The past ten or so days, while a bit tumultuous from a news standpoint, have probably been pretty nice for the players. Not because they’re having to adjust to a different workplace reality due to leadership changes, but because they don’t have to play a damn game on a Wednesday. That’s a nice break! Unfortunately, the break only lasts a brief while because there are three games stacked up in the next ten days, two of the three being away. I hope they’ve got cryotherapy and hyperbaric chambers on the bus the boys are taking to and from Charleston and Chicago. Maybe the guys are just sedated and then reanimated Austin Powers/Neo/Takeshi Kovacs-style between matches. I have a 20 month old child who refuses to sleep mainly out of spite. I’d kill to be sedated and reanimated for just seven or eight hours. That would be AMAZING.

• Kyle Smith made the Team of the Week! It’s probably just because he scored that goal, but he deserves to make that list just about EVERY week. Cam made the list last week, which is such a regular occurrence now that it’s become ordinary.
• #RUMOR: NWSL may be looking to merge their league with the USL. Amanda Duffy still hasn’t been outed as a sleeper agent, but the clock’s ticking.
• USL El Paso’s having a nickname contest.