respect

SHE CALLED IT!

so is this the kelley o’hara derby

The final is set! Next Saturday it will be @washingtonspirit.com vs Gotham FC (still no active Bluesky account) in the 2025 NWSL Championship in San Jose. Spirit's 4th trip to the final, Gotham's 2nd These teams have met just once in the playoffs — last year's semi in DC where Spirit won on PKs.

We will be hosting a party after the Skills Challenge on 11/21 at Jack’s in San Jose. Party will kick off at 7 PM. Jack’s is a 21+ venue, we will have a food truck on site. See you there! Cc: @spiritsquadron.bsky.social @roseroomco.bsky.social

"Personally, I'm disgusted by our tendency to get last. It's not intentional." Midge Purce with a smile on 2023's run to the champ in the 6 seed followed by this year's run to the champ in the 8 seed.

BIG GAME AT A WOMEN’S SPORTS BAR!

BIG. GAME. BERGER.

marta said

FINALLY WATCHING A BIG GAME AT A WOMEN’S SPORTS BAR!!!!!!!

Sunday SUNDAY Sunday! It’s a great day to watch the NWSL Semifinals at Babe’s!

Pride by 17

An Orlando-DC final again after so much talk about parity this weekend would be kind of funny.

It's not just a call. It's a warning 🦇

The good news for the NWSL: women’s soccer is growing thanks to increased investment and competition. The bad news for the NWSL: women’s soccer is growing and the current salary cap is not gonna cut it. Trinity Rodman is the final test. All in? Or fall behind? www.nytimes.com/athletic/681...

Trinity Rodman in the mixed zone: “My focus has been winning this championship and then the next steps come after that. … Once we get this championship, then I can start making decisions and figuring out what next year looks like.” #NWSL

Filed for future use.

Aubrey "Brick Wall" Kingsbury 🧱

SCREAMING CROIXING THROWING UP

Ben Shelton is not famous enough to get this much screen time lmao

Final xG — 👻 3.11 - 0.31 🌹

Deeply compelling performance to send the Spirit back to the NWSL Championship. No drama this time. They're looking ready.

THE WASHINGTON SPIRIT WILL RETURN TO THE NWSL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!

2-0 TO THE SPIRIT WITH A GOAL BY

@ The goalpost right now

The list of reasons why Jessica Berman will be roasted in next week's presser grows every single day.

How awake is @emcanderson.bsky.social right now? She just got off the couch and said "Wow, almost halftime already?" She has been up for at least two hours.

If you aren't at Audi Field today, I'm sorry

shout out CBS for this cinematic behind-the-goal tracking shot in the aftermath of Monday's goal putting the Spirit up 1-0

HAPPY SEMIFINALS WEEKEND

As I wrote in my column over on The Cutback last Monday, Kouassi and Monday are THE double-act in the NWSL this year.

When I walked in today, as the Spirit Squadron were completing a march around the building, the thought I had was that this is what RFK used to sound like 30-45 minutes before a match. If you give DC a club to connect with, this is what you get back.

For every shot of a boyfriend we demand 5 shots of girlfriends

KOUASSI AND MONDAY ON THE COUNTERATTACK! COUNT IT!

CBS you could not pay me to care about Ben Shelton

VAR may be pulling back the goal, but what a start by the Spirit.

Let this radicalize all of the 10-year-olds who wear pink braids to the games against salary caps and suppression of player salaries

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Oh. My. Goodness.

This is another topic where standing still and hoping the problem sorts itself out is not an option available to NWSL right now. Within the CBA, the league holds the right to increase the salary cap. This isn't the only looming contract that will test whether they ever will, but it is the Big One.

if people can pay $165m to join the NWSL, they can pay 22-26 players at least $7m-$10m

A while back, I wrote about Jennifer Sey and XX-XY Athletics are stoking anti-trans hysteria by a) gaming the media, & b) offering money to cis women who speak out. Just a few people can be tied to the entire anti-trans hate campaign:

again, there is no legitimate reason to satisfy people like this. they’re openly pining for athletes to harass because they’re shitty people who only feel good about themselves when they’re stepping on someone else.

News avalanche continues! Mal Swanson has, per her own Instagram post, given birth to a baby girl www.instagram.com/p/DRDjJEXERv...

Hey so this is gross

NEWS: Saturday's #NWSL Playoff semifinal availability report for Washington Spirit vs. Portland Thorns has been published.

New @equalizersoccer.bsky.social #VanRiseFC are coming into the #NSL Final with a chip on their shoulders as they take on #AFCToronto in front of a home crowd at BMO Field. equalizersoccer.com/2025/11/14/v...

Whoa!