#nwsl icons

[sapphiccj]

in honor of pinoes last home game here’s quite possibly the greatest picture ever taken

#this is a piece of art #doesn’t even need to be on the field #what an icon #megan rapinoe #ol reign #seattle reign #nwsl

[emotionalsupportsoccerball]

Everyone congratulating Tierna on her engagement and then there’s Andi

#uswnt #uswnt players #soccer #woso #nwsl #andi sullivan #tierna davidson #baby t #they’re both icons #really hoping we get to see them share the pitch soon

[wosostuffs]

like if u save.

#christen press #christen press icons #angel city fc #cp23 #acfc #re inc #uswnt #uswnt icons #uswntsoccer #nwsl #woso #futfem

[melodiousoblivionao3]

Seeing Andi’s leadership during this game…always a captain even when she’s not. My queen.

#andi sullivan #loml #underrated icon #woso #nwsl #uswnt #washington spirit

[mayasdeluca]

sydneyleroux We’re back, @weareangelcity!! 😎😎

#sydney leroux #angel city fc #nwsl #cassius #roux #i needed these on my blog because how cute #the most stylish fam!! roux is iconic

[woso11]

Krieger - Harris

#ashlyn harris #ali krieger #sloane phillips #nwsl #gotham fc #Sloane is a fashion icon alreadt

[zemissinglinkus]

So I made a blog for my nwsl content.

If you want to witness all my water puns and women’s soccer shenanigans follow @hydrationbreak

#yes I went through that much trouble to edit three team logos in one #and yes I'm using the reign fc icon since ol is selling the reign. feels right. #nwsl

[trustherkindheart]

Are there stats on players combining the same Assist-Goal pairing twice in the same week? Once for club, once for country.

Cause that feels like icon only behavior

#uswnt #nwsl #megan rapinoe #rose lavelle #note: i do not actually think this is a good thing #we should be giving players rest after they come back from int minutes #however #i cant not hype rose and rapinoe #becoming a truly iconic combination

[emotionalsupportsoccerball]

Everytime I see Kristie post something about being in Australia, all I can think about is this

#kristie mewis #uswnt #uswnt players #soccer #woso #nwsl #midge purce #gotham fc #iconic #she really did

[usnatarchives]

Play Like A Girl!

Women's Soccer in the United States ⚽⚽⚽

From its early days, the story of women's soccer is one of resilience, determination, and sheer love for the game.

The first recorded women's soccer match in the U.S. took place way back in 1922, featuring the Dick, Kerr's Ladies of England and a local amateur St. Louis team. While this historic match sparked interest, the sport didn't really take off until the 1970s. 

A game-changer was the passing of Title IX in 1972, a federal law that said "no way" to sex-based discrimination in schools. This opened the door for more opportunities in sports, including women's soccer.

The first NCAA Women's Soccer Championship took place in 1982, further legitimizing the sport at the collegiate level.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Women's National Team (USWNT) was formed in 1985, making their international debut at the Mundialito tournament in Italy that same year.

The team's success in the 1991 Women's World Cup, where they emerged as champions, marked a turning point in the popularity and recognition of women's soccer in the United States.

In 1999, the United States hosted the World Cup. The USWNT captured the hearts of fans everywhere with their nail-biting victory against China in a penalty shootout. Who can forget Brandi Chastain's iconic celebration after scoring the winning goal? That moment became a symbol of the growth and success of women's soccer–and women athletes–in the United States. 

Fast forward to 2013, when the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) was created as the go-to professional league for women's soccer in the U.S. Today, the NWSL and USWNT continue to make waves in the sport, with the national team winning multiple Olympic gold medals and World Cup titles. So get out there, and Play Like a Girl!

Further Reading:

Title IX and Women’s Soccer in NARA’s Film Holdings

#Women's Soccer #USWNT #Soccer #Sports #Play Like A Girl #Women's Sports

[thinkingaboutjaedyn]

the hunger games: the battle of the gays & allies [woso] | episode one

prompt: the hunger games but woso style

author notes: this is another bullshit post but like i actually put some effort into it ☝🏽🤓 okay so basically i used a hunger games simulator and put 12 woso bestie duos into so now imma just talk about the results in fic style with this being about day one and night one of the simulator then I'll do the others in lil episodes. this is the most stupid thing i have ever posted but still! enjoy it y'all, don't take anything too serious 💗

HOW THIS WORKS ────── DISTRICTS

okay, so basically in the hunger games districts are like where the tributes live or whatever like they are like states, but in my version the districts are just teams. each team sends out a duo to go and win the hunger games which is like a tournament. some of these teams are club but others are national. let's just act like the whole "tournament" is just for funsies and the girlies are just acting really really good. there are two teams from the d1 french league, two from the nwsl, four from the wsl, one from the liga mx femenil, one from the liga f, and two national teams.

