idk what it is (jk i know what it is) but occasionally when i meet someone and they ask what I do and I say NWSL and "women's soccer league" they suddenly become unable to picture a pro sports league but with women. asking "so you travel to other cities? but you don't play other countries?" dude.

when my doctor asks me if i'm getting enough sleep drinking enough water getting exercise or taking a multivitamin

the pain of clicking "senior" when shopping for your pet's food

just need to document somewhere that I spent one (1) hour helping my wife chase a rabbit out of her garden because it was some kind of elite generational athlete and it was juking us like those sportscenter clips of a small child demolishing their peers at flag football

A Group of Four Flying Angels, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th c, 📸 by Charlotte Wilson

My wife who normally only watches the WNBA sat down for France-Germany and after about 80 minutes let out, "You think France should be good but they're not. It's like self destruction."

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥: ✅❌❌❌✅❌✅ 🇸🇪: ❌✅❌✅❌❌❌ "This was the WORST shootout I've ever witnessed." - Ari Hingst, extremely correct take haver

how are both these teams insistently trying to shove an armful of cash to each other "no no please i insist" "no you" "no you simply must" "no i couldn't"

again, i am fully in the basement and my wife is on the 2nd floor other side of the house

stress

hon hon hon

Waking up my wife at 4 AM by talking in my sleep and going "Boo this man. BOO THIS MAN!"

between this and the liberty/fever game what a great day to watch women's sports - and there's still way more games left today???

"how old are you?" "the age where a full sugar coke is about to really change the vibe of the rest of my day" girl help

For @prosoccerwire.bsky.social, I've got more on those Giráldez-to-OL Lyonnes rumors, including fleshing out some important details from TV3's initial reporting about the inner workings at Kynisca: #NWSL

Last 10 minutes of #UWCL I legit stopped having allergies, it was like I had finite room in my body for feelings and anxiety superseded all else

went to my fav local burrito spot, said I'm getting 2 things, 1 burrito and 1 side plantains, guy pulls out 2 tortillas and starts filling them, I'm like oh sorry I wanted 1 burrito, he says oh you don't want the 2nd burrito? ...no give me the 2nd burrito. this is the opposite of a problem.

It's the season where when the moment you start the car and move, a S H E E T of pollen shakes off of the car

watching Lily Yohannes play is just so enjoyable in the way that you watch someone who is clearly like, at one with their craft. like when you watch an actor with verve or charisma or whatever you wanna call it, that feeling of magnetism

p much lol

I ate an incredibly good spicy turkey on focaccia sandwich today and I can still smell it even though I cleaned up and it's making me want more sandwich, anyway if this is my biggest problem today then life is simply not that bad

She’s baaack! ✨ Washington Spirit remove midfielder Croix Bethune from SEI.

which kdrama is this

Missed connections: if you were at copley around 9 am today and were wearing a fur-trimmed black cloak you rushed past before I could say that cloak is sick as hell and I hope it didn't drag in any of the T puddles

Ji So-yun eating cake on a sofa bewildered that no one could think she was a traitor in Cloak & Crown is truly a vibe

Jacquie Ovalle is not of this world.

TBS has brought up more than once that the #USWNT was told not to jump. That's the respect Japan gets both from team-wide technical ability, but also how smart they are at reading what's coming & tricking opponents into stepping at the wrong time.

not to be toxically positive but down 1-0 early against a good opponent and having to just calm down and reset is not the worst game state to which to subject the uswnt youths while they're in a testing phase

Lily Yohanes is good at those kind of seemingly simple but actually difficult medium-range passes that Americans (women and men) are just straight up not good at

Lily to Yaz to Cat, HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH

let us bow our heads in remembrance

really need to thank the "should i open it or should i keep it sealed" guy bc he's saved me so much money in putting me off of sending in cards for grading

one way of directing support for trans youth rn is via southern equality’s trans youth emergency project under a barrage of bigotry it’s easy to be anxious and feel hopeless. help where you can southernequality.org/tyep/

what on earth is waking up with a headache about, i'm doing all the things you want, i'm sleeping, i'm not using my eyes, i'm drinking the water you stupid brain, you're hurting for literally no reason, i will not tolerate you acting out like this

losing JJ, now AT, likely DB...it's too much for one tiny lesbian to hold

An iconic year for an iconic player ❤️ Alyssa Naeher has been named the 2024 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year.

Hal Hershfelt going to a shelter and purposefully picking out a cat so janky they gave her the cat for free has her shooting to #1 in my power rankings

For the past week, we've been in touch with our fellow SGs in the LA area checking in and making sure they're safe. Members of the ACFC community and the SG community have lost their houses in the fires.

It's official. Casey Stoney is Head Coach of CanWNT/XNT. Stoney is an accomplished former coach with NWSL, and a storied professional and National player in England. Alumni players (Labbé, McLoed, Matheson, Tancredi) were advisors in the process. New dawn. New day.

Oscar when

'How is this real' - Angel City defender Riley loses home in LA fires

For me this is a very tricky issue that stems from the NWSL having far more teams above a certain level than any other league. The path to minutes for a 19- or 20-year old #USWNT prospect is so difficult, even on a team finishing 14th.

USWNT Jan camp roster is out! Also I'm senior communications director for #NWSL Boston now. bosnation.com/blogs/edits/...

My new year's resolution is to stop relying on an arbitrary time period to change and if I wanna change then every day is a new chance to change and if I didn't manage to do what I want, oh well, tomorrow's another chance to try again or take a break for pizza but then I can try again

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announces today: "The city of Boston has signed a lease with Boston Unity Soccer Partners to open up the largest investment into BPS athletics and White Stadium since it opened in 1949." #NWSL

Netflix has secured the exclusive broadcast rights in the United States for the 2027 and 2031 editions of the Women’s World Cup.

Multiple sources have confirmed to me that Lynn Williams will be going to Seattle via a trade. More details to come. I've been told by sources close to Gotham that Williams wished to finish her career on the west coast and the club wanted to support her.

The best part of this whole cringey post is that we are hiring a women's soccer writer! Happy to answer questions about the role or team jobs.lever.co/theathletic/...

Yep, confirmed: the NWSL is talking with Denver to become the 16th expansion team, to the tune of $105 to $120 million dollars. It's not final yet, but the pick is in. @theathletic.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/600...

woso fans of a certain age getting forced into radical acceptance by all the retirements this year