This is obviously all speculation. I am not an insider (although I did break the Julia Grosso news and got 0 credit). I’m also not very smart. In fact, I think the university I graduated from is on the brink of bankruptcy, effectively making me an official dunce. But sometimes you see something, and you just know- you know? 2+2 = Fish type shit.
I don’t see how this isn’t interpreted as, “Mal Swanson is Leaving Chicago.” First of all, this weird report of her being out of the preseason comes out which to be honest could be something outside of soccer. I pray it’s not, but it could be something medical either with Mal or, knock on wood, something else.
But then they drop the schedule and jersey launch. And Mal is NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. Your best player, your golden egg, your USWNT Star is in fact not being marketed. Thats a problem.
Maybe the Red Stars marketing team just has donkey brains. Maybe they are Giga Brained and it’s all ploy in a bigger plot to make some sort of surprise signing announcement. Imagine this;
Dark Shadowy figure in the distance, camera slowly zooms in closer to reveal it’s Mal Swanson. She gives a menacing look into the camera, arms crossed, one foot resting on top of a soccer ball. Mal says into the camera, “I’m Back,” as she grabs and points to the Red Stars logo on the brand new clean and totally creative jersey absolute dogshit new jersey. Camera pans out as Mal says, “And I brought a new friend.” Camera widens, a new figure is revealed to be standing beside Mal. It’s Aitana Bonmati, who looks at the camera and says “Vamos Chicago!”
I don’t trust the marketing team to have that type of creativity. This is something else. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark as they say, they being Shakespeare, ever heard of him?
Where there is a smoke, there is fire, and I think zero Mal Swanson news is smoke. Where are the Big J journos? Why the silence? Who knows something? We are talking about IMO THE BEST PLAYER IN THE NWSL (no Chicago bias 🤞).
The soccer world is demanding answers! If she wants a newer, bigger, shinier contract, PAY HER! This is a global superstar. If she wanted a whole new coaching staff, a new stadium, a new US president, I may have added that last one in for literally anyone; I don’t think she’s totally against the new health secretary (I only know what I know), sorry for the mini tangent, THAN YOU DO WHATEVER THE FUCK SHE WANTS
If its something else totally different, than ignore this article, T’s and P’s to whatever she is going through. But if all this speculation is something the Red Stars can fix, then fucking flipping fix it.
