Women with balls

[TexasTowelie]

Dallas’ lesbian-owned and -managed women’s football team had a Cinderella season in 2015 … well, almost

On Aug. 8, members of the Dallas Elite arrived at a stadium at Southwest College in Los Angeles, Calif., with one goal in mind: To win a championship.

Part of the 48-member National Women’s Football Alliance, the Elite is Dallas’ professional women’s football team — and not “football” as in what-the-rest-of-the-world-calls-soccer; football as in full-teams, full-pads, full-tackle. They don’t mess around.

The tight-knit squad has only been together since 2014, but they’ve made a mark quickly, crushing a number of opponents during the league’s eight-game 2015 season, going undefeated and earning the spot in what is essentially the Super Bowl of women’s football.

But they fell just short.

The D.C. Divas topped the Elite, with a heartbreaking score of 30-26.

Read more: http://www.dallasvoice.com/women-balls-10203704.html

[Skittles]

1. nice to see them actually wearing uniforms

[TexasTowelie]

2. Why Skittles,

I expected you to tell me that you were going to kick my football loving ass, YES INDEED! (or is that kick my football, or is that football-loving ass?) Well crap, however you want to want to read the modifiers as (or is that ass)? I'm so confused!

[A Simple Game]

3. It's hard to think straight when you have to look over your shoulder all the time. n/t