WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:  

• Big money, bigger moment. Tigres earned one million dollars at World Sevens Football’s North American debut, and Maria Sánchez took home the Golden Ball.
  

• From Venezuela to D1 glory, Marianyela Jiménez closed her college chapter the only way you do it, with a national title at Florida State.
  

• Evelina Cabrera’s soccer résumé does not fit on one line. First woman on a men’s U-20 technical staff in Mexico, founder of Argentina’s first women’s blind soccer team, now building impact from LA.

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The NFL Goes All In on Flag

The NFL announced a $32M investment to launch a professional flag football league with both women’s and men’s divisions, signaling a real commitment to turning one of the fastest growing versions of the game into a true pro pathway.

The timing is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. Flag football hits the Olympic stage at LA 2028, and the NFL wants this league up and running well before the world is watching.

The big takeaway. This is not a test run or a nice-to-have. The NFL is building flag football with women in the blueprint from day one, putting real money and real structure behind a sport that girls have been growing quietly for years.

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🛍️ BUYING:
This is what happens when brands get out of the way. PUMA handed the mic to Hoodbaby and LA fútbol culture did the rest, stitched together by Ofelia.

The World Cup is coming, and the drops are not waiting for kickoff. Peace Collective’s FIFA 2026 collection celebrates North America as one shared fútbol moment. Get it here!

📺 WATCHING:
Dua Lipa said goodnight, Mexico with Amor Prohibido cover. She’s one of us now.

🎉 CELEBRATING:
A homecoming, a girls tournament, and a blueprint for what access can look like, led by Deyna Castellanos.

Coach Kelly grew up in the game and is now making history as the first woman to coach a men’s college football team in Mexico with Borregos CEM.

Partial vision. Full dominance. Puerto Rican Alelí Medina just claimed her fourth straight surf world title.