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“We tried everything, but today was not the day.”
That’s how Washington Spirit head coach Jonatan Giráldez summed up Saturday’s 3-0 loss against the Kansas City Current, a team that the Spirit had walloped 4-1 just a few weeks ago. The Spirit, who have dominated the National Women’s Soccer League all season, sit at second place in the table, and have already clinched a playoff berth, looked unfamiliar to coaches, fans, and to themselves on Saturday afternoon.
But, the Spirit know that bad days are part of the game. “This is sport, this is soccer,” defender Gabby Carle said after the game. “It’s never going to be perfect.” Accepting the result is not the hard part; rather, understanding what went wrong and learning how to correct their errors is where the challenge can come in.
At face value, it’s not hard to see what went wrong for the Spirit on Saturday. The first goal of the game, scored by Canada national Nichelle Prince, came after just four minutes….
