KC Current HC Vlatko Andonovski and Debinha on RETURN of the NWSL with game at Washington Spirit

well morning guys um it feel good I think like the games that we have in summer uh was a good preparation for get back to the to the league now especially if this is they have been doing so we're so excited and ready to to get back I feels like the the summer tournament gave you a chance to just really get back into form you playing at really a high level uh combining well with other players how has that been for you to kind of get back to that yeah you know I have the injury at beginning of the season so it's not like a easy injured so took a little time for me to get back but now I'm feeling good which is good like we have these games in summer which um helped me you know get back to my form play with the the girls play a different girls you know like some play some players left some player came so I think like the special of this team is just like like uh welcome everybody and make everybody comfortable on the team so like for me like every time I play with this team like I'm comfortable I'm happy so I think like that helps too you know like that must see the the like how we how we play and you know like every time I Freedom happiness so I enjoy that so it's made made it easier thank you D up next is Daniel SP Daniel hey um I was just curious about how your playing relationship with or with Tema has come along over the summer cup um kind of talk about how you guys have work on your connection and uh how you feel like it started or if you feel like it's starting to grow even more over the summer games yeah you know like playing it's easier but especially like in training and games like we we came along you know like we played together we talk a lot to uh on the field outside the field so we try to uh to understand each other more like where she WIS the ball where I WIS the ball so I think that that's help too or that conversation that we need to have and like you guys said said like we're doing well good like together so I hope like that continue to the end of the season it seemed like that goal against Atletico Madrid um the One Touch passing you all seem to know where the other was going and put the ball at it it was like is that kind of the hope is that okay the more reps that we get in practice training and in matches and stuff those are the kind of things that just kind of flow and happen as part of what what you come to expect from each other yeah for sure you know like we train a lot uh during the week like some drills and that's one of the drills that have training with Freya with Milan so like like uh we if we do in training like I think in the game is going to happen natural and like I said like knowing how Tama wants the ball know how she plays make easier and and yeah I'm just happy to have her as my uh teammate of course we not fun seeing my team marking her but yeah it's just fun like play with her and and we just there like to enjoy and keep doing well and then one last one there's been a lot of a little bit of movement in the team in the summer window so far just how do you guys welcome these big players bring them on and then ultimately kind of onboard them into the culture that you guys have created dep so quickly with this team this year oh like I said like when I got here I felt so welcome and like everybody who gets here like have talk to Bea other players everybody feel outcome I think like um I think like this identity that the team has helps a lot like all the players and of course like with the staff too they they make sure that everybody's comfortable and happy so yeah I think just like help everybody like every game every training and make sure like everybody it's it's happy all right thanks Daniel up next next PJ green Fox for hey de um just thinking back to to when you first came to the league from uh from Brazil just with you know ORD coming to this leag for the first time this year can you think back to just the adjustment uh just coming to America and adjusting to just basic American life and then how the how the game of soccer just kind of you still connect with your with your teammates even though that English is like not your first yeah um for me come to to us was a challenge of course like I want to improve my soccer uh you know different ways uh Fitness um mentally because I I was knew like us was you know like they have like a different view of soccer like here like we can find like athletes in where I was playing like yeah I play soccer but like I would not like take care of myself and you know like during like day by day so like when I came here like of course like I turned like a better athlete and meeting like new players like playing with different players help me to improve my my soccer like T like you said uh of course like I learn a lot with every place here um day by day and of course like being coach by V also like help me every day like you know like to prove something so I just enjoy like playing us and yeah and then with uh with you know still making moves and and all the way up to like the end of this how much does that insire all and like his whole goal is to keep the competition up just how much does it actually keep the comptition you know with him always try to bring new players yeah that's for sure that's a uh what special about him like he never let the players get comfortable and we always have competition on the team and of course like not just like competition between players but like in training too or like we I was like training in high intensity and