{"id":5608,"date":"2026-11-13T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2026-11-12T05:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T01:46:11","slug":"spirit-pod-today-semis-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5608","title":{"rendered":"Spirit: pod today, semis tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s episode of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1746819\/episodes\/20069847\">Math and Musings<\/a><\/em> is a timely one&#8230; for once. As Franklin and I discuss our local NWSL team (that would be the Washington Spirit), said team is preparing for its semifinal matchup tomorrow against the Utah Royals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve got the Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also on today&#8217;s episode my son and I quiz each other on women&#8217;s soccer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ain&#8217;t neither of us prepared for that one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s episode of Math and Musings is a timely one&#8230; for once. As Franklin and I discuss our local NWSL team (that would be the Washington Spirit), said team is preparing for its semifinal matchup tomorrow against the Utah Royals. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=5608\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5610,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608\/revisions\/5610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}