Can the spirited lady sluggers of Wrigley Field’s past be summoned to bring Chicago together to celebrate a women’s soccer team?
New Chicago Red Stars controlling owner Laura Ricketts is betting on it.
The narrative around women’s soccer and sports is one of the splashiest topics in the news these days. Everyone is finally catching on to how exciting watching women compete is. It’s a beautiful moment for those of us who have long supported female athletes and one that genuinely feels like the turning point for generations to come.
Without a doubt, the sport of soccer is at the center of this upward trajectory and perhaps the more significant wave of feminism that has rippled across the world in the era of “#MeToo.” One could even be so bold as to say that the U.S. Women’s National Team helped ignite the third wave of feminism. Their grassroots efforts to grow the sport and deliciously defiant stance against the glaring inequities that female athletes face have made all we’re witnessing possible.
This is why it’s important to take a beat and think about the extraordinary event of the Chicago Red Stars playing at Wrigley Field on June 6. Not just playing but attempting to break the current NWSL attendance record of 34, 130 held by Seattle Reign for Megan…
