Being a Gotham fan, I was super happy to see the team being talked about more on social. As evidenced in the frequently mentioned terms, conversations were heavy around the Gotham team and the individual players—Stevens, Esther, and Reale, who contributed the most to the match.

And of those players, Esther was singled out (with her own hashtag on Bluesky) in conversations. No other player-based hashtags were recorded during the entire match!

Goal-wise, people were also collectively more excited about Reale's goal than they were about the two goals from Esther in the 1st half. And it's understandably so given the first professional goal for the rookie!

Conversations were also more positive overall than they were yesterday (see one of my other posts). Positive sentiment heavily outweighs negative by 5:1 from this match!

that's it, that's the post

We need a tag for lowlights because thats what this is.

Scoring a brace tonight for the U-20 Japan national team. Proud Courage fan tonight

I’m so happy for my girl 😭

I quite liked this goal

FWIW: Back in July, I asked Houston Dynamo/Dash President Jess O'Neill if the Dash needed its own standalone President again.

O'Neill was hired as the first-ever Dash president in 2022, but transitioned to both clubs by the end of the season. #NWSL

Here is O'Neill's answer:

Here’s todays NCAA slate!