by admin | Oct 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW
After the most dramatic regular season to date in the National Women’s Soccer League, the playoffs began this weekend with a pair of low-scoring, cagey matches defined by gritty defending. Naturally. OL Reign and NJ/NY Gotham FC advanced to the NWSL semifinals...
by admin | Oct 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The Jamaica women’s national team that reached the knockout phase at this year’s World Cup announced on Saturday a decision to withdraw from two Women’s Gold Cup qualifiers next week due to “constant mistreatment” from their national...
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The most competitive National Women’s Soccer League regular season to date is in the books and now comes the encore: the playoffs. Six teams will compete in the single-elimination postseason tournament, and while the San Diego Wave and Portland Thorns have byes...
by admin | Oct 19, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Women’s sports are increasingly described as a “rocket ship” about to take off. Listen to an interview with National Women’s Soccer League commissioner Jessica Berman, and you’ll hear the phrase. All the progress being made in...
by admin | Oct 19, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The Las Vegas Aces are back-to-back WNBA champions after defeating the New York Liberty 70-69 on Wednesday night. After trailing by as much as 12 points in the third, Las Vegas closed the quarter out on a 21-7 run. Playing without star guard Chelsea Gray, the Aces...
by admin | Oct 19, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s national soccer team roster for this month’s friendlies against Colombia will include the captain returning from a long-term injury, a star forward rebounding from both an ailment and World Cup heartbreak, and three teenagers. In what’s expected to be...
by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The “Crossover at Kinnick,” a charity exhibition for the neighboring Children’s Hospital, also had the highest attendance of any game in NCAA women’s basketball history, per the association. The stands were filled with 55,646 fans, a figure that...
by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Liz Cambage is not happy with the WNBA’s pay structure for its players. The free-agent superstar went after the league in a tweet on Monday, lamenting the league’s max deals and accommodations for players: Read More
by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Though women track and field athletes have made incredible showings on the world stage, their presence wasn’t always welcome in the sport. In the 1920s, women’s athletics weren’t particularly encouraged, explains librarian Jane P. Tuttle. “Athletic talent mattered...
by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW
This year, U.S. Women’s Soccer star and Olympian Julie Ertz announced her retirement from the sport after over a decade of professional play. Ertz, 31, who was on the 2015 and 2019 championship Women’s World Cup team, said she was taking time to focus on...
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