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Unmatched in the Baltimore Pride 2021 Sizzle Reel!
We’re so honored to be included in the new Pride Sizzle Reel that the Pride Center of Maryland created to celebrate this year’s Pride Month. Read the Pride Center’s full message to honor today’s Give OUT Day in their latest e-blast.
Unmatched throws the opening pitch at Orioles LGBTQ Pride Night!
Join us on LGBTQ Pride Night at Camden Yards! Email us and we'll share the deets! 💪⚾ GO Orioles! Buy Tickets

T-Shirts!
Big news! We're grateful to share that Under Armour have supported Unmatched with t-shirts for the Field Day on June 12! Thanks to Regan and Jenna at the UA Teammate Resource Group, Unified. Unified will be adorning our team with t-shirts! Shirts will be available for sale for $20. Proceeds will directly support our fall pick-up games. While we can't ship shirts, please arrange pick up at an upcoming game or at our next tabling event.
What's Unified, you ask? Unified provides opportunities for community, career, and culture engagement for UA LGBTQ+ teammates and allies to come together. They're also responsible for the UA cool pride collections each year!

Field Day Recap
We had over forty people arrive to run soccer drills, compete in the KanJam tournament, dance with Poe, hula hoop, take goofy photos, eat popsicles and pizza, you name it! We can't thank you enough. Scroll down for a recap!
As a pre-launch event, this was more than our board could ask for! We heard from some super enthusiastic parents throughout the day, and we would love to hear your voice. As one parent pulled us aside to tell us, 'this was the first time my kid said they really loved playing soccer!' Or, as another parent said, 'my kids told me Mom, we need to go to this; and we're having a great time.' Or, as one youth told us, 'this is great, can we do this like every weekend?'
Our plan moving forward is to begin the planning process for running ongoing pick up games this fall. So please be on the lookout! We'll update our website at unmatchedathlete.org and social media platforms @unmatchedathl. We'll also be adding photos to our Instagram and Facebook pages later this week! (We've already begun adding photos as they come in!)
Unmatched Athlete to Host LGBTQ+ Youth Sports Field Day on June 12
June is Pride Month, and kids are invited to celebrate and get active at Unmatched Athlete’s LGBTQ+ Youth Sports Field Day at the UA House at Fayette on Saturday, June 12, from 1 to 3 p.m. Unmatched Athlete is a new nonprofit dedicated to encouraging LGBTQ+ youth in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas to participate in sports and fitness and explore their athletic creativity.
Co-founder and president Olanrele Oni says that he became motivated to create this organization in July 2020 as the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement became an international phenomenon. Oni, angry with the violence and discrimination that Black transgender women were subjected to, wanted to do something.

Unmatched on MASN: Orioles to host LGBTQ Pride Night at Oriole Park on June 22
ORIOLES TO HOST LGBTQ PRIDE NIGHT AT ORIOLE PARK ON JUNE 22. The Orioles will welcome Olanrele Oni, Board President of Unmatched Athlete, to throw out the first pitch. The Maryland-based non-profit encourages youth who identify as LGBTQ+ to participate in sports and fitness, and to explore their athletic creativity and become well-versed student athletes that excel beyond their time in school.
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