The Lowlight Reel

(Women’s Football Needs It, Too)

Everyone’s got a highlight reel.

Goals, assists, clean tackles, perfect passes.

It’s the curated version of who a player wants to be.

But that’s not scouting. That’s marketing.

In women’s football, just like anywhere else, I don’t care how you look when everything’s going right.

I want to know who you are when it all falls apart.

Show me the turnover that leads to a goal.

The missed clearance.

The bad decision under pressure.

The moment you get beat 1v1.

Then show me what happens next.

Do you sprint back or freeze?

Own it or point fingers?

Keep your cool or go studs up and get booked?

This isn’t about punishment.

It’s about understanding.

Football IQ lives in the recovery.

Coachability shows in response.

Mentality is revealed under stress.

And this shouldn’t just apply to top-tier pros.

Every player—every age, every level—should have a lowlight reel.

If you’re 15 and trying to break into an academy, I need to know how you deal with being exposed.

If you’re 28 and looking for your next contract, I need to know I can trust you under pressure.

In women’s football, we talk a lot about development.

But we rarely talk about how we evaluate the mental side—

because the systems we’ve inherited were built for a different game.

Highlight reels don’t show what matters most.

Lowlight reels do.

I’m not asking for perfection.

I’m asking for proof you can grow.

And if you’ve got the confidence to send your worst moments across my desk—

I’m paying attention.

Because I can work with real.

And real players don’t hide from hard film.

They learn from it.