by admin | Aug 3, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women got away from what got them here. Not the tactics or the rotation or even personal performances. Go back further. All the way back, to when they first fell in love with this game. The gleeful abandon they felt in running up and down the field, chasing a...
by admin | Aug 3, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Germany’s Women’s World Cup campaign came to an end in the group stage for the first time in their history as they were held to a 1-1 draw by South Korea, while Morocco’s 1-0 win over Colombia consigned the two-time champions to a shock early exit....
by admin | Aug 2, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jamaica advance, Brazil go home: Jamaica’s defensive resolve held to secure a 0-0 draw over Brazil, sending the Reggae Girlz to the knockouts for the first time ever in their second World Cup. Jamaica’s Becky Spencer made eight saves in a match that was a...
by admin | Aug 1, 2023 | Representation, SEW
It was nervy. At times, it was panic-inducing and alarming. But the U.S. women’s national team is on to the Round of 16 here at the 2023 World Cup — barely, by the margin of a goalpost. The Americans were uninspiring and anxious over 90 minutes against Portugal on...
by admin | Jul 31, 2023 | Representation, SEW
This metropolis down south and the big country around it grappled with the jitters early Monday night over the specter of a party long planned but about to go jarringly discontinued, in a world where discontinued parties count as lousy, particularly here. Then...
by admin | Jul 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW
“You can’t win a championship without gays on your team – it’s never been done before, ever,” said USWNT’s Megan Rapinoe at the last Women’s World Cup in 2019. “That’s ‘science’, right there.” And she was proved right: her side went on to win their fourth World Cup....
by admin | Jul 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Don’t mess with Lindsey Horan. That was an important lesson opponents — current and future — learned from the U.S. women’s national team’s 1-1 World Cup draw against the Netherlands on Wednesday at Wellington Regional Stadium. Read...
by admin | Jul 27, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup has set a series of new benchmarks in the competition’s history including a first co-hosted edition, and a debut in Oceania, as Australia and New Zealand took over hosting duties. However, the most eye-catching update for...
by admin | Jul 27, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women aren’t used to having to do math at the World Cup. More often than not, the two-time defending champions have the top spot in the group locked up after the second match. Or it’s close enough that it’s basically a given. Read More
by admin | Jul 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Alyssa Thompson was 10 years old when she and her younger sister Gisele stuck photos of themselves onto a poster of the U.S. women’s national team for the 2015 World Cup, imagining themselves on the squad. By the time they huddled at their aunt’s house to watch the...
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