You figured it out?
I'm a soccer fan. Though it might seem new to some, I have always liked the sport and being from NC, where the dynasty that is UNC Women's soccer is located, I've known the name Mia Hamm far longer than Messi or Beckham. Also....my foreign lab was always about this World Cup life.
I was out of touch from the sport for a long time but WWC sucked me right back in. See the 99ers made the sport relevant but the 15ers won my heart.
I've got 4 tee shirts and I just ordered my custom goalkeeper jersey. :-)
Anywho.....this post is actually about the fact that people can be the worst.
So that first picture is of the Maryland SoccerPlex, the amazing facility where the Washington Spirit play. I say amazing because it won some award for having the best all grass playing surface in the country. We play that. We pack the plex. Within the first few weeks of school I've invited my class mates to go see the team with me....numerous times. I've also invited them over the watch the national team.
Not a single person wanted to go up to the Plex, which I of course go to regularly, to watch the game. Fine. That's fine.
The Saturday morning, after study group, this guy turns to me and says "We should all go see a DC United game."
NOPE!
Are you KIDDING ME?!?!? I've been inviting y'all to go see the Spirit play for 2 months and now you're saying we should go see the boys play?!?! Absolutely never.
And I told him such. "I'm not spending my money on men's soccer. I invited y'all over and over to go see the Spirit and none of y'all wanted to come. I'm definitely not going to a men's soccer game."
Will you believe he was taken aback? Like.....the way women's soccer has been completely dismissed as a professional sport but I should take your invitation to see men's soccer seriously? Why? Because going to see a men's game is somehow worth my time? GTFOHWTBS
Y'all he was genuinely surprised. This other girl in the room had my back and was like "Why does she have to like men's soccer when y'all clearly didn't want to go see women play?"
Thank you girl! EXACTLY! Then they proceeded to still make fun of women's soccer. Um....but when has your fave ever won a World Cup much less 3?
And the all time leading goal scorer is who?
And who hasn't lost a home game since November 2004?
We haven't lost a game on US Soil in 100 straight matches. #YourFaveCouldNEVER
Olympic Gold: 4 of 5 times its been in the Olympics
I support women's soccer.
Women's.
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