Lynn Williams has brought life and scoring back to NJ/NY Gotham FC, with six goals across the regular season and Challenge Cup in 2023.

In doing so, she has surpassed Sam Kerr for the most goal contributions (goals and assists) across all competitions in NWSL history, with 103 to Kerr’s 102. She also sits in second place in all-time regular-season goals, her 61 trailing Kerr’s record 77.

Her most recent goal, which broke the goal contributions record, came in Sunday’s 2-1 win against the Chicago Red Stars.

“Everybody kept being like, congrats on this record. And I was like, what are you guys talking about?” Williams said on the latest episode of Snacks.

When she realized she had broken Kerr’s record, she told her USWNT and Gotham FC teammate Kristie Mewis to pass along a message to Kerr. Mewis is dating the Australian star.

“I beat Sam Kerr. And so I told Kristie that she has to tell Sam she’s a peasant to me now,” she joked.

Traded to Gotham in the offseason, Williams hasn’t missed a beat joining her new squad. And teammate Ali Krieger, who joined the latest episode of Snacks, called Williams’ addition to the club “amazing.”

“She’s like scoring all the goals, carrying the team on her back,” Krieger said. “It’s like, it’s insane. Now I don’t have to defend her, which is really nice. I can breathe a little. … It’s exciting also playing in the back and just watching you play too. Creating chances and we didn’t necessarily have that last year. You’ve just elevated the front line completely.”

For Snacks co-host Sam Mewis, Williams’ scoring was the “biggest story of the weekend.”

“Lynn can’t stop scoring. That was the headline,” she said, before addressing Williams: “Lynn, people do desperate things to try to stop you sometimes.”

With six goals through eight games for Gotham in 2023, she has more goals than Gotham scored during the 2022 season. But if you ask Williams, she’s not even playing some of the best soccer of her career.

While she’s scoring at a higher percentage, “which is great,” she still feels like she has room to grow.

“In the NWSL I’ve only played kind of one system, which is the two front in North Carolina,” she said. “And then obviously in Kansas City I played one game, so that doesn’t really count. I feel like right now my defensive pressure has been pretty good.

“I feel like I am just continuing to get better and better. I feel like I’m getting back to myself, but I’m not there yet. So I feel like every game I’m like, okay, my fitness is getting a little bit better. Taking on people is getting a little bit better. My shot’s better. But it’s been like a year.”

Williams is focused on “grinding” right now and taking baby steps as she continues to recover from the hamstring injury that kept her out for almost all of 2022.

“I feel like when you get too high, it’s like it can fall off at any moment. And when you get too low, you’re like, you can’t get out of it,” she continued. “So, yeah, I think it’s awesome. I’m scoring goals, but I just think I need to stay here and what I’ve already done is in the past. And so I just have to keep doing it every time.”

Cameron Brink already has her rookie of the year pick for the upcoming WNBA season, and it’s Indiana-bound star Caitlin Clark. 

In the latest edition of Kelley on the Street, host Kelley O'Hara caught up with Brink in New York hours before the Stanford phenom went No. 2 overall to the Los Angeles Sparks at the 2024 WNBA Draft. When O’Hara asked who would win the WNBA's rookie of the year, she answered without pause.

"Caitlin Clark," she said, while a fan commented that she thought Brink would take home the award. Brink later added that the extra foul granted to WNBA players will be "good for me."

"I hope it’s me," Charisma Osborne, who was later drafted by the Phoenix Mercury, said when asked her ROY prediction. "But, I don’t know — we’ll see."

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Maria Sanchez issued a statement on Thursday, confirming recent reports that she has requested a trade from the Houston Dash. 

In it, she revealed that the club has been aware of the request "since late March."

"This has all taken a toll and isn’t an easy thing to talk about, but I want to confirm that I’ve requested an immediate trade," she wrote. "My expectations and reasons have been clear. I trust that my current club’s management will honor my decision in a timely manner and proceed with accepting a trade."

"I’m eager to refocus and dive back into what I love most: playing football," she concluded.

Thank you, everyone, for the outpouring of kindness and support. pic.twitter.com/gcnN7dhCJU

— Maria Sanchez (@Maria17_7) April 19, 2024

Reports of Sanchez's trade request first surfaced on ESPN last week, and were later confirmed by multiple sources. 

