Trans football superstar Karleigh Webb on why she feels at home on the field
all women,” she said. Two months later, Karleigh showed up to the team’s tryout, ready to play. As it turns out, she found much more than a game of catch on that fateful June afternoon.
She discovered a new football family. “I was nearly in tears, because I couldn’t believe I was there,” she said. In the lead-up to their first game, Karleigh could hardly contain her butterflies on the long ride to Virginia.
A few hours later, she found herself in the end zone… after a pick-six, no less!“It was my first touchdown since my freshman year of high school,” she said. “How far back was that?
Reagan was telling Gorbachev to tear down the wall!”Three years later, Karleigh is preparing for a new season with the Connecticut Ambush, who are part of the Women’s Football Alliance.
