Alex Morgan is back to playing with the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League after the Women's World Cup, and she's apparently already tired of the lodging that the league offers.
In a tweet on Monday, Morgan directly called out the NWSL by adding their handle and saying, "there's no other way to address continuing problems. Hotels have been unacceptable. For ex. :Bed bugs/mold @ Adams Mark Hotel in KC."
While the tweet has since been deleted, it remains cached on Google. Morgan has not added an update saying her account has been hacked, and a similar tweet by teammate Christine Sinclair would appear to verify that the tweet is, in fact, Morgan's.
As For The Win notes, the league's operations manual indicates that home teams must provide away teams with rooms at a 3-star hotel. And while Adam's Mark Hotel might technically qualify, it's 1.9 rating leaves something to be desired.
Since it's the home team providing the hotel rooms, it's fair to wonder whether FC Kansas City deserves some blame here. But the larger issue is one of gender inequity. Morgan has spent months and months thinking about all the ways FIFA treats the men better than the women at their respective World Cups.
Now she's back to playing in a league with a minimum salary way below the poverty line and maximum salaries not much better than that. If you were in her situation and you suddenly realized your hotel room had bedbugs, wouldn't that be the last straw for you, too?
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