BIGGEST GAMES OF THE DAY REVIEWToronto Icegals 34 (1-1) @ New York Hitmen 35 (1-1)Lindsey Visser (WR) (Toronto Icegals) @ Madison Beer (LB) (New York Hitmen)at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York
Kickoff Time:
12:03 PM EST (12:03 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 70 °F, sunny
Game Attendance: 54,251
TV Announcers
(ROD): Ian Eagle (play-by-play), Charles Davis (color commentator)
Game Summary: Madison Beer promised before the game that she was going to win the game as she had a great feeling about it so her intuition was correct as her team the New York Hitmen won 35-34 over the Toronto Icegals in the biggest upset in WFL history so far as Madison Beer got the game winning interception with 27 seconds left to go in the ball game returning it for a touchdown that would ultimately be the deciding play of the game. Madison Beer had a monster game getting 15 tackles as she been all over the place leading her defense. It was a dramatic victory for this New York Hitmen team as they had an emotional crusher of a performance last week against the Enforcers in their opening game of the season losing on a turnover so they won on a key turnover this week sealing a huge victory. Madison Beer celebrated with the fans when the game ended as she forced a fumble on Toronto starting quarterback Ophelie Guillermand who struggled greatly in this game for Toronto forcing a potential change at QB sometime in the upcoming games. Madison has threatened NBC management that she would not return to Paris the following day for work if her team had won as she's going to party with her people since she's from New York City. Offensively it was a good performance all-around as Gillian Shields attacked this talented Toronto defense as Gillian got over 300 passing yards in this game and passed for 3 touchdowns with 2 of them going to her wideout threat Dinah Jeter who caught 7 balls in this game for over 100 yards. The offense got their revenge against this uber-talented defense as a number of the Icegals defensive players kept bullying and taunting New York offensive lineman Rachel Hilbert over her weight acting like mean girls. Rachel Hilbert even cried on the sidelines because she said that Ivy Herbert came over and said something extremely evil to her about weight and life and her teammates responded to it and it resulted in a pretty nasty brawl during the 3rd quarter of this game. Three of the Toronto defensive players Ivy Herbert for being an instigator and her sister Mackenzie Herbert along with Jesse Anzalone their big play linebacker were all ejected and that hurt their defense because they were actually leading in this game 20-7 before New York willed their way back and scored three straight unanswered touchdowns going up 28-20 until Lindsey Visser came in the game at QB and put them back up 34-28 which is where the game was decided. Lindsey Visser looked great as quarterback and fans are already calling on her to start the next game but we don't know if Head Coach Emily Senko will make that move just yet. Either way Lindsey Visser was a monster in this game with 12 catches, 188 yards, and 2 receiving touchdowns. This was a crushing loss in the division for Toronto who have championship aspirations as an extremely young team but New York is looking to make the playoffs and a win like this will help as these two teams will play each other again later in the season up in Toronto. The Icegals are looking to make some moves on their roster to improve on both sides of the ball after this game. Also, the big question coming out of this game is will Madison Beer go back to work this week?
Players of the GameMadison Beer (LB) (NY): 15 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FF, 1 INT, 1 TDLindsey Visser (WR) (TOR): 12 receptions, 188 yards, 2 TD and 6/6 as a QB, 1 TD
Chicago Enforcers 17 (1-1) @ London Invasion 24 (2-0)Mackenzie Foy (QB) (Chicago Enforcers) @ Megan May Williams (LB) (London Invasion)at Wembley Stadium in London, England
Kickoff Time:
12:03 PM EST (5:03 PM GMT/Local Time)
Game Weather: 55 °F, passing clouds
Game Attendance: 86,223
TV Announcers
(NBC): Greg Gumbel (play-by-play), Trent Green (color commentator), Rich Gannon (color commentator)
Game Summary: Chicago makes the trip overseas to the London Invasion who were just coming off a close win against their rivals the Paris Bulldogs. This game had some pretty good defensive play but London's offense came out on top as their starting QB Farah Holt looked good in this game getting 348 passing yards in the air and throwing for 2 key touchdowns. On the receiving end of both of those touchdowns was talented receiver Joanna Halpin who had 127 receiving yards in this game off 10 catches and both of those touchdowns. Valerie O'Brien who plays tight end had a nice game as well with 5 catches and 49 yards meanwhile Invasion running back Maya Owens providing a touchdown off the ground as she had 97 yards rushing just 3 yards shy of her second straight 100-yard rushing game. The London defense kept Chicago quarterback Mackenzie Foy very frustrated in this game as she had three turnovers with the Invasion leader of the defense Megan May Williams being a terror to her all day getting 11 tackles with a huge 4 tackles for losses and 2 sacks so she constantly got in the backfield. Both Georgia May Foote and Georgia Grace Martin both got turnovers in this game as Georgia May Foote had an interception while Georgia Grace Martin collected a fumble. Chicago's defense was still pretty good in this game despite the loss as Gia Jolie accounted for 12 tackles in this game and Daphne Bertram as well with 8 tackles at safety but Shirley Motes has struggled through the first two games of the season so far so she's a concern. The problem for Chicago was the constant mistakes on the offensive side of the football and empty possessions. Overall though one thing has been prevalent Megan May Williams is very intimidating as she continues to bully offensive players and comes up with big dirty hits. Chicago's Kiernan Shipka had to come out of this game with an injury and so did Alanna Arlington. London moves onto 2-0 so they're off to a great start while Chicago is at 1-1 needing a win next week.
