Fansided · Apr 15, 2020
NWSL: Despite Donald Trump, league soaring
The presidential call recently went out to suspended U.S. pro sports leagues. The NWSL, the world’s best women’s soccer league, missed an invitation. Despite this, under Lisa Baird’s leadership, the league is soaring.
President Donald Trump held a virtual visit by phone on April 4 with professional U.S. sports leagues to discuss the post-coronavirus restart. A virtual chair, however, was left empty, one that should have been occupied by the world’s top women’s soccer league, the National Women’s Soccer League.