by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Former President Trump on Thursday criticized an old target — the U.S. women’s national soccer team — by saying players would have won the gold medal and not the bronze at the Olympics if they weren’t “woke.” “Woke means you lose, everything that is woke goes bad,...
by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If this is indeed the end of an era, or at least the end for a few decorated U.S. women’s national team stars, it at least concludes with a medal and some style points. The U.S. captured Olympic bronze for the first time on Thursday, rediscovering the joy that...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
United States women’s national team forward Alex Morgan has said she is “devastated” that they will not compete for the Olympic gold medal, while Megan Rapinoe said she was “gutted” about the defeat...
by admin | Aug 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
All 39 years of Carli Lloyd squatted to the ground, her head in her hands in disbelief that the march for gold was over. Megan Rapinoe approached her and patted her back, so much meaning and history baked into one moment. “We’ve been in this a long time together....
by admin | Aug 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
For nearly a decade the United States women’s soccer teamwas anchored by Hope Solo and her brash, confident, occasionally controversial and mostly impossible-to-ignore persona. Solo didn’t mind speaking her mind, whether it was good for the team or not. She...
by admin | Jul 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Megan Rapinoe made no mistake from the penalty spot. The veteran USWNT star converted her shot to give USA a 4-2 win over Netherlands in the penalty shootout after a 2-2 tie through extra time. Rose Lavelle, Alex Morgan and Christen Press also made their...
by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Missy Park, CEO and founder of women’s apparel company Title Nine, was watching LFG—the HBO documentary on the fight for equal pay in women’s soccer—when she had a million-dollar, rage-induced epiphany. “I was just getting so mad,” she says. “Yes, with U.S....
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Team USA striker Alex Morgan, 32, is one of the biggest stars in women’s football, already an Olympic gold medallist and a two-time World Cup winner who will be keen to add another honour to her collection at Tokyo 2020. Morgan first caught the eye a decade...
by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Five women’s soccer teams took a knee ahead of their opening matches at the 2020 Summer Games.Great Britain and Chile teams took a knee on the pitch before their match, and the United States and Sweden teams knelt ahead of their clash on Wednesday. It’s...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
At least a step slow. Incapable of holding possession. Little production from the midfield. Outplayed from start to finish. The United States women’s soccer team didn’t just lose their Olympic opener to Sweden 3-0 here on Wednesday. They were dominated in the kind of...
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