Through the first half of the season, the NWSL is averaging 11,044 fans per match, a 10% increase year-over-year. Attendance has been boosted by expansion teams in Denver and Boston opening before huge crowds in NFL stadiums. The Denver Summit smashed the NWSL attendance record with 63,004 fans for the inaugural home opener at Empower […]
Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.
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USA shows off maturity in emotional win
Mauricio Pochettino didn’t have to think long when asked what he thought of the red card star striker Folarin Balogun received in the 64th minute of the USA’s 2-0 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina. “Never a red card,” said Pochettino. The controversial decision by referee Raphael Claus following a VAR review to send off Balogun for having raked the back […]
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U.S. under-20 women’s national team roster
U.S. under-20 women’s national team head coach Vicky Jepson has called up 24 players for a training camp that opens Sunday and matches at the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Fayetteville, Ga. The camp will feature the first women’s international matches held at the National Training Center with the USA taking […]
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USA vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina: The shootout records
The USMNT has a slim record in the World Cup knockouts. Seven matches, one win (2-0 over Mexico in 2002). Two games went to overtime — 2-1 losses to Ghana in 2010 and Belgium in 2014 — but the USMNT has never played in a World Cup match that went to penalty kicks. Eight of […]
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USL Dallas teams consolidate
The Gainbridge Super League (eight teams) will return on Aug. 15 for its 2026 fall season as a transition to a spring-to-fall calendar beginning in 2027.
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World Cup is soccer’s gift to America
I set out around 6 p.m. in search of somewhere to watch Monday’s Netherlands-Morocco game. It was not hard. All I needed to do was look for the orange. I’ve been on the road covering the USMNT for most of the last three weeks, so this was my first neighborhood World Cup watch party. I […]
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Gotham FC captures NWSL Challenge Cup
The reigning NWSL champion Gotham FC defeated the Kansas City Current, 2-0, to win the 2026 NWSL Challenge Cup. Esther González and Jordynn Dudley scored for Gotham, which fell in the Challenge Cup final in 2021 and 2024. The match drew 11,369 fans on a rainy Friday night at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, in Columbus, Ohio, which […]
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Pride and resilience carry Bosnia & Herzegovina into knockout round
History is not on the USMNT’s side against Bosnia & Herzegovina in Wednesday’s World Cup round-of-32 game.
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USA-Türkiye audience on Fox approaches record
The USA-Türkiye match averaged a preliminary audience of 15,860,000 viewers on Fox, marking the third-largest audience ever for the USMNT at the World Cup on English-language television. It trails only the final viewership figures for the USMNT’s first two 2026 World Cup matches against Paraguay (18,040,000) and Australia (16,220,000). The preliminary audience for USA-Türkiye is […]
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One thing matters to Mauricio Pochettino: ‘We qualified as No. 1’
The USA lost to Türkiye 3-2 Thursday night in their final game of World Cup group play, but the outcome did not matter to U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino. “We qualified as No. 1,” he said, “and we’re going to the next round.” The next round is the round of 32 on Wednesday against Bosnia & […]