The Cooler Guild

A loss in Angel City was less than ideal but the Reign's youth talent and new acquisitions are showing some potential. Coop and Van discuss what went wrong in LA as the team heads into an international break. The show rounds up where things stand after week 3 in the NWSL and previews the Reign's next match versus Orlando Pride. SPONSORS Sounder at Heart [https://www.sounderathear

In this week's episode Coop and Van recap the Reigns impressive performance in Saturday's win against NC Courage, award an unexpected Cooler Player of the Match, answer some listener questions, and briefly discuss the other weekend's matches. SPONSORS Sounder at Heart [https://www.sounderatheart.com/thecoolerguild/] - Our network host and biggest supporter, Sounder at Heart cover

We trekked up to Lumen Field for Reign's opening match of the 2025 NWSL season. In this episode we chat about the team's performance, officiating controversies surrounding that match, and respond to some questions from the Guild. We close out the show with some updates from around the league. SPONSORS Sounder at Heart [https://www.sounderatheart.com/thecoolerguild/] - Our networ

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