Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports After Saturday’s other two Women’s Women’s Soccer League matches were rescheduled due to the Challenge Cup Final, just the one regular-season game was played. San Diego Wave 4, NJ / NY Gotham FC 0 The Skinny: San Diego created numerous chances in their regular-season home opener, and despite missing several, they […]
Could Erin Cuthbert be Ji So-yun’s successor at Chelsea? – Equalizer Soccer
Photo: Daniela Torres / Sports Press Photo. The announcement that Ji So-yun would leave Chelsea at the end of this season was met with sadness by those in and around the club. Ji joined in January 2014, and her eight-year spell coincided with the club’s emergence as a dominant force domestically and a contender in […]
“I would put my mortgage on Megan Rapinoe to score a penalty” – Equalizer Soccer
Photo: © Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports. Megan Rapinoe is no stranger to taking – and making – crucial penalty kicks. She took three during the 2019 World Cup, all in knockout matches with the score tied, and made them all. One was in the final against the Netherlands. In 2011, she took a spot kick […]
The Reign and Spirit double dose was as epic as it was ridiculous – Equalizer Soccer
Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports There is no getting past it: Wednesday’s epic National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup semifinal in Washington, DC, featured a clear and obvious error in the final seconds which likely impacted the result. Megan Rapinoe called it “horrible” and “unacceptable.” Laura Harvey called it “embarrassing.” Deep into second-half stoppage time, a […]
Tijuana, Pumas punch ticket to Liguilla at the death – Equalizer Soccer
Photo: Club Tijuana Femenil. Talk about chaos. The final week of Liga MX Femenil action certainly delivered on all of the different playoff scenarios and the chaos that followed. Atlético San Luis, Querétaro, Cruz Azul, Club Tijuana, Toluca and UNAM Pumas were all competing for the final two playoff spots. In the end, Pumas and […]