Elizabeth Eddy said the National Women’s Soccer League should be for women.

That makes sense, right? A women’s league for women?

Well, not to her teammates. They couldn’t stand it, and publicly slammed Eddy as transphobic. Eddy waited a few days before she responded.

“Responsible people can disagree on this topic, but there is no need to go to bullying and name calling,” Eddy said in an interview with Fox News. “It doesn’t set a good example for anyone.”

Eddy didn’t call her teammates vile names in response to their character-slandering rhetoric.

“These teammates are my friends,” Eddy said. “In fact they’ve been invited to my wedding…I hope they come.”

Her captains, Sarah Gorden and Angelina Anderson, said the team was disgusted with Eddy for saying the NWSL needs stricter gender guidelines.

Eddy still didn’t throw a punch back.

“I think it’s super important to offer an olive branch,” Eddy said. “At the end of the day we’re all humans.”

And she said she silently has the support of her teammates and other athletes.

“Speaking out is a really difficult thing to do,” Eddy said. “Think about it, the mindset as a pro athlete is I’ve worked my entire life for this i’ll do anything it takes whatever the cost. The flip side of that is even if I stay silent, even if I go along to get along I’m willing to do that to play.”

She said she understands why players want to play more than they want to speak up, admitting though, she knows most people in America want women’s sports to be for women.

“I’ve come to realize it’s an 80-20 issue.”

Eddy called for players, coaches, politicians to figure out how to make sure the NWSL continues to flourish for women.

Earlier this year World Athletics implemented SRY testing for any female athlete wishing to compete in that category at The World Championships. Those women are protected, now Eddy wants the same for a league she’s invested years in.

Eddy helped grow the NWSL from YouTube streaming deal to a $240 million TV contract.

The Angel FC Defender has spent more than a decade in the NWSL. As mentioned in her op-ed, Eddy said the best way to honor women is to keep the NWSL for women.

Whatever names her teammates want to call her just roll off her shoulder. Eddy is fighting for something bigger than herself.

“I hope to have many daughters and for them looking forward, that’s the reason I decided this is worth it,” Eddy said.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Wednesday that air traffic will be slashed by 10% in 40 “high-volume” markets beginning on Friday due to the air traffic controller shortages brought on by the record-breaking government shutdown.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at a press conference alongside FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford that the FAA is taking “proactive” steps to “keep the airspace safe” as the government shutdown moves into its 37th day.

“In the end, our sole role is to make sure that we keep this airspace as safe as possible,” Duffy said. “There is going to be a 10% reduction in capacity at 40 of our locations,” he added.

🚨 BREAKING: @SecDuffy announces a 10% reduction in scheduled flight capacity at the nation’s top 40 high-traffic markets due to the Democrat Shutdown’s strain on air traffic controllers. pic.twitter.com/g6yJygA96W

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 5, 2025

The air traffic reduction comes just weeks before the Thanksgiving holiday, which is typically the busiest travel weekend of the year in the United States. Bedford said the administration would share more information on the 40 markets affected by the 10% reduction at a later time.

The Transportation Secretary said that the decision is “data-based” and focused on areas where air traffic controllers are feeling the most pressure. Duffy did not say where the disruptions should be expected, adding that he and Bedford are set to meet with airline leaders later on Wednesday to discuss the flight reduction.

“Our primary mission at the FAA is to manage airspace in the safest manner possible,” said Bedford. “That is our only focus.”

Bedford added that flight controllers are experiencing increased fatigue as fewer controllers show up to work. As the government shutdown drags on, air traffic controllers have gone weeks without pay, causing some controllers to call in sick so they can seek work elsewhere.

“We do recognize that the controllers have been working fastidiously for the last five weeks with this huge burden over their heads [from] lack of compensation,” Bedford said. “We are starting to see some evidence that fatigue is starting to build in the system in ways we feel we need to work toward relieving some of that pressure.”

Republicans continue to push Democrats to agree to a short-term bill that would immediately fund the government, while negotiations could continue on a larger piece of legislation. Democrats have refused to pass the GOP’s short-term spending plan for five weeks.

Earlier on Wednesday, President Donald Trump urged Republican senators in a White House meeting to terminate the filibuster “this afternoon,” so the party could reopen the government and pass some of the administration’s priorities.

“I think it’s very important. We have to get the country open, and the way we’re going to do it this afternoon is to terminate the filibuster,” he said. “And it’s possible you’re not going to do that, and I’m going to go by your wishes. You’re smart people. We’re good friends, but it would be a tremendous mistake, it would be a tragic mistake, actually. It’s time.”

GOP Senate leaders appear to be unmoved by Trump’s request to end the filibuster.