I think I'm just proud of the whole journey and the players and staff together because we really

just hung on to the people in the locker room because we know there's a lot of things going

outside. Maybe people aren't talking about us in the beginning because we were, you know,

didn't have the best record and how people are talking about us and what their expectations are.

Hello, everybody and welcome to today's edition of The Late Sub.

It is Tuesday, November 12th.

We have a packed episode for you.

We're going to do a quick recap of the quarterfinal round of the NWSL playoffs,

talk about what went right, what went wrong, and how going all chalk isn't always

necessarily bad.

And then we have a lovely conversation with Bay FC midfielder Kiki Pickett talking about that team's turnaround

and just how close they came to that upset bid in this quarterfinal round and just sort of the changes that the team went through

and how they support the players on and off the pitch. It's going to be a great episode. Let's jump in.

So first order of the day, we got to talk about it. We got to talk about it. We got to talk

through it. We got to process it. We got to get ready for next week. The NWSL playoffs have

arrived. I don't yet keep saying this, but we've gone from previewing to recapping because the quarterfinal round did take place this weekend. Four games

largest postseason round in NWSL history. It was actually really nicely spaced out. I think this

is something where the TV deal kind of shines. We had a game on Friday, a game on Saturday,

and then two games on Sunday. It was all chalk. All chalk, kind of as expected. If you listen to

our preview episode last Thursday, you maybe had a sense

that the top four was highly favored here. They were highly favored in points. We talked about

over and over and over again, sort of the point differentials between the top four in the

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