by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Chloe Kim who not only won a gold medal in the women’s halfpipe but also became the first woman ever to win multiple golds in the discipline. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Rory Dames and...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
When the U.S. women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement back in 2017, it seemed like a relief for both sides at the time. The USWNT’s previous contract had expired months prior, and the players had...
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 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
U.S. women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has called up a squad that mixes youth and experience for this month’s SheBelieves Cup, leaving out big names like Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan in favor of up-and-comers like Sophia Smith and Ashley...
by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The National Women’s Soccer League’s 2021 Rookie of the Year, 19-year-old Trinity Rodman, will become the highest-paid player in league history after she signed a contract extension with Washington Spirit on Wednesday, the club announced. The four-year...
by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The Professional Footballers’ Association has said that they will continue to push for “absolute parity” for female players and that a “piecemeal adoption” of new changes announced on Tuesday will only further hurt the women’s game....
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
Shannon Boxx (“Boxxy”) was named into the National Soccer Hall of Fame today. She joins Clint Dempsey and Hope Solo as the three inductees in the Class of 2022. Boxx was given the news by Clint Dempsey during a CBS Sports broadcast as both she and Hope Solo were...
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...
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