Sep 23, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 15 segments
It was a two game week to forget for the Reign after losing to Angel City and Denver. In this special edition of The Cooler Guild we welcome Grant Engle from Into the Channel onto the pod to guest…
Grant EngleGuest
Van CrispHost
Obviously, Grant and I sit there in the po- in, [laughs] in the press box, and I turn to him and voice my frustrations a lot.
But, uh, I think over these two losses, which, heartbreaking, I was on vacation, you were busy, but I, I didn't expect a lot from these two matches, honestly.
We're at 16, [laughs] 16 straight consecutive matches with a goal since I hired the Etsy witch.
But, like, the, the match against Angel City, that was their third match in 10 days.
And then, what, the, the match against Denver, that ends up being their fourth in, like, 23 days, 22 days, something like that.
Um, and then you think about the travel, you think about playing at altitude in the second match, and I think as, especially during, like, the, the middle of the first half against Angel City, it kind of started to dawn on me, oh yeah, maybe they were always gonna look a little sluggish.
The start of the Angel City match I think was the worst they played out of the two matches, that first half.
And I was hoping, as I said in the last episode, that Sam Meza was going to just go all out because last year in her first game against Angel City at Angel City, she had probably the worst match of her career.
Obviously, Grant and I sit there in the po- in, [laughs] in the press box, and I turn to him and voice my frustrations a lot.
But, uh, I think over these two losses, which, heartbreaking, I was on vacation, you were busy, but I, I didn't expect a lot from these two matches, honestly.
We're at 16, [laughs] 16 straight consecutive matches with a goal since I hired the Etsy witch.
But, like, the, the match against Angel City, that was their third match in 10 days.
And then, what, the, the match against Denver, that ends up being their fourth in, like, 23 days, 22 days, something like that.
Um, and then you think about the travel, you think about playing at altitude in the second match, and I think as, especially during, like, the, the middle of the first half against Angel City, it kind of started to dawn on me, oh yeah, maybe they were always gonna look a little sluggish.
The start of the Angel City match I think was the worst they played out of the two matches, that first half.
And I was hoping, as I said in the last episode, that Sam Meza was going to just go all out because last year in her first game against Angel City at Angel City, she had probably the worst match of her career.
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