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...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A sellout crowd of 22,000 fans packed Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday for a party unlike any the National Women’s Soccer League has ever seen. Angel City FC hosted its first regular-season match, rolling out the pink carpet (because red would...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Some years ago, a middle-schooler was kicking the ball around at halftime of her brother’s soccer game in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A coach approached the girl’s parents and asked what team she played for. The girl was Elyse Bennett, who would one day be drafted as the...
by admin | May 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The women’s game is built on a foundation of work, sweat and tears all over the world to get us to where we are now – record-breaking audiences, professionalism and steady growth in interest. However, there are still an enormous amount of obstacles to overcome and one...
by admin | May 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The two young players are emerging as the next stars of French football U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) star Catarina Macario is among the nominees for UNFP Player of the Season trophy, which is given to the top player in the Ligue 1 Femenine. Read...
by admin | May 3, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The National Women’s Soccer League is embarking on its 10th season this year by welcoming two new teams to the field. One of them is Los Angeles’ Angel City Football Club, which was founded by actress Natalie Portman and is backed by a star-studded group...
by admin | May 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The tone of the announcement issued over the public address system was apologetic yet proud. Kick-off had been delayed by 15 minutes because of crowd congestion at the turnstiles where an unexpectedly high number of Newcastle fans were queuing to see the club’s...
by admin | May 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Former U.S. Women’s National Team soccer star Hope Solo has asked the National Soccer Hall of Fame to postpone her induction ceremony to 2023, saying that she will be voluntarily entering an in-patient alcohol treatment program and is focused solely on her...
by admin | May 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Ashley Sanchez takes possession of the soccer ball, and what happens after that is anyone’s guess. Left foot, right foot … left … right … a blur of shoes and laces that staggers adversaries. “She can move it from left foot to right foot before defenders can take a...
by admin | Apr 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
As a teenager, Victoria Emma was one of the top junior tennis players in the country. Colleges were recruiting her. She got to travel the world for matches. With her tennis career going so well, no one, including Emma’s parents, had any clue that she had tried to end...
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