Coaching changes can be curious things with few teams knowing exactly how they will react in the next game.
Don't count the Dash in that category after coach Randy Waldrum was fired on Monday.
In fact, midfielder Amber Brooks went so far as to deliver a warning to the Washington Spirit ahead of Saturday's road game.
"I think DC should be pretty worried," Brooks said. "I'd compare us to a dog that has been chained up and we're ready to let loose because we have nothing to lose. No one expects anything from us.