Players of the GameFarah Holt (QB) (NY): 24/37 (64.8% PCT), 348 yards, 2 TD, 0 INTGia Jolie (LB) (CHI): 12 tackles, 1 TFL, 0.5 sacks
Paris Bulldogs 37 (0-2) @ Detroit Fury 43 (2-0)Allison Shields (WR) (Paris Bulldogs) @ Janet Moore (QB) (Detroit Fury)at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan
Game Time:
2:40 PM EST (2:40 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: Indoors
Game Attendance: 66,325
TV Announcers
(NBC): Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Tony Dungy (color commentator)
Game Summary: Allison Shields returns home to Detroit with her Paris Bulldogs against Janet Moore and the Detroit Fury in their home opener. The Fury come off a wild 40-34 win against Talia Scoggins and the Boston Hoods on the road last week to open the season. A late week trade that the Fury made getting Paget Hagemeijer with the Colorado Boulders who played last night in that 30-5 loss to Bridget Satterlee and the Milwaukee Millers. Paget Hagemeijer was the missing piece to this Fury offensive attack as they needed a running back for Janet Moore in the backfield. Paget is a speedster like the rest of the offense like Nancy "Jet" Kimmell, Gail Kimmell, and Gigi Midgley at the receiver's positions. Paget provides the speed out of the backfield that they need on this offense. Inside of the game itself on Sunday it was an awesome overtime thriller that resulted in the Fury edging the Bulldogs 43-37 as it was close game throughout and already one of the best games during the early part of this season. Allison Shields was booed and heckled by fans throughout the game as it was a sellout crowd of more than 66,000 at Ford Field in downtown Detroit. The game became a shootout as late in the 4th quarter with 1:09 left to go we had Allison Shields score what looked like it could be the game winning score of the ballgame when Paris took the lead 37-30. It was a pretty dramatic play too as Ally caught a 57-yard pass from Jenna McConnell burning the shit out of Margarita Zalejska who didn't cover Ally the whole game but she gave up at that time what looked like the biggest play of the game in her hometown. Margarita made up for it in overtime playing really well helping the Fury get three stops. Ally silenced the fans in the crowd as the Ford Field crowd was shocked as hell to see that play happen. Janet Moore would save the crowd's near panic attack by leading a last minute drive of her own as Gigi Midgley caught her only touchdown of the game with only 6 seconds remaining as it was a 21-yard completion helping getting the game into overtime. Both defenses got two stops to start out the overtime session and then Janet Moore would keep her superhero cape on to lead the game winning drive in overtime after Jezebel James forced a key fumble to get the ball back to the Fury after it looked like the Paris was going to win the game. Janet would respond with an 64-yard bomb to Nancy Kimmell that would seal the victory for the Fury over Paris to go 2-0 to start this new season beating two quality opponents in Boston last week and now Paris this week to put Detroit into first place in the NFC.
Allison Shields had a monster game with 11 receptions, 237 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns in this game. Other Bulldogs players that did very well in this game was their star running back Topanga Jamora who is looking like the best back in the league grabbed another 100 yards on the ground as she got into the endzone once in this game early on. Tonya Krosney continues to be a beast at corner as she limited the number of times any receivers got a big play off of her and she forced the only turnover for her defense in the game as she got a pick in this game as well. Sarah McDaniel provided some help upfront as she got 1.5 sacks in this game and got 3 tackles for a loss as she was creating pressure all game long. One of the two ROD players on the Bulldogs in Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose Depp had a pretty solid game at safety as she got 11 tackles in this game including a sack on Janet Moore. She has been great on this so far during this early part of the season. For the Fury they had their star QB Janet Moore taking care of business in her home debut as she had a monster game throwing for 417 yards in the air and throwing for 4 touchdowns in this game with that one pick that we talked about earlier from Tonya Krosney. Janet Moore completed 33 of her 46 passes for a completion percentage of 71% so Janet's accuracy was definitely on point in this game. Catching a majority of her passes was Nancy "Jet" Kimmell who was a monster in this game getting 9 catches and 163 yards receiving with 2 touchdowns in this game and Janet's other target Gigi Midgley caught 5 passes for 107 yards and 1 touchdown so both of her receivers were monsters today. Paget Hagemeijer had a successful first game with the Fury as she ran for over 100 yards on the ground and added in a touchdown on the ground.
