Rather than the crowning achievement of her career, winning a second consecutive World Cup title marked the end of three years that Carli Lloyd hopes never to repeat.
In an interview this week on ESPN’s “Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy” podcast, the 37-year-old Lloyd spoke at length about her frustrations with a diminished role on the U.S. women’s national team after the 2016 Olympics and the toll the past three years took on her professionally and personally.
“I’m not going to lie and sugarcoat…
A new filing from the plaintiffs in a pay discrimination lawsuit against U.S. Soccer alleges that if members of the women’s national team were paid under the same terms as the men’s national team, they would have earned roughly three times as much as their actual compensation.
The information comes in a new brief filed Monday by the plaintiffs in response to a U.S. Soccer filing last week opposing certification of the players’ class action status.
Twenty eight members of the women’s national team…
Megan Rapinoe sits down for an exclusive interview with ESPN and discusses the impact Donald Trump’s tweets had on the USWNT at the World Cup.
United States women’s soccer co-captain Megan Rapinoe says players have not closed the door on resolving their equal pay dispute U.S. Soccer out of court, but any conversations with the federation must begin with women’s players receiving equal pay to their male counterparts.
Rapinoe and teammate Christen Press appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today” on Thursday, a day after mediation between the U.S. Soccer Federation and the 28 members of the women’s team who filed a gender…
The United State Soccer Federation and members of the women’s national team reached an impasse Wednesday in attempts to mediate the ongoing dispute over equal pay, with a spokesperson for the players saying they “eagerly look forward to a jury trial.”
Spokesperson Molly Levinson released the statement Wednesday evening on behalf of the U.S. players after mediation ended.
“We entered this week’s mediation with representatives of USSF full of hope,” Levinson said in the statement. “Today we must conclude…
Tobin Heath, Lindsey Horan and Carli Lloyd scored for the USWNT as the World Cup champions kicked off their victory tour with a win over Ireland.
Two time World Cup winner Mia Hamm joins ESPN at halftime of the USWNT’s first Victory Tour game to discuss the legacy of the 2019 champions. PASADENA, Calif. — A month after pledging to double the prize money for the 2023 Women’s World Cup to $60 million, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Saturday that he believes the organization will exceed that goal.
“We have until 2023 to discuss about the prize money,” Infantino said. “I think we need to market it as well in a certain way. I’m very confident, I’m sure we can go higher than doubling.”
On vacation in California, Infantino spent Saturday as part of the largest domestic crowd to…
PASADENA, Calif. — A month after pledging to double the prize money for the 2023 Women’s World Cup to $60 million, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Saturday that he believes the organization will exceed that goal.
“We have until 2023 to discuss about the prize money,” Infantino said. “I think we need to market it as well in a certain way. I’m very confident, I’m sure we can go higher than doubling.”
On vacation in California, Infantino spent Saturday as part of the largest domestic crowd to…
PASADENA, Calif. — Alex Morgan won’t be on the field when the United States women’s national team plays Ireland on Saturday in its first game since winning the World Cup. But the American co-captain plans to be there in 2023, chasing an unprecedented third title.
“For me, I want another World Cup,” Morgan said when asked about options beyond the field. “[Life after soccer is] not super soon. Four more years!”
Morgan talked about her future in the fourth and final episode of her ESPN+ series Alex…
Past, present and future come together when the United States plays Ireland on Saturday (ESPN2, 10 p.m. ET), the first game for the Americans since they won the Women’s World Cup not quite four weeks ago in France.
The past is inescapable in the Rose Bowl, where 90,000 fans witnessed the 1999 World Cup final that provided — with Brandi Chastain’s help — an unforgettable scene. But that isn’t the only history in the grand old stadium, where three years later the U.S. women played in obscurity…
Golden Boot and Golden Ball winner Megan Rapinoe reflects on the impact the USWNT has had on and off the field after defending their World Cup title. U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro contended Monday that analysis of federation finances showed that it paid members of the women’s national team millions of dollars more than members of the men’s national team over a period of nearly a decade.
Responding publicly for the first time to weeks of public and even congressional criticism since the U.S. won the Women’s World Cup while national team players are in the midst of suing the federation for gender discrimination, Cordeiro sent an open letter…
LYON, France — Among the waves Megan Rapinoe’s words generated during this World Cup, one of her first answers created barely a ripple at the time.
As the U.S. team held its training camp in the days before its opener against Thailand, Rapinoe — before she became the lead character in the entire tournament — listened to an English reporter ask her if this World Cup had special meaning because, he noted, it would surely be her last.
She started to answer, spooling out some boilerplate about taking…