by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Stéphanie Frappart has been showered with praise after she became the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match. Joined by assistant referees Neuza Back and Karen Díaz Medina, the 38-year-old took charge of Germany’s thrilling 4-2 victory against Costa Rica. Read...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Brown University first-year student Olivia Pichardo made history by becoming the first woman in history to play Division 1 college baseball. Pichardo spoke with ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos about how she has persisted and achieved success, the biggest challenges she sees...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Eight new women’s soccer teams are coming to Northern California, sources with knowledge of United Soccer League’s expansion plans told The Standard. The new teams will compete in the USL W League’s newly formed NorCal Division, starting May 2023. Read...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Jill Ellis was voted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame after coaching the American women to World Cup titles in 2015 and 2019. The 56-year-old British-born coach was picked on 20 of 24 ballots in the builder voting that included only coach candidates for the 2023 class....
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It was a rare sight: Katie Ledecky being matched stroke for stroke in a distance race in an American pool. She was up for the challenge. Ledecky out-touched emerging 16-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh by eight hundredths of a second in the 400m freestyle at the U.S....
by admin | Dec 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
I felt a rush of emotions last week when a Bleacher Report TikTok post featured National Soccer Hall of Famer Abby Wambach speaking directly to my 9-year-old daughter Addison at the Inaugural USWNT Players Ball. The video went viral with over 1 million viewsin just 48...
by admin | Dec 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
USA’s World Cup win over Iran on Tuesday paid dividends for both the men’s and women’s national teams. The US men are guaranteed $13m in prize money for reaching the last 16 in Qatar. That will be shared equally between the men’s and women’s teams under the equal pay...
by admin | Dec 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Early on in her career as a hammer thrower, Janee’ Kassanavoidlearned a simple yet important lesson from her coach, Greg Watson. The equation for power, he told her, was work over time. Kassanavoid keeps this physics lesson in mind each time she competes in her chosen...
by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In October Sophia Smith sat in front of the gathered media in Washington DC and calmly outlined her ambition: to become the best player in the world. It is quite a claim but then she had already had a pretty good year: She was the 2022 NWSL MVP (the youngest ever),...
by admin | Nov 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Emma Raducanu has revealed that she didn’t get any special treatment from her local club following her US Open success last year while her family also went about their business without much fanfare. Just a few months after reaching the fourth round on her Grand Slam...
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