Olivia Miles goes between the legs on a drop pass to Kayla McBride for 3
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) July 28, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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I'm still scared that Awa Fam will be better than her in two or three seasons, but right now, I'm buying the ticket and enjoying the ride.
Lynx have won eight in a row and still lead the W. But look at the margins of victory: 6, 5, 4, 9, 8, 3, 10 and 7. If you're a dominant team, you stomp the hell out of your opponents. Is anyone bothered that the Lynx aren't doing that? They held a 14-Point lead three Minutes into the Fourth Quarter and the Tempo still managed to cut it to three with eighty Seconds left. And while Minnesota is currently best in Net Rating, the Lynx currently lag behind Golden State in Defensive Rating and trail Indiana and Las Vegas in Offensive Rating. I'm a pessimist; I seek out reasons Minnesota teams fail because they invariably do.
They finish a home-and-home with Toronto by playing in Canada tonight/Thursday night. They then host The Indiana Fever, the team with the most toxic fanbase and social media army of any North American sports team, Sunday afternoon to start a four-Game homestand.
#-2: Twins (Last Week: -2). Went 4-2 over the past Week, and now the speculation, such as it is, is whether the Twins might be buyers this season. We'll believe it when we see it, but, and this might be me being too slow on the uptake, The American League is pathetic this Year. There are two runaway very good teams in the AL, Tampa and the Yankees (and neither of them are above .600). The third-best squad is the White Sox. The Twinks are only three Games behind them, and only a half-Game behind Houston for American League Wild Card 2. They could not make a move and be in the thick of things, so even trading for an anonymous Bullpen arm could improve their chances disproportionately.
By the way, last/Tuesday night they were shut out by Kansas City, who are in last in The American League Central Division, at home, 4-0. The winning Pitcher? Randy Dobnak, former Twins Pitcher who infamously was an Uber driver before finally getting a toehold in the majors. Happy he's back, but losing to Dobnak doesn't make the Twinks look good, no offense to him.
After finishing up with the Royals this/Thursday afternoon, they travel to Seattle to play a three-Game series vs. the Mariners this weekend, then visit Kansas City for a trio starting Tuesday.
#-3: United FC (Last Week: -3). Technically they didn't lose Saturday night at home versus Vancouver. But I watched that 0-0 Tie in-person, and I swear there was a big loser: The sport of soccer. It was a dreary, listless affair. If there were scoring chances, I scantly remember them. They tabulate xG at the Match, and I swear the Loons finished with .07 xG while the Whitecaps finished with .06 xG, an indication of how moribund the Game was. And now I look at ESPN and they say MNUFC led (or trailed, considering they didn't score what they were expected to score) in xG, 1.1-.44 (while meanwhile, the club's website has Vancouver with .6 xG -- man, Expected Goals is an unreliable fucking statistic, and it doesn't help if people can't agree what the goddamn number is, come on!). The only other thing that sticks out is Referee Lorenzo Hernandez, three Yellow Cards issued notwithstanding, largely swallowed his whistle and allowed both teams to play and/or scratch and claw.
United FC remains in the ninth and final playoff spot in the West. They host San Diego FC Saturday night before Major League Soccer, barely back from their World Cup-induced two-Month break, plunge into Leagues Cup play, hosting FC Juarez of Liga MX.
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