Most of the Fury's talent comes from the defensive side of the football where their rookies like Teena Schneider, Margarita Zalejska, Stephie Argelich, Patrick Westbrook, Maxie Justice, Marissa Robertson, Alina Amos, and their leader Jezebel James hail on. Their defensive leader Jezebel James didn't disappoint and caused massive headaches to the NBC and Paris fanbase as she was in the backfield all day creating havoc on their passing game as she made Bulldogs fans call for Jenna McConnell's head as I bet they can't wait to see Vika Bronova takeover the quarterback position on their team. Jezebel might be THE TOP defensive lineman in the game right now as she had 4 sacks in this game a 5.5 tackles for losses and a forced fumble. Jezebel simply can't be blocked and creates problems for anybody's offensive lines which is why teams are grabbing male talent to the offensive line position to protect against strong tall girls like Jezebel from getting into their backfield. Jezebel was aided in this game by Margarita Zalejska, Patrick Westbrook, Marissa Robertson, Teena Schneider, and Alina Amos who all had amazing days on the defensive side of the football despite Allison Shields and Topanga Jamora shredding their defense in this game. The Detroit Fury definitely has what could be one of the best defensive units in all of football but they will have to clean a lot of things up in order to stay from giving up nearly 40 points and over 500 yards like they did today. The loss is a devastating to Paris as they now go to 0-2 this season with their championship aspirations hanging in the balance right now as they're going to need Vika Bronova ASAP and more importantly a victory. It won't get any easier as they have to travel to Norwood and take on their crazy fanbase next week and the Octans are 2-0 themselves and playing some great ball defensively. This will also be Michi Kat Grimes WFL debut in the league for Norwood so things will continue to be hard for Bulldogs and this rough schedule to start out their new season.
Players of the GameJanet Moore (QB) (DET): 33/46 (71.7% PCT), 417 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT Allison Shields (WR) (PAR): 11 receptions, 237 yards, 3 touchdowns
Los Angeles Stars 38 (1-1) @ Nashville Ladies 7 (0-2)Hailee Steinfeld (QB) (Los Angeles Stars) @ Jenna Kelly (QB) (Nashville Ladies)at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee
Game Time:
2:40 PM EST (1:40 PM CST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 85 °F, sunny
Game Attendance: 69,143
TV Announcers
(ROD): Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Solomon Wilcots (color commentator)
Game Summary: Hailee Steinfeld steps into this game as the new starting quarterback of the Los Angeles Stars as she replaces Gigi Hadid who is now getting traded to NBC in a few weeks. The Los Angeles Stars came off of a heartbreaking loss last week on Sunday Night Football when they choked a 28-3 lead over the Seattle Jewel to lose 31-28 thanks to a miraculous comeback from Jewel superstar QB Strawberry Shields who led the team back with 4 touchdowns to her sister Kay Shields to edge their West Coast rivals. Now the Stars come into this week with a quarterback change and the retirement of their main leader Kya Summers who leaves the WFL to take on one ICE's CEO positions this coming week. With that being said the Stars were able to take care of business and get their first win of the season to improve to a .500 record of 1-1 against the talentless Nashville Ladies. LA dominated this game winning 38-7 thanks to a great showing from their new starting quarterback Hailee Steinfeld who threw for 4 touchdowns in this game to different receivers one of them includes Langley Fox Hemingway who had 8 catches for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead all of LA's receivers. Nastassia Lindes provided 139 rushing yards on the ground to help Hailee in her first start along with Sean Thompson who was added to the offensive line and blocked really well on his side of the line. LA's defense was ferocious against Nashville Ladies starting QB Jenna Kelly as edge rusher Kyra Santoro was a menace in this game getting 6 tackles, 3.5 sacks, and 4 tackles for losses as she was every in the backfield in this game and Juliane Landers who learned that she was staying with the Stars this week and not getting traded grab a pick six for a touchdown. LA cruised in this game as they are looking to fight for the fans in LA against the Anaheim Oranges all season long.
Players of the GameKyra Santoro (EDGE) (LA): 6 tackles, 4 TFL, 3.5 sacks, 1 FFOlivia Ross (RB) (NSH): 16 carries, 70 yards, 1 TD
Boston Hoods 35 (1-1) @ Quebec Nordiques 17 (0-2)Talia Scoggins (LB) (Boston Hoods) @ Vika Bronova (QB) (Quebec Nordiques)at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec
Game Time:
5:10 PM EST (5:10 PM EST/Local Time)
Game Weather: Indoors
Game Attendance: 66,308
TV Announcers
(ICE): Jennifer Garner (play-by-play), Jared Padalecki (color commentator), Olivia Munn (color commentator)
Game Summary: In the Game of the Week in the league we have two winless team needing a win to avoid an 0-2 start after heartbreaking losses in overtime last week on the final play of the game. The Nordiques came into this game obviously dealing with a lot knowing that Vika Bronova is going to get traded and will only be playing this game and probably next week's game and that will be it for her in a Nordiques uniform so they were obviously heavily distracted and the Boston Hoods took advantage. The Nordiques had a lot of players playing their first home game in their WFL careers and for some in their hometown of Montreal so it got spoiled. Talia Scoggins led her Hoods defense and got back on track from last week's poor performance against Janet Moore last week. Talia Scoggins is one of the best linebackers in the game right now as she had 15 tackles in this game along with 3.5 tackles for losses and a sack. Talia plays with her two half-sisters Hope and Demi Alfonso and they got back on track this week as well alongside Talia. Darcy Barnes and Demi Alfonso wrecked havoc on that defensive line combining for 4 sacks in this game and the best showing had to be in the secondary as cornerback Kirin Scarpello was a terror getting 7 tackles and 2 interceptions in this game and she took one of those back for a touchdown so Kirin was definitely looking great in this game. The Boston defense was just menacing on Vika Bronova as Vika has been playing poorly in her first two starts but her opponents might two of the better defenses in the league but Vika's chemistry with her receivers just isn't there and they aren't getting much out of the run game either. Vika was just 17 for 37 in this game and had 3 interceptions and it caused Vika to get booed off the field as the crowd knows she will not be the Nordiques quarterback so they were really giving it to her as they felt like Vika was throwing the game because she knows she's not going to be on this team after next week's game. The only two bright spots were both Airee Brooks and Lulu Leithold on the Quebec defense as Mila Gunz's only interception in this game came against Lulu Leithold who did a good job in this game and linebacker Airee Brooks had about 10 tackles in this game as she was very productive. Hopefully, if this trade goes through the Nordiques will be getting Mila Gunz as their quarterback if not it will be Jenna McConnell but we'll see. Vika Bronova will have to play another lame duck game at home next week when one of her arch-nemesis Megan May Williams and the London Invasion comes to town next week and for Boston, they'll be back home next Saturday against the Colorado Boulders for a late matinee affair on NBC as Boston will look to go to 2-1. Colorado struggled without Paget Hagemeijer who got traded to Detroit this week so this is definitely a chance for Boston to get over .500 and for Quebec, they could be staring at 0-3 in the face.
