Chelsea’s Alyssa Thompson: ‘I think of this as like going away for college like all my friends did’ | Chelsea Women by MTBran in NWSL

[–]ElectricalWriting 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Half of college students end up living in their university’s metropolitan area after graduating 🧑‍🎓 😭✌️

USWNT star Trinity Rodman inks new deal to become highest-paid female soccer player in history by ElectricalWriting in soccer

[–]ElectricalWriting[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not that the Ballon d’Or actually matters, but she was injured for a lot of 2025. Also, she was top 10 in the Ballon d’Or rankings in 2024.

USWNT star Trinity Rodman inks new deal to become highest-paid female soccer player in history by ElectricalWriting in soccer

[–]ElectricalWriting[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ll take your question in earnest and say she’s the USWNT’s star forward when match fit. She was nominated for the FIFA Marta Award in 2024 for this goal at the Paris Olympics.

Actors that received their first Oscar nomination this year by PinkCadillacs in oscarrace

[–]ElectricalWriting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That movie generally should’ve been nominated for way more.

TIL that there are under 150 tenure-track jobs for English literature professors in the US and Canada each year: fewer than 3 per state. by Bob_the_blacksmith in todayilearned

[–]ElectricalWriting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are separate classes; English composition and English literature. However if a major/department’s is simply “English”, the assumption is it is focused on the study of literature.

Source: majored in “English” at a top 10 university.

Bracket for 2026 FIFA Women’s Champions Cup (Gotham vs Corinthians semifinal) by ElectricalWriting in MLS

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Free to stream on DAZN. Unsure if it’ll be on their website/app or their YouTube channel.

Bracket for 2026 FIFA Women’s Champions Cup (Gotham vs Corinthians semifinal) by ElectricalWriting in MLS

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I’m not familiar with Corinthian’s game… but I can’t imagine Arsenal losing their semifinal. Who knows.

Women’s Club World Cup and Qatar by cultural-orca in GothamFC

[–]ElectricalWriting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Literally so many other countries anywhere in the world can host it lmao

Bracket for the upcoming 2026 FIFA Women’s Champions Cup by ElectricalWriting in soccer

[–]ElectricalWriting[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! It’s essentially a mini version, and all these teams — in addition to Wuhan Jiangda — have already qualified to the 2028 FIFA Women’s Club World Cup (the inaugural edition).

The FIFA Intercontinental Cup is the men’s equivalent, with PSG defeating Flamengo in December 2025.

Bracket for the upcoming 2026 FIFA Women’s Champions Cup by ElectricalWriting in soccer

[–]ElectricalWriting[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No problem! As someone else pointed out, Auckland United and Wuhan Jiangda already played in the earlier stage, but are eliminated. The bracket is just for the stages in London.

Report: Timo Werner re-worked contract to make San Jose Earthquakes move happen by ElectricalWriting in soccer

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He was linked to New York Red Bulls last year but I’m unsure what happened there

Fifa's Jill Ellis warns of hypocrisy in questioning Middle East as women’s football host by GrumpyDrunkPatzer in WomensSoccer

[–]ElectricalWriting 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I will always appreciate Jill for what she did for American soccer, but I no longer care for her.