by admin | Jul 3, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
đź‘ŤÂ This week our highlight goes to Carson Pickett who became the first player with a limb difference to feature for the USWNT. đź‘Ž This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to everyone who made misogynistic comments against football presenter Alex...
by admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Athletes, perhaps more than anyone else, make decisions about their bodies every single day in order to perform their best. They choose how and where to train, who to train with, what to eat and what to wear for optimal performance. They have to time these decisions...
by admin | Jun 29, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
If you drive through a canyon, past a candle shop cloaked in wandering vines, and turn down a dirt road, you enter the Del Mar Polo Fields, training home of the NWSL’s San Diego Wave. It’s also home to the Surf Cup and many other youth cups—and for quite a few of...
by admin | Jun 29, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Soccer star Carson Pickett became the first person with a limb difference to play on the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT). Pickett, who was born without her left forearm and hand, helped the team win against Colombia on Tuesday. The team and Pickett both...
by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
TV pundit and former England defender Alex Scott says she intends to continue as a football presenter despite receiving misogynistic comments. She told the Radio Times she has had tweets suggesting she stick to ironing and cooking, but feels a “responsibility to...
by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
What a year for women’s soccer. It’s hard to look past the achievements of Barcelona. They set the game’s attendance record, drawing 91,648 to the Camp Nou for a European tie against Wolfsburg. They won Spain’s Primera Division Femenina by winning 30 games in the...
by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Taylor Kornieck has been having a fantastic 2022 season so far with NWSL expansion side San Diego Wave FC, and she earned a full call-up to the U.S. Women’s National Team for the upcoming Concacaf W Championship and two warm-up friendlies, despite never previously...
by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It’s no secret that there’s a double standard for male and female athletes. Men are paid more and are praised for being aggressive. Women are criticized when celebrating victories or being competitive because it’s not ladylike. But Alex Morgan and her U.S. women’s...
by admin | Jun 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A dog in Chile showed admirable commitment to belly rubs this week. The big black pup ran onto the field at La Granja stadium in Curicó during a match between Chile and Venezuela’s national women’s teams. It demanded pats from the Chilean goalkeeper and a referee,...
by admin | Jun 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap between men’s and women’s sports programs, according to an NCAA report examining the 50th anniversary of Title IX. The report,...
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