by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
United States women’s national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn is in Hartford, Conn., preparing for the final tune-up games for the Summer Olympics. In a few days, the group will leave for Japan and attempt to become the first women’s soccer team to win a World Cup and...
by admin | Jul 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s national soccer team is in a bubble of its own making for the Tokyo Olympics, and it’s not just because of c The World Cup champions have become adept at shutting out all the outside noise — the seemingly endless social media debates, the...
by admin | Jul 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When the U.S. women’s national team finally begins its Olympic campaign in Japan, it will be the massive favorite. There are some good reasons for that, including its No. 1 world ranking and its title as the reigning World Cup champion. But...
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 | Jul 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
USWNT player Alex Morgan leaves for the Tokyo Olympics in a week’s time, but says she is still unsure whether eased COVID-19 restrictions for nursing mothers will allow her to bring her one-year-old daughter with her. Some athletes have complained...
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 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 | 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...
by admin | Jun 11, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW, Uncategorized
More than a dozen Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that would prohibit federal funds toward hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup unless the U.S. Soccer Federation equalizes pay between the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams. The U.S., Canada...
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