as well because it was notable to see Michelle Cooper and Lola Bonta.

Michelle Cooper, especially kind of making reference to that short statement, but Lola Bonta basically saying at this moment we didn't know that this was going to be your last game coaching with us.

You don't have social media, so I know You won't see the impact you had on this organization, can never be summed up in a press release, even if it were to be acknowledged.

You set the standard for staff and players.

The records we broke are now the expectations for this club, and we could not have accomplished any of that without you.

To be your captain was an absolute honor, and I speak for the locker room when I say we are forever grateful to have had you as a coach.

And Michelle Cooper saying the Casey Courant here said obviously all the records that have to include this historic 2025 season since the press release missed it.

And we kind of sense that confusion as well as general, you know, players being upset from all of the posts.

Michelle Cooper put out there about how, oh, the press release forgot this stat, this stat, this stat, this stat of all the record-breaking things that Blacko did in two years as the coach of the Kansas City Current.

Lowe put out information about how she was so proud of the standard that they built together with Vlatko and how that high bar that he set for them now is just the standard.

That's what we expect as fans.

I just...

And...

As again, as a group that loves this team and loves Lowe and Michelle Cooper and love the players and love the energy they play with and Izzy Rodriguez and all of them.

Right.

Yeah, we have former players and current players coming out and giving their best to Vlaco on Instagram, which they know that he's probably not going to see it, but it's just the impact that he's had.

And also, we even have Michelle Cooper writing down all of his stat lines from last season, and she even noted since the press didn't add it.

The press release from The Current.

Yes.

No disrespect intended.

But they were giving her credit for bringing in Timwa.

No, Vako went and met with... them in europe to to get her to come to the current they're not the ones that picked out claire hutton you know the one of the brightest young players in u.s soccer uh you know yes michelle cooper was there before dabini was there before but they also had great turnarounds or michelle cooper became a u.s national team regular under him

yeah there i think there's a there's a lot of yeah Even to look at the acquisitions of Alana Cook and Kayla Sharples.

You know, he had Temuat Shawinga, who is, in my mind, one of the top three players in the world.

And he had Michelle Cooper, who is, if she can stay on the field for more than 60 minutes, she's going to be a superstar.

We skipped over one thing about McCutcheon, or we didn't skip over.

I meant to say McCutcheon is like, is there a player in the league right now who has played more positions? She's sort of like the new Crystal Dunn, right? Crystal Dunn played forward for her club team, played defender for the U.S.