I am not sure why, but there seems to be something in the brain of those who write various sport columns in papers that think that expansion teams are there simply as fodder for the first few years. That – and they are in love with the New York Liberty. Which is not leading the league and isn’t going to be.
First, let us look at the Lynx. A team that is doing amazing in spite of being down three key players. GSV faces them on Thurs and I don’t expect it to end in sunshine for my team. The moving on to Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire. Both are doing well. We faced the Fire tonight, got ahead, almost blew it, then recaptured a serious lead.
One other thing of note – similar to the last time this happened – a former Valkyrie – Carle Leite is now playing for the Fire. The PR people had put together a great clip of her from last year playing for the Valkyries – and the crowd gave her a huge ovation. Didn’t mean we wanted her to beat us – just a recognition of a good player. They also recognized the manager for the Fire (who was the deputy for GSV last year).
We enjoyed the game, got our hokey sunglasses and are actually glad we have a few days break before the team is back in town.
