While researching a writing project, I began to pay closer attention to women’s soccer, including the U.S. women’s national team and the National Women’s Soccer League. Both organizations include world-class players, and these athletes are not immune to the effects of the toxic division and human brokenness that is pervasive in our society. During the Summer Olympics, former President Donald Trump encouraged attendees of a rally to boo the women’s national team, and, following the team’s failure to qualify for the gold medal game, stated that if “our soccer team, headed by a radical group of L…
