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Lesley Ryder

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Writer, Soccer talker and Pal @GalPalSports.bsky.social bylines: @allforxi, @defectormedia LesleyRyder.54 on Signal 🏳️‍🌈♿️

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 25d

The Chicago Stars have spoken about the increased accessibility *to* Martin field, but how’s the accessibility *in* the stadium?

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 9h

TORKELSON!!!!

Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 9h

Manifesting a six-way tie for first place

Iain and Alison are meditating together in the Bake off tent. Iain is wearing a green sweater and a khaki apron, and Alison is wearing a denim dress with a white embroidered design on the chest

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Alison Gale @agale.bsky.social · 10h

Things are getting a bit clearer in the #NWSL playoff race but much is up in the air. Five teams can clinch playoff spots this weekend

Chart showing where each NWSL team can finish with three weeks remaining. Washington spirit can finish between 2nd and fifth. Gotham, Portland and Seattle can finish between 2nd and 10th. LA can finsh as high as 6th and Utah's best hope is finishing 8th.

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 14h

Remember those court records that Miami Dophins receiver Tyreek Hill wanted sealed? They are now unsealed and up at @defector.com.

The paywall is also down:

Here's The Court Document Tyreek Hill Didn't Want Anyone To See | Defector

The Miami-Dade Circuit Court clerk released Tuesday a copy of the latest petition for divorce from the estranged wife of Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill. In the document, Lakeeta Vaccaro described...

defector.com

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 17h

I know the mid-game ad breaks have been creeping in across all sports, but I don’t think any of them are throwing in 30-second ads like the NWSL.

Douglas Reyes-Ceroñ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 1d

love to have NWSL's broadcast partner CBS running a whole CarMax ad during a player substitution and proceed to miss an entire goal by KC Current

absolute amateur hour

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Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 1d

The WNBA has a commissioner problem. My latest piece for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A WNBA Star Goes Scorched-Earth

With the league more popular than ever, players know their worth—and they aren’t afraid to let leadership know it.

www.theatlantic.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

imagine appearing before the canadian supreme court to make the case whether you've been naughty or nice

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 1d

It’s too soon for Christmas ads.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 1d

outrageously, forty of these wins have come since michele kang became majority owner in march 2022, with 30 coming in the last two seasons

Washington Spirit @washingtonspirit.com · 1d

Joining the 💯 club!

Our match against San Diego Wave marked our 100th regular season win as a club 👏

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Ella Brockway @ellabrockway.bsky.social · 1d

Trinity Rodman speaks out on the refereeing in yesterday’s Spirit-Wave game. (You probably know this, but poor officiating has been a theme across the league this NWSL season.)

“This is one of many examples…. Refs need to be better at managing these games. No words”

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 1d

UNCANNY

Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 1d

wait, international governing bodies and pro leagues can just... align their calendars because they think it will improve the sport? what a concept.

NEW YORK AND TORONTO (October 6, 2025) –– The IIHF, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), and the global women’s hockey community have come together to reimagine the international calendar, aligning around a shared vision to grow the women’s game and strengthen opportunities for players at every level.

As part of this collaboration, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will move to a new November timeslot, in advance of the PWHL season. The revised tournament calendar ensures there will be no clash with the closing stages of the PWHL campaign. It also enables a full World Championship program in Olympic seasons.

In addition, a new European Women’s Championship is set to start in April 2027, creating more opportunities for elite international competition, ensuring the development of women players throughout the entire season, and elevating visibility for women’s hockey across Europe.

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

From bartending, to the Lucha Libre ring, it’s been a busy week for Sam Staab and Alyssa Naeher.

Alyssa Naeher and Sam Staab stand in the middle of a wrestling ring. They’re both wearing their stars uniforms, and a Chicago stars Lucha Libre mask. Sam is holding a wrestling belt over her head.

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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 2d

neutral fan watching the Tigers/Mariners series: wow, these games! so tense! what fun!
Tigers/Mariners fans watching the Tigers/Mariners series: I have eaten a great deal of my own hair.

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

Apologies for the delay, thought this skeet got sent hours ago, but alas:

I was the pool reporter, and I asked about the drop ball to Utah after Sam Staab’s free kick, as it seemed to be the delayed flashpoint for the fracas at the end.

PRO’s response:

The response to the submitted question:
Utah last touched the ball when the whistle stopped play. Per the laws of the game, restart was drop ball to Utah.
Disclaimer:

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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 2d

when white men are yelling

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

Would like to add here that English is not Jacobson’s first language.

Taylor Vincent @tayvincent6.bsky.social · 2d

Red Stars Interim Head Coach Anders Jacobson on what happened after the whistle

Q: Could you tell us a bit about what happened after the final whistle? (Lesley Ryder)

There is emotions when you end the game, and in this case, I think the Chicago Stars today did many good things. I think the team deserved to win. I think we created enough of chances during maybe until the 75 minute.

But there were some incidents during the game which made the game a bit difficult for us and when the game then is is clear, and we have 2-2, which I was, I wanted the team today to not leave this pitch without any points. And I was just emotional for me, seeing that they did it.

And those emotions were there, maybe I should have handled it a bit better. But I also think sometimes, I think it's important for every person to reflect on in general, in life, what kind of values you'd want to follow. And I tried to follow mine today, which made it a bit rough.

Follow-Up: Did Utah do anything specifically that made you feel so passionate at the end? (Joe Chatz)

I think they tried the best they could today, really, they wanted to make it hard for us.

There were some moments I think that was hard for them, and with some of those occasions, there were maybe some players that was a bit injured and needed treatment, which I think was very fair. But then you there were some things sometimes happening after that that I maybe felt was a bit strange.

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Alex Campbell @acampbellsports.bsky.social · 2d

The Stars wouldn’t be significantly better, but the lack of minutes for Micayla Johnson this season is pretty indefensible

Especially in a year where so many kids were given opportunities and the fact the Stars just couldn’t score goals #nwsl

Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

Bea Franklin on today's comeback:

"It all started when Mickey (Johnson) subbed on for me, and I told her, 'go score a goal, And she did!"

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

Utah’s head coach:

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Caleb Turner @calebturner.ksl.com · 2d

It was with Chicago’s coach. Here's Jimmy's full thoughts

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Caleb Turner @calebturner.ksl.com · 2d

It was with Chicago’s coach. Here's Jimmy's full thoughts

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50 Plus Döner @50plusdoner.bsky.social · 2d

Become Ungovernable

Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

Ella Masar poked her head in the conference room after the presser and joked “want to know what I thought?”

She was promptly shooed away.

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

Ella Masar poked her head in the conference room after the presser and joked “want to know what I thought?”

She was promptly shooed away.

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

"But I also think sometimes, I think it's important for every person to reflect on, in general, in life, what kind of values we want to follow, and I tried to follow mine today, which made it a bit rough. I think."

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

but there were some incidents during the game which made the game a bit difficult for us. I think--I wanted the team today to not leave this pitch without points. And I was just emotional for me, seeing that they did it.
those emotions were there, maybe I should have found a little bit better cont'd

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

Anders on the postmatch excitement

"It's okay... There's emotions when you end the game. I think in this case the Chicago stars today did many good things. I think the team deserved to win. I think we created enough of chances until the 75 minute (cont'd)

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 2d

up next: Interim head coach Anders Jacobson

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