Sports
Federal Triangles to host IGLFA 2022 World Championships
D.C. event slated for June 7-12
The Federal Triangles Soccer Club will host the International Gay & Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) 2022 Outdoor World Championships from June 7-12 in Washington, D.C. It has been 13 years since the club previously hosted the event.
The discussion to host began for the Federal Triangles when they were competing at the 2018 Paris Gay Games with the initial intent to bid on the 2021 IGLFA tournament. The pandemic ended those plans as international tournaments were canceled through 2021.
The 2022 tournament was expected to be held in conjunction with the 2022 Hong Kong Gay Games, but the IGLFA pulled out two months before the Hong Kong postponement was announced due to lack of feedback on the playing fields.
“We restarted the bid committee and put everything back together with the same framework,” says Craig Williams, tournament chair. “The only change was re-envisioning the event for a post-pandemic world.”
The IGLFA selected D.C. for a 7v7 championship and Sydney was awarded an 11v11 championship to be held in February of 2023.
In an effort to drum up support for the event, bid committee members traveled to local soccer tournaments across the country and the Federal Triangles also competed at the IGLFA 2022 Indoor World Championships in Las Vegas this past January.
“We listened to what players were saying and shortened the tournament to four days,” Williams says. “We also adopted a 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. playing schedule, which will allow players to complete any remote work tasks before heading to the fields.”
The venue for bracket play is The Fields at RFK Campus and there will be D1, D2, D3, and Master’s (over-40) divisions for both all-gender and women’s teams. More than 300 players are expected to compete in the event.
The championship matches for all divisions will be held at Garrison Elementary School on June 11 from 1-6 p.m., just one block off the Capital Pride parade route.
Players from the tournament will be attending social events at locations around the District from June 7-12 and non-players are welcome to purchase guest passes for all of the events. There will be a beer garden onsite for fans during the bracket play at the RFK fields.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the IGLFA, there will be a diversity and inclusion panel at Pitchers/ALOHO on June 9.
“We hope that the atmosphere we are creating encourages anyone in the community to come out and watch some soccer,” says Williams. “All of the Federal Triangles are looking forward to welcoming old friends and new friends, great soccer matches, and celebrating Pride.”
Information for volunteers, fans and non-players can be found on the tournament website.
More than a dozen LGBTQ athletes won medals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics that ended on Sunday.
Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, and Alex Carpenter are LGBTQ members of the U.S. women’s hockey team that won a gold medal after they defeated Canada in overtime. Knight the day before the Feb. 19 match proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron, who is gay, and his partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry won gold. American alpine skier Breezy Johnson, who is bisexual, won gold in the women’s downhill. Amber Glenn, who identifies as bisexual and pansexual, was part of the American figure skating team that won gold in the team event.
Swiss freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud, who is in a relationship with Vali Höll, an Austrian mountain biker, won gold in women’s freeski slopestyle.
Bruce Mouat, who is the captain of the British curling team that won a silver medal, is gay. Six members of the Canadian women’s hockey team — Emily Clark, Erin Ambrose, Emerance Maschmeyer, Brianne Jenner, Laura Stacey, and Marie-Philip Poulin — that won silver are LGBTQ.
Swedish freestyle skier Sandra Naeslund, who is a lesbian, won a bronze medal in ski cross.
Belgian speed skater Tineke den Dulk, who is bisexual, was part of her country’s mixed 2000-meter relay that won bronze. Canadian ice dancer Paul Poirier, who is gay, and his partner, Piper Gilles, won bronze.
Laura Zimmermann, who is queer, is a member of the Swiss women’s hockey team that won bronze when they defeated Sweden.
Outsports.com notes all of the LGBTQ Olympians who competed at the games and who medaled.
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US wins Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey
Team captain Hilary Knight proposed to girlfriend on Wednesday
The U.S. women’s hockey team on Thursday won a gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. The game took place a day after Team USA captain Hilary Knight proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
Cayla Barnes and Alex Carpenter — Knight’s teammates — are also LGBTQ. They are among the more than 40 openly LGBTQ athletes who are competing in the games.
The Olympics will end on Sunday.
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Attitude! French ice dancers nail ‘Vogue’ routine
Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry strike a pose in memorable Olympics performance
Madonna’s presence is being felt at the Olympic Games in Italy.
Guillaume Cizeron and his rhythm ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry of France performed a flawless skate to Madonna’s “Vogue” and “Rescue Me” on Monday.
The duo scored an impressive 90.18 for their effort, the best score of the night.
“We’ve been working hard the whole season to get over 90, so it was nice to see the score on the screen,” Fournier Beaudry told Olympics.com. “But first of all, just coming out off the ice, we were very happy about what we delivered and the pleasure we had out there. With the energy of the crowd, it was really amazing.”
Watch the routine on YouTube here.
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