“I Could Design Them” – Serena Williams Made a Heartfelt Request For Women’s Soccer Players to Wear “Cute Tennis Dresses” Back in 2011

Serena Williams is one of the biggest promoters of women’s soccer in the USA. She along with her husband Alexis Ohanian has been at a pinnacle in promoting women’s soccer. Not only that, she is impressed by USWNT to an extent that she has now invested in her soccer team with Alexis and Hollywood star Natalie Portman. This newfound love of the sports Serena Williams is not new at all, in fact, today we have with us a Tweet from 2011 where she talked about soccer. 

Angel City FC is the biggest example of a woman’s lead group. Watching how they are handling managing the team and marketing not only the team but the whole NWSL. In this ownership group, major stocks are owned by women. This might not have been the dream of the tennis star, but it sure is better.

Serena Williams tweeted about women’s soccer

This tweet comes from 2011 when Serena Williams was in her prime. Back when she won everything she played on. That trend, however, came down with her retirement. In this Tweet she proposed an offer to women’s soccer and luckily, eventually after a long period, she was able to fulfill half of her dream.

The tennis legend Tweeted, “It would be really cute if the lady soccer players wore cute tennis dresses. I could design them…” It is quite clear that the tennis star has been thinking about soccer for longer than we thought. Although at that team, she wouldn’t have any idea about how she will be investing in women’s soccer along with her husband and Natalie Portman.

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Well, lady soccer players might not play in cute tennis dresses. However, she did get to provide her insights into designing the soccer kit worn by Angel City FC in their first season. Not only Serena, but her husband is also one of the leading voices in the team.

Alexis Ohanian talked about USMNT

Comparing the underwhelming performance of the USMNT in 2018 and the world domination by the USWNT in 2019, Alexis Ohanian blamed the weak system of US Soccer that is in place to scope out talent for the USMNT.

Ohanian talked on the basic level as USWNT has a very stable scout and development plan.

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Alexis wrote on his Twitter, “Our US Men’s Soccer team has suffered from a weak system that struggles to identify & develop talent at schooling age; on top of that, there’s so much competition for the best athletes…”

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