Players of the GameTalia Scoggins (LB) (BOS): 15 tackles, 1 sack, 3.5 TFLAiree Brooks (LB) (MTL): 10 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 TFL
Tampa Sol 42 (1-0) @ Dallas Cowgirls 48 (1-0)Carmela Russo (LB) (Tampa Sol) @ Chase Carter (RB) (Dallas Cowgirls)at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
Game Time:
8:30 PM EST (7:30 PM CST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 79 °F, partly cloudy (roof open)
Game Attendance: 104,080
TV Announcers
(NBC): Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (color commentator)
Game Summary: Malena Morgan and her high-powered Tampa Bay offense travels down to Big D to take on the Dallas Cowgirls in their home opener on Sunday Night Football. This game marks the first official game for Dallas' prized free agent acquisition "The Red Rifle" Elle Alexandra at home and rookies Chase Carter, Meredith Mickelson, Hannah Davis, Abby Champion, and Head Coach Audrey Krag. It's the classic Malena Morgan vs. Elle Alexandra star QB matchup as these are two of the best quarterbacks in the league right now. Sunday Night Football got themselves an overtime thriller in primetime as the Cowgirls edged the Sol in overtime 48-42 as this became a shootout between the two star quarterbacks Malena and Elle. This old west shootout featured Malena Morgan getting 522 yards and 6 touchdowns for her team and Elle Alexandra had more help in the ground game getting 415 yards and 5 touchdowns in this game including a game winning touchdown pass to Abby Champion on the second drive in overtime. Helping Elle on the ground was Chase Carter who had a monster game as well with 222 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns off of 19 carries in this game. Chase Carter was ready to deliver in this game while receivers Abby Champion and Meredith Mickelson combined for 300 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns together between the two. Devin Reyes made his WFL debut as the males were able to start playing this week and he had a great game out of the gate as he got 7 tackles in this game along with 2.5 sacks and 5 tackles for losses he was an absolute monster in this game. For Tampa they competed well but fell short as running back Patricia Nery was getting attacked from Devin Reyes all game long but still got more than 100 rushing yards on the ground and wideout Riley Reid who plays receiver had a great game as she amassed 179 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns in this game for the Sol. There wasn't a whole lotta of defense in this game but the star for Tampa Bay had to be their franchise middle linebacker Carmela Russo who had 16 tackles in this game along with 1.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for losses, and two interceptions off of Elle Alexandra including one in overtime on Dallas' first interception as Dallas was actually ready to score on that draft until Mela saved the day for her team but Tampa couldn't convert her pick into points unfortunately. The Dallas Cowgirls are looking pretty great to start this new season as they are 2-0 and Tampa who has been involved in two thrillers will go to 1-1 needing a win next week to get back over .500 for their team.
Players of the GameElle Alexandra (QB) (DAL): 33/46 (71.7% PCT), 415 yards, 5 TD, 2 INTMalena Morgan (QB) (TB): 39/57 (68.4% PCT), 522 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT
Arizona Desert 9 (0-1) @ Vancouver Grizzlies 21 (1-0)Kalani Hilliker (WR) (Arizona Desert) @ Irene Ko Park (WR) (Vancouver Grizzlies)at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia
Game Time:
11:07 PM EST (8:07 PM PST/Local Time)
Game Weather: Indoors
Game Attendance: 54,500
TV Announcers
(ICE): Rachel G. Fox (play-by-play), Briana Evigan (color commentator), Kourtney Kellar (color commentator)
Game Summary: This late night affair pins Kalani Hilliker and her Arizona Desert looking for their first win of the season after losing a close one to Dallas on Monday Night Football last week against Alina Kirchiu and the Vancouver Grizzlies in their home opener. Vancouver Grizzlies Head Coach Paloma Kwiatkowski leads a very talented team featuring Deborah Jo Wood, Alyssa Lynch, Alina Kirchiu, Irene Ko Park, Gia Radionova, Hin Lin Ly, Yara Khmidan, and Dasha Dereviankina. Vancouver is one of those teams right now that can come up hard in that NFC division as they have so much talent in great threats on both sides of the football like Irene Ko Park on that offense and Alina Kirchiu on that defense. The problem for the Grizzlies now and this is a new problem for them is the NITRO trade is coming up and hometown kid Dasha Dereviankina is likely leaving this team either for one of the ROD teams on the West Coast that's in this division or one of the NBC teams out on the East Coast in the other conference. Dasha's teammate Alina Kirchiu is reportedly furious at Dasha for forcing her way out of ICE and this could be a problem until the day Dasha is off this team in a few weeks from now. Alina and Dasha were the main reason why the Grizz won their season opener last week in New Zealand so this week could be a challenge with Arizona coming into town coming off a close loss to Dallas on Monday Night Football last week. Now, what's amazing about this Vancouver Grizzlies football team is that they've got two growing young stars on the team in Alina Kirchiu and Irene Ko Park and you can feel the optimism from the Pheds about these two new ICE rookies potentially being the two chosen to replace their future ex-teammate Dasha Dereviankina. Just like a lot of the stars in the WFL these two opening weeks of the season they're experiencing their first ever home openers and for some their first opportunity to play in their hometowns. Dasha, Alina, and Irene are all being able to play their first home games in Vancouver where they grew up along with Gia Radionova and Yara Khmidan. With all of the drama going on with Dasha, this is not a comfortable home opener tonight.
