Maggie
@magmaea.bsky.social
Proud DC resident and NC native, with some NM/TX/MA in between. GO SPIRIT!! 💛⚽️🖤 Work life: transit and equitable communities.
This thread on tracking the $ in #NWSL is illuminating.
I finally tracked down a pair of datasets and put them together. This is Deloitte’s 2025 valuation of the wealthiest clubs in Europe, and Forbes’s 2025 valuation of NWSL.
Kansas City Current’s estimated annual revenue is bigger than Barcelona & Chelsea combined.
Kansas City Current’s estimated annual revenue is bigger than Barcelona & Chelsea combined.
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This thread on tracking the $ in #NWSL is illuminating.
I did not expect Michele Kang’s letter to Spirit fans to make me ugly cry, and yet here we are. #ThatsTheSpirit
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I did not expect Michele Kang’s letter to Spirit fans to make me ugly cry, and yet here we are. #ThatsTheSpirit
I collect pottery so naturally I made a little morning vignette with my Washington Spirit-adjacent glazes. BECAUSE IT’S NWSL CHAMPIONSHIP DAY, PEOPLE! #ThatsTheSpirit
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I collect pottery so naturally I made a little morning vignette with my Washington Spirit-adjacent glazes. BECAUSE IT’S NWSL CHAMPIONSHIP DAY, PEOPLE! #ThatsTheSpirit
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theme of the season tbh
hey @nwslsoccer.com, question
who would you say the league is for, and why is that dude up front and center
who would you say the league is for, and why is that dude up front and center
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
theme of the season tbh
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Trinity Rodman! The salary cap! Competitive balance! OH MY!
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Trinity Rodman! The salary cap! Competitive balance! OH MY!
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gotdamn man, this shit is so special. i have no words. this place, this team. it is so unique.
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
gotdamn man, this shit is so special. i have no words. this place, this team. it is so unique.
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If you aren't at Audi Field today, I'm sorry
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If you aren't at Audi Field today, I'm sorry
This team means so much to many of us District residents, and I wish this story was being told at a bigger scale. The Spirit are the only local sports team here stepping up in the #FreeDC fight and it MATTERS. #nwsl #ThatsTheSpirit
S/O to Croix Bethune in this clip from @nbcwashington.com
"We don't want to play a 3 hours soccer game. That was insane."
"We're just trying to be the light of the city. I know y'all hear the chants "Free DC" that are going on and the signs that are there."
www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/s...
"We don't want to play a 3 hours soccer game. That was insane."
"We're just trying to be the light of the city. I know y'all hear the chants "Free DC" that are going on and the signs that are there."
www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/s...
November 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This team means so much to many of us District residents, and I wish this story was being told at a bigger scale. The Spirit are the only local sports team here stepping up in the #FreeDC fight and it MATTERS. #nwsl #ThatsTheSpirit
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sorry to keep going on about this but you don't need famous people or teal man or unwell fc to sell this league, these players and these games are enough. i promise.
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
sorry to keep going on about this but you don't need famous people or teal man or unwell fc to sell this league, these players and these games are enough. i promise.
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Trump threw another lavish party as his DOJ asked the Supreme Court to stop it from being forced to pay food stamps for 40 million Americans.
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
Trump Throws Decadent Opera and Truffles Rager at Mar-a-Lago
The president’s ragers show no sign of slowing down even amid the government shutdown.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Trump threw another lavish party as his DOJ asked the Supreme Court to stop it from being forced to pay food stamps for 40 million Americans.
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
Yes, this is *different* from last week’s Gatsby party. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hosts-...
Did anyone else at Audi notice the *long* conversation between Croix and Berman on the field after the win? (I did bc my son was holding up her jersey screaming her name the whole time. 😬) I’m hoping they were talking about the BWPC letter and the league falling short. Preach! #ThatsTheSpirit #nwsl
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Did anyone else at Audi notice the *long* conversation between Croix and Berman on the field after the win? (I did bc my son was holding up her jersey screaming her name the whole time. 😬) I’m hoping they were talking about the BWPC letter and the league falling short. Preach! #ThatsTheSpirit #nwsl
I died multiple times in the stands before we even got to PKs, then again, and again, and again. EPIC.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I died multiple times in the stands before we even got to PKs, then again, and again, and again. EPIC.
Michelle Kang is resplendent in a yellow, white, and silver brocade jacket, for those wondering. #ThatsTheSpirit #nwsl
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Michelle Kang is resplendent in a yellow, white, and silver brocade jacket, for those wondering. #ThatsTheSpirit #nwsl
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“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
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NWSL has been standing still and hoping no one notices, and in all likelihood a Black player who stood up for others — in the absence of proper moral leadership from the league — is going to have the right-wing rage machine aimed directly at her.
And everyone saw it coming.
And everyone saw it coming.
It might seem easy to stand still and hope no one notices during these particularly hellish times, but NWSL is not in a position to do that without putting human beings in danger.
Also as several colleagues have noted, the photo choice here is absolutely intentional and points in a grim direction.
Also as several colleagues have noted, the photo choice here is absolutely intentional and points in a grim direction.
Deeply disappointed in Liz Eddy here, who I've always liked and respected. A reminder that we have a lot of work to do when it comes to educating the public about why trans inclusion isn't just morally correct, but competitively sound share.google/Gjf9a1Sl01eL...
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
NWSL has been standing still and hoping no one notices, and in all likelihood a Black player who stood up for others — in the absence of proper moral leadership from the league — is going to have the right-wing rage machine aimed directly at her.
And everyone saw it coming.
And everyone saw it coming.
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like every other nwsl team get the fuck up the players of angel city shouldn't be facing this bullshit alone
And THIS is why I said at least every captain needed to speak and be unified. Guess who is gonna get the hate from the Fox News crowd now? Sarah Gorden, that's who. The only Black captain. Okay, going back to work now.
Fox News has picked up Elizabeth Eddy’s column, and the response from the Angel City players.
I’m hearing Eddy will appear on Fox and Friends tomorrow morning.
I’m hearing Eddy will appear on Fox and Friends tomorrow morning.
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
like every other nwsl team get the fuck up the players of angel city shouldn't be facing this bullshit alone
It’s interesting seeing the Laura Harvey ChatGTP story break into the non-Woso “regular” news community today. The Seattle players must be so damn embarrassed. #nwsl
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It’s interesting seeing the Laura Harvey ChatGTP story break into the non-Woso “regular” news community today. The Seattle players must be so damn embarrassed. #nwsl
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Please understand that people will not be "going without SNAP/EBT/food stamps" - people will be going without FOOD.
Actually and literally.
Actually and literally.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Please understand that people will not be "going without SNAP/EBT/food stamps" - people will be going without FOOD.
Actually and literally.
Actually and literally.
With my local/work lens I’m giggling at how these Trump CFAers will feel in their cushy new job when they realize they actually now have to do tedious permit review with local planners and architects all day every day. www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...
White House fires commission charged with advising the president on design as Trump pushes construction projects | CNN Politics
The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on “matters of des...
www.cnn.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
With my local/work lens I’m giggling at how these Trump CFAers will feel in their cushy new job when they realize they actually now have to do tedious permit review with local planners and architects all day every day. www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...
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just… vet the men the way y’all have been vetting women and we won’t have to see y’all’s weird tattoos and nips
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
just… vet the men the way y’all have been vetting women and we won’t have to see y’all’s weird tattoos and nips
Everything is horrible, but at least our yard isn’t #ThatsTheSpirit @washingtonspirit.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Everything is horrible, but at least our yard isn’t #ThatsTheSpirit @washingtonspirit.com
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”