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NWSL punishes Washington Spirit, Sheriff shoots down Real Madrid, and more: Freedom Kicks for September 29, 2021

Happy Wednesday everyone. These Freedom Kicks are coming out late this morning, so apologies for that. The USMNT roster comes out soon, so here’s catching you up quickly on yesterday’s big news.

Richie Burke was officially fired for cause, and the Washington Spirit are suspended from governance indefinitely. They also have to respond to violations in 14 days, which most are reading as the board coming up with a plan to get Steve Baldwin out of ownership. We’ll see what happens next.

I didn’t like this one personally, but Real Madrid were beaten by Sheriff Tiraspol in one of the biggest Champions League upsets of all time.