A year and a half after a devastating knee injury, Megan Rapinoewas back at full strength, tearing it up with the Seattle Reign in the NWSL (12 goals in 15 games) and with the U.S. nationalteam, but she has been felled again by a knee injury, requiring the fourth surgery in her career. Injury. Rapinoe […]
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NWSL Rewind: Rapinoe: 'This week was ridiculous'
Megan Rapinoe scored twice in consecutive matches to give the Seattle Reign a pair of wins (2-1 over Chicago and 2-0 over Portland) that catapulted it into third place in the NWSL standingsbehind only North Carolina and Chicago. Both the goals againstChicago came from the penalty spot. Against the archrival Thorns on Saturday night, Rapinoe […]
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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 […]
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NWSL Rewind: Rapinoe finds shooting touch — and lungs
Megan Rapinoe, who missed all but five NWSL games in 2016, scored for the second week in a row, connecting on a spectacular half-volley in the Seattle Reign’s 5-1 win over the HoustonDash. Rapinoe missed the SheBelieves Cup as she continued torecover from a knee injury suffered in December 2015, but she returned to the […]
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NWSL: Projected 2017 regular-season finishes
Off the field, the NWSL has seen a lot of change with the champion Western New York Flash moving to North Carolina, Commissioner Jeff Plush stepping down and the league finding a new mediapartner in Lifetime. But on the field, much has stayed the same. The Portland Thorns, the 2016 Shield winners, North Carolina Courage […]
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USWNT: Three keys to USA-Russia series
The U.S. women’s national team will play its final two games before players scatter to start the NWSL season when its hosts Russia in a pair of friendlies. It begins on Thursday night when the USA andRussia meet at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. 1. Rapinoe returns to helpdepleted midfield. Megan Rapinoe was still working […]
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What They're Saying: Megan Rapinoe
“I don’t think there’s any perfect way to protest. I think if there was something else being done, something else would have been said about it. I can’t look back and say thatI would have done this different, this different or this different. I can sleep at night knowing that I genuinely tried to have […]
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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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What They're Saying: Megan Rapinoe
“It is an honor to represent the USA and all that we stand for — to be able to pull on the red, white and blue to play a game that I love. I will respect the new bylaw the leadership at USSF has putforward. That said, I believe we should always value the use […]
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U.S. Soccer: New national anthem protocol approved
U.S. Soccer’s board of directors approved on Feb. 9 a new policy that will require players (and coaches and staff) to “stand respectfully” during the national anthems before national team games. Therule comes after the move by Megan Rapinoe to kneel before two friendlies in September. Policy 604-1 says: “All persons representing a Federation national […]