PARTICIPANTS ───────── TRIBUTES

barcelona [district one]: alexia & mapi

chelsea [district two]: sam & millie

gotham [district three]: lynn & kelley

west ham united [district four]: katrina & mackenzie

arsenal [district five]: leah & lia

lyon [district six]: lindsey & danielle

engwnt [district seven]: alessia & ella

uswnt [district eight]: trinity & ashley

man city [district nine]: alanna & mary

psg [district ten]: elisa & sakina

angel city [district eleven]: ali & alyssa

tigres [district twelve]: fernanda & jenni

DAY ONE: welcome to the hunger games!

it's day one of the tournament. all tributes are getting ready to be released out onto the grounds, ready for eleven days or less of pure survival. all of the best friends duos are saying their last words before they become the equivalent of frenemies out on the field. let's go check up on some of them!

firstly, we have alexia and mapi from the barcelona district. great friends, an iconic duo amongst fans. alexia is very focused on scouting out the land as best as she can from the little window provided in the rooms tributes are held in. meanwhile mapi is laying on the ground, throwing a ball at the wall and laughing once it comes back down almost hitting her. maybe it's like a distraction? we'll never know.

now we move onto trinity and ashley who are cuddling together for the last time. these two seem very close, making jokes and all before they have to basically fight to survive out there amongst everyone else.

our last checkup is going to be on katrina and mackenzie. we have katrina trying to make a plan on how she is going to survive since she wants to get out and be there for her daughter harper (who will be cheering her on the whole tournament) & her baby boy is on the way. mackenzie seems to be trying to help, but keeps cracking jokes or chewing on the complimentary snacks we left in the tributes rooms.

then finally all of the tributes are released! let's the games begin. alexia is coming in strong with the spainard scoring a bar mace from inside of the cornucopia before running off with her new treasure. her fellow district one tribute mapi finds a bag of food easily without struggle. going off into a direction opposite of alexia's. seems like the two do not plan to become an alliance during this tournament. sam and millie dash to the same bag of food & supplies, but millie somehow gets scared of sam despite her size and flees. leaving sam with the bag while millie will have to scavenge for her needs.

lynn breaks kelley's nose over a basket of bread. those two aren't getting along that well it seems. with a broken nose kelley is left without any food, having to run off to get away from lynn's violence. the planned out katrina rips a bag from mackenzie's hands the moment they both reach the cornucopia. leah from district five easily finds a bag of food. holding onto it tightly before running away to find somewhere to hide it. for some reason lia grabs a bottle of alcohol, maybe to drown out her pain? and also is able to get a blade that will be useful later on.

lindsey immediately kills her fellow district six tribute danielle with a hatchet she finds. she overpowers the smaller danielle and stabs her in the heart, leaving dani on the ground before moving on to somewhere else. she took care of the predicament that would trouble her later on the tournament; whether to kill her fellow tribute or let danielle kill her? lindsey picked the former. alessia finds a bag full of camping equipment which will be useful for the long nights on the grounds. meanwhile her bestie ella takes a few explosives from the cornucopia. keeping them for safe keeping.

trinity gathers as much food as she can before going off into the forest. ashley grabs supplies furthest away from the cornucopia before escaping away into the forest as well without anyone seeing or catching her. maybe they'll stick together inside of there. the district nine tribute alanna thinks about grabbing something, but doesn't. running off to get away from the violence near the cornucopia. her fellow tribute mary tries to go for an axe, but elisa goes from it as well. mary decides to take the hint and retreats quickly. sakina seems to want to be katniss part two and gets arrows from the cornucopia, but no bow unfortunately.

ali grabs some handy throwing knives and retreats away from everyone else. her younger fellow tribute alyssa grabs a sickle while fernanda from district twelve gets a slingshot which won't do much against the other weapons in this tournament, but the effort is appreciated.

jenni focuses on supplies and gets a first aid kit instead of a weapon. running off somewhere that will hopefully be as safe as a place can be in this tournament.

mapi tries to betray her bestfriend alexia by sneaking up on her, but alexia is too smart and catches her in on the act. killing her easily. the spainard's first kill of someone from her own district, joining lindsey in figuring out the dreaded choice.

while people are dying, sam is chilling around practicing her knife throwing & archery. she does this by throwing knives at trees farther and farther away from her before using a bow & arrow she made from using her knife to carve out wood from a tree. meanwhile millie searches for food since sam took the bag of food from her.

