United States women’s national team head coach Vlatko Andonovski departed his final, official press conference prior to naming his 2023 World Cup roster with a familiar note: league form matters, and the next few months would determine who gets on the plane to New Zealand. Roughly a dozen players are fighting for the final six […]
(Photo Copyright Noe Llamas/SPP) In the first round of the 2022-23 A-League Women playoffs in mid-April, there were two matches involving the top four teams. On April 15, the Elimination Final was a Melbourne derby between third-place City and fourth-place Victory, with the sides winning seven previous Grand Finals between them (four for City). During […]
Kate Markgraf won a World Cup and two Olympic gold medals as a player for the United States women’s national team, for which she is now the general manager. When she would attend her daughter’s ice hockey games, however, she kept getting asked the same question by parents who didn’t know about her career: Are […]
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Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports Some players were falling asleep. Others were drinking espresso shots as midnight approached. It was a National Women’s Soccer League matchday in a lightning storm in Houston, Texas, and confusion was in the air. On Friday, the Houston Dash and North Carolina Courage kicked off at 7:38 pm CT. Play was […]
Natalie Mincher/SPP Last year saw a dramatic uptick in ACL tears in women’s football, and that trend has continued this year as the 2023 Women’s World Cup gets closer. In the past few weeks, England captain and defender Leah Williamson unfortunately joined the group of players who will be missing the World Cup due to […]
Yukihito Taguchi-USA TODAY Sports Jeff Kassouf’s weekly, subscribers-only column tackles the biggest topics in women’s soccer in the US and globally, and provides unparalleled insight and analysis into weekly events with the NWSL and United States women’s national team. Unlock his column and much more by starting your FREE, 7-day trial today. FIFA president Gianni […]
Photo Copyright EM Dash for USA TODAY Sports In many ways, Racing Louisville’s timing could not have been more perfect. When they were announced as the newest expansion team in the National Women’s Soccer League in October 2019, interest in women’s soccer was still booming after the World Cup, but demand for franchises hadn’t yet […]
Photo credit: EM Dash Photos Racing Louisville FC’s Paige Monaghan joins Bekki Morgan and Jenna Tonelli to talk about what it’s been like since joining Louisville, becoming a veteran in the NWSL, East Coast vs. Midwest, coffee, trains, and much more. Listen to this pod on: Apple | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | […]
Some say that attack is the best form of defense. As far as Casey Stoney is concerned, however, the reverse is closer to the truth. For the San Diego Wave head coach, good defense is the starting point for attack. This has been the case throughout her managerial career thus far — her Manchester United […]
