Veteran Soccer Player Faces Teammates’ Rebuke Over Gender Standards Op-Ed

Elizabeth Eddy, a veteran women’s soccer player for Angel City FC, recently faced a significant backlash from her teammates following the publication of an op-ed she wrote for the New York Post. In the piece, Eddy called for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) to adopt clear gender standards to ensure that women’s sports remain exclusively for women. She proposed measures such as requiring players to be born with ovaries, similar to the standards set by the Football Association (FA), or implementing SRY gene tests, like those used by World Athletics and World Boxing. These proposals sparked intense debate, particularly among her teammates, with some calling her words