The Washington Spirit will be glad to be done with their season series against the Chicago Red Stars, as they fell 3-1 on the weekend. Some of the issues were unfortunately familiar: the Spirit conceded on another corner, and were once again on the wrong end of a colossally bad call by a referee. There was also a team-wide poor start that likely drew some alarm in the locker room, as Washington really struggled to make any impact on the game before halftime and had a mountain to climb in the second half.
As is customary, me (this is Jason typing) and André had to break this one down:
A recurring issue, but not the obvious one
It’s tempting to spend a lot of time on yet another hugely obvious bad call against the Spirit, and specifically against Sam Staab (no idea why she keeps being the target on these, but it’s bizarre).