At the risk of writing too much, that’s assuming the MLS teams actually give their affiliated NWSL team any PR. Only the Thorns/Timber are good at that. I would say that’s the only organization where it’s not like, “oh we did a thing for you ladies.” After them, Utah Royals/RSL have an owner who cares about both, but…

That looks like Ana Ivanovic in the bottom pic so it isn’t from 2018, but I agree with your point.

Thanks. I watch as much of the NWSL as I can, when the streams work of course, and it’s obvious no one on the Deadspin staff really pays attention. Then again, I assume Billy actually watches men’s soccer and all of his articles are dreadful.

It is enough to make you cranky so I understand. 

Can you imagine if the horror of “El Clasico at MetLife Stadium only on ESPN+” might be the hook they’re aiming for?

About half of the teams turn a profit. Some owners (like Phil Murphy) only use it as a tax break. Other owners do it to boost their youth soccer money making academies (Washington Spirit). I’d say Merritt Paulson (Portland Thorns) and Dell Loy Hansen (Utah Royals) are probably the best owners in the league, followed…

I’m fairly certain both NY MLS teams expressed interest in buying Sky Blue but the owners declined. Especially since NYCFC is owned by Man City and that would give them a chance to have a women’s team in England, Australia, the US. Sam Kerr would’ve probably stayed there under new ownership since she plays for Man…

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Flacco accused of having a weak arm. Dude can probably throw endline to endline off his back foot (the only way he throws these days). Now, if you needed someone to throw the ball accurately, Flacco is not your guy.

Cecil has two Walmarts and zero Targets. White people know exactly how far they have to go to join the KKK (Rising Sun) and a confederate flag tattoo isn’t an unusual sight.

Oh shit. Here’s one for you. Driving through RS one day, which is something I seldom do (see: KKK—my skin tone does not jibe with them), we’re…

In high school, my chamber choir would warm to that “my Bonnie lies over the ocean” song and every time we sang Bonnie we’d have to sit or stand. It was punishment enough after that one song. Fuck this lady.

+1 Hello to Ngata

I’ll have you know the Cecil County MAGAs are the third best team (out of 3) in the local 30+ softball beer league. They are “Hogan Stong,” as the saying goes, meaning they do just enough to look like a decent team, but never do anything controversial knowing they would be vetoed by the party in power. They’re…

Of course. But they can have Loh’s and the AD’s paychecks, too.

Gotta love how handy the j archive is. Julia is one of my favorite champs so that’s a pretty cool feather in your cap.

Bowling Green stomped our asses the last time we played them and they’re one of our OOC games this season. So it’s safe to say we’re worse than Bowling Green. Although we’re better at killing kids, unfortunately. And since that won’t be enough to sack Durkin, maybe another losing season will be...which is awful to…

I’m an alum and season ticket holder, as well. I’ve met McNair’s parents in passing while tailgating before games. They are lovely people and part of an entire group of players’ parents who tailgate together and are truly wonderful. This is completely unacceptable. I hope they get every fucking dime they can out of…

I know there was some rumbling that Christie Pearce was the veteran player who was telling Sky Blue players to be thankful they had a team to play for. And coming from Captain America, that’s highly influential to her less established teammates. Very on message for a player from that generation who had lived through…

Because it’s not really a union and it’s only the NWSLPA’s first full season in operation. They mostly just represent non-allocated players’ interests (which, duh of course) but there’s no CBA or anything yet. The only truly unionized players are the allocated members of the USWNT (meaning their federation pays their…

Kling and Morgan Brian

It’s nice to see a *WOC writing about woso on Deadspin. I’ve been waiting for this site to cover the Sky Blue fiasco. Great work!

Are you saying we *shouldn’t* take someone 8 months removed from shredding their ACL to the Olympics? Such a novel concept.

Foudy is basically a mouth for USSF. 

Stictly talking about attendance, Chicago should be on the poor performers list, too. They’ve had two of the best strikers in the league on their team in Christen Press (now with Utah but used to carry that team on her back) and Sam Kerr (who’s currently one of the best in the world), and they still look empty. But…