Finally, our very own @ericmakesmistakes.bsky.social was pitchside throughout the evening, and caught this iconic moment just after Gotham FC had won the #NWSL Championship.

We decided to see how Gotham FC head coach Juan Carlos Amorós' analysis of his own team before the game matched up to what happened in the #NWSL Championship. Not bad, we'd say!

The guys previewed the #NWSL Championship from both teams' trainings the day before the big match, and shared their thoughts on what edges were and were not on for each team.

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Washington Spirit interim front office heads Nathan Minion and James Hocken stopped by xOG headquarters to share how they navigated this transition season, and how they believe data should be used in the modern game.

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Washington Spirit head coach Adrian González told us what makes for a great (and not-so-great) team performance, and what the club has learned from playing Gotham over the last two years.

Gotham FC GM Yael Averbuch West explained to us how Jaedyn Shaw exemplifies the club's approach to players, their development, and their success.

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Gotham FC star, USWNT legend, and #NWSL Championship MVP Rose Lavelle took us inside her process of identifying, developing, and executing high-quality chances.

Spirit actually did a pretty good job denying Gotham's difference makers the chance to make the difference... until they didn't. Lavelle with 1 box touch until the touch that made the difference, at the top of the box.

Gotham consistently progressed the ball from half spaces, and wide channels into the box and for cutbacks all season. Born out on the goal to win the title.

An unfortunate playoff journey for the Spirit, with Kouassi, Bethune, and Morgan being 3 of the top 4 playoff participants by goals added above average for their positions. When looking at raw goal probability, Kouassi, Bethune, and Monday come in as the top 3.

Perhaps most interesting, the least goal probability provided for their team came from... Trinity Rodman, who actually reduced Spirit's chances of scoring goals with her actions. Was very very clearly not at even half fitness, let alone full fitness.

But whether it was the NWSL or the club itself that hired this plane, they should know that they can stipulate in the contract that they will not accept flights with these specific carriers that are involved in daily transport of chained humans.

Needless to say, the athletes have no say in this process. We congratulate Gotham FC on their championship season, and wish them safe travels back home.

We have confirmed with two industry sources that Avelo was chartered to make this flight, and assigned N805VL which was sitting idle at the ICE hub in Mesa AZ today.

All the ICE Air carriers also do flights through third-party brokers for sports teams. www.columbiaspectator.com/sports/2025/...