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Companion feed for The Chaos League site: essays and thoughts on the #NWSL and all of the chaos (hopefully more good than bad) #woso #USWNT https://thechaosleague.com (Prepared by Eric Schwarz)

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The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 2h

Well, I was too optimistic… #UTAvSD #NWSL

Grim reaper meme wrapping up in Utah and headed to Angel Ciity

The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 3h

I like how the NWSL+ music and graphics are a time capsule from the #NWSL on Lifetime era…they’ll always be a bridge from the newest franchise and the Boston Breakers.

The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 3h

I did it, too 😔

The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 3h

Shark/Ninja (appliances) are their warmup sponsor - they have to be bigger than a local credit union, right?

(Also that sets up an Appliance Derby with Louisville)

The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 3h

Their warmups are Shark/Ninja…I can live with that, but nooooooooooooooo

The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 3h

Y’all realize if there was a Savannah Bananas-ification of woso, that would be bad news for me, right? #NWSL

The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 3h

Let’s say there’s a hypothetical KC Current championship victory. If this were WWE rules, post-break Utah would challenge them to a winner-take-all and somehow make it competitive. #NWSL

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The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 3h

I dislike their stadium and kit sponsor’s whole vibe, but this Utah club has been damn fun! #UTAvSD #NWSL

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Southern Sylvs 🍉 she/her @southernsylvs.bsky.social · 3h

I think Utah likely missing the playoffs because they dug too big of a whole is good for the rest of the league. They have big "team no one wants to play" energy. Yes, all teams. They played KC well the second time imo.

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dabigjoker.bsky.social @dabigjoker.bsky.social · 4h

one of the hottest teams in the league vs the san diego wave lol

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 4h

Utah Royals vs. San Diego Wave FC will resume at 10:50PM ET following a 20-minute warmup period. The match remains available on Paramount+ and NWSL+.

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june ash eden, local sweetie coffee gworl @kafkaesquities.bsky.social · 1d

Very considerate of the Mariners to put off the win long enough for Reign and Huskies fans to head home tbh

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The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 1d

So uh the this chart hit a little different…

Steve Voght @voght.org · 3d

Reign fans attending Friday’s game vs Bay FC should keep an eye on MLB scores today, because depending on results in the Detroit/Seattle series and Toronto/NYY series, traffic and parking around the stadium could be hellish on Friday.

Even if you despise baseball, you’re a Mariners fan today.

Cheatsheet showing potential for stadium traffic on Friday in Seattle. If the Mariners win today all will be good, but if Detroit wins there could be traffic hell in the afternoon around Seattle’s stadium district if the Blue Jays also win today.

The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 1d

Seattle 🤝 tying with a navy blue/orange team #SEAvBAY #DETvSEA

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Link 🌈✨ @fusedlightning.bsky.social · 1d

Someone pls explain to me how the Reign started 2 hours after the mariners game, and finished BEFORE the mariners 😭 #nwsl #tridentsup #seattlereign

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Southern Sylvs 🍉 she/her @southernsylvs.bsky.social · 1d

We are doing Fishlock and prayer in 2025, lmao. Fine, whatever

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The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 1d

and/or the go-ahead goal?

The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 1d

In another timeline, Bethany Balcer would end up bringing #SEAvBAY even. #NWSL

a woman with red hair is holding an anchor with the words skiffs junks barges kayaks ferries on it

ALT: a woman with red hair is holding an anchor with the words skiffs junks barges kayaks ferries on it

media.tenor.com

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Kelly 🅅 @thinksecure27.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

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Article by Melanie Anzidei and Ali Pelit

“The National Women’s Soccer League’s four-person executive committee voted to give commissioner Jessica Berman a three-year contract extension, according to sources briefed on the negotiations.

The committee retained the vote because they were concerned it would not pass in front of the full 16-team board of governors, according to the sources, who said it was not unanimous. The deal is not yet final.”

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Ginger Everhart @gingereverhart.bsky.social · 1d

At this rate, #SeattleReign are going to knock the goal over before they knock one into it. #SEAvBAY #NWSL

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The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 1d

Also, is this the Private Equity Derby? #SEAvBAY #NWSL

thechaosleague.com/2025/10/09/b... (shameless plug from the other day)

The Chaos League » Big Money Meets Women’s Soccer: What Private Equity Ownership Means for NWSL

The Chaos League

thechaosleague.com

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The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 1d

In another timeline, Bethany Balcer would end up bringing #SEAvBAY even. #NWSL

a woman with red hair is holding an anchor with the words skiffs junks barges kayaks ferries on it

ALT: a woman with red hair is holding an anchor with the words skiffs junks barges kayaks ferries on it

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Southern Sylvs 🍉 she/her @southernsylvs.bsky.social · 1d

Marta shook her so bad she scored for Orlando, lol. I know that's not true, but let me have it.

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lilli 🤠 @lillianbf.bsky.social · 1d

I’d retire on the spot

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The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 1d

If you follow Boats on TikTok, you know this goal was much needed for her! #LOUvCHI #NWSL

NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 1d

that stoppage time goal feeling 🤩

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 1d

that stoppage time goal feeling 🤩

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Gal Pal Sports @galpalsports.bsky.social · 1d

The Chicago stars if the didn’t have to go through so much in a season:

an artist 's impression of a futuristic city with flying vehicles

Alt: an artist 's impression of a futuristic, utopian city with flying vehicles

media.tenor.com

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The Chaos League ⚽️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thechaosleague.com · 1d

You know, as if the next three years in general won’t be bad enough. 😒

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Liv Mason @livsmason.bsky.social · 1d

Plot Twist: the executive committee is made up of Alix Earle, Jill Ellis, Brittany Mahomes, and Landon Donovan (stepping in as interim because Teal Man was busy)

Eben Novy-Williams @ebennovywilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Of interest here, the contract was finalized and executed by the league's four-person executive committee, without a final vote from all owners.

Some source said that the committee was given that mandate earlier this summer. Others said they believed all owners should still vote

Eben Novy-Williams @ebennovywilliams.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman has a new three-year contract, per sources. Under her guidance the league has seen large commercial growth and undergone multiple expansions. #NWSL

More via @sportico.bsky.social 👇
www.sportico.com/personalitie...

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Justin Horneker @hornekerjustin.bsky.social · 1d

Berman extension is a reminder that most NWSL ownership is happy to use her as a shield for criticism.

Revenue is up, facilities are being built, that’s all that really matters no matter how out of touch Berman has appeared since the leadership shake up this spring.

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