In December of last year, Sanchez signed a three-year contract with the Dash valued at $1.5 million including bonuses and an option year. It was the largest contract in NWSL history at the time — a figure that would be eclipsed by multiple contracts in the following months. 

Sanchez spent the offseason as a restricted free agent, meaning that Houston could match any other team's offer to retain her rights. Should the Dash trade Sanchez, her current contract terms would remain intact, limiting potential buyers to teams able to afford to take on an inking of that size.

The Dash has yet to address the trade, instead reiterating to ESPN that Sanchez is "under contract, a choice she made in free agency at the end of 2023." 

Both the NWSL trade window and transfer window close tonight, April 19th, at 12 a.m. ET. The window will stay closed through the next 11 regular season games, reopening on August 1st, 2024.

The four-time league champion Seattle Storm unveiled their new practice facility on Thursday, with Storm co-owner Lisa Brummel dubbing Interbay's Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance the team’s "new home."

"It's just such a special space," Brummel told Fox 13 Seattle. "I think when the players get here, it's gonna be overwhelming."

The sprawling 50,000-square-foot, $64 million property is just the second designated practice facility to be designed and built expressly for a WNBA team, with the Storm further noting that 85% of all design and engineering team members involved in the project's construction were women and people of color. The finished product holds two professional indoor courts, two 3x3 outdoor courts, a state-of-the-art locker room, and players' lounge, plus designated areas for strength and conditioning, kitchen, dining, and nutrition, and recovery. 

"This facility reflects our commitment to providing our athletes an exceptional environment that supports their growth, health, and performance," said Storm co-owner Ginny Gilder in an official team release. "It’s built for women, by women, embodying our dedication to leading the way in professional women’s sports."

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For their part, the team can't wait to make the faciilty their own.

"It's amazing," Storm guard Jewell Loyd told Fox 13. "Not having to drive everywhere around, knowing you have access anytime of the day to get into the gym, to workout." 

Head coach Noelle Quinn said she predicts the team is "never going to leave this building."

"Which is a good thing for me," she continued. "You talk about having an edge in performance. We want our athletes to not only perform on the court, but get whatever they need."

All of the Storm's staff and operations will now live under one roof, and the team also has plans to launch a youth basketball program operating out of the building.

The Caitlin Clark effect is quickly making its mark on the big leagues, as WNBA host teams around the country rush to upgrade their Fever games to larger arenas in order to accommodate surging ticket sales.

With Clark mere weeks away from her Indiana Fever debut, both the Las Vegas Aces and Washington Mystics have officially relocated their scheduled home games with head coach Christie Sides' squad. On Thursday, the Mystics became the latest to adjust their plans, moving their June 7th matchup from Entertainment & Sports Arena in Southwest DC to the more centrally located — and much larger — Capital One Arena "due to unprecedented demand."

The Mystics home court's capacity taps out at 4,200, while Capital One Arena — home to the Wizards, Capitals, and Georgetown Hoya's Men's Basketball — can fit nearly five times that crowd at some 20,000 spectators.

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"The move to Capital One Arena will allow for additional fans in the stands as well as premium hospitality options, including Suites and the all-new all-inclusive courtside Hennessy Lofts," the team announced via Thursday's press release.

The Aces were one of the first teams to switch venues, aiming to take on the Indiana Fever in front of as many as 20,000 fans inside T-Mobile Arena on July 2nd. That’s a sizable a boost from their home venue, which holds just 12,000.

For those still planning to face the Fever in their home arenas, ticket prices have skyrocketed. Previously scheduled construction has already forced the LA Sparks to relocate their first five games — including their May 24th clash with the Fever — to Long Beach State's Walter Pyramid. The temporary venue is quite the downsize, holding just 4,000 in comparison to Crypto.com Arena's near-19,000. As of Friday, the get-in price for that game started around $400.

Despite fans launching a Change.org petition urging relocation, the Chicago Sky say they're unable to move their June 23rd Fever meeting from Wintrust Arena's 10,000-seat facility to the 23,500-seat United Center due to a concert. Tickets for that game start around $325 as of Friday.