A ginger-centric blog for women’s sports fans, and women’s sports fans only
If you’re here, you don’t need reminding, but I’m gonna do it anyway: Gingers for Hal is incredibly proud to be a widely inclusive, and especially a trans-friendly, community.
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(photo credit: Taylor Stover via Tiktok)
About the Ginger*:
*not her, this one time
Welcome! My name is Jacob Mitchell (he/him pronouns). I am a student at Ohio University studying sports management. My teams, in literally no order, are:
Carolina Hurricanes, Kansas State Wildcats, Washington Spirit, Washington Mystics, US Women, Ohio Bobcats, American University Eagles, North Carolina Courage, Boston Fleet, any team with an unproblematic ginger, and I’ll add more when I think about it
In Spring 2024 I started a Twitter account extolling the virtues of Hal Hershfelt, rookie midfielder for the Washington Spirit. After switching that account to Bluesky permanently in Novemberish of that year, I did a lot of posting, switched majors to sports management, and now I’ve decided to talk about Hal, and other stuff related to womens sports, in blog format as well. You can still find me on Bluesky though
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Some terminology:
Washington Spirit- Professional women’s soccer club in Washington D.C.
NWSL- National Women’s Soccer League
Rowdy Audi- Audi Field, where the Spirit (and D.C. United) play their home games
USWNT- The United States Women’s National Team
Jessica Berman- Commisioner of the NWSL
Jonatan Giraldez (often shortened to Jona)- Former coach of the Spirit
Michele Kang- Billionaire, Spirit owner, also owns multiple other women’s soccer clubs
Adrian Gonzalez- Head coach of the Spirit as of 9/3/2025
Mark Parsons/Mark Krikorian- Former members of the Spirit’s front office
Emma Hayes- Head USWNT coach
8- Term for a central midfielder on a soccer team (9, 10, and 6 are also used to describe positions, no other position is described with a number)