October 3, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
Angel City FC News Release
LOS ANGELES – Angel City Football Club (ACFC) prepared this week to face Seattle Reign FC on the road at Lumen Field on Friday, October 4. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. PT/10:00 p.m. ET, streaming live on Prime Video.
Below please find quotes from Head Coach Becki Tweed and team captain and defender Sarah Gorden:
ACFC Team Captain and Defender Sarah Gorden
On the mentality the team needs tomorrow to beat Seattle:
“We are pretty aware that at this point we want to win out the last four games. There’s nothing else for us to do and that’s the mentality.
“We want to give everything we have. However we have to dig it out and get these wins is what we’re prepared to do. We don’t know the fate of who beats who and if we’ll be in. We don’t know what it’ll come down to. But for us, the mentality is winning the next four games, one game at a time. Whatever happens in the end happens in the end.”
On defensive transition being a big point of emphasis in training this week:
“The last few games we’ve conceded goals that we didn’t want to concede, but we know we’re better than that. We’ve also conceded goals in defensive transition. That’s been a really big point and really big emphasis in film and in training.
“Making small mistakes in big moments has led to goals, and that was prevalent in the Seattle game. That game didn’t sit well with us and one year ago, our season ended in Seattle.
“All these things are on our mind, but the biggest thing on our mind is we know we have to win this game and we have to do what we have to do to get that done.”
On the competitiveness of the NWSL with several teams pushing for a playoff spot:
“We’ve been saying for a long time how competitive this league is from top to bottom. Every year it comes down to the wire. Last year it came down to the final day of games, and we expect the same this year.
“Our league is competitive. It makes it difficult for us physically, emotionally, and mentally because every single game is a challenge. Anyone can beat anyone on any given day- besides Orlando this year, apparently.
“It speaks to how much talent we have in this league. It makes our jobs that much more exciting and that much harder.”
ACFC Head Coach Becki Tweed
On key takeaways from the last match against Seattle:
“That loss was probably one of our worst performances of the season in terms of just controlling what we can control structurally. We don’t feel like we left that…