We definitely know now the Scorchers can light up the knockout rounds! 🇲🇼🇲🇼🇲🇼

it took a minute, but Malawi have learned they are through to the Quarterfinals of their first-ever WAFCON! they lost 2-1 to Zambia and needed an extremely tight tiebreaker scenario to advance. Tabitha Chawinga scored an iconic goal that made all the difference.

What do you mean there's still a ton of time in the other game

Nobody knows what's happening on the pitch

Here we go!

Ted Striker Sweating Nervously in Airplane

Alt: Ted Striker Sweating Nervously in Airplane

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Häuptle clearly got her final warning from the ref there

Well there's one back!

Guthrie Edson@guthrieedson.bsky.social · 39m ago

So Temwa and Tabitha are basically gonna have to go on a rampage now to help their team rescue this

So Temwa and Tabitha are basically gonna have to go on a rampage now to help their team rescue this

I love how this commentator is actually telling us about the domestic leagues in both these countries as well as the regional competitions they play in across southern Africa

And Chilufya immediately makes them pay

Guthrie Edson@guthrieedson.bsky.social · 2h ago

What a save, Temwa doesn’t miss too many of those

What a save, Temwa doesn’t miss too many of those

Mweemba for Zambia has looked good at the back

Johnny Soccer doing some corruption right in that stadium (and people there might be able to hear it since there are so few fans in the ground)

Banda 1, Chawingas 0

FRMF should be banned from hosting these tournaments until they can figure out what the hell is going on because wdym this stadium is 90% empty for a game involving three of the world’s greatest players

Just about set for the Banda/Chawingas #WAFCON Battle Royale

Lesley Ryder@lesleyryder.bsky.social · 5h ago

on Salary cap compliance (Q @jennatonelli.bsky.social) "we have a full-time team who is responsible for salary cap compliance" adds "we do ongoing salary cap audits each year to have an additional level of protection and and confidence that everyone is is playing by the rules"

Azeez Al-Shaair might genuinely have the biggest difference between on-field and off-field persona I have ever seen, on field he is The Late Hits Dude and then off the field he might be the single best guy in the NFL Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 5d ago

Azeez Al-Shaair, extremely good and cool guy: www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texan...

Like they famously did when creating a whole new rule for contracts—not

Lesley Ryder@lesleyryder.bsky.social · 5h ago

"Any changes to the way we operate, whether it's in the form of creating a written policy or changing our practice, would be in consultation with our player association, and contd

K.

Southern Sylvs 🍉 she/her@southernsylvs.bsky.social · 5h ago

I asked about any updates on policy regarding the inclusion of trans athletes. "Our policy is our practice" is the answer I received. That has been the standard answer for a while. Any changes would have to be in consultation with the NWSLPA.

Sure

Lesley Ryder@lesleyryder.bsky.social · 6h ago

"competitive balance becomes or continues to be one of the league's defining strengths, and through 15 weeks of our season, five different clubs have occupied first places, and 11 of our 16 teams have held a playoff spot at some point during this first half of the season."

All of us throughout this presser

Lesley Ryder@lesleyryder.bsky.social · 6h ago

Coming up at the top of the hour: NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman will make her midseason remarks, and take questions after!

Doing some work at the Turkish café near me today and asked the owners' son about Salah to Trabzonspor–he said it was very much out of left field (I think the family are Beşiktaş fans and they apparently tried to sign him also)

And today's #WAFCON ref appointments for Group C finales: 🇪🇬 vs 🇳🇬: Aline Umutoni 🇷🇼 🇲🇼 vs 🇿🇲: Vincentia Amedome 🇹🇬 #EGYNGA #MWIZAM

This weekend/tonight's NWSL ref appointments: Denver-NC: Shawn Tehini Pride-Rahsing: Muhammad Hassan Gotham-Wavé: Nabil Bensalah Summit-Royals: Gerald Flores Spirit-Courage: Josh Encarnacion Dash-Current: Marie Durr Legacy-Thorns: Jeremy Scheer Tsars-Bay: Iryna Petrunok Reign-ACFC: Brad Jensen

Ok NOW we can all dunk on this

Politico@politico.com · 14h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

This is basically the paper of record for the NWSL too...I know there are lots of good people there but I wonder what the red line is

J.J. @jjfromkansas.bsky.social · 9h ago

I think it's time to recognize that if you subscribe to The Athletic and share their stuff, you are supporting a larger framework that absolutely demands bigotry be treated with some level of decorum. It's not quite the Harry Potter fan dilemma, but it's not far off from it.

Happy Ted Lasso season 4 day to all who celebrate!

So many empty seats at the Cash Grab Cup games I’m flipping through, would rather have a robust domestic cup competition for both the men and women

That fucker ran for school board in my town a few years ago on the platform of “Open Our Schools” in 2021 (when they already were open) and finished dead last before being suspended from teaching at Georgetown Law for making racist comments about KBJ. Woof.

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 23h ago

In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/