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U.S. U-15s coach Vanessa Mann on leaving Australia for Reno, concise coaching, and being a mom

Vanessa Mann entered the University of Nevada, Reno sight unseen in 2007. She’d never seen snow or mountains, either. The beautiful campus has both. It also has a women’s soccer team. That was enough to lure the Australian native, whose only previous trip to the U.S. came the year before. Her Sydney-area club competed in […]

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Chelsea courting Alyssa Thompson compliments the NWSL but could concern a league in need of marquee names

London is calling for one of the NWSL’s brightest American stars. A report linking Chelsea’s interest in Alyssa Thompson seemingly emerged on August 28.  The likelihood of Thompson’s transfer gained further traction on Monday, thanks to reporting about both the “advanced talks” between all parties, as well as her excused absence from Monday night’s match […]

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