This turned out to be a very low scoring game as the Grizzlies won their home opener 21-9 to improve to 2-0 on the season while Arizona will, unfortunately, move onto 0-2 but for both teams they found out in these first two weeks that their defenses are very good. For Grizzlies Defensive Coordinator Tabitha Jones, her defense only gave up 9 points in this game and it was all field goals so they kept Arizona completely out of the endzone in this game. Alina Kirchiu, Alyssa Lynch, Dasha Dereviankina, and Gia Radionova really got after it on the defensive end for the second straight week. Alina Kirchiu who plays cornerback on this team was the clear star of this game and she had the duties of stopping one of the better up and coming receivers in the game in Kalani Hilliker from the Desert and she completely frustrated her in this game only allowing her to catch 2 balls on her for 42 yards. Alina was a machine getting 8 tackles, a sack, and two interceptions with one of those interceptions being picked off for a touchdown. It was just an elite level performance from Alina in this game as the key was taking Kalani Hilliker and she did just that which allowed her to completely takeover this game. Alyssa Lynch played opposite of her at the other corner spot and she had an addition 6 tackles on that side of the football and added a key sack as the corners were really active in this game. Dasha Dereviankina didn't have an amazing game like she had the week before but she did enough at safety to hold things up for them defensively. Gia Radionova who plays linebacker had 9 tackles with 2.5 tackles for a loss but no sacks. Gia still did enough to be everywhere on the field in this game. It was a proud display for her defense no doubt about it as they really took care of their job in this game allowing the offense led by Deborah Jo Wood to attack although Arizona's defense got enough stops to keep the score low but Irene Ko Park was the story on that side of the football as she had 12 catches for 170 yards and 2 touchdowns. Irene Ko Park is really starting to come into her as she's another one of these fast receivers in the league like Kay Shields who can burn a defense and she did just that for her coach Paloma Kwiatkowski. Arizona Desert's Sarah Simmons had 13 tackles herself in this game and grabbed two sacks on Deborah Jo Wood so she was the lone bright spot for the Desert.
Players of the GameAlina Kirchiu (CB) (VAN): 8 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT, 1 TDSarah Simmons (LB) (ARZ): 13 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 2 sacks
Las Vegas Dice 36 (1-0) @ Anaheim Oranges 24 (1-0)Kelly Love (CB) (Las Vegas Dice) @ Xenia Deli (WR) (Anaheim Oranges)at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, California
Game Time:
11:07 PM EST (8:07 PM PST/Local Time)
Game Weather: 76 °F, clear
Game Attendance: 52,800
TV Announcers
(ROD): Spero Dedes (play-by-play), Adam Archuleta (color commentator)
Game Summary: In a late night showdown between two West Coast foes we have Aisha Williams and the Las Vegas Dice leading her team to Southern California to take on Xenia Deli and the Anaheim Oranges in the Oranges home opener. Both teams come into this game coming off very impressive season opening wins last week as they both blew out their opponents as the Dice blew away the Atlanta Legacies 41-9 who ended up winning their game on Saturday against the New Zealand Kiwis while the Oranges blew away the Houston Oilers 35-14 last week down in H-Town so that means that both teams come in red hot and somebody's gotta lose. The Aisha Williams led Las Vegas Dice were able to grab a very surprising win on the road in Anaheim as they won this game 36-24. Head Coach Rachel Mortenson called a very good game for her defensive as they were really able to stop Anna Herrin who didn't duplicate a performance quite like she had last week as Anna was shy of 300 yards passing in this game. Kara Del Toro and Kelly Love were the two mainly responsible for this Vegas defense getting the job done as Kelly Love really shined this week having a similar performance that Alina Kirchiu had up in Vancouver tonight duplicating the same 8 tackles, had a couple of tackles for losses, 1 sack, and an interception. Kelly Love is shining a little bit for this defense. Kara Del Toro was on the edge and pressured Anna Herrin plenty of times in this game as Kara grabbed 6 tackles, 3.5 tackles for losses, and 3 sacks so she was a monster in this really getting into that Anaheim backfield. Suede Brooks, Kate Li Williams, and Jenny Sense all led the offense as Jenny Sense grabbed 14 receptions for 191 receiving yards in this game and got into the endzone at least 3 times in this game. Anaheim just couldn't find an answer in this game as Kelly Love really shutdown Xenia Deli which was the key in this game really getting into Xenia's head. With LA getting their first win of the season it looks like Anaheim will lose some attention from the SoCal media after this loss while Las Vegas has been impressive in their first two games improving to 2-0 on the young season.
