by admin | Oct 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The National Women’s Soccer League playoffs are here, a time of year when the best players and teams from one of the world’s top leagues are on display. For the second straight year, however, there is a heaviness around what would otherwise be a...
by admin | Oct 16, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Diede de Root who won an unprecedented back-to-back calendar grand slam. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down to the coaches of the Orlando Pride who were fired this week over retaliatory conduct against their players.
by admin | Oct 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The National Women’s Soccer League terminated the contracts of Orlando Pride coach Amanda Cromwell and assistant coach Sam Greene on Monday after the league found they had taken part in retaliatory conduct against players. The two coaches were on administrative...
by admin | Oct 11, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
But we start with the fallout from last week’s shocking report by former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Q. Yates, who detailed systemic sexual and verbal abuse and harassment in the NWSL that have been going on since the league’s establishment a decade ago. The...
by admin | Oct 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The United States Women’s National Team play England in a friendly at Wembley on Friday. But as the world champion takes on the European champion, back in the US, women’s professional soccer is reeling from an independent investigation that found systemic abuse and...
by admin | Oct 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
United States women’s national team veteran Megan Rapinoe acknowledged she was “emotionally exhausted” after the findings of Sally Yates’ report into systemic abuse in the National Women’s Soccer League but said it was nothing new to her...
by admin | Oct 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
U.S. women’s national team defender Becky Sauerbrunn said that anyone still in the NWSL who contributed to its abusive environment needs to be removed, in the wake of the release of the Yates report detailing the abusive culture in women’s professional...
by admin | Oct 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Merritt Mathias was drafted by FC Kansas City in 2013, the inaugural season of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). The former Texas A&M defender went on to win a title with KC in 2014. She was traded to the Seattle Reign the following season, and she...
by admin | Oct 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Former NWSL commissioner Lisa Baird said that during her time running the league, she acted appropriately and didn’t ignore allegations of misconduct made against former Portland Thorns and North Carolina Courage manager Paul Riley. Baird made her first public...
by admin | Oct 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The 2022 NWSL regular season has concluded and the postseason is set for six teams that will face off for a spot in the NWSL Championship final. The Chicago Red Stars earned the final spot with a 2-0 victory over Angel City on the last day of the regular season...
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