we can show that in the games so I feel like what he's doing like is a is a great job of course everybody can see it uh I'm just happy to play for him and be coached by him and of course like do that with my teammates yes we're we're excited and uh it's not just any game and you know it's a game against one of the best opponents uh best teams in the league uh in the good times uh we're we're looking forward to it and like you said it's one of the best teams is it good to be competing against that uh top of the table you know where you're uh you know that have that level of competition with your team yes uh we have a stretch of uh few really tough games ahead of us and uh I I talked to the team and uh if we want to get in the playoff and prepare for for the playoff these are the type of games that that we need to play and uh we uh we need to learn uh learn from these games regardless of the outcome all right thanks that we're going to go next to Daniel sper Daniel go ahead hey coach um just curious you've made a series of additions over the last couple weeks um what does it look like for playing time for those players and when can we expect to see some of them on the field yeah uh I'm going to start with uh Hilda first uh her visa uh is not done yet so she's she's waiting on the on the documents uh before she starts playing Jericho is ready uh obviously she's only been with us uh for a short period of time but uh we expect uh to I mean she's going to be uh she's she traveled with us and uh we you know there's a chance we we see her on the field tomorrow and then Alana Alana is already integrated fully and uh ready to play uh and then some of the players that have been out for with injuries for a little bit longer term like uh eal missed most of this summer and then uh you've got Bia zorat I'm just kind of where their uh progress in return to play and maybe potential minutes in the future yes uh eil is healthy and ready uh she's not quite 90 minutes ready at this point but uh she's uh she's available for for minutes she traveled with us where beia is recovering well she's uh uh she started training on the field which is huge step forward for her with our rehab specialist and uh in the next couple weeks she's going to join the team and start ramping up minutes and then just one last one I I know this summer cup you know the and the women cup you get those opportunities to kind of Tinker around but you feel like um you guys have set yourself up uh for this stretch run well um with how you performed over there and especially in getting some of players like tea and deia um seemed like a little bit more Rhythm and uh connection between the two of them yes absolutely I thought that the games the women's cup the summer cup came in perfect time for us uh uh for for as a team but also for certain individuals or or group of individual uh I you mentioned them in the begin I thought they they uh connected very well and I said this before that this players just need minutes together they need minutes on the on the field in the in the training environment but also they they need minutes uh in the game so this game certainly helped us uh in um uh in our process of getting getting on the same page going forward all right thanks Daniel we're gonna go back to Thad Bell Thad go ahead hey coach I know you just talked a little bit about the the relationship like between Timo and deia but just how good is it to have deia getting back into where she can be it how close do you think she is at you know Peak to be uh yes I don't know how close she is but every time she in in the last few games every time she stepped on the field showed uh some uh uh some really uh good things and uh uh had direct impact to to the game whether it was a goal assist or some uh uh or influence influen her attack uh she she had something to do with it so that's that's very positive we're happy uh we can see that she's happy which is very important in order to get the best out of them she she has to be happy she has to enjoy the the the play enjoy the game and uh uh you know all we can do is just uh wait for the next one and then not game related but have you had a chance to have any thoughts on the new CBA that was announced no I'm just happy that uh that it's over and done and uh the it seems like it's a it's a great step forward for for this game and uh and for the league and for for the players for everyone uh it's uh uh it's uh there's some some things that that are very good there and as a as a coach uh I I don't focus on every little thing I leave that on on kuchi and uh and our president and our owner the the things that uh that matter for me the most are probably you know the free agency and what are the players that that are available one of the players that we need to secure but there are only a few things that I'm very focused on in terms of the CBA all right thanks that uh coach just uh any thoughts on what to expect tomorrow uh I think it's gonna be a great game like I said it's one of the one of the best teams uh in the in the league I I certainly put oursel in the in that group as well and uh two good teams uh showing up uh I think that uh uh spirit is going to be very motivated they have a new coach they uh they're playing in front of their own crowd I'm sure the crowd is going to be great so uh it will be good it will be it will be a good game good show and uh it will be a great test uh for us as a team so I'm looking forward to it all right thanks coach any more questions for him all right we're GNA let him go and then we'll be back with deia