It was a busy offseason for the Washington Spirit. The club acquired defenders Kelley O’Hara and Emily Sonnett through transactions, signed Swedish midfielder Julia Roddar and gained a top prospect in Trinity Rodman. They also continued to strive to make changes in team culture at all levels.
Now, the Spirit is ready to make even more fundamental changes. According to several sources with knowledge about the situation, the club is going to add a lot of profile investors, including Chelsea Clinton and Jenna Bush Hager. The Washington Post was the first to report the news.
On Tuesday, Spirit declined to comment when asked about potential changes to their ownership group.
Several sources around NWSL told The Athletic that Steve Baldwin was looking for additional investors for Spirit and hoped that impressive names would follow a fairly new trend for the league, after …