Link: https://im-curious-roey.beehiiv.com/p/washington-spirit-jose-the-coyote

A plastic decoy coyote has won the hearts of an entire pro soccer team, helping a potential NWSL title contender remember that having fun can be a recipe for success.

The Spirit are up 4-0 on the Current right now, which suggests that this is probably working?

“We had a conversation about, ‘are we not having fun because we’re not winning or are we not winning because we’re not having fun?’,” Carter told me.

“When you’re not getting the results, you tend to get really tense and there’s a pressure associated with that, and you look at how incredible this roster is and how committed they are to winning, how much they hate to lose, and you can, like, sense the tension.”