HRT to put my testosterone and estrogen levels within a "normal female range," I decided to carry on with a men's team (admittedly in an LGBT+ league), preferring that discord to the inevitable attention and abuse that would come with playing for a women's club.
When I did play, casually, with cis women, I found my advantages were not hormonal—I was less quick and less strong than many of my new teammates—but cultural.
Having been raised male, I'd had far more coaching, having not been discouraged or excluded from soccer at a young age like some of them.
Consequently, I had advantages in its less physical and more teachable aspects: passing, moving off the ball and shooting.The question of whether transgender athletes threaten women's.