To all the women dreaming of working in sports activities: in the event you can dream it, you are able to do it. Women are main and excelling in varied roles throughout our group, from STEM to pictures. On National Girls and Women in Sports Day we’re shining a highlight on just some of the wonderful ladies engaged on and off the sphere on the Washington Spirit:

Michele Kang
Owner 

The first girl of shade to personal an NWSL staff, Michele has turn into the worldwide thought chief in revolutionizing ladies’s sports activities. Her groundbreaking imaginative and prescient is to create probably the most preeminent sports activities group on the planet with a excessive efficiency tradition of successful on and off the pitch, coaching females as females and proving the industrial viability of ladies’s sports activities. She was chosen as one in every of Sports Business Journal’s 2022 Power Players in Women’s Sports.

Azita Nejaddehghan
Physical Therapist 

My job as staff bodily therapist is to plan and coordinate the rehabilitation for gamers within the return to play course of. With a participant first strategy, every rehabilitation is individualized to the athlete in entrance of us. What I take pleasure in most is undoubtedly when the participant returns to the pitch and doing what they love! 

Breanna Biorato
Photographer 

As the Team Photographer, I seize the Washington Spirit’s most compelling moments that contribute to the storytelling of the staff’s journey. I create partaking content material throughout all platforms, archiving, idea planning and extra! I actually need the followers to really feel like a part of the staff whereas additionally telling the story of the Spirit.

Cassi Peck & Rylee Learn
Assistant Athletic Trainers

As assistant athletic trainers, we’re right here to assist help and be a useful resource for gamers as each individuals and athletes all through their time with us. Our main duty is to evaluate and take care of the accidents or diseases the gamers might maintain. From being on area throughout coaching and finishing day by day remedy periods to working with gamers from harm to return to sport; our function appears to be like totally different day after day however at all times retains us on our toes.

Donielle White
Head of Fan Experience 

My job as the pinnacle of fan expertise is to make sure that anybody who visits Audi Field has an unforgettable expertise. My staff and I deal with all of the logistics of gameday, together with recreation themes, leisure, security, activations, and extra.

Katia Rabinowitch
Player Logistics Manager 

As the Player Logistics Manager for the Washington Spirit, I oversee all elements of the participant expertise administratively, together with participant appearances, on-boarding and bonding occasions. I try to create a enjoyable surroundings that permits every participant to personal their craft on the sphere but additionally permits them to be snug off the sphere.

Kim Stone
Chief Executive Officer 

As the CEO of the Washington Spirit, you’re not simply main a soccer staff; you’re the captain of a dynamic and thrilling sports activities expertise for gamers and followers! Your function is an exciting mix of technique, teamwork, and fervour, the place you drive the Spirit to be the preeminent sports activities group on the planet. Every day brings new challenges and victories, making your job as CEO an exhilarating journey within the world recreation of soccer.

Mackenzie Isom
IT Manager

As the IT supervisor I oversee all IT operations on each the enterprise and sporting aspect. This consists of all IT procurement, implementation and upkeep of all software program and {hardware}, routine community and information safety evaluations. I assist discover streamlined options for varied enterprise and sporting wants referring to information.

Mami Yamaguchi
Assistant Coach/Player Development Coach 

As an assistant coach of the Washington  Spirit, my job is to facilitate gamers’ improvement and success. I take pleasure in working with our dynamic employees members and it’s really a pleasure for me to be a part of our gamers’ journey and serving to them obtain their targets and wishes.

Songmi Kim
Applied Sports Scientist 

I’m an Athletic Performance Coach at Washington Spirit. I present bodily efficiency help to gamers (heat up, athletic improvement, fitness center, coaching load monitoring and many others.) in order that they will maximize their efficiency in matches. I take pleasure in teaching gamers, working with them daily, and watching their improvement.