by admin | Aug 16, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Not to be left out of the girl power summer, women’s sports have been raking in new deals and partnerships in the U.S. and beyond. Why it matters: If you thought the U.S. national team’s early exit in the World Cup meant you wouldn’t be seeing...
by admin | Aug 16, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Twenty-four years later, Brandi Chastain remains one of the faces of the Women’s World Cup. In 1999, after scoring the deciding penalty kick to lift the United States Women’s National Team to victory in the World Cup final, Chastain ripped off her jersey in...
by admin | Aug 15, 2023 | Representation, SEW
As the FIFA Women’s World Cup is in the midst of quarter-finals matches, Johnnie Walker is hoping to draw even more attention to the games that are part of the largest standalone women’s sporting event in the world. The Scotch whisky brand teamed up with Hannah...
by admin | Aug 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Spain edged past the Netherlands after extra time in a 2-1 win on Friday in Wellington, New Zealand to reach its first Women’s World Cup semifinals. Mariona Caldentey’s penalty after a VAR-reviewed handball decision looked to have won the match for Spain with just...
by admin | Aug 11, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Megan Rapinoe said it has been an “honor” to play for the United States after making her fourth and final appearance at a Women’s World Cup. Rapinoe, who has made more than 200 appearances for the national team, missed her spot kick as the US was knocked out of the...
by admin | Aug 9, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The 2023 Women’s World Cup is now down to eight teams with the quarterfinals approaching, and some heavyweights are already on the plane home, including the United States, Canada, Brazil and Germany. While the U.S. was the only major casualty from the round of...
by admin | Aug 8, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Whenever a team falls short of expectations, there is always a chorus of opinions about what went wrong. A section of the fans thinks the players have suddenly lost their talent, while some analysts argue it was purely tactical, and that the coach was too strident in...
by admin | Aug 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW
United States women’s national team defender Julie Ertz announced her retirement from international soccer following Sunday’s heartbreaking defeat to Sweden in the Women’s World Cup round of 16. Ertz was part of a USWNT defense that recorded its...
by admin | Aug 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Following the USWNT’s loss in penalty kicks to Sweden on Sunday in Melbourne, there was plenty of backlash from the team’s supporters. But although the U.S. fell 5-4 in penalties after a 0-0 draw through regulation and extra time, forward Megan Rapinoe and manager...
by admin | Aug 4, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The World Cup group stage can be fun, breathless, a globe-spanning festival of sport. So many teams! So much soccer! In the middle of the night! Now the knockout stage of the Women’s World Cup is upon us, heightening the intensity and pressure of each match. A...
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