The Cooler Guild

In this special preseason episode The Guild welcomes Susie Rantz from Ride of the Valkyries to talk all things Reign and preview the upcoming season. We get firsthand observations from Susie's trip to watch the team at the Coachella Valley Invitational and pick her brain about her years of Reign reporting. * Support the show by subscribing to Sounder at Heart and get 1 FREE month

The 2025 preseason is here! Coop and Van sit down to go over the Reign's offseason moves, and highlight the players they are most hyped for as this team looks to turn the chapter on a new season. In addition to the Reign, they go over the moves to Europe from various NWSL players and cover a few other headlines in woso. * Support the show by subscribing to Sounder at Heart and g

It's our very first offseason episode, and the Reign have given us some exciting things to talk about. The club has made a few roster moves, including picking up the league's leading goal scorer, Lynn Williams, as the Reign look to turn around an offensive side that left a lot to be desired this past season. We wrap up the episode with a few other newsworthy happenings around the

In this bonus episode of The Cooler Guild, we do a quick wrap up of the Reign's season, including giving out the first ever Cooler Player of the Season award. With the NWSL Championship officially set between the Orlando Pride and the Washington Spirit, we have a discussion about the playoffs that led to the matchup and who we think might have the edge. With the 1 and 2 seed repre

The Reign finished out the 2024 season with a 3-2 loss away at Orlando. Jordyn Huitema finally broke the curse and scored her first NWSL goal since June 9th. Maddie Mercado played super sub and tallied her first ever NWSL regular season goal, but it wasn't enough to beat the Shield winners. We reflect on the game as well as the season at large for the Reign, and look ahead to a hop

We're back with another dub pod. The Reign finished out their home season with a 2-1 win over last-place Houston Dash. Olivia Athens broke the Reign's 5 match goalless streak with an absolute banger and Coco got the game winner in her first start for the club. We get into the positives and negatives from the match, look at some other results from the weekend, and discuss a couple o

The Reign lose their 5th straight match 3-0 away at Utah and it's fair to say, things are not great. We reflect on the disappointing performance and look ahead to the final two matches of the season. We wrap up this episode with a quick preview on the NWSL playoff race as it unfolds and dive into Boston's wild new NWSL name reveal. * Support the show by subscribing to Sounder at

The Reign fell to Angel City on Friday, 1-0, racking up their 4th loss in a row. This was the 15th time this season that a Reign game was decided by a single goal. We reflect on this week's struggles but also highlight the potential for a bright future for the group. Also in this episode we debut our new segment "Guild Grievances" with the help of special guest June Ash Eden of Ri

Yet another Reign loss at a time they really couldn't afford it. One penalty was all that was needed for Bay FC to take all 3 points in Seattle. Another week of us getting into the Reign's playoff hopes and the harsh reality that those hopes are rapidly fading. We do a quick look at a few results from around the league over the weekend and preview the Reign's next match. * Suppo

A loss in Houston means Reign's tough road to the playoffs just got even tougher. We talk about what went wrong in the 0-1 loss against the Dash and how much optimism we have for the remainder of the season. We finish up the episode with a few highlights and lowlights from week 21 in the NWSL and do a quick preview of the Reign's next match. * Support the show by subscribing to