Caroline likes to live in the present. A few weeks before going to her first Women’s World Cup, she is one of the key players in the Brazil squad that will travel to Australia and New Zealand in the summer. The 23-year-old is part of a group that, as she said during an interview with […]
The Equalizer Podcast: Kailen Sheridan
Photo credit: EM Dash-USA TODAY Sports In our latest edition of “Their Stories, Their Voices,” San Diego Wave FC goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan joins Jenna Tonelli and Taylor Vincent to discuss the growth of Pride Nights in the NWSL, this summer’s Women’s World Cup, and San Diego’s defense this season. Sheridan also shares her thoughts on […]
Crystal Dunn talks motherhood and her return to soccer on the new NBC podcast – Equalizer Soccer
Late in the year 2022 National Women’s Soccer League season United States women’s national team and Portland Thorns star Crystal Dunn returned to play just four months after giving birth to her son, Marcel. Mere weeks later, she scored a goal in second-half stoppage time to send Portland to the NWSL Championship. But even a […]
What now? – Equalizer Soccer
Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports On Friday it was reported and then confirmed by The Equalizer, that US women’s national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn is out of the upcoming World Cup in Australia/New Zealand due to a lingering foot injury. With only days left before players report to camp ahead of the tournament, this news, […]
Losing record halfway through the NWSL season? We’ve got bad news for you – Equalizer Soccer
Photo Copyright: Aaron Doster for USA TODAY Sports We’re exactly halfway through the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season, and the top seven in the table are separated by only four points which shows the competitiveness of the league. Looking at the 2022 NWSL table, the playoff cutoff for the top six teams was 33 […]
Angel City fires head coach Freya Coombe: source – Equalizer Soccer
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Angel City has fired head coach Freya Coombe, a source confirmed The Equalizer. The Athletic first reported the news on Wednesday. Angel City won only two of its first nine games and is tied for the fewest points (9) in the National Women’s Soccer League at the halfway point of the […]
Cece Kizer is one of the best attackers in the NWSL. Period. – Equalizer Soccer
Credit: Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports “A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.” A Thomas Pynchon quote, or an accurate description of Cece Kizer in a Kansas City Current uniform? Trick question: it’s both. Little did we know that the 68th minute on June […]
Chelsea bolsters attack with Macario signing – Equalizer Soccer
Photo Copyright Orlando Ramirez for USA TODAY Sports Catarina Macario has an impressive list of honors, especially for a 23-year-old soccer player. She won two NCAA Women’s College Cups during her time at Stanford, before turning professional with Lyon. While in France, she won the Division 1 title and the Champions League. Now, having signed […]
Trouble at the bottom – Equalizer Soccer
Bekki Morgan and Jeff Kassouf take a close look at teams at the bottom of the NWSL standings. Angel City FC has been successful off the field, and had a strong first season. What can they do to find more success on the field in their second year in the league? The Current built a […]
Safety [in] net at goalkeeper? – Equalizer Soccer
The FIFA Women’s World Cup is closer than anyone might want to admit, and not even the goalkeeper depth chart — the shortest list of any other position — is all that straightforward for the United States women’s national team. This is the USWNT Form Index, a series checking in on the form of players […]