Gingers For Hershfelt

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Harry Kane opened his online chess account during the Ballon d'Or red carpet, this is the price of greatness

good halftime activity!

It’s crazy to be so good that you’re ranked the 10th best in the world and I’m like “this is so low that it’s laughable”

wanna help me get to 100 responses on the day?

thank you math for acknowledging the existence of North American women's football (this is actually legit cool)

is alexia an undeserving winner? no probably not. but do i trust that these voters diligently examined the work of all the candidates? also no!

I know that nobody really likes it, but let's do a round of 'think about how it sounds to phrase women's football as a spin-off and men's football as a default'

The ballon d’or ceremony should be required to be no longer than the length of a football match.

Charlyn Corral, the Louisville Cardinal?

You should have to wait at least three seasons between wins for that award imo. Like if you won this year you’re not eligible again until 2029

Joan Laporta answered a question about the importance of winning the women's Champions League with an answer about wanting to win the men's Champions League and La Liga...while accepting the award for best women's club.

I’m j about okay with multi-time D’ors but seriously you should only be allowed to win Kopa Trophy once

That Valentine Nguele wasn't even nominated for coach of the year tells you all you need to know about the Ballon d'Or and all associated awards.

really hope Bunny brings it home, but we shall see….

The Ballon d'Or ceremony:

Lianne on B’dor live broadcast why can’t I escape her

also when I said this last yr @gingers4hal.bsky.social pressed me like i was tripping we will tack a bd’or red carpet tier list to this years’ d’or/ kopa trophy roundup j for u 🫵🏿🫵🏿🫵🏿🫵🏿🫵🏿🫵🏿

Our newest episode is out now! Orlando Pride + Canada WNT's Zara Chavoshi joins to the pod, detailing her US-Canada international tug-of-war, joining the NWSL from college as a free agent, defending Marta, how Yolanda Thomas helped the team regroup, + overcoming mid-season coaching changes. #woso

no worse agony as a sports fan than when your team is really good

I'm so sick of these leagues just not giving a shit about their players, fans, or product

women's sports thrive when you say loud and proud "this is a premier sports product, not a sideshow or a lesser version of the men's game" it's hard to sell that when you put the WNBA game before the NBA game like they're the JV team

you knew the moment the semifinals started that game 3/4/6 days needed to be open at either Barclays or State Farm -- how did it not get addressed until three days out?

what's wild is the WNBA did have notice they had the schedules and could have tried to organize this weeks ago

I’m certain that the protect women’s sports people who are truly worried about the sanctity and respect of women’s basketball are up in arms about this scheduling decision. Certainly they’ll say something about it, since they truly care.

In other words, the Dream dropped the ball for like the 50th time in this saga when they failed to address Game 6 at the same time as Games 3 and 4. It’s a shame there’s not, like, a Dream minority owner available to comment on this situation on any of the Finals studio coverage.

The women's Ballon d'Or is down to a Top 10 #USWNT / Gotham midfielder Rose Lavelle finished 27th Mexico / Club America forward Scarlett Camberos finished 21st Zambia / Orlando Pride forward Barbra Banda finished 18th Spain / Arsenal midfielder Mariona Caldentey finished 13th

Anything that isn’t 18k moving forward shouldn’t be called a sellout then. They fill the stadium but no one is at the watch party? Tough. Not a sellout.

My point is that I will literally not be watching any of that shit because we are going back to Ballhalla tonight.

"In the world we're working in now," a Head of Recruitment at a European club told us this summer, "you need to take decisions based on gut feeling." This is our first instalment of notes on how to scout a football player - and develop your own gut feeling. (Free): scoutedftbl.com/how-to-scout...

Many great US players over the years grew up playing on the boys' team because either there weren't enough players to form a girls' team or it was best for their skill level. It's so nakedly disingenuous.

I cannot believe that Eric Bauza has passed away, at age 46. We’d just talked about his life and his voices and his son. A shattering loss

Many comments on the great election victories in Brazil and Serbia state that the authorian right is in decline or that voters have rejected far-right authoritarianism. That is a wrong interpretation of what happened. Progressive movements mobilized and beat the authoritarian right. That's different

A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

I know it’s engagement bait but:

No update on Hal Hershfelt. González says she'll be evaluated tonight. (? from @andre-carlisle.bsky.social)

Genuinely such a deserved goal for Karich after this season

Take these images of noted Lula supporter and women’s soccer GOAT Marta for celebration instead!

No rewinds on Roku Channel (the irony), so I can't clip Bianca St-Georges' brutal full-speed trucking of Perle Morroni in tonight's San Diego-Boston NWSL match, but good lord BSG has got to be an all-time top-five most chaotic player in NWSL history at this point (complimentary x derogatory)

Spirit are probably en route to a loss despite a +1.11 xGD on the day. Even if you take Luvanga's goal off the table, they've had the better chances. But, the defensive performance is only half of the battle, & the 1st half wasn't good enough in possession.

So, another humble request for any #KCvWAS journos. Could you please ask Claudia Martinez about Olimpia upsetting Deportivo Cali to make to the semifinals of the #LibertadoresFEM? #NWSL

I know this isn't the most important story in the world, but apparently the Current are going through with claiming the people watching on a screen next door to CPKC Stadium as being in attendance. I'm not the boss of journos, but I think this is something where media should push back.

St. Georges is the captain??? Crazy

I know she’s got some wild takes about race. Wait sorry I meant *the* race

This has been a real C-, maybe even D+, performance from the Spirit. KC's press is some part of that, but for me it's much more that the Spirit simply haven't brought their best at a venue where it takes an A- or better to get results.

I hate this game lmao I might turn it off!!! Hal injured this close to playoffs??? Are you kidding me???