by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Growing up, Crystal Dunn would look around at all the other girls playing soccer and wonder if she belonged. In a sport that is still overwhelmingly white in the United States, there was no one who looked like Dunn. No one encouraging her to become more technical...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After narrowly missing out on the roster in 2016, U.S. national women’s team player Sam Mewis is set to become a first-time Olympian this summer at the Tokyo Games. And she won’t be the only Mewis. Just under an hour after Sam got the good news,...
by admin | Jun 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As debuts go, it doesn’t get much better than Ebony Salmon’s. The 20-year-old Englishwoman had been on the pitch for less than one full minute of live-ball action when Savannah McCaskill fed her a pass right at the top of the 18-yard box. Over the next six seconds,...
by admin | Jun 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sydney Leroux is having a moment. The Pride striker has been on a scoring tear this season, helping to keep Orlando unbeaten and atop the NWSL standings. On Wednesday, Leroux notched a brace to lead Orlando past Kansas City. This campaign is somewhat of a...
by admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
The interrogative word “why” lingers around acts of discrimination like a foul odor. Why make it more difficult for Black people to vote? Why prevent LGBTQ+ folk from getting married? Why pay women less than men? When institutions (and...
by admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
About 12 minutes into “LFG,” an HBO-CNN Films documentary about the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s campaign for equal pay with the men’s squad, viewers get to relive the 13-0 romp over Thailand at the 2019 World Cup in France. The film itself...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Real estate developer and financier Ted Segal has become the majority owner of both Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo and the Dash of the National Women’s Soccer League. Segal also acquired the leasing rights to BBVA Stadium. Gabriel Brener, Oscar De La Hoya, Ben...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The NWSL finally has its two expansion teams for 2022 formally announced and fully across the line — and they’re both in southern California. Los Angeles based Angel City FC and San Diego (name still TBD) are now in the midst of preparations for next season, but what...
by admin | Jun 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Victoria’s Secret marketing is about to look quite different. The embattled lingerie brand announced a new marketing direction on Wednesday featuring a group of faces intended to move it beyond its famous “Angel” models. One of...
by admin | Jun 17, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
U.S. Soccer Federation president Cindy Parlow Cone said Tuesday that with the regard to the equal pay lawsuit filed by players on the U.S. women’s national team, asking the federation “to make up the difference in FIFA prize money is untenable, and would...
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