Lucy Schodell, founder of Watch Women's Sports (IRL)

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Mom, athlete, women's sports fan, and nerd

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What Watch Women's Sports (IRL) Is

Supporting women's sports in real life shouldn't be hard. But for most people, it is.

Games are spread across dozens of websites. Schedules are incomplete or outdated. You often have to know which schools are nearby, which sports are in season, and where to look before you even start. Women's sports exist everywhere, but finding them requires insider knowledge.

Finding the game is only half of it. The harder part is organizing people to go with you or finding a place to watch the game.

If you live somewhere without a pro team, it can feel like you're the only one who cares. And in a big city with a dozen teams, it's easy to get lost in the crowd and never find your people.

Watch Women's Sports IRLexists to change that.

It's a single place to discover women's sporting events near you and show up — in person, together. College. Professional. Big cities. Small towns. Built for women's sports, and for the fans who show up for them.

Find the game

Browse by City

Find events near you

Events Calendar

See what's coming up

Season Schedules

Know when leagues play

Email Notifications

Subscribe for game reminders

Find your people

Watch Parties

See where fans gather

Host a Watch Party

Bring people together

Start a Group

Your own fan community

Request a Broadcast

Ask a bar to show a game

The Bar Scheduling Tool

This work revealed another barrier — on the business side.

My close friend Nora was opening Babe's in Chicago. She told me she was spending hours every week manually planning their broadcast schedule. It felt like a problem that shouldn't exist.

The Bar Scheduling Tool helps bars publish their women's sports broadcasts using a shared, comprehensive events database, making schedules easier to manage and easier for fans to find.

Women's sports bars like Babe's are leading the way — but you don't have to be a dedicated women's sports bar to be the place fans gather. Any bar, brewery, or restaurant can put a women's game on and become someone's community. This tool is for all of them: the ones leading the way, and the ones ready to follow.

Events Database

Thousands of events

Easy Scheduling

Plan broadcasts fast

Public Schedule

Shareable link

Social Ready

Perfect for Instagram

Get Discovered

Fans find your bar

Why I Built This

I grew up an athlete — I loved running hard, competing, and seeing what I was capable of. Sports taught me how to work with teammates, take feedback, lead, and stick with hard things.

I still remember how much it meant when people showed up to my games. Seeing my parents, friends, and teachers on the sideline made me feel seen and worthy of the work I was putting in.

But growing up, I only saw men play sports professionally — so I assumed women couldn't. Without anyone telling me explicitly, I learned which dreams were realistic and which weren't for me, and I crossed athlete off my list because it wasn't 'a real option.'

Every little girl who plays deserves to dream bigger than that.

Now I am an athlete, sports fan, and a mom. It's more personal. I want my daughter to see competition, leadership, and excellence in women as normal, not exceptional.

But showing up was harder than it should be. In New Orleans I could piece it together if I already knew where to look; traveling to see family, finding games still took time, research, and guesswork. I wanted supporting women athletes to be easy — so I made it easy.

I've written more about my athletic journey, leadership, and why representation matters to me as a runner and a mom on Substack. Read the full story on Substack →.

What I Hope Happens Next

I hope it fills stands and sidelines, and brings young athletes to local college and professional games.

I hope no one has to watch alone — that fans in every city, big or small, find each other.

I hope it makes supporting women's sports feel obvious, easy, and normal.

And I hope it helps the next generation dream bigger, without crossing things off a list before they even start.

Watch Women's Sports IRL

Find a game.
Put it on your calendar.
Bring a friend. Bring a kid.
Find your people.
Support women's sports.