Katelyn Best
@kabest.bsky.social
Former full-time soccer writer, now law student and occasional soccer writer / opinions my own / kesha scholar / beefy jock on the inside, febrile nerd on the outside 🌮🏆 🏳️🌈 she/her
The stats are clear: Gotham has never lost a championship after signing Katie Stengel mid-season and having her score a game-winner in the playoffs
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The stats are clear: Gotham has never lost a championship after signing Katie Stengel mid-season and having her score a game-winner in the playoffs
Katie freaking Stengel, man
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Katie freaking Stengel, man
When I log into plus dot nwsl dot com just in time to hear The Song
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When I log into plus dot nwsl dot com just in time to hear The Song
Damn turns out it's not impossible to both make a factual correction about a player's gender and say you stand with trans people
The Black Women’s Player Collective has dropped a statement as well this morning on their Instagram in light of the recent comments made this week.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Damn turns out it's not impossible to both make a factual correction about a player's gender and say you stand with trans people
Quick release another statement about how all the players are afab
48 hours before the playoffs kickoff. FUCK. OFF.
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Quick release another statement about how all the players are afab
I have so much respect for the @nwslplayers.bsky.social but to me this misses the point. The issue isn't that the attacks on specific NWSL players are factually incorrect (they are); it's that the hysteria and bigotry around trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming athletes hurts all women
Inbox: NWSLPA Releases statement condemning attacks on players
"We stand firmly with all our members - including, and especially, the African women who have been targeted by divisive and demeaning rhetoric”
"We stand firmly with all our members - including, and especially, the African women who have been targeted by divisive and demeaning rhetoric”
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I have so much respect for the @nwslplayers.bsky.social but to me this misses the point. The issue isn't that the attacks on specific NWSL players are factually incorrect (they are); it's that the hysteria and bigotry around trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming athletes hurts all women
@nwslsoccer.com what are you going to do to protect your players?
About to pop into an appointment, but a quick update:
No Elizabeth Eddy, but Fox News ran a segment with Jennifer Sey, founder of the transphobic organization xx-xy, who said “the NWSL has several males I. The league… including their best player, Barbra Banda.”
No Elizabeth Eddy, but Fox News ran a segment with Jennifer Sey, founder of the transphobic organization xx-xy, who said “the NWSL has several males I. The league… including their best player, Barbra Banda.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@nwslsoccer.com what are you going to do to protect your players?
She had ONE game left on her contract. She could have ridden off into the sunset with the trophies her teammates won for her and had a nice life. And instead she chose this
Fox News has picked up Elizabeth Eddy’s column, and the response from the Angel City players.
I’m hearing Eddy will appear on Fox and Friends tomorrow morning.
I’m hearing Eddy will appear on Fox and Friends tomorrow morning.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
She had ONE game left on her contract. She could have ridden off into the sunset with the trophies her teammates won for her and had a nice life. And instead she chose this
They have to allow this goal, there's no other appropriate end to this miserable season
November 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They have to allow this goal, there's no other appropriate end to this miserable season
On the one hand this review is kind of unhinged but on the other, Jun Endo never got justice for her disallowed goal in game 1 of 2023 which is perhaps when it all started to go bad for Angel City
November 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
On the one hand this review is kind of unhinged but on the other, Jun Endo never got justice for her disallowed goal in game 1 of 2023 which is perhaps when it all started to go bad for Angel City
:')
for those not on x, here is Sarah Gordon and Angelina Anderson’s statement, they do speak for the team, and the team says trans folks belong
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
:')
Reposted by Katelyn Best
We call on Angel City FC to be clear in the steps they are taking to ensure a safe and inclusive space for ALL players and to directly address the hateful rhetoric recently published by Elizabeth Eddy.
#NWSL #AngelCityFC
#NWSL #AngelCityFC
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We call on Angel City FC to be clear in the steps they are taking to ensure a safe and inclusive space for ALL players and to directly address the hateful rhetoric recently published by Elizabeth Eddy.
#NWSL #AngelCityFC
#NWSL #AngelCityFC
Reposted by Katelyn Best
What the sign says 🗣️🏳️⚧️
October 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
What the sign says 🗣️🏳️⚧️
Deeply disappointed in Liz Eddy here, who I've always liked and respected. A reminder that we have a lot of work to do when it comes to educating the public about why trans inclusion isn't just morally correct, but competitively sound share.google/Gjf9a1Sl01eL...
National Women’s Soccer League must adopt gender standards to keep growing
Recent controversies across women’s sports — from swimming to track and field — have highlighted professional soccer lacks clear eligibility policies, unlike a growing number of other competitions.…
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October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Deeply disappointed in Liz Eddy here, who I've always liked and respected. A reminder that we have a lot of work to do when it comes to educating the public about why trans inclusion isn't just morally correct, but competitively sound share.google/Gjf9a1Sl01eL...
It's pretty cool that ICE gets bullied by regular degular people in every city they go to
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It's pretty cool that ICE gets bullied by regular degular people in every city they go to
Pretty much every vegan food is ultimately seeds
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pretty much every vegan food is ultimately seeds
All parades deserve to exist in New York City
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
All parades deserve to exist in New York City
Man I understand that 5 is maybe a low number to retire but if there's anybody who deserves it it's Ali
October 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Man I understand that 5 is maybe a low number to retire but if there's anybody who deserves it it's Ali
Another thing I can say now that I'm no longer an Angel City employee: it's corny as fuck to make a sign or t-shirt that says "Cedars-Sinai" on it to wear to a game and more people should say this
October 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Another thing I can say now that I'm no longer an Angel City employee: it's corny as fuck to make a sign or t-shirt that says "Cedars-Sinai" on it to wear to a game and more people should say this
Just connected the dots on the fact that my dad was a patient at Oregon Medical Group, which got bought by United Healthcare a few years ago, causing all the doctors to quit; my dad waited months for appointments multiple times and wasn't diagnosed with cancer until a few months before he died
October 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just connected the dots on the fact that my dad was a patient at Oregon Medical Group, which got bought by United Healthcare a few years ago, causing all the doctors to quit; my dad waited months for appointments multiple times and wasn't diagnosed with cancer until a few months before he died
Bari fuckin Weiss dude
October 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Bari fuckin Weiss dude
What I'm learning in law school
October 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
What I'm learning in law school
Gavin Newsom is a slimy little weasel with no moral convictions but he kinda ate with this ngl
October 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Gavin Newsom is a slimy little weasel with no moral convictions but he kinda ate with this ngl
Remember to vote!!!!
October 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Remember to vote!!!!
Also the thing about telling Kimmel to apologize—how far off are loyalty oaths, do we think?
September 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Also the thing about telling Kimmel to apologize—how far off are loyalty oaths, do we think?