lynn injures herself near the lake after tripping over a log. thankfully it's not an acl injury, but her knee does hurt. kelley has bandaged up her nose using leaves, moving onto searching for water & firewood. katrina and mackenzie get over their little fight earlier, creating a fort out of sticks & leaves which might not hold up under weather but is okay for the night. leah steals water and food from her own fellow tribute lia while lia isn't looking.

lindsey makes a wooden spear from tree branches to protect herself. alessia and ella decide to not go against each other. forming an alliance that will benefit both the whole tournament. trinity's loyalty is not as stable as once thought as she steals food & water from ashley while ashley isn't looking. sneaking back off into the further parts of the forest afterwards. alanna sees smoke rising in the distance of the west and wonders who did it, but refuses to investigate. mary works alongside district ten's elisa just for the day.

sakina finds her a water source that can support her throughout the tournament. setting up camp there as best as she can. ali runs away from her fellow tribute alyssa. leaving the youngster to fend for herself. fernanda also practices her knife throwing and archery. while jenni has a mini panic attack over the situation she's in.

NIGHT ONE: it's getting chilly

alexia passes out from pure exhaustion and the guilt of having to kill her bestfriend. sam questions her sanity, why would she choose to do this? while these two have their mid life crisis; millie, lynn, and kelley are all fighting but millie is quickly becoming more and more aggressive. lynn runs off out of fear while kelley is killed by millie. the district two tribute overpowers kelley and strangles her to death.

katrina cries herself to sleep while thinking of her children and fiancee. curling up into a ball in that little fort of branches and leaves. mackenzie was able to find and hunt a rabbit earlier. now she's cooking it on a fire she built. leah tries to speak but keeps waking up because of nightmares terrorizing her. eventually she is able to doze off but feels unsettled. while leah is fighting for her life mentally, her fellow tribute lia gets a five course gourmet meal from an unknown sponsor in the middle of the night; seems like someone is trying to help her out in this tournament. perhaps her lover? we'll never know.

lindsey also received something from an unknown sponsor in the middle of the night; clean water. she uses some of this water to drink and saves the rest for tomorrow. alessia and ella create a fort to sleep in for the night. cracking jokes while they try to drift off. they are still happily close and are enjoying their alliance. trinity, ashley, alanna, and mary all joke with each other over a fire. they are getting along well, but this is still an competition so they don't expect them to stay friendly. elisa and sakina decide to support eachother by making a peace treaty to ride out the night.

an unknown sponsor sends ali clean water. she uses half to drink and saves the rest. lacking a water source near her, she needed this. alyssa stays awake all night on pure adrenaline. holding herself in a ball while rocking back and forth. too scared to try to sleep. fernanda convinces jenni to snuggle with her for the night.

and that's the end for today! episode two will be out tomorrow, we'll see how our tributes survive the next day. rest in peace to lyon's danielle [killed by her fellow district tribute lindsey], barcelona's mapi [killed by her fellow district tribute alexia], and gotham's kelley [killed by district two's millie]. they will be sent back to their districts by tomorrow.

anyways hope y'all liked that 😝🤞🏽 i tried my best

#woso fanfics #uswnt #barcelona femeni #engwnt #psg feminines #nwsl #chelsea women

[04mxfutbol]

Forgiveness (Alex Morgan x Reader)

A/N: Part 2 of You’re Not Sorry. Enjoy!  I hope I did part 2 it’s justice.

It has been months now, three to be exact. Alex has definitely been stepping up her game although you were one hard headed person. Trying to avoid the fact that you still loved her. More than anything.

Alex would constantly try and find you during the last days of camp, trying to get a second alone with you. But when she couldn’t, she simply grabbed your hand, placing a note in your palm.

You never read them as it pained you but ultimately they ended up on your desk.

“You look beat kid.” Megan says and you chuckle. There’s a knock on the door in which Megan walks up to see who’s at the door.

“I’m tired. My phone keeps ringing.” You say as you throw your phone towards the couch.

“Here’s some advice from a wise person, answer the call.” Sue says as she hands you your phone.

“Delivery for miss Y/L/N.” Megan says as she walks back in with flowers. “Again.”

“Telling you kid, answer the phone. Trust me, it would help you.”

“See if Alex put this much effort into something at least it’s into trying to get someone back and not murder.”

“Megan!”

“Fine. I’ll answer. Also why do you call me kid? I’m not that young.”

“My god this house is filled with flowers and none are for me.” Sue says making you laugh as you walk to the room you’ve been staying at.

“Hello?”

“Hey Y/N.”

