rodman signed her extension in feb 2022. they've had nearly four years to prepare for this and that's the best they can do. ok. sure.

Increasing expansion fees and artificially holding down player compensation through *scarcity* is not a league, it’s a pyramid scheme.

Lots of hugs for Syd. I hope she's getting all the help she needs.

That’s some CP Finishing School right there!

I have so much respect for the @nwslplayers.bsky.social but to me this misses the point. The issue isn't that the attacks on specific NWSL players are factually incorrect (they are); it's that the hysteria and bigotry around trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming athletes hurts all women

I’ve also been stuck on the fact that Sarah Gorden apologized for another player’s comments, and is the only one to do so — despite it not being her fault in the slightest. I still hope we see public support of her from the league itself, as she is also targeted.

Including that statement is likely just in response to the general fake hysteria about an influx of trans athletes, which is well, fake, but it definitely doesn’t really give inclusive or affirmative which is an unfortunate byproduct to engaging with this crowd directly.

It’s interesting to see how the responses today have been framed, whether it’s focusing on a player’s exceptional talent, or that if they were assigned female at birth. No one in this league should be subject to transphobic hate because transphobia is based on hateful rhetoric and trash science.

The NWSL will be in a much stronger position if it reminds people that transphobic attacks on some players are bad for all players. If you care about women’s sports, you’ll keep the creepy genital testing obsessives and the racists out. Giving them any space makes everyone less safe.

Protect their players then I’ll take them seriously. As of now they continue to be a joke and only do things when they are bullied to do so.

Where it was absolutely too hot to play and then played anyways because tv slots were more important. And in that SAME GAME a Banda was injured and ultimately ended up with a season ending injury which could have been avoided if they DIDN’T play that game. When the league decides to actually (cont)

This season has seen too much where players have quite literally have not been protected by the BARE minimum. I don’t wanna hear anything about you stand with players when you forced players to continue a game where their colleague died on the field and was brought back. Played in conditions (cont)

NWSL has been standing still and hoping no one notices, and in all likelihood a Black player who stood up for others — in the absence of proper moral leadership from the league — is going to have the right-wing rage machine aimed directly at her. And everyone saw it coming.

"Faces teammates' rebuke" says Fox News of Elizabeth Eddy. This is why ownership's initial statement—which compelled Sarah Gorden and the players to issue their own response—was a profound act of moral cowardice. Now, Gorden and her teammates are in the crosshairs. Fuck that.

And THIS is why I said at least every captain needed to speak and be unified. Guess who is gonna get the hate from the Fox News crowd now? Sarah Gorden, that's who. The only Black captain. Okay, going back to work now.

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. 💪

Thank you to these legends who left the game better than they found it❤️❤️

I know what I said earlier, but one agenda I do have is you will never make me hate Sarah Gorden. Only Black captain in the league, BTW. In 2025.

for those not on x, here is Sarah Gordon and Angelina Anderson’s statement, they do speak for the team, and the team says trans folks belong

For all of the ups and downs ACFC as an organization puts me through as a fan, I feel proud to support a group of players who are willing to stand up for what's right. Proud of Sarah Gorden and Angelina Anderson for their leadership in this moment.

Now, you don’t need to spend a decade making the most thoroughly researched and informative podcast on the subject to tell you that people who want gender testing in the NWSL are morally creepy and scientifically wrong, but it just so happens someone already did: www.tested-podcast.com

I would also like to shout from the roof tops that this anti-trans panic and propaganda disproportionally affects Black and brown women

the one true oped www.news-leader.com/story/opinio...

This is some bullshit on SEVERAL different levels. It conveniently ignores the former openly trans NWSL players because it doesn’t fit the anti-trans/“save women’s sports” propaganda and fuels the hatred towards Black women who play in the NWSL (it wasn’t just Banda who was targeted by those people)

One last time at home, an ACFC huddle led by Ali Riley & Christen Press 🩷

So much impresses me about Press and how she handles herself, but it was really big of her to say the quiet part out loud in her speech. Her time in LA, on the pitch, didn’t go how anyone had expected or wanted. Still, she’s a huge part of Angel City’s history and created plenty of big moments.

An example of greatness on and off the field. Thank you, Ali, you changed women’s sports for the better 🥲❤️

Thank you for letting us be part of your career, thank you for your advocacy off the field, and thank you for making the game better, Christen 🥺🖤

Ali Riley gets to wear the captain's armband one last time in LA 🥺

Kerry Abello giveth, Kerry Abello taketh

Lovely tribute to Christen Press by @838carlisle.bsky.social touching on her on and off pitch legacy. The NWSL and USWNT would not be the same without her. btvc.beehiiv.com/p/thank-you-...

at12 uwcl goal

Good morning, Los Angeles. The day many #AngelCityFC fans were hoping to avoid, has come. USWNT superstar and first-ever Angel City FC signing, Christen Press, has announced she will retire at the end of this season. 🔗📰 angelsonparade.com/angel-city-f...

The vision for ACFC seems to finally be taking shape. The structure from the last two matches plays to the team’s strengths. Hina and Nealy help greatly to make it all work. Jun is amazing. Glad to see some positive signs as the season comes to a close. twoleftfeet.beehiiv.com/p/match-reca...

I really like overloading one side with this formation, it allows the 1-2 touch passing that it requires to be successful but it plays to Giselle's strengths. Open space for her to bomb forward with and w/o the ball. #acfc #volemos #woso #nwsl

This crew just makes me happy

ACFC came into this afternoon’s match needing a win. They put in a good shift and took all three points. Keeping this late season momentum alive will be the key to keeping any hope of the 2025 playoffs alive.

So good 🤌

That Chelsea performance did not spark joy, but Catarina Macario played a great game!

Some flowers for MA Vignola. One of my favorite ACFC players. A look ahead for Hina Sugita. One of my favorite Thorns. twoleftfeet.beehiiv.com/p/an-ode-to-...

Vignola is one of the players that I fell in love with the quickest at Angel City, and I’ll miss her. However, I think this is the exact kind of midfield pickup ACFC needs to achieve their desired style of play.

A true legend of the sport is hanging up her boots at the end of the 2025 season. Safe to say she will go down not just as an #AngelCityFC club legend, but as a legend of women’s soccer as a whole. I do my best to wax poetic about her illustrious career. ⬇️ 📰

Forever a WoSo legend 🥲

One of a kind 🖤🩷

Angel City came up short in their must-win game against Racing Louisville to avoid making the rest of their season must-win games. Tough schedule ahead with a bit of a skeleton crew right now. Hopeful for continued small gains along the way. twoleftfeet.beehiiv.com/p/match-reca...

death, taxes, macey getting a yellow #nwsl

Shout out to @sammymewy.bsky.social & @beckysauerbrunn.bsky.social for taking some time on Good Vibes FC to call out the fact that Angel City owner Bob Iger is also head of Disney/brief Kimmel pre-empter Bob Iger. Easy thing to dodge, glad they tackled it.

These Euro bodies have always been wack. Not any less disappointing, but they’ve always had it twisted.