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Portland Thorns FC head coach resigns at players' request following a 'friendship' with a player
CTV News ^ | December 3, 2022 | Wayne Sterling/CNN Digitial

Posted on 12/05/2022 11:06:54 AM PST by Loyalist

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My father used to umpire national softball tournaments in Canada. The women's tournaments were notorious for the interpersonal drama off the field, what with friendships forming and breaking with such passionate intensity.

Why should it be any different in soccer?

1 posted on 12/05/2022 11:06:54 AM PST by Loyalist
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f you’re ever in a jam, here I am
If you’re ever in a mess, S-O-S
If you ever feel so happy, you land in jail, I’m your bail.
It’s friendship, friendship, just a perfect blendship.
When other friendships have been forgot,
Ours will still be hot.
Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle dig, dig, dig.

If you’re ever up a tree, phone to me.
If you’re ever down a well, ring my bell.
If you ever lose your teeth, and you’re out to dine, borrow mine.
It’s friendship, friendship, just a perfect blendship.
When other friendships have been forgate,
Ours will still be great.
Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle, chuck, chuck, chuck.

If they ever black your eyes, put me wise.
If they ever cook your goose, turn me loose.
If they ever put a bullet through your brain, I’ll complain.
It’s friendship, friendship, just a perfect blendship.
When other friendships have been forgit,
Ours will still be it.
Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle, hep, hep, hep.


2 posted on 12/05/2022 11:08:55 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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“During my time as the Thorns coach, a player and I formed a friendship that turned into more complex emotions,” Wilkinson wrote on Twitter.


Cracks me up. If she was an honorable person she would just marry her friend./s
and LOL


3 posted on 12/05/2022 11:10:16 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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Women’s soccer and basketball have done more to promote lesbianism among young women today than any other force within society.


4 posted on 12/05/2022 11:12:49 AM PST by irishjuggler
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Somewhere, Vince Lombardi must be watching all of this and shaking his head in utter disbelief.


5 posted on 12/05/2022 11:23:45 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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I would add that college women roommates are another force, but usually temporary. A lot of girls have a lesbian fling in college and then straighten out and get married and raise a family, with no long-term after-effects other than “what to tell hubby”.


6 posted on 12/05/2022 11:24:08 AM PST by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords - Arthur Pendragon 2024)
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Who pays money to watch lesbians play pro soccer?


7 posted on 12/05/2022 11:25:24 AM PST by PGR88
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"During my time as the Thorns coach, a player and I formed a friendship that turned into more complex emotions," Wilkinson wrote on Twitter.

More complex emotions. Hmm....

Funny how Don Shula never had a thing for Dan Marino, nor Bill Walsh for Joe Montana.

8 posted on 12/05/2022 11:26:37 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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I don’t watch Women’s soccer, but Thorns and Currents are stupid names.

It’s a shame that some people are so sensitive about team names that everyone ends up with unexciting names.


9 posted on 12/05/2022 11:28:41 AM PST by Tai_Chung
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Yup- used to be athletic girls wanted to play sports semi pro- but now that lesbianism is so prevalent it is driving them away from sports leagues- others are naive, get into the sports- find out it’s infested with gay women, and so they end up quitting


10 posted on 12/05/2022 11:35:03 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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Wow! I mean... I didn’t even know there was a NWSL.


11 posted on 12/05/2022 11:38:13 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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Singing duo
12 posted on 12/05/2022 11:38:29 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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“Funny how Don Shula never had a thing for Dan Marino, nor Bill Walsh for Joe Montana.”

And over in the NHL, you could probably say the same about Glen Sather and Wayne Gretzky or Scotty Bowman and Guy Lafleur or Don Cherry and Bobby Orr, lol.

I recall reading an interview with Bryan Watson and he said that at his first training camp with Montreal in about 1965 or thereabouts, he politely said hello to legendary coach Toe Blake and Blake basically walked by and ignored him. Later, Watson told captain Jean Beliveau about the encounter and Beliveau told him that at a golf tournament that he and Blake were both at, Blake barely acknowledged him, even though Beliveau had been with the Montreal organization for about 15 years by that time. “He basically treats every player that way”, Beliveau told Watson.


13 posted on 12/05/2022 11:39:46 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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Back in the day (late 60s?) they used to say that there were 3 gay quarterbacks in the NFL. I was young an nieve and could only figure out 2.


14 posted on 12/05/2022 11:41:08 AM PST by PAR35
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Lesbians ought to go back to Lebanon where they came from!


15 posted on 12/05/2022 11:42:26 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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They should change their name to the Portland Carpet Munchers!


16 posted on 12/05/2022 11:42:30 AM PST by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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Why couldn’t they just keep it private? It was no one’s business.


17 posted on 12/05/2022 11:43:40 AM PST by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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but now that lesbianism is so prevalent it is driving them away from sports leagues

Don’t worry, the trannies are going to push out all the lesbians next. What comes around goes around.

18 posted on 12/05/2022 11:46:28 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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Don’t forget women’s college fast pitch softball.


19 posted on 12/05/2022 11:47:12 AM PST by Son-Joshua ( )
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Yes...keep it to yourself...I was a young woman jock...never occurred to me to have these kind of interactions...course it was 40plus yrs ago


20 posted on 12/05/2022 11:48:59 AM PST by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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