The Swan Dive: A BLFC Fan Show

Legacy fans, it was another tough one as the team fell 5-2 against Angel City Monday night. While we are going to share our thoughts as always, we also had a bit of fun as we were joined by a special guest in our Legacy fan seat. If you have ever been to a Legacy game, you have heard her voice announcing players and Legacy goals among other fun things. That's right, in our third seat we were joined by Boston Legacy Public Address announcer Ava J! Ava shared a little bit about her background and how she got involved with the Legacy as well as some of the prep that goes into what she does and favorite moments on the mic! As a Legacy fan herself, she gave her thoughts on the recent Legacy match and the upcoming fixture against the Utah Royals as well.Also joining us for the Utah Royals preview was Sean from the Royal Riot podcast (if you happen to listen to this week's Royal Riot podcast, you might hear some familiar voices)! Sean filled us in on everything Utah related since we last chatted all the way back before the Legacy's third ever match and gave us his thoughts on how the upcoming match might play out. As always, we ended with predictions.Standings After Angel CityCourtney: 18 pointsOpposition: 14 pointsAndy: 9 pointsLegacy guest: 5 pointsPredictions for UtahAndy: 4-2 UtahCourtney: 3-2 UtahAva: 3-3 drawSean: 4-1 UtahBig thanks to Ava for joining us and Sean for joining us again. You can learn about what they have going on and where to find them at the end of the podcast. As always we want to hear from you. Get in touch with us at BLFCSwanDive on Instagram and Bluesky as well as BLFCSwanDive@gmail.com. Drop us your questions, comments, and feedback. If you want to be a guest let us know. As always, shoutout to our podcast partner The Blazing Musket. Check them out. for all your New England soccer news and notes.

It's that time again, The Swan Dive team is back to talk all things Boston Legacy. Andy and Courtney are joined by second time guest Jack to discuss last week's unfortunate and disappointing loss to the North Carolina Courage. The Legacy also gave us some news to discuss this week with the acquisition of midfielder Sarah Schupansky from Gotham FC (which I think technically happened last week but its fine) as well as some news on White Stadium and where exactly the Legacy will be playing in 2027.Then, on another episode of "Courtney makes her friends come on the podcast" we were joined by Angel City fan Karen to finally meet our last new opponent of the season. Karen shared some great info about Angel City; the team and the fans, and as always we rounded out the episode with our predictions. A reminder of the standings after last week:Standings After NCCourtney: 18 pointsOpposition: 13 points Andy: 8 pointsLegacy Guest: 4 pointsPredictions for Angel CityAndy: 2-1 Angel CityCourtney: 2-1 LegacyJack: 1-0 Angel CityKaren: 2-1 Angel CityTough, but understandable predictions for the Legacy but hopefully 3/4 of them are wrong. That does it for this week, thanks to Jack and Karen for joining us. Remember, we always want to hear from you and you can reach out to us in several ways. We are on Bluesky and Instagram under BLFCSwanDive and via email at BLFCSwanDive@gmail.com. LEt us know if you have any questions and comments, if you want to be a guest on a future episode or if you have any other feedback. Please like and subscribe on your podcast platform of choice. The Swan Dive is a proud partner of The Blazing Musket. Check them out for all your New England soccer news and notes!

Well, Legacy fans, I think we can agree that last match against Racing Louisville was...suboptimal, to put it gently. We wanted to talk about this just about as much as you probably want to listen to us talk about it, but alas, that is what we are here for. We did do something different this week. Instead of a full blown recap, we did an abridged version: lineup and personnel, overall takeaways and opinions and then we moved on. We previewed this weekend's match against the Courage and with some of the time left from not talking about the Louisville game in detail, we did a fun little Q and A with questions submitted by you all. But first, predictions!Standings After LouisvilleCourtney: 15 pointsOpposition: 13 pointsAndy: 7 pointsLegacy guest: 4 pointsPredictions for Courage GameAndy: 3-2 CourageCourtney: 2-1 CourageLiz: 2-2Opposition (aka our friend RNG): 0-0Thanks for listening as always; we hope you enjoyed the change in format this week. As always, we want to hear from you! Reach out to us on Bluesky and Instagram at BLFCSwanDive or via email at BLFCSwanDive@gmail.com. The Swan Dive is a proud partner of The Blazing Musket. Check them out for all your New England soccer news and notes. Let's all hope that this weekend's match is better. Byeeeeee!

Well, Swans fans, that was a tough one and a wild one. All good things (like 1-1 for science) must come to an end and the Legacy were unable to come away with any points from Portland. Andy and Courtney were joined by first time guest Brad to recap the seven goal scorcher against the Portland Thorns. They were then joined by Brendan (another Brendan enters the fray) from the Butchertown Rundown podcast to preview the upcoming game against Racing Louisville. Prediction updates ahead!Standings After PortlandCourtney: 15 pointsOpposition: 12 pointsAndy: 7 pointsLegacy seat: 4 pointsPredictions for LouisvilleAndy: 2-2 Courtney: 1-1 (for more science! Not giving up on it yet)Brad: 2-1 LegacyBrendan: 2-1 LouisvilleThanks to Brad and Brendan for joining us! If you would like to join us on a future episode, or have questions you want us to answer, comments, feedback, etc please reach out to us! You can find us on Instagram and Bluesky @BLFCSwanDive or at BLFCSwanDive@gmail.com. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, rate and leave a review and most importantly, tell your Legacy loving friends to listen in! The Swan Dive is a proud member of The Blazing Musket podcast network. Check them out for all your New England soccer news and notes!

