With a 2-1 extra-time victory over the Chicago Red Stars on Friday, the Washington Spirit became the first Washington pro sports team to reach a league championship game since …
Well, the Redskins have not gone to the Super Bowl since 1992, and the Nationals are only 11 years old, and the Capitals appeared in the Stanley Cup finals for the only time in 1998, and the Wizards last played for the NBA title as the Bullets in 1979, and D.C. United has gone 12 years without an MLS Cup appearance, and the Mystics have missed out on the WNBA finals in each of their 19 seasons, and the Spirit’s predecessor, the Freedom, claimed the WUSA crown in 2003.