Claire

she believes in squabblin

BEND IT LIKE BECKIE IS BACK!!!!!!

feels very vintage canada-colombia today, as in, players get bored 60 minutes in and decide to try wwe

HAPPY 🐶SHIBA LEAVES🍃 TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

altitude issues x 2

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she's trinity rodman, she's greenland, she's the suez crisis, but maybe it's maybelline.

daendeleon 2d @ Threads Greg Bovino was asked how he felt about his demotion today. "Well, obviously, I'm not happy", he replied. Someone in the crowd shouted back, "So which one are you?"

just choked on my beverage

Come for the Trinity Rodman goal, stay for the Trinity Rodman x Emma Hayes celly 😂

🎥 USWNT

we should all be so lucky to have someone who loves us like trin loves the spirit - what a generational player in every which way

the league tried its damnedest to mess this up, and if rodman didn't have the connection to dc and the community of supporters at audi field, she would be yet another star leaving. they'll tout this as a league-wide win, it is not, the win is the property of the women's soccer community in dc.

Becky Sauerbrunn on Instagram, “I’m choosing to release this video today, January 13th, because right now the US Supreme Court is deliberating a case that could change the future of women’s sport.”

An important video:

becky sauerbrunn has always been, and will always be, that girl

We had a good run

CONmissioner Berman:

and it's not like berman doesn't know this. there is a 0% chance that no one brought this up - we know the nwslpa has thoughts. she looked the racism in the face and said, yes, more of that, please.

one of the roles of the league should be to mitigate the impact that systemic racism from media, fans and coaches has on players and the game, not legitimize it. the hip rule exacerbates the racial wage gap, capitalizes on bias, encourages inequitable treatment, and leaves the league worse for it.

one thing that’s become very obvious about jessica berman’s nwsl is that owners would still much rather pay lawyers than players

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Meghann Burke is such a game changer for this sport

Trans rights are human rights and it's not negotiable, you fucks

qwhite the list

Wild that only two countries played women's soccer this year.

Portland Thorns, Kansas City Current, & North Carolina Courage fans to Ella:

#NWSL

39 members of Congress penned a letter to Jessica Berman

“We urge the NWSL to work in good faith with the NWSLPA and
Ms. Rodman to resolve this matter in a timely and transparent manner consistent with
federal labor law requiring that the terms of collectively bargained agreements be honored”

what i enjoy about 5 minute halves of extra time is that they don't make me want to die

I'm so goddamn proud of us tonight. The fascists have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend trying to convince women's sports fans that exclusion will protect us, but we know better, and we're building a grassroots movement to prove it

Trinity Rodman on love from Spirit fans:

“I’ve always talked about how great the @spiritsquadron.bsky.social is, and DC as a whole, and we’re really bummed we couldn’t be having a parade now going back hopefully they’re still proud and we can try again next year.”

To every single player, coach, staff, and employee at the @washingtonspirit.com, you embraced this District and gave us something to believe in. Thank you for allowing us to embrace you back. Thank you for giving us that foundation of belief.

We'll be back stronger next year. And we'll dominate.

that was an incredibly emotional final whichever way you slice it - but i want to say, despite the political bullshit embroiling nwsl leadership - i have loved this nwsl season and every other one. women's sports are a gift and something worth fighting for.