Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe to produce queer soccer romance ‘Cleat Cute’

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Sports icons Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are getting in the game as TV producers with 'Cleat Cute' scripted series.

Sports icons Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are getting in the game as TV producers. Bird and Rapinoe’s production banner, A Touch More, has teamed up with independent TV studio Future Shack Entertainment to develop “Cleat Cute,” the bestselling novel from author Meryl Wilsner. “Cleat Cute” is a contemporary queer romance that follows a young soccer player as she juggles being the new rookie, her goals of making the national team, and a budding romance with her team captain.

Bird, a five-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA and NCAA basketball champion, and Rapinoe, a two-time FIFA World Cup-winning soccer superstar, founded the company in partnership with sports media and commerce company TOGETHXR, and with the mission to championing diverse stories. Its first project ESPN’s 30 for 30 Podcast “Pink Card,” which followed women in Iran fighting for the right to watch soccer.

 

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