“Shit, hi Christen. I thought you were Alex. Hence why I haven’t answered my phone.” You say, your eyes widening as you realize Christen was most definitely the person trying to contact you.

“It’s okay, Tobin and I will be near Tacoma tomorrow and wanted to see if you wanted to come with us to grab some dinner?” Christen asks and you smile.

“I could never say no to my favorite people.”

“Ouch.” Sue says as she walks past you.

“You’re also my favorite Sue.” You say as she walks past you.

“We’ll see you tomorrow Y/N. Take care.” Christen says and you hang up the phone.

You walk into the spare bedroom where you’ve been staying at since you had no apartment and weren’t necessarily on the best salary with the NWSL. Sue and Megan happily let you stay with them as long as you did help around and be their personal hype person when going out.

You laid down on your bed, scrolling through your Instagram and found your way to Alex’s profile. You clicked on her icon in which she had been posting. You saw that she was somewhere that looked familiar but you couldn’t remember where. It looked all too familiar.

You looked at the multiple vases of flowers that were in your room, the notes completely covering your desk, the notes were now completely read and you didn’t know how to feel. Alex’s hoodie she sent you on your chair. Alex was doing everything she possibly could.

Soon enough it was time to go to bed, excited that you’d be spending some time with Christen and Tobin. Two people who were also a source of safety and comfort for you, just like Sue and Megan although Sue and Megan were definitely a bit more fun. Not that Tobin and Christen can’t be fun but they’re rather more protective and well more parent like.

“I’ll be back later.” You announce to the two women who were all cuddled up on the couch watching some new show they found.

“Call us if you need a rescue.” Megan says and you laugh as you make your way out.

You get into your car, driving to where Christen had told you to meet the two players. You got out of the car and arriving at restaurant on the pier. You sat on a bench in front of the restaurant waiting for the two women.

To distract yourself you decided to just enjoy the view, looking at how every person walking by you had something to be doing. You always found yourself intrigued how every person has their own life and has their own things they go through. It sometimes blew your mind, how people could be in the same room but going through different things. Mind blown.

“Hey.” You hear, a tap on your shoulder. You turn around and you see Alex, a bouquet of flowers in one hand.

“Alex? What are you doing here?” You ask as you get up and walk around the bench to stand in front of her. “How’d you know I’d be here? I’m waiting for Christen and Tobin.”

“You wouldn’t respond to my messages and I had to see you, talk to you somehow.” Alex says as she hands you the bouquet of flowers. “Please. Please have dinner with me, just one dinner. Trust me please.”

You hesitated before saying yes. You walked to your car placing the flowers in the front seat and walking back to Alex. You silently cursed at Christen and Tobin for doing this. But also maybe appreciated it?

“You look great.” You say to Alex as you both walk to your table.

“You look stunning yourself.” Alex says and you feel your cheeks heat up. How Alex still had that effect on you, you didn’t know. Well you did but you won’t admit it.

You help Alex sit down and made your way over to your chair. Looking over the menu, and ordering. While waiting for your food you both awkwardly sat in silence.

“So.” You say as you look around and drumming the table with your fingers.

“These past months without you have been absolute misery. I know I wasn’t the best girlfriend, I drowned myself in work as a way to ignore the fact that I felt like I was losing you and I didn’t know why.” Alex says, finally breaking the tension. “I’m sorry I forgot so many important things but I was absolutely terrified that pouring too much of myself to you would make you leave me.”

“Oh Alex.” You whisper as you reach for her hand. “Alex all I ever wanted was to be able to love you and care for you. I just wanted to be your forever. I wasn’t mad you were forgetting everything I was angry because you seemed to push me away every time you got scared about sharing how you felt. If anything I was terrified you would leave me because a part of me felt like you were ashamed of me.”

“I could never be ashamed of you. You’re the best that’s ever happened to me.” Alex says softly, squeezing your hand as her blue eyes looked into your eyes. “I haven’t stopped loving you.”

“Neither have I.” You say faster than your brain could comprehend what was being said.

“Your food.”

Oof what a way to ruin the moment.

“I should have let you know how I was feeling. Instead I didn’t tell you and lost you.” Alex says.

“You didn’t lose me completely.” You say.

“It felt like I did, I saw you with someone else and it killed me every single second that you were with someone who wasn’t me.” Alex says.

“I’ve only ever loved you and I can’t love anyone else but you. Even if I tried I wouldn’t stop loving you, it’s not possible to love anyone else.” You say and Alex smiles.