Players of the GameJenny Sense (WR) (LV): 14 receptions, 191 yards, 3 TDNia Seymour (RB) (ANA): 22 carries, 85 yards, 2 TD
THE REST OF THE LEAGUEATLANTA OPENS UP MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM ON TOPNBC had the WFL matchup between Georgia Fowler and the New Zealand Kiwis and Liz Turner and the Atlanta Legacies as Atlanta had their home opener at the beautiful Mercedes-Benz Stadium against the girls from down under. ICE's Truck Ladies top star Liz Turner is the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Legacies and she has a deep team around her with the Van Der Beek sisters, Brittini Tucker, and southern belle K. Lee Graham. Liz Turner and the Legacies won the game in a close one 30-27 as the Legacies rallied from a 27-9 deficit early in the fourth quarter as Liz Turner displayed her aerial attack scoring the next three touchdowns. Noor Van Der Beek caught 2 touchdowns for 142 yards on 9 catches while her sister Lillian Van Der Beek caught the game winning touchdown. The Van Der Beek sisters have yet to be used by ICE this season so look for them to get traded to a different studio in the next two weeks as James Van Der Beek's nieces have a chance to get established somewhere else. Atlanta's performance was a great response to their horrible disastrous of a loss against Las Vegas in the opening week on the road where they lost embarrassingly 41-9 and New Zealand's loss this week puts them at a dangerous 0-2 start. New Zealand Kiwis starting quarterback Georgia Fowler may also be leaving ICE as well in this next trade and she had 257 yards passing on Saturday evening. The game posted 85 million viewers for NBC late in the afternoon which helped them seal the victory over the other networks.
MILLER LITE BEERS COORS LIGHTThe Milwaukee Millers made easy work in their first road game of the season against the Colorado Boulders in Denver for the Boulders home opener on Saturday Night Football over on ROD beating the Boulders 30-5 so they literally held the Boulders to just 5 points. Milwaukee's defense is ferocious as Bridget Satterlee is all over the field as she got 13 tackles in this game, 4 tackles for a loss, 2.5 sacks which produced a safety in this game, and two turnovers one via an interception and the other a forced fumble. Bridget's partner Nancy Nery who plays safety got 9 tackles in this game herself, 2 tackles for a loss, 1 sack, and one interception that was returned for a touchdown. Jelena Mariucci who plays quarterback on the Millers threw for 3 touchdowns in this game and over 300 yards passing so a much better showing from Jelena this week compared to last week. Sasha Luss' team looked real good as she's off to a 2-0 start in her head coaching career. Colorado drops to a dangerous 0-2 mark after a close game in Miami last weekend.
Colorado did not do well at all in this game but NBC's Tanya Mityushina was the standout on defense as she had 12 tackles in this game and a sack so maybe Milwaukee can trade for her and add to this defense but you might be saying why do you suggest that trade option?
Well Bridget Satterlee probably needs a new sidekick as she got into it with her bestie Natalie Ceretti on Saturday night. All of the Milwaukee Millers players including their coach Sasha Luss actually room together up in Toronto so they're around each other a lot so Bridget rooms with Sasha, Nancy, Natalie, and Jelena. Sasha told the media after the game that her and Natalie have been getting into it ever since Natalie defended Vika Bronova in an exchange that nobody knew about backstage last night. Sasha says that Bridget feels like Natalie betrayed her and the two on the flight to Denver right after the live tapings seem to had been intense. She said the two didn't talk at all today but she's glad the two did their jobs and didn't allow their personal engagement with each other to affect the team's play on the field this evening.
There was a moment in this game where Natalie dropped an interception and Bridget chewed her out for it saying, "CATCH THE BALL BITCH! I GOTTA CARRY YOUR ASS EVERY FUCKING GAME!" Natalie was frustrated and punch the Gatorade Cooler went she went to the sidelines.
Natalie said after the game that she was also frustrated because the crowd on Saturday night was like a college crowd full of drunk people wanting to have a good time on a Saturday night. They were teasing Natalie about dropping the pick and saying she lost her best friend like the Jay-Z song December 4th. The crowd had plenty of fun coming after Bridget too but that was not a good idea as it made Bridget play angry the entire evening as Sasha noticed a more intense version of Bridget as she tackling violently and even injured a couple of players. One of the players who's not a NITRO actor seemed to have suffered a serious injury during the game where they broke their shoulder after the way Bridget stomped on it. The crowd wanted Bridget thrown out of the game for that dirty play. Kimberly Hardin did not return to the game after a hard hit from Bridget. Kimberly Hardin said Bridget is a mean girl and that she's glad she doesn't work for ICE right now because she'd punch her.
