Red Stars and Fox Soccer Channel serve up a little flip throw in slow mo

You gotta wait til around minute 2 in the above video to see Natalie Spilger perform a flip-throw throw-in. A what? you say? This thing…

She did it twice during the game. The first time, Fox Soccer Channel gave us the slow motion replay of her acrobatics (sadly, NOT featured in the video above) to which I immediately yelled, “It’s the flip throw in slow mo!” And it made my entire weekend. Chicago beat LA 3-1 and just like FC Gold Pride, they waited til after they were out of the playoffs before showing fans they can play like a real professional soccer team. Except unlike FC Gold Pride, Red Stars game attendance is rising. So the Red Stars are doing something right over there in the midwest and I’ll tell you what one of those many many right things are: Natalie Spilger. Not only did she get so wasted in college she yelled at the cops and got arrested, she also runs that Green Laces organization and is apparently now taking meetings with the NBA. Basically this woman is my new hero and I regret forgetting to vote for the WPS All Stars when I had a chance because I’d mark her in for every category (including favorite AND second favorite WPS team – just the Natalie Spilger team, that’s all anyone needs). Natalie for president (of our hearts!)

Category: Chicago Red Stars, FC Gold Pride, Los Angeles Sol