The 10th week of MLS play features a rematch of the 2016 championship game, another edition of Can Philly Get Off the Schneid? and the latest stop in the FC Dallas unbeaten tour. Fourteams played on Wednesday and go right back at it this weekend. The same pattern will be repeated later in May with […]
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USWNT: Rapinoe returns for Russia friendlies
U.S. women’s national team head coach Jill Ellis named a 24-player roster that will enter training camp for matches against Russia April 6 in Frisco, Texas and April 9 in Houston. Ellis recalled veteran midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who has not played for the USA since September 2016, and Amy Rodriguez and Meghan Klingenberg, two other […]
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SheBelieves Cup: Time for USA to make statement is now
Without a world championship in 2017, the U.S. women’s national team faces its biggest tests of the year when it meets Olympic gold-medalist Germany, England and France at the second annualSheBelieves Cup. Almost all the tickets for the opening doubleheader featuring USA-Germany are sold. Here’s a look at three keys to the tournament. SheBelieves Cup: […]
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USWNT: Megan Rapinoe dropped for SheBelieves Cup
U.S. women’s national team head coach Jill Ellis named 25 players to training camp for theSheBelieves Cup against Germany, France and England — the biggest test of the year — and she didn’t include longtime star Megan Rapinoe. The team includes four uncapped players, among them16-year-old Brianna Pinto. Rapinoe suffered a knee injury in December […]
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Lloyd repeats as the Best FIFA Women's Player
Carli Lloyd, who tied for the U.S. lead (with Alex Morgan) for goals scored in 2016 with 17 and led the team in assists with 11, a career high, was named the Best FIFA Women’s Player for2016 for the second consecutive year. She is just one of four players to win consecutive FIFA Women’s Player […]
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USWNT: No strike — January camp begins next week
There will be no U.S. women’s national team’s strike to start the year. Head coach Jill Ellisnamed 29 players to a 10-day camp that will begin Jan. 13 in Carson, California. Thewomen’s union — USWNTPA — and U.S. Soccer continue to operate under the current collective bargaining agreement as negotiations on a new CBA continue. That agreement […]
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What They're Saying: Ashlyn Harris
“The things I saw and the people I met put a lot in perspective. It definitely humbled me and grounded me.” — U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris onher trip with U.S. women’s national team coach Jill Ellis to Liberia as sports envoys of the U.S. embassy to visit the Monrovia Football Academy, the […]
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Lloyd and Ellis up for Best FIFA awards
U.S. national team co-captain Carli Lloyd and head coach Jill Ellis were nominated for the new Best FIFA awards. Besides Lloyd, German Melanie Behringer, who won Olympic gold, andBrazilian are on the short list for the Best Women’s player. Silvia Neid, Pia Sundhage and Ellis (all three former winners) are up for the best coach […]
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USA-Romania: U.S. women complete unbeaten season
The U.S. women’s national team closed out its 2016 season with a 5-0 win over Romania in front of 20,336 fans at StubHub Center to finish the year with a 22-0-3 record, its best ever in a year duringwhich it played 10 or more games. The USA went 18-0-4 in 2006 and 13-0-3 in2013. The […]
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USWNT: Mix of veterans and new faces ready tor Romania
The timing is a bit unfortunate, falling on the day before the USA men tangle with Mexico to kick off the Hexagonal, but for the American women games against Romania this week offer a good lookinto the future. Five of the six players that earned their first caps against Switzerland last month are back in […]