Lee Nguyen was always one of the more technically gifted players in the USMNT player pool. For 15 years he played all over the globe, from the Netherlands to Vietnam, Los Angeles to Boston.
On Friday, he announced his retirement to focus on coaching, re-signing as an assistant coach with the NWSL’s Washington Spirit.
On Thursday, the USWNT dropped its roster for the 2022 SheBelieves Cup, to be played in California and Texas later this month. Julie Ertz, a stalwart on the national team since 2013, was nowhere to be found. It was a similar story two days earlier when Angel City FC, the NWSL club that owns her rights, unveiled its preseason roster, without Ertz listed.
Where is Julie Ertz? Why isn’t she playing soccer right now? Fans across the country want to know.
The 2022 SheBelieves Cup will be the least challenging yet for the U.S. women’s national team. So Vlatko Andonovski is giving less-experienced players an opportunity to show what they can do. But the USWNT roster for the 2022 SheBelieves Cup left off two of the nation’s most promising young players.
Crystal Dunn is expecting her first child in May, but that’s not stopping her from getting in some touches. Video of Crystal Dunn training pregnant was posted to her social media accounts on Tuesday, and she’s still putting in that work six months pregnant.
Trinity Rodman was a revelation in 2021. Now the 19-year-old is becoming one of the highest paid women's soccer players in NWSL history.
Tom Brady officially announced his retirement via a long social media post on Tuesday, confirming ESPN’s reports from Saturday that one of the NFL’s all-time greats was hanging up his cleats. Love him or hate him, he won seven Super Bowls, making him the most successful NFL player ever. It got us thinking at The18: Who is the Tom Brady of soccer?
Six months ago, the Spanish-Brazilian midfielder Stefany Ferrer van Ginkel signed with Tigres and became the first foreign player in Liga MX Femenil's history. Unfortunately, her contribution was underwhelming, and with just one goal in 10 games (224 minutes, to be accurate), she is now leaving the team.
Her departure, though, is not without another milestone in Mexican soccer. After joining Angel City FC, Ferrer van Ginkel is the first transfer in history from Liga MX Femenil to the American NWSL.
Let preseason commence — an NWSL CBA has been ratified.
Hours before players were scheduled to report to preseason training camps, the NWSL and NWSLPA reached an agreement on the league’s first collective bargaining agreement, which averts a potential work stoppage right before the 2022 season. The NWSL CBA provides basic minimum standards of compensation and treatment, including paid mental health leave, free agency and no longer being forced to play on substandard fields.
Desirée Monsiváis es hasta ahora la única jugadora en la historia de la Liga MX Femenil en sobrepasar los 100 goles. Sin embargo, ese dato está a punto de quedar obsoleto debido al incansable apetito goleador de Katty Martínez.
Katty Killer marcó en la victoria 3-0 del América sobre el Necaxa y dejó su cuenta personal en 99 conquistas.
Charlyn Corral parece haberse enchufado finalmente al fútbol mexicano. La delantera de las Tuzas poco a poco empieza a lucir su legendario talento frente a las porterías rivales y hoy con un doblete ante el Toluca se puso al frente en la tabla de goleo de la Liga MX Femenil.
Corral llegó al Pachuca a mediados de 2021 y su primer torneo estuvo lejos de ser impresionate, anotando apenas cuatro conquistas. En su defensa, la jugadora venía saliendo de una larga lesión en una de sus rodillas.