The Washington Spirit have found NJ/NY Gotham FC to be a very pesky foe over the last couple of seasons, so last weekend’s 3-1 win felt more than a little cathartic. Between the recent social media banter and (more importantly) several straight aggravating results against Gotham, it felt like the Spirit brought a little extra motivation to the table than their normally high level.
There’s plenty to discuss from this one, so I (this is Jason, and I’ve been busy!) did some standings math, André got into the goals, cellys, and the idea of what U can accept, and we both accepted that we are washed:
U can accept three goals
The Twitter drama that went down after these teams last played added an additional element of intrigue to the rematch, which was held away at Red Bull Arena, on a good playing surface.