by admin | May 12, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
The Manchester United Women manager Casey Stoney is stepping down from her position. The Guardian understands the players were told about an hour before the announcement and that it took them completely by surprise. Stoney was handed the job in 2018 when a...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Rachel Van Hollebeke’s days start early and end late. Although sometimes it’s the other way around. She’s in the middle of her residency program – that grueling rite of passage for new doctors that involves 80-hour workweeks, sleep deprivation and steep learning...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is becoming an investor in the National Women’s Soccer League’s Washington Spirit. “I think it’s important to support women and women’s professional athletes — not just in the...
by admin | May 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The United States women’s national team will play a trio of June friendlies for preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. The USWNT will play a pair of matches at Houston’s BBVA Stadium, the first coming against Portugal on June...
by admin | May 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Olivia Moultrie, a 15-year-old soccer prospect who accepted a scholarship offer to UNC at age 11 and signed a marketing deal with Nike at 13, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the National Women’s Soccer League. Moultrie alleges in the suit that the...
by admin | May 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
As a forward on the U.S. women’s soccer team, Abby Wambach was a World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She retired in 2015 as the all-time leading goal scorer in the sport, men’s or women’s. Since then, Ms. Wambach has written three books and invested...
by admin | May 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
We’re two weeks away from a first-time UEFA Women’s Champions League winner after Barcelona and Chelsea collected thrilling wins in semifinal second legs on Sunday. Chelsea is just the second English team to reach the final, joining 2006-07 champions Arsenal, while...
by admin | May 3, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Nearly three years ago, in New Jersey, late in a National Women’s Soccer League game between Sky Blue F.C. and the Chicago Red Stars, the Red Stars’ striker Sam Kerr flew past the defense, gathered the ball, and unleashed a shot into the low left corner of the...
by admin | Apr 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Katie Taylor’s faith — in God, in her fists, in herself — is famous, and maybe infamous. Her drive and determination to be the best, at whatever she was doing, is respected the world over. It isn’t something Taylor developed only in recent...
by admin | Apr 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Alana Cook joined an exclusive club when she headed in a goal for Paris Saint-Germain against Barcelona last weekend. Megan Rapinoe, Christen Press and Carli Lloyd are the only other United States internationals to have scored in the semifinals or final of the Women’s...
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