{"id":528431,"date":"2025-11-11T16:22:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/?p=528431"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:22:43","slug":"9-celebrities-with-ties-to-the-washington-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/culture\/2025\/11\/11\/9-celebrities-with-ties-to-the-washington-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Celebrities with Ties to the Washington Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After finishing with the second-best record during the NWSL regular season, the Washington Spirit are preparing for their <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonspirit.com\/playoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">semifinal matchup<\/a> against the Portland Thorns at Audi Field on Saturday. With the noon kickoff expected to sell out, you might notice a few famous faces in the crowd. Here are nine celebrities with ties to the Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-georgia-amoore\">Georgia Amoore<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily for this Washington Mystics rookie (and Virginia Tech graduate), she was already a huge Trinity Rodman fan before moving to DC. Amoore was seen cheering on the team at Audi Field once the Mystics\u2019 season ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-paige-bueckers-and-azzi-fudd\">Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo that led the UConn Huskies women\u2019s basketball team to its 12th national championship also back the yellow and green. Why, you might ask? Azzi Fudd grew up in Arlington before starting her dominant career at UConn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jenna-bush-hager-and-chelsea-clinton\">Jenna Bush Hager and Chelsea Clinton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These former first kids may no longer be located in DC, but that doesn\u2019t mean they have stopped supporting the city. Bush Hager and Clinton are not only Spirit fans, but investors of the NWSL team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dominique-dawes\">Dominique Dawes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Olympic gold medalist, who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/news\/2025\/10\/22\/dominique-dawes-opens-her-first-virginia-gym-location-in-ashburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opened her first NoVA gym<\/a>, is also part of the Spirit\u2019s investor group \u2013 joining in 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-magic-johnson\">Magic Johnson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Just last fall, the NBA legend added NWSL owner to his already impressive resume when he joined the Washington Spirit ownership group. With the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the World Series in October, you know he\u2019ll be cheering on the team for his second championship of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ben-shelton\">Ben Shelton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The No. 5 ranked men\u2019s tennis player has been showing some extra love to the Spirit. When Shelton isn\u2019t at a match, you\u2019ll probably find him on the sidelines supporting girlfriend and Spirit forward Trinity Rodman.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-frances-tiafoe\">Frances Tiafoe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The tennis star is a known <a href=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/culture\/2025\/01\/21\/celebrities-cheering-on-the-washington-commanders-during-the-playoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DC sports fanatic<\/a>. If you can\u2019t find him at a Spirit game, you\u2019ll definitely see him repping the team\u2019s kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Feature image of Magic Johnson by Erik Pendzich\/Alamy Stock Photo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From NBA and NCAA championship-winning athletes to former first children, you can find these celebs cheering for the Spirit.","protected":false},"author":1001795,"featured_media":528439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>9 Celebrities with Ties to the Washington Spirit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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