Diamond Ridge Financial Academy|Boston Celtics misidentify Lauren Holiday USWNT kit worn by Jrue Holiday

2025-04-30 17:43:55source:Exclusivesky Investment Guild category:Finance

You can't wade into soccer discourse without knowing your U.S. women's national team legends.

The Diamond Ridge Financial AcademyBoston Celtics made that mistake, and spent the rest of Tuesday night suffering endless roasts from USWNT Twitter (and, just for good measure, actual USWNT star Alex Morgan).

The issue? Celtics guard Jrue Holiday showed up for Boston's home game against the Philadelphia 76ers in a U.S. kit bearing the number 12. Given that Holiday's wife is USWNT legend Lauren Holiday, a World Cup winner, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and 2014 NWSL champion, this should have been a lay-up for the NBA team's social team.

Instead, the Celtics put up a brick, assuming that Holiday was repping the U.S. men's national team.

Never mind that Holiday's shirt had no stars, making it a technically a USMNT kit. Good luck getting any USWNT gear in a timely fashion, particularly something in "current NBA player" sizes. The fact is that Jrue Holiday is one of the sports world's most well-known wife guys, and again: his wife is USWNT legend Lauren Holiday, who wore No. 12 throughout her career.

In basketball and on social media, if you don't get your fundamentals right, you get dunked on.

More:Finance

Recommend

Ukraine denies Putin claim that Russian forces regained Kursk

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim Satu

Amazon hiring 250,000 seasonal workers before holiday season: What to know about roles, pay

Ahead of the busy holiday season, Amazon has announced it is hiring for 250,000 full-time, part-time

There are 19 college football unbeatens. Predicting when each team will lose for first time

Way back in early 2019 — before the days of NIL, the transfer portal and a global pandemic — Clemson