Vibe check is back! The place where you can get an insider’s view and my unfiltered takes on all things women’s soccer. The NWSL welcomed the return of mid-week matches to kick off May, more and more games will be airing on CBS Sports platforms, and one game was already affected by a lengthy weather delay in what’s been an eventful start to the season. A new month also means a new phase of the regular season for all 14 clubs, and some teams have officially played eight matches, saying farewell to a quarter of the campaign. Before we know it, summer will be here and with it will come the Olympics and multiple cup competitions.
So let’s get right to it:
Fixture congestion and charter flights
Kansas City Current will close out their long road trip on Sunday, capping off three games in eight days, with travel from Kansas City, to Houston, Seattle, and North Carolina. The Current kicked off their travel with a four-hour rain delay during halftime in Houston. Kansas City’s head coach Vlatko Andonovski was transparent about the after-effects on his squad.
“Obviously, we missed the flight. So we gotta we gotta figure [that] out now. We don’t have a hotel. We gotta figure out our hotel. We don’t have flights for…
