Detroit City Supporter Radio

Episode 29 - The Rouge Shoots of Spring

Episode Summary

Sean and Dion dust off the microphones after three months and discuss news about the Women, the Men, and NISA news.

Episode Notes

The Rouge Shoots of Spring:

WNGS Radio - Show #29 - 3.25.2021

• Welcome and extended intro-chat - where we been, random free for all

Rouge women update

• Incredible talent-vacuuming work underway
  • Driven by massive “recruitment spreadsheet” - Jon Evans & Juice
  • Existence of two-tier roster means City can sign up every aspirational young footballer out there while still getting top-line recruits
  • No return for Sydney Blomquist, but it was a very near thing - offer from Brazil came the same week the comms team was planning to announce Syd as a returner
• Specific players to get hype over
  • Returners: Sarah Huge, Kenna White, Lily Lucas, Caroline Fleming, Hannah Becker, Kayla Halmaghi, Grace Philpotts
  • Newcomers:
    • Leaders: Megan Miles (like SH a coach at City west); Elisa Baeron is strength & conditioning coach at MSU; potentially Madison Duncan
    • Stepping-stone ringers: Brenna Lovera, potentially Madison Duncan
    • Promising younger players: Madi Wolfbauer, Madeline Carlson, Brooke Sleeva

The men

• Roster stuff
  • MWPL side not even a glimmer yet, everyone chill on that. Maybe Beni & Bosh together, that move the needle for yas?
  • New guys
    • Anthony Manning
    • Javan Torre
    • Maxi Rodriguez
    • Pablo Cruz
    • Barnabas ‘Bosh’ Tanyi
  • Still awaiting visa approvals for Zeed and Max but they’re both signed
  • Expecting a new round of trialists next week
• The schedule
  • Shifting reality around COVID
  • NISA mini-tourney, then a regular season, then whackadoo playoffs
  • Hoping to have normal ‘Apertura’ league season in the fall.
• May Day v the Bobcats, spring has motherfucking sprung and let’s get HYPE
• Or would that be Clausura? NISA maybe waffling on fall-spring calendar which leads us to

NISA is not NPSL Pro

• We helped get it going, but NISA is its own thing now
• Odd signs: UWS announcement, then un-announcement
• Is there any daylight between the Prutch family and Prometheus Capital?
• Ranting and speculation