Week 4: Quarters and Semi-Finals

Karen hops wholeheartedly on the Matildas’ bandwagon during her regular visits to Stadium Australia, as she and Jennifer both mourn the departure of Japan, and our last ACFC international, Jun Endo. We shout out the eloquent, elegiac coverage of the Matildas’ exit by ABC’s Samantha Lewis, and marvel at the depth of coverage we’ve been lucky to have during this WWC.

The cup of colonial reckoning transmutes into the empire strikes back, as we offer our analysis of the quarters and semis, as well as a preview of the final between England and Spain. Vlatko resigns! Kerr shines!

Plus, we explain why rooting for Spain is deeply layered and problematic, while we also  take a look at an elaborate L-Word-esque chart of WoSo couples that’s making the sapphic rounds in group chats around the world.