All Jen Barnes wanted was a place to watch the OL Reign semifinal against the Washington Spirit. A place other than her living room. She called a bunch of pubs in advance of the matchup last November, starting with ones known for airing soccer games. “Nobody was really carrying it.” The best she could do was the spot that would switch over after a football game—“and it wasn’t even the Seahawks playing.”
The Reign came up short against the Spirit that afternoon, but Barnes’s search for a venue where she could watch Seattle’s professional women’s soccer team yielded something unexpected. This winter, the third-generation Seattle resident
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