by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
Last fall, when players in the National Women’s Soccer League publicly accused prominent coach Rory Dames of verbal and emotional abuse, Megan Cnota was immediately transported to two decades before, when she was a teenager playing for Dames in suburban Chicago. Yes,...
by admin | Feb 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Last week Trinity Rodman, daughter of NBA legend Dennis Rodman, became the highest-paid player in the history of US women’s professional soccer. The winner of the 2021 National Women’s Soccer League rookie of the year award signed a contract extension with the...
by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Hours before the official start of the NWSL preseason, the Washington Spirit have announced the signing of former USWNT goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart. Barnhart, who spent 2022 with the Kansas City Current, is on a one-year deal with the Spirit. Further terms were not...
by admin | Jan 31, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Amy Rodriguez, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and 2015 Women’s World Cup champion with the United States women’s soccer team, announced her retirement from professional soccer at age 34. Additionally, she was appointed as an assistant coach with her alma...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When Jessica McDonald gave birth to her son, Jeremiah, in 2012, she did not envisage becoming a world champion with the U.S. women’s national team seven years later. There is a growing number of soccer players embracing motherhood – Alex Morgan and Sydney Leroux are...
by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Michelle Akers’ resume as a player is impeccable. Widely considered to be among the greatest players in the history of U.S. Soccer, she has done it all — won a Hermann Trophy, multiple World Cups, an Olympic gold medal and was elected to the National Soccer Hall of...
by admin | Jan 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Okay, I’ll admit it; I want what every celesbian (celebrity lesbian, to the uninitiated) couples has, from Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor to Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer. What can I say? I, myself, am a currently single lesbian who has never dated a...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Ifeoma Onumonu was asked recently what she saw when she looked at the National Women’s Soccer League logo. Until that moment, the Gotham FC forward hadn’t reflected too deeply about the image or what it signified. But Onumonu’s first thought was about what it didn’t...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
National Women’s Soccer League expansion team Angel City FC made history by naming Freya Coombe as its first ever head coach. The former NJ/NY Gotham FC manager left the East Coast team to take on the exciting new project and face the challenges of building a side...
by admin | Dec 24, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
It’s been a deeply consequential year for women’s soccer in the United States, one that will reverberate for years to come in a variety of ways. From shiny new sponsorship deals — this week, Crypto.com partnering with Angel City FC, but that is merely the latest — to...
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