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Second Gentleman Douglass Emoff is no stranger to sports, especially soccer. “I actually played soccer as a kid and played a lot of sports growing up, so soccer was kind of something I loved,” Emhoff exclusively told The Equalizer. “I have always been a huge fan of the national teams, both men and women.”
Tying his passion with purpose, Emhoff attended the National Women’s Soccer League’s 2024 Challenge Cup match at Red Bull Arena on March 15 where he also participated in a roundtable discussion on notable issues in women’s sports.
Along with the U.S. Department of Labor’s director of the Women’s Bureau Wendy Chun-Hoon, Emhoff was joined by NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman, Gotham FC general manager Yael Averbuch West, former player and now chair of U.S. Soccer’s participant safety task force Mana Shim, and other industry experts for the hour-long discussion on a range of topics.
“It was a great time to come and really amplify these important issues,” Emhoff said….
