The USA’s 2-0 win over New Zealand in their Olympic women’s soccer opener extended its winning streak at the Olympics to 12 games, going all the way back its opening game at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.That winning streak will be on the line Saturday when the USA returns to Belo Horizonte’s Estadio Mineirao to face […]
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Big changes on U.S. Olympic women's soccer roster
U.S. women’s national team coach Jill Ellis cut down her roster to 18 players for the 2016 Olympic Games. Just even players return to the Olympics after helping the USA to the goldmedal in 2012 in London. Four players weren’t on the 2015 Women’s World Cup championship team. Midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who suffered a knee injuryin December […]
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U.S. women press pay case before warmup
The USA will play its final tune-up game before Coach Jill Ellis is expected to announce her 18-player roster for the 2016 Rio Olympics when it plays South Africa Saturday in Chicago. Thegame comes as players continue to make their case for equal pay. They plan on wearing T-shirts with the hashtag slogan “Equal Play […]
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U.S. women survive to earn draw with Japan
Japan won’t be going to the Rio Olympics, but it showed why it is still one of the best women’s teams in the world as it held the USA to a 3-3 tie in Commerce City, Colorado, taking a 2-0 lead after22 minutes and then recovering from going down 3-2 and losing captain Yuki Ogimi […]
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Alex Morgan flexes her social media muscle
If U.S. women’s national team players to show off their clout to make their case for increased pay from U.S. Soccer, they need to go no farther than an experiment held on Saturday. AlexMorgan‘s Facebook page (with 2.7 million likes) was used to stream her first NWSL game with the expansion Orlando Pride and drew remarkable […]
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NWSL: Seattle and Portland 1-2 in preseason rankings
The NWSL has accomplished what no other U.S. women’s pro league did, and that’s survive into a fourth season. Indeed, it has kept its original eight teams and added two more, including the OrlandoPride, which begins play in 2016. Here are our preseason rankings of the 10 teams. 1. Seattle Reign FC Will the thirdtime […]
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What They're Saying: Alex Morgan
“A lot of girls struggle with confidence at a young age. I know I did and some of my teammates did.” — Alex Morgan on the goal of the SheBelieves Cup to inspire girlsto believe in themselves. She won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot awards after scoring one of the best goals of her […]
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U.S. women make case for Rio Olympics
The 2016 SheBelieves Cup wasn’t just about winning — which the USA did with three straight victories — it was about sorting out rosters for the Rio Olympics, where teams will only be able to carry18 players. With that in mind, the USA’s 2-1 win over Germany in Wednesday’s tournament finale was significant as Jill […]
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SheBelieves Cup: Pugh and Morgan rescue USA
Mallory Pugh showed why she is, at the age of 17, in line for a starting job on the U.S. women’s national team sooner rather than later as she used her devastating package of skills to set upAlex Morgan for a dramatic stoppage-time goal that gave the USA a 1-0 win over France in front […]
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USA-Ireland Takeaways: Battle heats up for roster spots
Scoring didn’t come easily for the USA early last year. That was not a problem in its first test of 2016. Jill Ellis‘ women easily disposed of Ireland, 5-0, before 23,309 fans at San Diego’sQualcomm Stadium. They showed off all their remarkable attacking weapons: Cari Lloyd (hat trick after 28 minutes), Alex Morgan (goal and […]