. . . truly, some astounding foot-in-mouth self-sabotage to say the Washington SPIRIT “violated the spirit of the league” when there are so many other words which wouldn’t be quite as pointed.

Oh, how I wish I lived in a timeline where the NWSL & WNBA Commissioners wanted to support their athletes, who make the owners’ profits and team valuations possible.

But, as with men’s sports, these commissioners keep demonstrating how they are tools of the owners and not stewards of the sports.

Let’s goooo.

But as i can see it’s still Berman being a complete and total idiot… so that tracks in the night.

It's just such an obvious win for every NWSL club to have Rodman in the league. A massive endorsement for the entire project, that all their Brand partners will enjoy hearing about.

We should not be here.

also, someone please tell me what berman's salary is. if it is over $1m/year i am going to suplex a bus

Let’s get this straight:

The Spirit have found a creative way to compensate Trinity within the rules of the CBA. Trinity is completely down with her contract being backloaded and ready to sign. The league wins having their face stay in the league.

….but that’s a no for the NWSL?!?

Raise the cap! ✊🏽

Commissioner Berman is stunningly bad at her job. You have got to be kidding me with this. I hope the NWSLPA are successful in their protest.

Our first away game: NWSL Championships

Groundskeepers dressed in gray jackets pick up pieces of the PayPal Park turf at halftime during the 2025 NWSL Championship.

The groundskeepers were picking up pieces of the turf and putting it in buckets at the half.

The Bay FC supporters who are in the stands with @sportsbystats.bsky.social and I said the pitch just does this. Apparently it’s at or slightly below the water table

NWSL championship affirmations

1. Everything is fine
2. I am breathing
3. The Spirit will play beautifully
4. Everything is fine

Trinity Rodman or a Salary Cap? The NWSL Has an Easy Choice Trinity Rodman, one of the brightest young stars in American soccer, will take center stage on Saturday when her Washington Spirit face Gotham FC in the National Women’s Soccer League Championship.

If the NWSL chooses its salary cap over Trinity Rodman, it’ll prove that the league has lost touch with what fans really care about

“Fans with the belief that hits harder than a battle cry.”

@washingtonspirit.com fans, it’s time to bring Rowdy Audi to PayPay Park!

Can’t hurt that there’s an Audi (parking) Lot, Audi Gate, and Audi Club at PayPal Park, right?

One soccer player's contract could change the trajectory of women's sports in the U.S. The Washington Spirit and Gotham FC face off in Saturday's NWSL final, and Spirit forward Trinity Rodman’s future is the big story of the league’s offseason.

New piece up!

An important point from inside: The CBA allows the league to raise the cap by as much as it sees fit.

My takeaways from championship weekend, including some insight from a chat USWNT legends Christen Press and Tobin Heath, all in my latest for @ms.now.

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Let’s go Spirit! #ThatsTheSpirit

I see nothing but 4 🐐s in this video

IM AWAKE AS HELL!! Let’s go spirit!!!

A great nugget from this clip is that Tara McKeown’s pregame pump-up song of choice is … “Fast Car”

IT'S CHAMPIONSHIP TIME 😤

🆚 Gotham FC
⏰ 8PM ET
🏟️ PayPal Park
📺 CBS

Sometimes Trinity Rodman doesn't know why people pass her the ball. 🤣

The @washingtonspirit.com and @uswnt.ussoccer.com star breaks down what forwards see as a goal-scoring opportunity emerges.

#NWSL | #USWNT | #NWSLChampionship

So Commissioner Berman and the league COULD do something but they won’t? Classic.

Also: PAY WOMEN

Gabby Carle has been such a warrior & ambassador for the Spirit since she signed

Doing under appreciated work on the pitch, regularly making herself available post match, helping Sarr in pressers

I hate that in her best season she’ll miss the championship #ThatsTheSpirit @heyspirits.bsky.social

I keep sitting with that the NWSL is repeatedly shooting itself in the foot. I think Commissioner Berman has to get it together and realize the league will no longer be competitive. These are professional soccer players. These are jobs — and if they won’t be compensated adequately, they’ll leave.

Column | How the Washington Spirit embraced the soul of D.C. During an anxious time in the nation’s capital, the NWSL team and its fans cemented a bond.

No pro franchise in town has leaned into the District, its residents and the issues they care about the way the Spirit has.

Column from @barrysvrlugawp.bsky.social

Trinity Rodman’s contract saga will reveal the future that NWSL leadership want A day that ended with Washington Spirit fans zipping across the skies like meteors began, contrastingly, with frustration-induced eye rolls. The Athletic’s Tom Bogert broke news about the status of…

chat is it good that the league went on a media blitz to laud the salary cap after being asked about trinity rodman's contract
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Marta is so pissed at these refs. But it’s nice that she and Sonnet are having a good moment!

@sportsbystats.bsky.social and I will be at the NWSL Championship next weekend to support @washingtonspirit.com! Who else is going?

(We bought match tickets and refundable flights and hotel back in October — excellent decision.)

GET IN YALL WE GOING TO THE SHIP ONCE AGAIN!!!