Seattle Reign coach Laura Harvey, who has been with the team since 2021 (after a first stint from 2013 to 2017), explained on the Soccerish podcast that she frequently uses artificial intelligence to inform her tactical thinking. "One day during the winter break, I typed things into ChatGPT like, 'What is the identity of the Seattle Reign?' And it gave it to me. Then I asked, 'What formation should I use to beat the NWSL teams?' And it listed every team in the league, and for two of them, it said, 'You should play with a five-man defense.' So I did it," the Englishwoman recounts. Will this reignite the debate on the role of AI in coaches' decision-making? Harvey clarifies that while ChatGPT "should not replace human intuition, it is a tool to accelerate certain analysis and inspire new approaches."