“Things just getting a little bit silly here… “…it’s getting more than a little bit silly.” I know this is a serious thing, but that commentary 💀💀💀

also, shoutout to yael. she did some serious gm'ing this season. reale and schupansky fit perfectly, then she went and got shaw, whose first ten games with the club included 2g/1a in a playoff run in which she was the difference in wins over kc and orlando.

Scoring the winning goal in the NWSL championship game only gets you so far, unfortunately. 😂

Berman still hasn’t learned that Liga MX Feminil has 18 clubs and it’s just making dislike her even more

Bru and Gabi are diabolical 😭😭😭

NWSL AWARDS THREAD! Rookie of the Year Winner: Lilly Reale xOG pick: Lilly Reale (Second Gotham fullback to win the award in three years… last time they followed it up with a title)

Amazon looked at him, told the NWSL “this white man painted teal is MONEY,” and it changed him from quirky sideshow to big top circus. And he is, in fact, a clown.

One more game for the NWSL Championship! The Elo model favors Gotham FC over the Washington Spirit for the title, though it is in the range of a tossup. The model generally prefers Gotham's xG performance in the last month or so, and they get credit for winning both playoff games on the road.

Alice was a big fan of this account, and she had a great sense of humor

Thinking about the time Soph Wilson realized part way through the post-match interview that the Thorns were taking a team photo without her

I got no pony in this race; only rooting for chaos, and thus:

NWSL Probabilities for the semi-finals and finals ⚽ KC's loss has blown the whole thing open, and Gotham are the favorites following their upset win! Each of the 4 remaining teams have decent odds to win, and there's no runaway top team at this point.

No, no, as the person who chooses the starting XI...

On repeat

I shouldn’t be surprised, because she’s human, but I really did think Emma Sears was so indefatigable, she could easily go full speed for a solid two hours.

I also think officially engaging bad faith actors over eligibility in a statement like this means the “protect women’s sports” crowd have successfully controlled the conversation. Everyone’s dancing around the underlying problem, except for Sarah Gorden.

I just don’t know why we are so afraid to call it what it is, racism and transphobia have been no where in anyone’s statement.

Banda’s accolades, while impressive, are not relevant in the face of racist and transphobic attacks. If the league cannot be specific in naming what those "hateful attacks" are, this statement just noise.

Literally the same thing happened in 2023…

Started in this league as a player. Now I stand in it as a leader. With that comes the responsibility to champion what makes this league and game special. P, you’re exactly what makes our space special. Wherever your path takes you, whatever kit you wear, know this: we’ve got your back. 💪

Where are @galpalsports.bsky.social?? I came on here specifically to see their exclamation about Rose Lavelle’s uncouth right foot

Apropos of nothing, here is a video of Sam Mewis and Lynn Williams for @womensgamemib.bsky.social last year, in which they state that human rights are more important than soccer. Trans people belong.

This is genuinely not a dig, but it feels appropriate that in the Alex Morgan retirement celebration game, the #uswnt is ahead in offsides calls 🫶🏼

They can’t have the press conference in the East Room

Another city freed from the iron chains of capitalism. No team should have more goals than the other.

Gigi is a blessing to Soph Wilson in many ways, including in that she’s probably distracting and/or soothing Soph over Nay and Cat being called besties with no mention of her whatsoever

Five teams are looking to clinch a playoff spot in week 24, Washington Spirit has many ways to clinch playoff hosting and three teams are fighting to stay in the playoff race

The Dash could really use Sophie Schmidt right about now

Anyone who watched Abby Smith with Gotham in the first 2/3 of the 2023 season knows she can handle chaotic situations like that one earlier lol

The amount of players announcing pregnancies tells me that the changes and updates made to the CBA in recent years has made players feel significantly safer to expand their families without needing to sacrifice their careers. And that’s genuinely beautiful.

Jaelin Howell: nominated for NWSL Player of the Week for 3 out of 4 match weeks in September, scored a goal and bagged an assist, yet does not make the September Best XI. I know I am biased, but “biggest snub” is right on point.

She was a fairy 🧚‍♀️✨

Congrats to Washington Spirit for clinching a playoff spot this weekend! Everything else in the table is up in the air at this point

Not a Spirit fan, but I still missed her 😝

Ballon d’or like

Hashtag blessed

I feel like this second half of Utah v Louisville has lasted like three hours, and there’s still 11’ +stoppage left…so probably like, 25’ left? 🫩🥱🫩

Tbh it’s incredible to me that Racing is even out there. They just played Sun. in Seattle and had to witness Sav DeMelo’s med emergency, then they had to stay in Seattle and play the 2nd half of that game on Tues., and now Fri. they’re playing in UT, probably still worrying about Sav? That’s a lot.

Ngl, I’m glad my team doesn’t have to play the Royals in the last 5 games. It’s like they’re on a mission to just steal as many points as they can from their opponents to finish out the season.

I’m rooting for Utah, but I would have loved that worldie for Ary Borges

Every angle is incredible, give me more pls

It was wild to just realize that Orlando won 4 straight to start off the season, then they went 4-8-5, including winless in the last 9. Chaos league stays chaotic, man.

That Tanaka goal was pure filth (complimentary), whew

The pink scrunchie queen, all class as usual. And when you’re the one who came up with “Big Purp,” it has to be “once Big Purp, always Big Purp,” right? 💜💜💜

CRS, you still got another 9 min, get a goal against the Dash please, I am begging you, you can do it

Sending all our love to Savannah DeMelo 💜