00:00That's right. Alex, another team that we follow here and that we really like, it was the Utah Royals.
00:07They are really a surprise of this tournament. They are not one of those teams, it's not a franchise that
00:12has a lot of following,
00:13but Utah is an important franchise for sports. They have great professional teams and now it seems like they also
00:20have a winning team on the Royals.
00:22I mean, this is an insane stat to say. 536 minutes, you know, scoreless minutes. I mean, this is ridiculous.
00:31And five clean sheets. And five clean sheets. This is a team that, you know, they are showing that they
00:36are working together and keeping that rhythm going.
00:40I mean, eight games unbeaten. This is insane. I mean, I'm really liking what I'm seeing from the Utah Royals.
00:46Cami, is there any other teams with crazy unbeaten runs right now on NWSL?
00:51I think that we have also Seattle. Seattle Ryan. Absolutely.
00:55That is playing at a really high level. Give us some stats.
00:58Yeah, absolutely. They have had five straight shutouts since March.
01:02It seems like a lot of teams are really getting, you know, strong in the defense and they're not letting
01:06a lot of goals through.
01:07But another player and fun, you know, information that happened from the weekend is Mallory Swanson,
01:12an icon from the United States women's national team, finally coming back after maternity leave for Chicago Stars.
01:18She has not played an NWSL game since November of 2024.
01:24So we are so happy to have her back in the league and I'm so excited to see what she
01:27can do.
01:28The league is soon going to come into a hiatus for the World Cup.
01:31So these last games are very, very important to set yourself in a good position for the second half of
01:36the tournament.
01:37Now, who are some of the players to watch, Cami, for the remaining of the season?
01:41Yeah, absolutely. I'll give you a game to watch and a player to watch.
01:44ACFC versus Kansas City. This is going to be a great test for both of these teams.
01:49They're finally kind of building that momentum and we have no other than Chowinga coming for Kansas City.
01:54She is one of the top players right now. She scored five goals in the past two games.
01:59She had a brace last weekend and a hat trick this weekend.
02:01It's going to be pretty hard for ACFC to stop her.
02:04This is built as the Battle of the Clubs because ACFC is having an initiative where they're bringing a bunch
02:11of local youth clubs to the stadium
02:14and they will be wearing their jerseys. It's going to be a great game and the atmosphere is going to
02:19be amazing.
02:20Now, Alex, what do you plan to watch this weekend?
02:23I mean, I'm definitely going to be watching San Diego versus Orlando because we are going to see Banda, who
02:29has been going crazy.
02:30Top goal scorer. Top goal scorer. Go against the Giants, San Diego.
02:35I honestly think that it's going to go in San Diego's way.
02:39Ooh, really? No pun intended.
02:42But, yeah, we'll see if Orlando can bring it back up and maybe Marta makes a difference. Who knows?
02:48Marta has to make a difference because she is getting ready for the World Cup that is going to happen
02:52on Brazil next summer.
02:54And there's going to be a big preview because the U.S. is playing versus Brazil in June two times
03:02in a row.
03:03Camila, these are going to be a series of important games for the U.S. national team and for Brazil
03:07to bring awareness for the World Cup.
03:09Now we have the men's World Cup this summer, but next summer, las mujeres se van a rifar.
03:14And for me, it's going to be one of the best tournaments in the history of the game.
03:17España lo gana.
03:19Ooh, they're definitely a contender, but I think that's so, you know, so many women teams are doing really, really
03:25well.
03:25You have Japan, who's always a dark horse, so I think it's going to be a really exciting, you know,
03:30tournament, and I'm very excited.
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