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Per a decision handed down by the U.S. District Court in Oregon today, the National Women's Soccer League cannot enforce its minimum age requirement to prevent a team from signing 15-year-old midfielder Olivia Moultrie. The temporary restraining order was obtained via a lawsuit on
I'm having a really hard time reconciling the NWSL's trans athlete policy [https://prod-nwsl-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/wp/uploads/2021/03/2021-NWSL-Policy-on-Transgender-Athletes.pdf] with its self-professed trans and nonbinary inclusion. "We see you, hear you and celebrate you," the NWSL tweeted [https://twitter.com/NWSL/
The National Women's Soccer League released its Policy on Transgender Athletes on March 31, 2021 -- on Trans Day of Visibility. This choice, and the policy itself, highlight both the problem with "visibility" for its own sake and trans inclusion policies as currently envisioned by
The NWSL published key dates and COVID-19 protocols [https://prod-nwsl-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/wp/uploads/2021/01/2021SeasonProtocols_0127.pdf] for its 2021 season in a Wednesday morning release [https://www.nwslsoccer.com/news/article/2021-nwsl-challenge-cup-set-to-be-played-in-home-markets-kickoff-scheduled-for-april-9] . Under the schedule, all players will report to camp
Trinity Rodman wasn't the first player to leave college before playing a single game in favor of playing professionally, nor will she be the youngest to join the league. And that absence of firsts is what makes 19-year-old Rodman going second overall to the Washington
Thursday night, the moment we've all been dreading finally happened: Racing Louisville FC's expansion draft. I have a couple soccer-specific takeaways – specifically that Jennifer Cudjoe, Addisyn Merrick, and Lauren Milliet are all steals and that it's ridiculous Louisville only drafted two midfielders, especially when they