Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports The National Women’s Soccer League playoffs are set after a thrilling final weekend that saw the Shield and final playoff spot change hands. The table was so tight that the Kansas City Current went to the final weekend with an outside shot at the Shield but wound up falling all the […]
In Spain, the joy of victory meets the agony of circumstance – Equalizer Soccer
Spain’s Laia Codina celebrates her goal vs. the USWNT. (Anne Frosaker/SPP) Soccer is such a strange, maddening sport. Fans, journalists, players, we all debate for hours, and yet nobody can truly predict what is going to happen — not consistently, anyway. As in any sport, the winning is an end goal, but it’s the uncertainty […]
Cromwell, Greene fired; joint investigation finds verbal abuse, favoritism, retaliation – Equalizer Soccer
Sam Greene, left, and Amanda Cromwell, center (Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports) Amanda Cromwell and Sam Greene each had their employment contracts terminated as Orlando Pride head coach and assistant coach, respectively National Women’s Soccer League announced on Monday. The punishments come following the conclusion of the matter by the NWSL and NWSL Players Association’s joint […]
Spain’s hostile environment is only getting worse as Jorge Vilda doubles down – Equalizer Soccer
Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports The headquarters of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, a complex of nearly 30 acres located on the outskirts of Madrid, used to be a quiet place. Sitting at the gates of a natural park and in one of the country’s most affluent cities, its training facilities offered women’s national team players […]
Three thoughts from a weird night at Wembley – Equalizer Soccer
Karl W Newton/SPP It is a difficult week to talk about soccer. At a minimum, what happened on the field on Friday cannot be viewed in a vacuum, given the traumatic week that was (yet again) for players in the United States specifically. unequivocally, the Sally Yates report on systemic abuse in the National Women’s […]
Player for player, which team is better? – Equalizer Soccer
USA Today Sports/SPP The United States women’s national team faces England on Friday in a friendly designed to seriously test Vlatko Andonovski’s side before next year’s World Cup. England won the EUROs in July, securing their first major tournament success and confirming their development on the international stage. The US, meanwhile, defeated Canada to continue […]
live updates – Equalizer Soccer
Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports Developments continue to unfold following Monday’s public release of Sally Yates’ report into abuse in women’s soccer. Bookmark this page to keep up with all the major developments in real time. Below, you’ll find links and news updates to the story in reverse chronological order. Thursday, Oct. 6 9:30 a.m. ET: […]
Regular season ends; Yates report released – Equalizer Soccer
Photo credit: EM Dash-USA TODAY Sports Three weeks into the new National Women’s Soccer League campaign comes an international break and the first hard stop for teams to assess what is and is not working thus far. (And, for players not departing to national teams, a needed rest after a blitz of games to start […]
Abuse in women’s soccer is ‘systemic,’ according to Yates’ detailed report – Equalizer Soccer
EM Dash-USA TODAY Sports The independent investigation into widespread abuse in women’s professional soccer in the United States found extensive failures from leadership at the US Soccer Federation and the National Women’s Soccer League. The issues “were not unique or new to the NWSL,” according to Sally Yates, the former US attorney general who led […]
Chicago defeated Angel City to secure a playoff spot in the final match of the season – Equalizer Soccer
Daniel Bartel-USA TODAY Sports On the final day of the National Women’s Soccer League regular season, the Chicago Red Stars hosted Angel City FC to determine who would take the sixth and final playoff spot, Chicago with a win or the North Carolina Courage with any other result. Chicago Red Stars 2, Angel City FC […]