Sasha told Natalie that if she wanted to she would pay for Natalie to sit in a hotel for the next couple of nights until she could figure out how to calm Bridget down or find a better living situation for her.
If things don't improve between Natalie and Bridget then Natalie might get traded to a different studio in the next couple of weeks and for Milwaukee that would mean a different team as well which is why we suggested ICE trading for Tanya Mityushina or Milwaukee getting another player who's already in the studio to cover her spot on defense as Natalie has played pretty good defense on the team thus far in the first two weeks of the season despite that dropped interception which really wasn't that big of a deal but Bridget was just being an asshole.
Bridget so far hasn't been getting along with some of studiomates and that's a point of concern for Co-CEO Paige Van Buren and the other two CEOs that are coming like Kyla Ray and Kya Summers because it might be costing ICE certain actors and now Milwaukee solid players.
Sasha did say the good thing is that Bridget has been getting closer to Nancy Nery so she thinks things are good between her and Nancy. Plus Nancy has publicly been going against Vika Bronova and anybody who stands besides her since this beef started.
NEW STADIUM TREATS THE HOME TEAM VERY NICELYOut in Minneapolis where Romeo Miller called the game after hosting Vegas Showgirls the night before we have the Viqueens finally having their home opener 2 years after the beautiful U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis had been built. The Viqueens who used to the Washington Americans changed their name to reflect their NFL counterparts the Minnesota Vikings by replacing the Kings to Queens were supposed to open up the 2016 season at their new digs at U.S. Bank Stadium but since that season got delayed 2 years later they finally have their opener today similar to Atlanta yesterday at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Fittingly enough the Viqueens hosted the city's old team the Washington Americans and in this game the Viqueens cruised to a 28-17 at their new stadium debut thanks to their star rookie running back Amy Aasen rushing for over 200 all total purpose yards and getting into the endzone 3 times in this game two on the ground and one through the air in the passing game. Pam Strother had 9 tackles in the game for the Washington defense. The Viqueens improve to 1-1 on the season while the Americans fall to 0-2.
EVA ADAMS OPENS UP THE BRAND NEW BEAUTIFUL BILLION DOLLAR AIR CANADA PARK IN STYLEIn our third new stadium opener of the weekend was at Air Canada Park in Yonkertown as the beautiful new facility on a sun lit Sunday afternoon hosted their Norwood Octans one of the many new franchises in the league this season to a sellout crowd in what might be the most raunchy and rowdy crowd in the league already. Norwood hosted Paige Reifler and the Miami Sharks who won their home opener last week against the 0-2 Colorado Boulders. Well unfortunately for Paige Reifler this was a game she'd like to forget as the city of Norwood, New Brunswick in Northeastern Canada was amped up past the limits on this game. The defense set the tone early as Eva Adams showed why she's the top safety in the league as she intercepted a pass on the first drive and took it to the house for 75-yards for the stadium's first ever score so that is a trivia question in the future. If that wasn't enough Eva Adams would add in another pick six for another Norwood touchdown putting them up 14-0 as she clearly was reading Paige Reifler very well in this game. Eva Adams added in another one to put her at 280 yards which was more than the total offensive yards for the game as she added in her 3rd touchdown later in the game completing a rare defensive touchdown hat trick by one defensive player. Eva Adams was all over the field with 14 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks. Amanda Marleau didn't need to do much in this game but she added in one other touchdown running it into the endzone herself. Kendall Vertes and Kaylee Bryant provided good defensive performances and they will get help from Michi Kat Grimes next week but the whole city is anxiously awaiting to see if their leader Eva Adams will get traded to Vancouver or not putting a damper on their 2-0 start while Miami is now 1-1.
PHILLY BULLIES THEIR WAY A BLOWOUT WIN OVER CLEVELAND
The Broad Street Bullies did their job and that's to bully their opponent and unfortunately it was on the lowly Lake Erie Harmonies who host their home opener on Sunday afternoon and it got ugly quick as we had a brawl between the two teams as mean girls like Jesalyn Moe and Antonella Marzilli got in on the action starting the fight. Early on it actually got the Harmonies extra motivated as they jumped all over the Bullies 14-0 to the start the game thanks to their new acquisition Stephanie Rose Bertram who got two touchdowns off the ground game. The team had traded the promising young defender Mariana Phillips to Seattle earlier in the week and that would prove to be a mistake later in the game. Philadelphia went into the half with a 14-7 lead before their young Head Coach Samantha Hoopes ripped into them at the locker room. Bullies Defensive Coordinator Sofia Black-D'Elia also ripped into her defense for allowing Stephane Rose Bertram to score two touchdowns. Message was sent as the Broad Street Bullies tookover the ballgame from there as they would score 35 unanswered points to blow Cleveland out 42-14 as it was a clear tale of two halves. Vanessa Moe snapped and threw for 409 yards and connected on 4 touchdowns in this game with all four of those touchdowns going to her deep threat Hilarie Vitelli who had another monster game this week receiving the ball she had 13 catches with 217 yards. Defensively the best corner in the game Jesalyn Moe got two picks and even took one to the house and safety Toni Butler was a monster as well getting 14 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and got a pair of sacks proving why she's one of the best safeties in the game as well. The Bullies pull to 2-0 as they make a trip to Chi-town for their first appearance on Sunday Night Football while the lowly Lake Erie Harmonies go to 0-2 to start this new campaign.
