[Applause] students at Ida bw's Middle School cheered as Magic Johnson stood right in front of them in his first appearance after buying a steak into the Washington Spirit women's soccer team magic dawned the team's home Jersey and said meeting Michelle Kang is the reason why he's joining the spirit family be competitive like I am so it was just easy for me to say yes King said Magic's involvement is more than financial the I'm just really excited for our players because I think he will bring that sort of the spirit and motivation and they can really look up to to him Washington is currently in second place in the nwsl and Magic hopes the team continues excelling we understand that we have a team that can win the championship in northwest DC Jose om Mana WTOP News