The Royal Family: A Kansas City Royals Podcast
Sep 2, 2026 · 45 min · 10 segments
Temwa is back as well as many formerly injured players and the Current might be in good shape for an end-of-the-year run! Thanks for listening! Watch The…
And even though the KC Current, at the time that they put out these power rankings, were seventh on the table and returning Lainey Rouse, returning Timwa Shawinga, recently returned Michelle Cooper, recently returned Lorena.
Even with all of our players returning, including the best player in the league, even with us currently being 7th, even without Tim Wah the last couple of weeks still able to hold that line, And we were ranked right below, which this is fair enough because they're above us in the table.
But we were ranked actually two spots below the North Carolina Courage, who we just, well, it was looking like we easily beat them for a second.
It didn't end up.
that way but we took them down so all i'm trying to say is thank you espn for underrating us in this way i think we're one of three or four teams that have a great shot at the title pending health um so yeah i appreciate the doubt we'll uh we'll use that to drive us Yeah, they lit a fire, and
It's always good when you can come out on top.
I also wonder who is below us in the standings but ranked higher than us in the power ranking.
That would be the Seattle Reign and Angel City FC, who are 8th and 10th, and they were ranked 6th and 8th in the power rankings.
Oh, jeez.
Wow.
And the Denver game, if you all remember, that was, in my opinion at the time, the best win we had had all season.
So for them to have them above us, that's interesting.
Definitely the best road win.
Yeah.
Of the two.
Absolutely.
But...
Fascinating.
And so sorry, but one more thing, just because it kind of ties into this.
We still haven't talked about it, so we do want to give an official congratulations to Tim Washawinga, who was ranked 15th out of 16 teams in the WAFCON Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
And... as well as so many other ranks that are very low in the world.
And even though the KC Current, at the time that they put out these power rankings, were seventh on the table and returning Lainey Rouse, returning Timwa Shawinga, recently returned Michelle Cooper, recently returned Lorena.
Even with all of our players returning, including the best player in the league, even with us currently being 7th, even without Tim Wah the last couple of weeks still able to hold that line, And we were ranked right below, which this is fair enough because they're above us in the table.
But we were ranked actually two spots below the North Carolina Courage, who we just, well, it was looking like we easily beat them for a second.
It didn't end up.
that way but we took them down so all i'm trying to say is thank you espn for underrating us in this way i think we're one of three or four teams that have a great shot at the title pending health um so yeah i appreciate the doubt we'll uh we'll use that to drive us Yeah, they lit a fire, and
It's always good when you can come out on top.
I also wonder who is below us in the standings but ranked higher than us in the power ranking.
That would be the Seattle Reign and Angel City FC, who are 8th and 10th, and they were ranked 6th and 8th in the power rankings.
Oh, jeez.
Wow.
And the Denver game, if you all remember, that was, in my opinion at the time, the best win we had had all season.
So for them to have them above us, that's interesting.
Definitely the best road win.
Yeah.
Of the two.
Absolutely.
But...
Fascinating.
And so sorry, but one more thing, just because it kind of ties into this.
We still haven't talked about it, so we do want to give an official congratulations to Tim Washawinga, who was ranked 15th out of 16 teams in the WAFCON Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
And... as well as so many other ranks that are very low in the world.
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