What They're Saying: Lisa Baird

• by Soccer America , Jun 25, 2020

“It was not my intent to be the first. I didn’t set that as the goal. [But] we’re going to take full advantage of the sports spotlight. We need to.”

-- NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird, who took her job on March 10, two days before the NWSL shut down its first week of preseason because of the COVID-19 pandemic, on the league's restart on Saturday, making it the first major U.S. pro league to return to play. (USA Today)