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Shauna GM

@shauna@social.coop · 6 days ago

Documentation of one of the coolest experiences of my life!

Via https://www.instagram.com/p/DPOjVfTDdKs/

Photo credit: Cody Cerventy https://www.instagram.com/crvnka/

#NWSL #FreeDC

Paige Metayer, Kaylie Collins and Esme Morgan pose with Free DC shirts while a crew of fans in Free DC shirts and Spirit gear cheer behind them

Esme Morgan holds up a Free DC shirt while laughing and smiling

Paige Metayer, Kaylie Collins and Anna Heilferty pose in Free DC t-shirts in the middle of Audi Field

Five members of the Houston Dash (from left to right: Paige Nielsen, Delanie Sheehan, Anna Heilferty, Liz Beardsley and Yaz Ryan) post with Free DC shirts on. Behind them a crew of fans in Free DC shirts and Spirit gear (including the author of this post!) clap and smile.

Shauna GM

@shauna@social.coop replied · last week

Shout out also the other Dash players - Paige Nielsen, Yaz Ryan, Delanie Sheehan and Liz Beardsley - for following Anna Heilferty over to the supporters section and putting on the Free DC shirts.

Paige is a former Spirit, Liz Beardsley played at UMD and Yaz and Delanie are, as far as I can tell, simply awesome.

After the game I got to talk to Liz Beardsley who also signed my yellow card. I have a new favorite third string goalkeeper on the Houston Dash :)

#NWSL #FreeDC

a tall blonde woman in a green goalkeeper kit with a black Free DC t-shirt over it. in the background is a soccer pitch with a soccer ball.

yellow cards with Free DC branding and messaging on a black table. one of the cards is flipped over with a signature on it

DC Deejay 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦

@dcdeejay@mastodon.online replied · last week

@shauna Doing The Work while simultaneously getting your fan on.

Priceless.

Shauna GM

@shauna@social.coop replied · last week

Here's a video of the Dash players posing in front of us in their Free DC shirts. I'm hoping we'll get to see the photo soon, along with a similar photo that Esme Morgan, Sandy McIver and Paige Metayer took with us

https://bsky.app/profile/rathjen.us/post/3lzw752lac22c

#NWSL #FreeDC

https://bsky.app

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Shauna GM

@shauna@social.coop replied · 6 days ago

Documentation of one of the coolest experiences of my life!

Via https://www.instagram.com/p/DPOjVfTDdKs/

Photo credit: Cody Cerventy https://www.instagram.com/crvnka/

#NWSL #FreeDC

Shauna GM

@shauna@social.coop replied · 5 days ago

Great writeup here with some incredible quotes from Anna Heilferty.

“It’s been really just beautiful in how the crowd has come together. And I think in moments like this, especially everything that’s been going in DC, to have an organization like Free DC that really brings people together in these critical moments, gives them a voice, gives them somewhere to put energy when it may feel hopeless. It’s so important.”

https://im-curious-roey.beehiiv.com/p/im-curious-edition-33

#nwsl #freedc

Shauna GM

@shauna@social.coop replied · 5 days ago

And coverage in the Athletic/New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6680662/2025/10/01/washington-spirit-free-tickets-government-shutdown/

#NWSL #FreeDC

https://www.nytimes.com

Spirit embraces 'unique power' in a community hit heavily by U.S. government shutdown

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