NATASHA HERBST HAS A GOOD OPENER IN THE CITY BY THE BAYBoth the Houston Oilers and the Bay Area Quakes were both embarrassed in their season openers last week but this week they were involved in a low scoring thriller as both teams were seeking to avoid an 0-2 start and unfortunately for the Houston Oilers who played much better defense this week fell to the Bay Area Quakes thanks to the Quakes new star rookie player Natasha Herbst who got the game winning touchdown off of an interception in the closing 13 seconds of the game. The game at that point was all tied up at 13 a piece but Natasha Herbst broke on the ball taking it back to the house. We have seen a lot of players in the WFL have the ability to intercept passes and return them for touchdowns as it shows how talented our players are in the league right now and how fast they are as well but Natasha Herbst is not only the Quakes best player but she's also already one of the best corners in the league. The crowd in San Francisco was amped up as they're hoping that Natasha despite not having a very talented team around her can provide this type of magic most weeks to help the Quakes clinch a playoff berth in the NFC. Full House star Soni Nicole Bringas passed for a touchdown in this game off of 235 passing yards in her debut at quarterback. She did not play until late last week and was named starter this week. The Quakes improve to 1-1 while the Oilers are 0-2 to start this young season.
SHIELDS SISTERS MAKE HISTORY SCORING 7 TOUCHDOWNS IN THEIR HOME OPENER IN SEATTLEIt was an historic day in the Emerald City as the city of Seattle had their home opener at Safeco Field and it was a bright sunny day and the city's newest shiny toys were productive as fuck. Strawberry and Kay Shields give their sister Gabrielle who had been locked away the past 4 years away from society the greatest gift they could ever give her as she witnessed history in person as Gabby will suit up for the Seattle Jewel next week to help aid their defense although they didn't really need it as they're currently shutting out the New Orleans Originals right now. Strawberry Shields is off to a fast start this season as she's thrown 11 touchdowns and guess what? All 11 of them went to her sister Kay "Supersonic" Shields who caught an additional 7 touchdown passes in this game as it's clear that nobody can catch her and her unbelievably Sonic like speed. Strawberry Shields herself has already thrown for 633 passing yards in this game. The sister duo put on a show in front of the home fans at Safeco Field in Seattle this afternoon for the Jewel's home opener. Seattle would go onto win this game 63-0 making it the biggest blowout of this early part of the new season as New Orleans has scored no points as rookies Zelda Stojanović, Camren Bicondova, Mariana Phillips, and veteran Thandie Clark completed a shutout as Zelda Stojanović has taken a interception back to the house earlier in this game and as reported before they'll be getting major help from Gabrielle Shields next week as Seattle improves to 2-0 while New Orleans goes 1-1 after their win last week against the Nashville Ladies.
KOY JUNG & JASMINE SANDERS TAKE CARE OF THE AUSSIES BY THEMSELVESThe Jacksonville Stripes climb to a 1-1 record on Monday night in their home opener down in Duval County against Vikky Lee and the Australia Aussies to a score of 30-20 as they showed in this game two things. Even though the Aussies have more talent on their team than the Stripes the talent isn't necessarily better as Vikky Lee was the only one on the team showing a pulse as she threw for over 300 yards in this game for 2 touchdowns and no picks. The surrounding cast around Vikky Lee is not great and this is a team that will need to be redrafted next season. Vikky Lee might even be on the move to a different team as several teams are still looking for a starting QB and Vikky can fit that bill. Also on the move might be Nicole Trunfio's little sister Lucky Trunfio who is still locked up behind bars right now for some incidents she's committed in the past 6 years. Lucky is expected to be released from prison later this fall and her big sister Nicole might not be keeping her on the team when she gets out as it's likely Lucky will be with another franchise who's contending for a playoff spot this season as Lucky is a lot like Gabrielle Shields and Michi Kat Grimes who also just got out of prison themselves last week. Both Gabby and MKG are really talented defensive players like Lucky who can really help out a franchise who needs an extra defensive player to make that jump into the playoffs and clinch a postseason birth.
Koy Jung and Jasmine Sanders dominated this game as Koy Jung who is starting at quarterback although she's normally a receiver threw for over 400 yards off of 3 touchdowns and no picks so she was very efficient in this game throwing 72% completion rate off her passes in this game. Jasmine Sanders aided her off the ground running for a dominant 150+ yards on the ground and getting 1 touchdown earlier in the game. Jasmine Sanders did everything as she also caught 9 passes and caught a touchdown pass as her all-purpose yards bought her to 244 yards.
The Aussies were supposed to win this game even though it was on the road but they don't look too good right now and Jacksonville looks pretty good they need to add more talent around these two girls though.
The Aussies are gonna have to turn it around quick as they got the revived Los Angeles Stars coming into town on Sunday afternoon which will be a Saturday Night Football game on ROD and Jacksonville will stay at home as they got the 0-2 Arizona Desert coming into town looking for their first win of the season.
Next Monday Night we'll be in New York with Madison Beer and the Hitmen coming off a huge upset win for the ages yesterday against the Toronto Icegals as they host Paige Reifler and the Miami Sharks.