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Casey Stoney has never been one to mince words. Saturday night was no exception. Following the San Diego Wave’s scoreless draw in Houston, the only coach the Wave has ever known sounded off on the recent scheduling that saw her team play matches in Washington D.C., New Jersey, and Houston during an eight-day span.
“I’d love to know if any other teams had this away stink, playing Saturday, playing Wednesday, playing Saturday, traveling in between, all on the road” Stoney said to open her postmatch press conference. “I think it’s extremely unfair on the player. I think for player welfare, to ask us to go to Washington away, New York away, and then come to Houston in June, two days after we’ve played the previous game, it’s unacceptable. It shouldn’t happen.”
The 2022 National Women’s Soccer League Coach of the Year went on to praise her team’s effort in the 0-0 match that extended the team’s record winless streak to 7. But she did not stop there on…
