We’re smack in the middle third of developing our team identity — and I think how we respond, as a collective, to the word Denver, out loud, needs to be discussed & agreed upon 🤝 But there’s gotta be some sort of loud BOOOOOOOO in there.

Good morning Bluesky, have a day! Happy Thursday!

Two of my three teams won this weekend. (Not shown: two yellow cards & the sudden onslaught of teen ennui.) @croatiajuniors 🇭🇷

There is so much damn crying in this job.

A quick minute preview of what’s on the episode & what it’s like once you get me going about soccer in Cleveland…

What I loved most about New York Times writing this article — they wanted to know Cleveland’s next move. Access & exposure to women’s sports can change presumptions faster than you realize (about way more than sports).

I’ve taken a few months mostly off socials (challenging when you manage a brand’s socials 😅), but happy to come back with the big soccer update! www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...

What a lineup for this WISE Cleveland event at Brewnuts on Wednesday, April 16, 5-7 p.m. Hear about at least 3 major new things developing in women’s sports for Cleveland, economic & greater impact of women’s sports & how 4 women got where we are today. Event info & tickets: bit.ly/3XU0lYR

The number of times I’ve said “fuck knees” over the past couple years…

LFG

Tamworth’s Beck-Ray Enoru hopping up on a teammate’s shoulders to tape the sagging goal net (with the GK’s finger tape) is everything. #emiratesfacup

Up & at ‘em early on a Sunday for the pure beauty of the FA Cup ✨

It’s the whole “help all of them reach their maximum potential” that does it for me.

Filling this gap is exactly what drew me to WPSL Pro. Our women’s side has dominated for two generations. That won’t be the case if we don’t support the women’s path. www.nytimes.com/athletic/604...

OKC is a phenomenal team. This feels so great. (Knock on wood, throw salt over shoulder) Yes, Cavs. #Letemknow

I am positively fiending for an NBA Championship this Cavs team is historic

I watched the local Cavs-OKC broadcast so I didn’t have to hear nationals figure out how to disparage two mid-market teams. And it’s been lovely 🧡

I learned a lot in 2024. I was welcomed to be in rooms I hadn’t been before, to ask questions, listen in, absorb, experiment & learn more. Working with people who do that — welcome, encourage, mentor, amplify, nudge — is life-changing. 2024 said what it said. Let’s see what 2025 has in store.

We built something special in 2024. We welcome 2025 & all the possibilities ahead. ✨ Derivative art inspired this morning by @newhappyco.bsky.social’s new year post ✨

The Pop Tarts Bowl sets a new standard for brand sponsorship in sporting events. If you’re just putting your name on the game and not putting a toaster in the trophy, sprinkles on the field & sacrificing a mascot at the end… why bother?

Is there a way Denver & Cincinnati can lose this game and both miss the playoffs because I have personal beef? 😇

Over the past five years, my mom and then each of my cousins have moved to Cleveland — and it blurs me with joy ✨ to be this lucky.

In the words of Jack Berger: “I’m not gonna sugarcoat it for you. He’s just not that into you.”

Part of me thinks this storyline expires with the functional Internet. Part of me knows President Bartlett would still call the hotline.

As a Clevelander: I had already googled Caroline Jurevicius’ lineage before they put Joe on the screen.

Googling everything I don’t know about volleyball during commercial breaks.

Maybe if we’d told the NWSL about our sewer district… ✨

Best part of planning the NWSL site visit was finding ways to involve our biggest woso fans. Ally & Em share their adventure picking up the commissioner from the airport & much more. Listen 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/74wA...

Have you had anyone mansplain something to you on here yet? Curious. (I have not. Please don’t jinx yourself, Gina!)

Today, the world is our oyster. And I really love oysters. Sorry, oysters 🦪😬

Grateful I happened to cancel my hair appt today. Bound to have led to a bangs situation that became any entire regrettable era.

With all this newfound time on my hands… I’ll launch the first women’s pro soccer team in Ohio: bit.ly/wpslprocleve...

These pledge kits are only orders from TODAY. Cleveland is willing this #NWSL bid ✨ Spoiler: Shaker Heights did not appreciate being in third place.

I do exactly this 2x daily — once, right when I wake up, for lymphatic drainage; once in the middle of the day when I realize I can’t plan anything in my life right now because who knows, who knows when it’s gonna happen…

Can confirm 🐾

There’s a gaping hole in the women’s player pathway – not for lack of talent. I’m starting this D3 pro soccer team to give women & girls opportunities to grow their careers & rise to their personal bests. Plus: we get more women’s soccer in Cleveland! Follow along & tell a friend 🖤

Well, I guess there’s only one thing left to do…

BRB… checking to see if Beyoncé likes soccer.

Ty Jerome knows what to do.

How is it 2024 & I can’t select the commentary I want to hear on an #nba game? It’s really hard to hear the national broadcast with their lips shoved in Boston’s… 🍑

Cavs are going to put in fans for the last 90 seconds.

This game has no biz being this close. Cavs:

Najveći teškaš svih vremena 💪 Kakva karijera, Stipe Miočić 🇭🇷 OK, now I don’t ever have to watch UFC again 😅

Skipping the Miočić late night show (can’t do two nights of fights in a row) to give all my energy to KC Current – and give me a reason to figure out how to be in KC next weekend 🤞

Cavs frog lore for anyone else who has no clue what’s going on 🐸

Apparently the answer is Jamiroquai

I have a lot of questions about what’s going on with this fight & why I’m still awake, but then there’s this.

Whoever is running Netflix needs to put some aluminum foil on the antennae cause this is ghetto #TysonvPaul

I don’t know where the frog came from, but… I like it?