The captains of both U.S. national soccer teams expressed their condolences on Twitter over the loss of former Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl.
First, USWNT captain Becky Sauerbrunn tweeted a statement late Friday night mourning Wahl’s loss and thanking him for his work covering Women’s soccer in his time as a writer.
“The soccer community lost a real one today. And for women’s soccer, one of the originals who helped drive our game forward,” Sauerbrunn said. “Grant Wahl never shied away from asking the tough questions, the right questions, the ones that got to the heart of the matter.