12/21/16 Joey Villasenor Interview

My interview with MMA Veteran Joey Villasenor on 12/21/16. 

12/7/16 Paul Riley Interview

My interview with Western New York Flash Head Coach Paul Riley. Listen now and enjoy!

11/12/16 Randy Waldrum Interview

My interview with the head coach of the Houston Dash Randy Waldrum. In the interview he talks about the 2016 season, Carli Lloyd, Kealia Ohai, Rachel Daly, Morgan Brian, Janine Beckie, the upcoming 2017 season and so much more. Listen now and enjoy!

10/22/16 Jesse Arnett Interview

My interview with Hard Knocks FC Bantamweight champion Jesse Arnett. Listen now and enjoy! 

10/1/16 Fernando Gonzalez Interview

My interview with Bellator Welterweight Fernando Gonzalez. Listen now and enjoy! 

9/30/16 Josh Cavan Interview

Here's the link to my interview with MMA Veteran Josh Cavan . Listen now and enjoy!

9/16/16 Andre Harrison Interview

Here's the link to my interview with Titan FC Featherweight champion Andre Harrison. Listen now and enjoy!

NWSL Week 17 Chicago Red Stars vs. Seattle Reign FC Recap

NWSL Week 17 Chicago Red Stars vs. Seattle Reign FC Recap

(Photo courtesy of the NWSL)

Picturesque Toyota Park was the site for a pivotal NWSL week 17 matchup between the host Chicago Red Stars and the visiting back-to-back NWSL Shield Winners, Seattle Reign FC. It was the final meeting between Chicago and Seattle this season and the first ever meeting between the two teams at Toyota Park.

The game ended in a 2-2 draw when Chicago Red Stars and USWNT forward Christen Press tied the game after Chicago was awarded a penalty kick in the 79th minute. Merritt Mathias fouled Casey Short in the box to give the Red Stars the penalty kick. With the tie, the Chicago Red Stars (8–4–5, 29 pts) move up to third place in the NWSL standings, with 29 points on the season. The Red Stars are also still the only team in the NWSL to remain undefeated at home during the 2016 season. Seattle Reign FC (6–5–6, 24 pts) now has 24 points this season and with Sky Blue FC losing to FC Kansas City, they remain in fifth place in the NWSL. 

Seattle started fast, scoring two goals in the first ten minutes of the game. The first goal of the match came in the 5th minute from forward Manon Melis.  Four minutes later, defender Lauren Barnes (who I recently interviewed on my podcast “Really Random with Radich”. Click the link right here if you want to listen: https://youtu.be/wRCPWw1Kua8) scored off a free kick to put the Reign up 2–0. But in the 27th minute Chicago cut Seattle’s lead in half when Vanessa DiBernardo’s corner kick found the head of teammate Sofia Huerta, who put the ball in the back of the net with a textbook header to make the score 2–1 going into halftime. The goal for Huerta makes it five goals for her and six assists for DiBernardo this season.

During halftime, Chicago honored former Red Stars player Julianne Sitch (2010 in WPS, 2012 in WPSL-E and 2013-14 in NWSL). Sitch, a Red Stars fan favorite, played midfielder and defender during her three separate stints with the club. Sitch played her college soccer at DePaul University from 2002-2005. After her record setting college career ended, Stich took her game to the professional level by playing for teams in the United States and abroad. As a professional soccer player, Sitch was drafted by Sky Blue FC of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) in 2009. The team went on to win the WPS Championship in that inaugural season. Domestically, she played professionally for the Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC, Western New York Flash and Atlanta Beat. Sitch played internationally for Melbourne Victory in Australia, as well as Hammarby IF and Balinge IF in Sweden. Upon her retirement. Sitch decided to get into coaching so she could teach the sport to the next generation of players. The Illinois native is currently in her second season as an assistant coach for the University of Chicago women's soccer team.

Throughout the game, Red Stars and USWNT goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher proved why she is one of the best keepers in the world. Naeher made big save after big save and had a pair of save of the week nominees. Naeher denied Seattle’s Beverly Yanez of a goal not once but twice. First, in the 42^nd minute Naeher made an amazing double-save to keep her team within one before halftime. And then again in the 55^th minute, Naeher stopped a diving header from Yanez. Some people thought her save in the 42^nd minute was her best of the night, some people thought her save in the 55^th minute was her best but everyone was in agreement that Naeher was the MVP of this action-packed match.

In the absence of Hope Solo, Haley Kopmeyer got the start at goalkeeper for Seattle. Kopmeyer will be the team’s starter the rest of the way due to her solid play this season and because Solo has taken an indefinite leave from the Reign following the announcement of her suspension from U.S. Soccer. In the 64^th minute Kopmeyer had an impressive save of her own with a diving swat to keep Christen Press from tying the game.   

In a game that featured an average amount of fouls, Reign FC midfielder Jessica Fishlock received the games lone yellow card in the 80^th minute.

Up next, the Chicago Red Stars will look to extend their current five-game unbeaten streak when they take on defending NWSL champions FC Kansas City this Wednesday at Toyota Park. The match will be the first NWSL game to air on Fox Sports 1 in 2016. The game starts at 8pmET/7pmCT. And next for Seattle Reign FC, they head to Washington for the first of two back to back games against the Spirit. That game is also on Wednesday and airs on YouTube at 7pmET/4pmPT.  

8/22/16 Lauren Barnes Interview

Here's the link to my interview with Seattle Reign defender Lauren Barnes. Listen now and enjoy!

8/10/16 David Rothel Interview

Here's the link to my interview with author David Rothel.

David has written books about western stars such as Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Tim Holt, Allan "Rocky" Lane, Lash LaRue and Richard Boone. In the interview David and I talk about all things related to B Westerns. If you love B Westerns then this is your interview. Listen now and enjoy!

David with Gene Autry

David with Eddie Dean

David with Roy Rogers

David with Lash LaRue

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