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All White Kit
3y ago
Raising Tomorrow’s Champions: What the Women’s National Soccer Team Teaches Us About Grit, Authenticity, and Winning, by Joanna Lohman and Paul Tukey.
I went into this book without any great expectations for being personally entertained or enlightened. Not that I thought it was going to be a bad book, just that I figured its target audience was ambitious young female soccer players and their parents and mentors, and I don’t fit in there anywhere. But I was most pleasantly surprised.
The book is in fact packed with fascinating anecdotes, tales, and life lessons from the earliest days of women’s ..read more
All White Kit
4y ago
Chris (@chris_awk) and Jon (@jonlipsitz) return to review the group stage of the NWSL Challenge Cup along with making their knockout stage predictions ..read more
All White Kit
4y ago
Chris (@chris_awk) and Jon (@jonlipsitz) make a shocking return to podcasting to preview the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.
Who are the players to watch for? Does anyone stand a chance of beating North Carolina? And how will the format of the tournament affect lineup and tactical decisions ..read more
All White Kit
4y ago
Chris (@chris_awk) and Jon (@jonlipsitz) are back from a long hiatus to discuss some of the latest happenings in the world of WoSo.
They discuss the USSF’s staggering meltdown in their battle with the USWNT. Then, there’s discussion about the USWNT’s SheBelieves Cup effort, as well as their thoughts on the three other teams participating in the competition. And finally, they touch upon some of the NWSL’s offseason activity since the end of the 2020 NWSL Draft ..read more
All White Kit
4y ago
A few notes:
*All advanced stats are from inStat. Not all matches this season were scored by inStat, explaining why some games are missing for some players.
*IMPACT ratings are calculated by myself via a proprietary formula using inStat data. The IMPACT rating is on a 0-5 scale that is not adjusted for strength of schedule. Thus, a 1.50 in a top conference like the Pac-12/ACC means much more than a 1.50 in a mid-major conference. Additionally, IMPACT ratings for attacking players generally tend to be higher. A 0.90 rating for a forward may be unimpressive for a early pick, whereas a 0.90 for a ..read more
All White Kit
4y ago
A few notes:
*All advanced stats are from inStat. Not all matches this season were scored by inStat, explaining why some games are missing for some players.
*IMPACT ratings are calculated by myself via a proprietary formula using inStat data. The IMPACT rating is on a 0-5 scale that is not adjusted for strength of schedule. Thus, a 1.50 in a top conference like the Pac-12/ACC means much more than a 1.50 in a mid-major conference. Additionally, IMPACT ratings for attacking players generally tend to be higher. A 0.90 rating for a forward may be unimpressive for a early pick, whereas a 0.90 for a ..read more
All White Kit
4y ago
A few notes:
*All advanced stats are from inStat. Not all matches this season were scored by inStat, explaining why some games are missing for some players.
*IMPACT ratings are calculated by myself via a proprietary formula using inStat data. The IMPACT rating is on a 0-5 scale that is not adjusted for strength of schedule. Thus, a 1.50 in a top conference like the Pac-12/ACC means much more than a 1.50 in a mid-major conference. Additionally, IMPACT ratings for attacking players generally tend to be higher. A 0.90 rating for a forward may be unimpressive for a early pick, whereas a 0.90 for a ..read more
All White Kit
4y ago
A few notes:
*All advanced stats are from inStat. Not all matches this season were scored by inStat, explaining why some games are missing for some players.
*IMPACT ratings are calculated by myself via a proprietary formula using inStat data. The IMPACT rating is on a 0-5 scale that is not adjusted for strength of schedule. Thus, a 1.50 in a top conference like the Pac-12/ACC means much more than a 1.50 in a mid-major conference. Additionally, IMPACT ratings for attacking players generally tend to be higher. A 0.90 rating for a forward may be unimpressive for a early pick, whereas a 0.90 for a ..read more
All White Kit
4y ago
Chris (@chris_awk) and Jon (@jonlipsitz) wrap up their 2020 NWSL Draft coverage by reviewing a frantic week of action, including a long line of trades before, during, and after the draft. They look at the draft as a whole and then examine how each team performed with their picks ..read more
All White Kit
4y ago
Round 1
1. POR – Sophia Smith – F (LF, CF, RF) – Stanford
2. SBFC – Ashley Sanchez – F (LF, CF) – UCLA
3. SBFC – Kaleigh Riehl – D (CB) – Penn State
4. CHI – Taylor Kornieck – MF (MC) – Colorado
5. CHI – Morgan Weaver – F (CF) – Washington State
6. NC – Ally Watt – F (CF) – Texas A&M
7. ORL – Kelcie Hedge – MF (DMC, MC, LM) – Santa Clara
8. URFC – Tziarra King – F (LF, CF) – NC State
9. RFC – Phoebe McClernon – D (RB, CB) – Virginia
Round 2
10. ORL – Evelyne Viens – F (CF) – South Florida
11. SBFC – Meaghan Nally – D (CB, RB, LB) – Georgetown
12. URFC – Courtney Petersen – D (LB ..read more