by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The ruling, when it eventually came, could not have been more clear. One of soccer’s six regional bodies had engaged in discriminatory behavior against a female official by hindering her chances of getting a seat on its board and a leadership position with the sport’s...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On Transgender Day of Visibility, the National Women’s Soccer League announced their new policy on transgender and nonbinary athletes – a bit of a misnomer, given the policy does not mention nonbinary athletes in the body of its text. They joined a small but...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Here’s a weird question. Is it … fitting that Marta has never won the World Cup or Olympics, the two biggest women’s soccer trophies on offer? It’s not that she isn’t the greatest female player of all time without those honors, nor does it minimize her...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Get ready for a brand-new Carli Lloyd. After 17 years on the United States Women’s National Team, Lloyd is in the home stretch heading toward her fourth Olympic Games. On Oct. 10 in Stockholm, Sweden, she is expected to become the third soccer player, man or...
by admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Pedro Araujo, the Orlando Pride’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, admits he didn’t come into the team’s initiative to launch its new Ad Astra — literally, “to the stars” — jersey with much spacecraft experience. “Yeah, I definitely learned a lot, for...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
The story of Abby Wambach’s role in the history-making Angel City FC soccer team started with a simple — and surprising — direct message from Natalie Portman. Wambach, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, recounted how Portman got her involved with the first...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
By the time the NWSL wrapped up its inaugural month-long Challenge Cup last year in Utah, it had secured record-setting sponsor support, much of which carried into the remainder of its 2020 campaign. As the 2021 season approaches, the league appears to be continuing...
by admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
As a loaded Saturday Sweet 16 slate tipped off with a heavyweight women’s matchup between UConn and Iowa, Draymond Green weighed in on the equal opportunity conversation that’s dominated March. The Golden State Warriors forward posted a lengthy...
by admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
United States men’s coach Jason Kreis admitted his squad is “devastated” not to be going to the Olympics after losing 2-1 to Honduras in CONCACAF qualifying in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday. Los Catrachos punched their...
by admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight (once again) goes to soccer superstar, Megan Rapinoe. The USWNT member offered video testimony before the House Oversight Committee in Washington for Equal Pay Day. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the NCAA...
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