by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
WNBA players didn’t even have a contract for the first two years of the league’s existence, and it would be six years before they got free agency. Not until 2005, after the U.S. women had already won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals, was U.S. Soccer...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Orlando Pride have placed head coach Amanda Cromwell and first assistant coach Sam Greene on temporary administrative leave amid an investigation into reported retaliation, the team announced Tuesday morning. The step has been taken “pending the conclusion of an...
by admin | Jun 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
“LET’S GO RODMAN.” It’s late March, and Trinity Rodman’s mother, Michelle Rodman, stands in a suite at the Washington Spirit’s Audi field in D.C., sporting a white hoodie with an image of her daughter playing soccer and the name...
by admin | May 30, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
When U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan played in the 2015 Women’s World Cup, merchandise for the victorious U.S. team was in such short supply that her family couldn’t find any. So her father printed a flag and his daughter’s name on a few dozen T-shirts for family and...
by admin | May 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It has been an incredible year in women’s football as Barcelonacontinued to set new standards in the game with 30 wins from 30 Primera Division matches in Spain, but lost out in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final to French side Olympique Lyonnais, who...
by admin | May 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kris Ward is measured when speaking to the media. Last week, however, he hit a tipping point. The Washington Spirit head coach spent much of his media availability voicing frustrations about the state of refereeing in the National Women’s Soccer League, and the...
by admin | May 18, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The U.S. Soccer Federation announced Wednesday that it has reached a deal to pay the U.S. Men’s National Team and the U.S. Women’s National Team equally, eliminating a contentious pay gap that saw female players earning less. The new collective bargaining...
by admin | May 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Superstar forward Alex Morgan scored all four goals Saturday as the San Diego Wave took its season home opener with a 4-0 victory over the visiting NJ/NY Gotham. Converting two penalty kicks and, in the second half, making two goals, Morgan helped the Wave become only...
by admin | May 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The National Women’s Soccer League showed some of its potential at Saturday’s Challenge Cup final — but the match also showed how far the league has to go. The title went to the North Carolina Courage, who outlasted the Washington Spirit in a...
by admin | May 9, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
On Friday, UKG announced a multimillion-dollar three-year sponsorship of the NWSL Challenge Cup. This makes the 2023 Challenge Cup the first professional women’s soccer tournament to achieve pay equity. With the sponsorship change, the player Cup bonus pool will...
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