THREE GOALS IN TWO GAMES 👏 Sveindís Jónsdóttir, take a bow!

SVEINDÍS MF'N JÓNSDÓTTIR

Final thoughts on the ACFC win (for now): - If this team learns to comeback and find ways to win ugly, they will be a real problem - Concacaf Sveindís is going to FEED families this year - Straus still not happy with this performance is good to see - There is no ceiling, it’s all an illusion

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

On Friday Angel City faces off against the Houston Dash to cement their place at the top of the table (for now). Here's my recap of their 3-1 win over Bay FC last Saturday that helped get them to this position. twoleftfeet.beehiiv.com/p/match-reca...

Sveíndís Jónsdóttir played so well tonight FotMob had to start covering part of her face because they ran out of real estate lmaooooooo #acfc #nwsl

Angel City dishes out some payback to the Chicago Stars with a 4-0 win. There will continue to be bumps in the road, but the team looks much more organized and lively already. They did what they needed to do and then some. 2026 is off to a strong start. twoleftfeet.beehiiv.com/p/match-reca...

Big sad about this one. Never like to see a player injured, but the excitement to see her with this team after a full offseason was too real. Wishing her a speedy recovery and sending all the good vibes her way! 🫶🏾 ⬇️ 📰

NOT HINA GOD TAKE ME INSTEAD

congrats to alyssa thompson on her doctorate degree from the christen press school of shooting

We silently held up ABOLISH ICE signs during the anthem, and security came to our seats and said if we didn't hand them over they would have LASD remove us from the game. I asked if it was the stadium rules, and security said it was the team's decision. So there's that.

Hope this makes you smile, even if just a little.

Gisele played 90 without any cramps its over for you all

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