Temwa Chawinga is back and already shaking up the league — so what does that do to Angel City’s math after Week 7? Welcome to Angel City Daily. We’ve got power rankings, Week 7 stats, and the real question: is ACFC keeping up with the teams making actual noise right now? Chawinga coming back changes the top of the table conversation, and I want to strip out the ranking fluff and look at what it means for the teams Angel City still has to play. Yeah — because the standings do not care about the brand. From r/AngelCityFC (9 pts, 4 comments):
Talk about whatever you want. This is an ideal thread for you to make general inquiries about things that are commonly asked, like how is the shade on the East stand at 3pm? Or where are the ADA bathrooms? As well, low effort posts can be directed here as comments in order to keep sub organized and conversation centralized for other users.
The daily thread is up on the sub — neighborhood roll call, matchday logistics, the whole town-square thing. Low-key, but that’s where the community texture is. Honestly, it matters. Shade questions, ADA bathrooms, ticket swaps — that’s the stuff that decides whether somebody comes back for a second game or not. And if you’re trying to move tickets or find away-day info, the master thread is pinned right there. The sub does the job the club website probably should. Here's Celia Balf at Goal.com:
This weekend in the National Women’s Soccer League had a little bit of everything: a hat trick, upsets, fiery rivalries, and late winners. Temwa Chawinga finally opened her account for the season in emphatic fashion, scoring three times in Kansas City’s Sunday afternoon clash with the Chicago Stars.
Temwa Chawinga finally has her first goals of the season — and she did it in threes, giving Kansas City the NWSL’s first regular-season hat trick in franchise history. The Current look like a problem again. And Chicago is just falling apart at the bottom of the rankings. Portland lose to Louisville and still sit on top somehow? The table is chaos right now, and Angel City needs to be taking points off these inconsistent teams. Banda at eight goals in eight games is not some footnote. Orlando is quietly making a real contender case, and the Pride are absolutely a team ACFC has to account for. Here's Dan Lauletta at Equalizer Soccer:
Temwa Chawinga’s hat trick on Sunday was the first of her NWSL career and the first regular season hat trick for the Current. Kristen Hamilton did the deed in a 2023 Challenge Cup match. - Chawinga’s three goals gave her 29 at CPKC Stadium. Opponents have a total of 27.
Week 7 stats are out from Equalizer, and the number that jumps out at me is Barbra Banda — eight goals in eight games, three straight with a goal. That’s not a hot streak, that’s a player operating at a completely different level than everyone else right now. And she’s doing it while her team isn’t exactly stacking points around her. Rough footnote. Portland better figure out how to support her before defenses just start doubling her and daring everybody else to beat them. The Utah story is the one with ACFC implications, though. Kate Del Fava has played every single minute of every regular-season game this current Royals team has played — 61 games. That kind of defensive continuity makes Utah’s back line genuinely hard to break down. Angel City needs to know that going in. You are not getting gifts from that defense. Del Fava and McGlynn are not a wall you just run your system into and hope something shakes loose. You’ll find links to all of today’s stories in the show notes, so if one caught your attention, go read more there. That’s Angel City Daily Podcast for today. This is a Lantern Podcast.