Many of us started 2021 with ideas of changes and success with Washington Spirit, the women’s soccer team in the DMV area. It wasn’t different. The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team announced today a new investors group.
The investors join the Spirit to support the club’s goals of winning championships, promoting the women’s game in the US, and becoming the premier women’s sports property in the world. In a press release, Spirit’s Managing Partner Steve Baldwin said, “It is fitting that the Washington Spirit have an investor group commensurate with the dynamism and diversity of DC and its place as the most powerful city in the world.”
The Spirit has brought together important figures, including the daughters of two former U.S. Presidents – Chelsea Clinton and Jenna Bush Hager – Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Estee Portnoy, Briana Scurry, Dominique Dawes, Assia Grazioli-Venier, Razmig Hovaghimian, Matt Hong, Tom Daschle, Claire Shipman, Mary Mochary, Suzanne Niedland, and Devin Talbott, the lead investor in the new group.
Founded in 2012, Washington Spirit has a growing fan base in the DMV, and with the new investments, they look forward to making the team a global brand as said Steve Baldwin “Our club has big ambitions globally. With an eye to expanding the Spirit fan base, building on the team’s current footballing success, and capitalizing on the entrepreneurial intersection of technology and sports entertainment, Michele (Kang) Bill (Lynch) and I are thrilled that global sports, media, and business executives have also joined our group.
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Starting this season, Washington Spirit will play all of their home games at the Audi Field in DC or at the Seagra Field in Leesburg, VA.
Training Camp started February 1st, the teams are preparing for the Challenge Cup that begins on April 9th. NWSL regular-season starts May 15th.
