Former USWNT defender Kate Markgraf joins ESPN FC to react to Jill Ellis’ decision to step down as U.S. coach after winning her second World Cup.
Members of the United States women’s soccer team celebrated winning the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup with a parade through the streets of New York City
FIFA is asking its ruling council to fast-track expansion of the next Women’s World Cup to 32 teams.
In a document seen by the Associated Press and ESPN FC, FIFA says it wants council members to approve adding eight more teams within days and without a formal meeting. FIFA is also asking the council to urgently reboot bidding to host the 2023 tournament.
– Megan Rapinoe gets book deal after World Cup win
– Fans fete USWNT in NYC, join equal pay crusade
FIFA President Gianni Infantino believes…
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.
In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Megan Rapinoe jokes about running for president and discusses the responsibility she feels to inspire change. NEW YORK — Soccer star Megan Rapinoe has scored again, this time with a book deal.
Penguin Press announced Thursday that Rapinoe’s book, currently untitled, will be published in Fall 2020. Penguin is calling the book a “perfect vehicle” for an “honest, thoughtful, unapologetic” take on everything from soccer to nationalism to gay rights. Meanwhile, a division of Penguin Young Readers will work on a Rapinoe book for middle graders.
Rapinoe became an international celebrity this summer after she helped…
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Nearly an hour after her Chicago Red Stars team defeated the North Carolina Courage 2-1, once she’d finished signing autographs for the hundreds of fans who stayed long after the last whistle to meet their heroes, two-time World Cup champion Morgan Brian let the media in on a little secret: Women’s soccer in America is so much more than just a sport.
“It’s a movement,” Brian said. “Women are a force, and we’re creating a movement.”
Tough to argue with her on a record-breaking…
ESPN Brazil’s Natalie Gedra reports on the latest on Marta’s future after Brazil was eliminated from the Women’s World Cup by France.
Brazil women’s national team coach Oswaldo Alvarez, known as Vadao, has been fired after the team was eliminated in the round of 16 in the Women’s World Cup.
The Brazilian football confederation announced the move on Monday and said Vadao’s replacement would be named soon.
The 62-year-old coach lasted nearly two years in his second stint with the national team. He also coached Brazil at the 2015 World Cup in Canada and at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016. Vadao was replaced by Emily Lima, and…
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.
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.
In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Megan Rapinoe jokes about running for president and discusses the responsibility she feels to inspire change.
Former USWNT midfielder Heather O’Reilly heaps praise on Megan Rapinoe for her presence on and off the pitch following their second consecutive World Cup title.
NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble, a sponsor of the U.S. Women’s National Team, is now supporting its members’ fight for equal pay.
The company, which supports U.S. Soccer through its Secret deodorant brand, says it will donate $529,000 — $23,000 for each of the 23 players on the U.S. team that won the World Cup earlier this month — to help close the pay gap. The sponsor took out a full-page ad in The New York Times on Sunday urging the U.S. Soccer Federation to “be on the right side of history.”
“Let’s…