“I want to make sure you know just how sure I am that I want to be with you. I want to build a life together.” Alex says. “I don’t deserve your forgiveness I know I don’t but if you were to just talk to me like friends I’d gladly take that.”

You give her hand a squeeze, looking at her and smiling.

“I’d love nothing more then to get back with you, but we need to start over. We have to trust each other and actually communicate. We’re both at fault when it came to communicating.” You say.

“Mostly me.” Alex says and you nod your head.

“Mostly you, yes. But it’s not all on you, I also didn’t want to confront you because I didn’t want to lose you. In the end we just both suffered the consequences.”

“I know. I know and I’m sorry. You’re too good for me, too good for this world.” Alex says softly. “So no more secrets.”

“No more secrets.” You say nodding your head. “More communication.”

“I can do that.” Alex says and you smile. “For you I’d do anything.”

“Forgiveness is the first step.”

You both eat and talk about how to help this relationship to grow and be stronger than before. Once you finish eating you walk out to the pier, to go on a walk.

Side by side you stand against the rail to see the sunset.

“I lied.” Alex says.

“What?” You ask.

“I lied when I said I had no more secrets. I have one more.”

“Do you want to share it?” You ask and Alex nods her head.

“I've lied to every girl I said ‘I love you’ to. I mean, I thought I loved them, but then... I met you and realized... I've never been in love before.”

“I did not know that.” You say softly as you grab her hands.

“When you and I, you know split up, it felt like my whole heart was just gone. Y/N I love you and if I were to ever lose you again I’d lose me in the process.” You smile as you wrap her in your arms, hugging her and loving the warmth she always gave you.

“I love you.” You say.

You both stay in the same exact position for about two minutes before pulling away.

“Did you like my notes? I actually hand wrote all of them.” Alex says and you chuckle. “Did you get my flowers?”

“I liked your notes. I did get your flowers ALL of them, even the one sent this morning.” You say.

Alex smiles as she looks at the most beautiful sight. You look at the sunset. Alex bites her lip as she turns your around to kiss you passionately. The unexpected action makes you freeze but you quickly kiss her back.

You both smile in the kiss and when you pull away, the smile still on both your faces.

“Sorry.” Alex says with a smile.

“You’re not sorry.” You say with a giggle.

“You’re right I’m not sorry, I’ve been holding myself back but I just couldn’t.”

“I think we’ll be just fine.” You say with a smile.

“I think so too.”

“No more secrets and more trust.”

Alex was indeed sorry.

Sure enough, you were both right. Although you both ended up more than fine. Happy. You were both happy, forever.

#alex morgan x reader #uswnt x reader #uswnt imagine #woso imagine

[harris-krieger]

#ali krieger #gotham fc #nwsl #it’s 6am and I can’t process this right now 😭😭

[trustherkindheart]

Nothing says 'I don't watch women's football' like "They don't like to argue with the referee. There isn't a lot of dissent in the women's game."

#tell me you don't watch the nwsl without telling me you don't watch the nwsl #nwsl #woso #u20 wwc #referring to commentators comments during the canwnt v korea game #looking at you pinoe #getting reds for dissent from the bench #icon behavior #when the refs are as shit as they are in the nwsl

[uswnt5]

I’m guessing if they do an episode this week it’ll just be about their grassroot soccer trip and maybe any offseason moves that got announced. Last time it was basically only the expansion draft so that fits with the theme. I doubt they’ll stay for the WSL game since it’s so long after the gala and they are busy people. It’s not like they’ve talked about the WSL much recently, they seem to be focusing on NWSL (as is the title of their new podcast icon). Plus Christen will have rehab things to do, she is about to start the next phase from what she’s been saying.

I want anything they'll give us

[alwritey-aphrodite]

top 5 nwsl players

How dare you make me choose between my wives…

1. Alex Morgan - 13 is my lucky number because of her, literally kept me playing soccer until I started getting really into ballet

2. Megan Rapinoe - I know she’s retiring but I cant let her go that easy, she’s simply an icon and a legend and I don’t know what I’ll do without her

3. Trinity Rodman - she played like a fucking beast this World Cup and I can’t wait to watch her more, I just know she’ll get better and better

4. Sophia Smith - my baby girl, my sweet angel, my precious darling, I’m so excited to watch her grow and dominate

5. Rose Lavelle - truly my number one wife, I’d take a fucking bullet for her, literally perfect in every single way

Honorable mention to Sam Kerr, who’s not in the nwsl but I do have her poster above my bed so she can watch over me every night

#elliot tag <3 #my intellectual trophy wife <3 #these are not in any order just the order they appeared in my brain #another honorable mention to katie McCabe who plays for arsenal and is a joy to watch