Alex Morgan was named the Concacaf Female Player of the Year for the second year in a row and the third time. She also won last year and in 2013 when it was given out for the first time.Americans have won the award all five years. Abby Wambach won it in 2014 and Carli Lloyd […]
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USA-Canada: Rapinoe finishes comeback year with big performance in 3-1 win
USA-CANADA EXPRESS: Nov. 12 in San Jose USA 3 Canada 1. Goals: Ertz (Rapinoe) 11, Morgan (Press) 57, Lloyd(Morgan) 80; Beckie (Prince) 50. Att.: 17,960. A pair of Bay Area college products — Julie Ertz and Alex Morgan — and Carli Lloyd scored to give theUSA a 3-1 win over Canada in its final game […]
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USA-Canada: Americans lucky to get out of BC Place with draw
USA-CANADA EXPRESS: Nov. 9 in Vancouver, B.C. Canada 1 USA 1. Goals: Leon (Sinclair) 56, Morgan (Short) 31.Att.: 28,017. The USA and Canada played to a 1-1 tie Thursday night in the first of two friendlies before a crowd of 28,017 fans, higher than that for any Whitecaps or BCLions (CFL) game at Vancouver’s BC […]
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USWNT shows off its attacking firepower in Cincinnati
The U.S. women’s national team put on one of its best performances of the year, showing off the depth and diversity of its attack with five goals in 33 minutes on either side of first half for a 5-0win over New Zealand before a crowd of 30,596 in Cincinnati. Alex Morgan came off the bench […]
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USWNT: Morgan forced to drop out of Scandinavian trip
Alex Morgan, who re-injured the hamstring injury she suffered almost three weeks ago playing for Lyon in Thursday’s UEFA Women’s Champions League final, has been ruled out of the USA’s twomatches against Sweden and Norway. North Carolina Courage forward Lynn Williams, who has eight caps and two international goals, will take her place for the […]
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Alex Morgan feels 'complete' after winning UWCL
Less than three weeks after suffering a hamstring injury that seemed to end her campaign at French club Lyon with the French Cup and UEFA Women’s Champions League finals still ahead, U.S. star AlexMorgan returned for the UWCL final — only to go off after reinjuring her hamstring in the 23rd minute. Lyon-PSG: Still, she […]
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Lyon equals record with fourth European women's title
Lyon matched German club FFC Frankfurt when it won the its fourth European women’s title by beating French rival Paris St. Germain, 7-6, in a penalty shootout after their UEFA Women’s ChampionsLeague final ended 0-0. OL keeper Sarah Bouhaddi scored the decisive penalty in the eighth round after her opposite number, Pole Katarzyna Kiedrzynek, missed […]
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What They're Saying: Wendie Renard
“She didn’t double her treatment, she multiplied it. A hamstring injury is no joke and she was at the club all day. You can’t cheat with the body. When she arrived, she wasn’t readyphysically. She’s a strong and quick woman and we see that she has a strong constitution.” — Lyon captain Wendie Renard on […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]