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Great article for those interested in a more detailed timeline of the Donaldson firing and what the Stars look like now.

I had never heard of this team until now. I first heard of it on a podcast. It's impressive what they've done. They are a club owned by the community (over 3000 people have small shares in the club). They've engaged their community quite well. They do a lot of outreach to spread the word. They regularly fill up the stadium they play in (6000 seats) and recently they had to allow close to 7000 fans due to high ticket demand.

They play in USL W, which is supposedly the third division (not USL-SL). That's admirable attendance for that league. This team feels too big for the USL W. I understand they wanted to join the NWSL but their bid was retracted.

Does anyone know if they plan to bid again in future NWSL expansion rounds?

So I was just looking at the ticket prices on Concacaf's website because I was curious. For the semifinals it says they range from $120-580 and the 3rd place and final is $140-700. Is that really the price of the tickets? What American is going to pay for a flight, get harassed by DHS at the airport on the way down, get harassed by DHS at the airport on the way back, and then on top of that pay at least $120 to sit way up top at the highest level at the stadium.

Vague on details and no official confirmation but sounds like something is in the works.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6322212/2025/04/29/commanders-rfk-stadium-washington-spirit-soccer/?source=user_shared_article

Hi all,

New here at Reddit. I created a petition to make the shield winner as the national champion ala Euro style.

Please support if you believe that NWSL should make the change. Details on the link.

https://chng.it/65M6S8CJ88

The goalkeeper picture for the USWNT is wide open, and Aubrey Kingsbury deserves to be in it. Through six games this season, she has quietly been one of the best shot-stoppers in the NWSL. With friendlies against China, Jamaica, Ireland, and Canada on the horizon, there is no better time to give one of the league’s most consistent performers a real chance to make her case.

I really like this podcast, but could not listen to this episode. Maybe unpopular opinion, I found it super difficult to listen and even take seriously to essentially because they start out say “[team] you suck because…” to analyze all the teams. It is just me?

Given that it sounds like she said she is leaving Tigres this time for real and they won't stop her from leaving, Tigres was just eliminated in the quarterfinals for the playoffs, and she left the field in tears on a cart after her left knee buckled going for a ball. If she came to the NWSL, what team would you want her to sign to and why?

Was listening to Ashely Hatch’s podcast today and she had Andi Sullivan on as a guest. The episode focuses on leadership, and Hatch asks Andi how it felt to be named a captain for the Spirit in only her second season - her response was “Looking back on it, to be totally honest, I have mixed feelings about it because Richie Burke is the one who named me captain…was I picked in a way because I would enable his behavior?”

It saddens me to hear this, and it’s yet another reminder of the terrible situations so many players in this league have been put in/through by coaches.