Women's Soccer

NWSL’s Newest General Manager Used To Work In WWE

For reasons good and (mostly) bad, the National Women’s Soccer League has had a lot of turnover in management positions over the last 15 months, from ownership to coaches. But there’s reason to be excited about the newest addition to the NWSL, made Thursday by the KC Current heading into their second season as a club. 

2021’s Most Successful Coach Snubbed From FIFA Best Finalists; We’re Not At All Surprised

There was but one major global international soccer tournament in 2021. For some reason, the coach who inspired an underdog victory in that competition wasn’t deemed worthy by FIFA to even be a finalist for the organization’s FIFA Best Coach of 2021 award. Not that we’re the least bit surprised; we’ve long learned to expect the worst from FIFA.

Rapinoe On Former USSF Prez Wanting Job Back: ‘Caveman Levels Of Misogyny’

Carlos Cordeiro, the former U.S. Soccer Federation president who resigned in disgrace after overseeing some of the most deplorable arguments the USSF has ever put forward in a lawsuit, wants his old job back. Megan Rapinoe, for one, has made her opinion known on the matter.

Why U.S. Soccer Couldn’t Get Half-Decent Teams For 2022 SheBelieves Cup

Despite pandemics and lawsuits, one constant for the U.S. women’s national team lately has been the SheBelieves Cup. Every year since 2016, the USWNT has hosted some of the best teams in the world in a four-team competition aimed at inspiring young women. Unfortunately, the 2022 SheBelieves Cup looks like it’ll be the least inspiring yet. 

Qué Equipazo Arman: Al América Femenil Ya Podemos Ir Diciéndoles Las Aguilácticas

Si hay que declarar a un ganador del mercado de pases para el Clausura 2022, no hay dudas de que el premio quedaría en manos del América. Pero no el equipo varonil, sino que el plantel femenil dirigido por Craig Harrington. Y la verdad es que es imposible no alabar los movimientos realizados durante este invierno, al punto que las azulcremas parecen listas para desafiar el dominio que hoy imponen Tigres y Monterrey.

Quizás, incluso, es hora de ir llamándolas Las Aguilácticas.

UEFA’s Latest Plea Against Biennial World Cup: Think Of The Women!

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has reiterated his opposition to FIFA's plans to stage a biennial World Cup, saying the women's tournament or the Olympics would be affected if they were held in the same year as the finals.

América Asegura A Alison González, La Perla Del Fútbol Mexicano Femenil

El Club América está decidido a romper el duopolio establecido por Tigres y Monterrey en el fútbol femenil. Prueba de ello es que el conjunto azulcrema sorprendió hoy uno de los fichajes bomba para la temporada 2022, al anunciar a Alison González.

La joven de 19 años proviene del Atlas y tiene una fama goleadora en la que básicamente descansan las esperanzas de México. No por nada la llaman Aligol.

Barça-Real Set For Historic Women’s Champions League Showdown At Camp Nou

For the first time ever, Barcelona Femeni is set to host a match at the Camp Nou with fans in attendance, and what an event it'll be: the return leg of the club's UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid on Wednesday, March 30.

If recent results are any indictor, it'll be a party atmosphere inside the ground following the first leg in Madrid on March 22. 

USWNT 2021 Year In Review — It Wasn’t That Bad, Was It?

After a 2020 that was, in many ways, a lost year for international soccer, the U.S. women’s national team went into 2021 with high hopes. The year ended with feelings of missed opportunities and the need for a rethink moving forward less than 20 months away from the next Women’s World Cup.

N.C. Courage Attempt Apology For Signing Homophobic Player; Fans Aren’t Buying It

If you would like to learn how to alienate a club’s fanbase, perhaps irrevocably, you would struggle to find a better case study than the NWSL’s N.C. Courage this week. On Sunday, the club announced the signing of a player, Jaelene Daniels, antithetical to the vast majority of the team’s and league’s fans. After two full days of silence, the club put out a shockingly meek “apology” late Wednesday night, only further upsetting the once devoted fanbase. 

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