The Washington Spirit put on a pretty good performance throughout their game on Sunday against Orlando Pride, but were very close to relying on a gift of a goal just to walk off with a draw. It would have been, on the basis of their play, another tough one to take. Fortunately for all of us, though, with both teams deciding to push for a winner, Ashley Sanchez stepped up with a Goal of the Year contender, giving the Spirit a desperately-needed 2-1 win.
After having some time to digest what is hopefully the spark Washington has been looking for over the past few weeks, me (it’s Jason again, hello) and André have some thoughts on the goal, and then some other thoughts that are not about the goal:
It took a while, but it’s here and it’s perfect
We’d been waiting for it.