Welcome to another episode of The Swan Dive! This week we were joined by third time guest L.E. to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly from the Legacy's exciting 1-0 win against the KC Current. After that, we were joined by Kali from the Summit Up podcast to preview the away fixture of the battle of the expansion teams against the Denver Summit. Brief summary this week, we'll get straight to the predictions (spoiler alert: the Legacy guest got a much needed point last week)!Standings After KC MatchCourtney: 12 pointsOpposition: 11 pointsAndy: 7 pointsLegacy guest: 4 pointsPredictions for Summit MatchAndy: 2-0 SummitCourtney 1-1 for science!L.E.: 3-1 SummitKali: 3-0 SummitThis may be the week that 1-1 for science is really tested but it should be a great match! Thanks to Kali and L.E. for joining us! Remember, you can find us at BLFCSwanDive on Bluesky and Instagram as well as at BLFCSwanDive@gmail.com. We want to hear from you! Do you want to be on the show? Do you have questions, comments, feedback? We want to hear it! Don't forget to like, subscribe and drop a review. The Swan Dive is a proud partner of The Blazing Musket podcast network. Check them out for all your New England news and notes!

Happy Birthday Swan Dive! This episode was recorded on July 22nd which is exactly one year after the very first episode of the podcast was released. We talk about it a little in the podcast, but again just want to thank everyone who has listened, been a guest, helped us out, asked questions, given feedback, etc. over the last year. We appreciate all the support and can't wait to see what this next year brings.As for this week's episode, Andy and Courtney were joined by Mohamed who not only helped us recap the 2-1 loss to the Spirit over the weekend, but gave us some really great information about the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) which starts next week. The Legacy announced this week that our very own Aissata has been called up for Mali for the tournament which had a lot of people asking "what exactly is WAFCON?" We hope this helps!We were also joined once again by Danielle, Vice President of KC Blue Crew to preview Saturday's rematch against the KC Current. We talked a little about how the Current's season has gone since we last talked and what this matchup might look like for both teams with Aissata and Temwa Chawinga being away for WAFCON (also if this is how you are finding out that both those players won't be at the game Saturday, sorry, but at least you know now and not Saturday?) Of course, as always we wrapped up with our prediction game. Here is a reminder of the standings:Standings After Spirit MatchCourtney: 12 pointsOpposition: 11 pointsAndy: 7 pointsLegacy guest: 3 pointsPredictions for KC MatchAndy: 0-0 drawCourtney: 1-1 draw (for science!)Mohamed: 3-1 LegacyDanielle: 2-2 drawThat's it for this week! Thanks again to Danielle and Mohamed, thank you all for listening! Remember, you can find us at blfcswandive on Bluesky and Instagram as well as BLFCSwanDive@gmail.com. We would love to hear your questions, comments, feedback, really anything you want to tell us. Do you want to be a guest on a future episode? Send us an email or message! Lastly, the Swan Dive is a proud podcast partner of The Blazing Musket network. Check them out for your New England soccer news and notes! Byeeeeee!

BACK TO BACK WINS! BACK TO BACK SHUTOUTS! The good times keep rolling for the swans in Orlando. The performance may not have been the best, but three points is three points! With Courtney away, Liz and Andy were joined by first time guest Jack to discuss the historic first road win and shutout.We were then joined by André from Hey Spirits! to preview the Legacy's blockbuster match against Washington this weekend. Hey Spirits is a great show and a great follow on your various social media platforms. Check them out!. The prediction game kept rolling this week, with Andy making up a little bit of ground on the field. Here are the results after the Orlando Pride game:Standings After Stars GameOpposition: 11 pointsCourtney: 9 pointsAndy: 4 pointsLegacy guest: 2 pointsPredictions for Pride GameAndy: 2-1 SpiritCourtney: 2-1 Spirit (picked by Liz)André: 1-1 (Not for science!)Jack: 2-0 SpiritA lot of pessimism from the home fans! Hope we're wrong!Thanks again to André and Jack for joining us. If you want to reach us you can do so at BLFCSwanDive on Bluesky and Instagram and at BLFCSwanDive@gmail.com. We always need guests and we want to hear what you think of the show. Do you have questions? Comments? Feedback? Send it all in.The Swan Dive is a proud partner of The Blazing Musket podcast network. Check them out for all your New England soccer news. Until next time!

CLEAN SHEET! CLEAN SHEET! That's right, the Legacy recorded their first ever clean sheet against the Chicago Stars and we get to talk about what was a really solid looking Legacy team! Courtney and Andy were joined by second time guest Brendan (a different Brendan as you will hear) to discuss the big win and shutout. Courtney also had another listener shoutout with a funny (maybe? She can laugh at it now anyways) little story time.We were then joined by Luis from Loud & Proud Orlando to preview the Legacy's mid week fixture against the Orlando Pride. If you havent checked out Loud & Proud Orlando, be sure to do so and give their show a little listen as well. As always, our prediction game is going strong. Here are the results after the Chicago Stars game. Well, they are the same as they were last week because everyone got a big goose egg. Here is a reminder:Standings After Stars GameOpposition: 11 pointsCourtney: 9 pointsAndy: 3 pointsLegacy guest: 2 pointsPredictions for Pride GameAndy: 3-1 LegacyCourtney: 1-1 draw (for science!)Luis: 3-2 OrlandoBrendan: 2-1 OrlandoThanks again to Luis and Brendan for joining us. If you want to reach us you can do so at BLFCSwanDive on Bluesky and Instagram and at BLFCSwanDive@gmail.com. We always need guests and we want to hear what you think of the show. Do you have questions? Comments? Feedback? Send it all in. The Swan Dive is a proud partner of The Blazing Musket podcast network. Check them out for all your New England soccer news. Until next time!