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Sweden vs Thailand  |  16 June 2019

Lilac by Dominika Brudny

This, this right here. How many times have you seen men’s captains hug before the match? Offer a hand to someone they’ve just tackled? Encourage the opposing players after a crushing defeat? This is what you don’t get in men’s football: sportspeopleship, a sense of unity, real respect for each other. The women get it, take pride in the fact that they know that at the end of the day they’re all here for the same thing and with the same passion and love residing in their hearts. And you don’t know how happy it makes me to watch this and finally have truly positive footballing role models.

If any of you even try to deny this just rewatch like any of the past games and you’ll see how many players have fallen over and they were barely even touched. It’s hilarious.

I look around at us and you know what I see? Losers… I mean like, folks who have lost stuff. And we have, man, we have, all of us. Homes, and our families, normal lives. And you think life takes more than it gives, but not today. Today it’s giving us something. It is giving us a chance.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) dir. Rob Letterman

She’s showing empathy.”

Thembi Kgatlana of South Africa scores her country’s first ever goal during the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Group B football match between Spain and South Africa, on June 8, 2019, at the Oceane Stadium in Le Havre, France.

⚽ Giulia Gwinn 66’

WWC19 - Germany W 1-0 China W - Gwinn 66’

— giulia gwinn breaks deadlock with a gorgeous goal❣️