ST. PAUL, Minn. — A little more than two years before she cradled the World Cup trophy in the same stadium, Alex Morgan attempted a quieter exit in Lyon. Minutes after playing the second leg of a Champions League semifinal with Olympique Lyonnais, she walked through the mixed zone oblivious to the surrounding interviews in French. Her eyes were locked instead on a phone as she watched the beginning of her husband’s MLS game several thousand miles away.
Family, friends and everything familiar were…
FIFA confirmed eight member associations will continue their bid to host the 2023 women’s World Cup.
Eight member associations will continue their bid to host the expanded Women’s World Cup in 2023, FIFA confirmed on Tuesday.
FIFA agreed to increase the number of participating teams for the 2023 event from 24 to 32 following this year’s edition in France, and it subsequently reopened the bidding process.
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Bidding member associations include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and South Korea, who are interested in a joint bid together…
There’s no debate: as a standalone tournament, the Women’s World Cup is a rip-roaring, commercially viable success. The 2019 edition broke women’s football viewing records around the world. This happened not only in Europe, where the time zones were friendly and new marks were set in France, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom, but also in the United States and Brazil. In fact, according to FIFA, Brazil set a new global viewing record when 35 million watched the Selecao take on France in the…
With the exception of one game, the 2019 NWSL season will step aside for an international break after the Chicago Red Stars and Portland Thorns conclude this week’s schedule (ESPNEWS, 3 p.m. ET Sunday) in a showdown between teams currently occupying first and second place.
While many of the league’s players will stay busy in the interim with the U.S. national team’s Victory Tour, Euro 2021 qualifying or the U-23 Nordic Tournament in England, the break is one last pause in the stretch run. By the…
Former Nigeria Super Falcons footballer Ifeanyi Chiejine has passed away in Lagos at the age of 36.
Sources told ESPN that Chiejine, the youngest member of Nigeria’s class of ’99, the team which shone by reaching the quarter finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup that year, had been ill for months, but cause of death is as yet unknown.
“This is huge shock. We had no idea that she was sick,” NFF General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi said in a statement.
“Ifeanyi was one of the most naturally gifted players…
Former Nigeria Super Falcons footballer Ifeanyi Chiejine has died in Lagos at the age of 36.
Sources told ESPN that Chiejine, the youngest member of Nigeria’s class of ’99, the team which shone by reaching the quarter finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup that year, had been ill for months, but cause of death is as yet unknown.
“This is huge shock. We had no idea that she was sick,” NFF General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi said in a statement.
“Ifeanyi was one of the most naturally gifted players to…
United States women’s soccer co-captain Megan Rapinoe says any conversations with U.S. Soccer must begin with women’s players receiving equal pay to their male counterparts.
Rapinoe and teammate Christine 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 members of the women’s team reached an impasse.
Rapinoe told GMA that it was unfortunate that the talks broke down, adding that she had hoped the two sides could…
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…
U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro addressed the World Cup-winning women’s national team’s call for equal pay amid chants from the crowd in New York.
Atlanta United manager Frank de Boer has said he does not believe in equal pay for men and women in football, or sports such as tennis because they don’t bring in as much revenue, according to a report.
“I think for me, it’s ridiculous,” De Boer told The Guardian when asked about the plans for equal pay. “It’s the same like tennis. If there are watching, for the World Cup final, 500 million people or something like that, and 100 million for a women’s final, that’s a difference. So it’s not…
U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro addressed the World Cup-winning women’s national team’s call for equal pay amid chants from the crowd in New York.
Atlanta United manager Frank de Boer has said he does not believe in equal pay for men and women in football, or sports such as tennis because they don’t bring in as much revenue, according to a report.
“I think for me, it’s ridiculous,” De Boer told The Guardian when asked about the plans for equal pay. “It’s the same like tennis. If there are watching, for the World Cup final, 500 million people or something like that, and 100 million for a women’s final, that’s a difference. So it’s not…