NWSL Teenage Prodigy Takes in Team’s Boozy Title Celebration

• Portland Thorns midfielder Olivia Moultrie won her first National Women’s Soccer League title this year.
• At 17 years old, the NWSL’s youngest-ever player also became its youngest-ever champion.
• Moultrie joined her teammates celebrating but merely watched their booze-filled locker room party.

Olivia Moultrie had a lot to celebrate Saturday night.

The 17-year-old Portland Thorns midfielder had just won her first-ever National Women’s Soccer League Championship. After helping the Thorns take down the Kansas City Current 2-0 at Washington DC’s Audi Field, Moultrie was able to add youngest-ever NWSL Champion to her long list of accolades, which already included youngest-ever NWSL player and youngest-ever NWSL goalscorer.

But one peculiar aspect of her status as a prodigy showed itself after Portland’s big win; Moultrie couldn’t fully join her teammates in their postgame booze fest.

The Thorns locker room — which was covered in plastic tarp and prepped with booze courtesy of NWSL sponsor Budweiser — looked like any other championship team’s after winning a title. Players were popping bottles of champagne, guzzling beers, and spraying everyone and everything with their victory libations.

That is, everyone and everything except for Moultrie, who is still four years away from legally being able to purchase or consume alcohol in the United States.

Moultrie seemed to be a good sport about it all. Photos show her laying low inside the locker room, where she stayed close to the walls and observed as her teammates — some of whom are more than twice her age — had the time of their lives.

Without further ado, let’s go Moultrie spotting in the Portland locker room: