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MLS SuperDraft, Washington Spirit ownership dispute continues, and more: Freedom Kicks for 1/11/2022

We’re posting this a little early because D.C. United has the 2022 MLS SuperDraft to contend with, so we’re going to have a preview of that in an hour. In the meantime, we have some significant Washington Spirit news, a big NWSL trade, a very MLS trade, and of course our status as the #1 American soccer site that also spends an inordinate amount of time on Kazuyoshi Miura will remain unchallenged.

Let’s get into all of that:

Washington Spirit investors seek help from attorney Beth Wilkinson, who led WFT probe | Washington Post
Even if things carry on as they have been, and Steve Baldwin and Bill Lynch sell their ownership of the Spirit to a group lead by Todd Boehly and Jennifer Tepper Mackesy — an outcome that, per this piece, may be favored by the league in spite of the knock-on effect it has of making every single other NWSL club less valuable, as it is for significantly less money — the whole thing appears destined for the courts.