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The Biggest Thing Holding Back Women's Soccer Is The Same Old ThingPORTLAND, Ore. — The crowd decked out in red and black sways between elation and disappointment as the seconds tick away. Voices rise when the hometown Portland Thorns take possession of the ball, and heavy sighs spread through the crowd of close to 19,000 when they turn it over. The Thorns have mos...

USWNT's Ashlyn Harris Says Former Teammate Was Excluded For Homophobia, Not ChristianityIn the never-ending search for fuel to feed the conservative backlash against the world champion USWNT, some media outlets—mostly of the conservative Christian variety—dredged up a year-old interview with former USWNT defender Jaelene Hinkle. Talking to The 700 Club last May, Hinkle said that she tu...

We Need To Talk About Russell WestbrookWe’re officially in the slowest part of the sports calendar: There is no real basketball on (get out of here, we’re not counting Summer League), soccer just wrapped up its summer tournaments, baseball is in the dead zone between the All-Star Game and September, and so on. But the streets demand the ...

The USWNT Put On A Show At Today’s Victory Parade

The United States women’s national soccer team cruised through the World Cup, winning every game all while getting slammed for being too arrogant. They’ve now been celebrating for about three days, including today’s ticker-tape parade through the streets of Manhattan....

USWNT Uses Equal Pay Lawsuit As Confetti For Parade; Allie Long Eats A Page

The World Cup-winning USWNT is currently parading its way through New York City and continuing the bender that began immediately after the women dispatched the Netherlands on Sunday. Today’s highlights include the entire team pounding Ace of Spades at 8:40 a.m., backup goalkeeper and unofficial team...

Today's Internet Artifact Is Tiny Rose Lavelle Doing Soccer Tricks To Eurythmics

Before Rose Lavelle was a World Cup champion, a bronze ball winner, or a USWNT player, she was a kid doing totally sick soccer tricks in her backyard so she could impress Grandma. Apparently, in addition to Mia Hamm, Rose loved Eurythmics....

Report: President Salty Over Soccer Fans

The President of the United States went off on a Twitter rant about the media on Sunday evening. This isn’t news, because the President loves to yell into his computer box about things he saw on his TV box. What made this different, though, was that his target was Fox News....

The Women's World Cup Still Belongs To America, But For How Much Longer?

The strongest testament to the United States’ comprehensive supremacy in women’s soccer is how unspectacular their successful defense of the World Cup title was this summer....

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Here’s Every Time Ashlyn Harris Said “Bitch” As The USWNT Celebrated Its World Cup Victory [Update]

After beating the Netherlands to win the World Cup Sunday, the United States women’s national team partied hard—in the locker room, on the bus, at the club. Thankfully, backup goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris documented the whole thing on her Instagram story....

by Dan McQuade|

|Mon Jul 08 2019

Here Are The Best Photos From The USWNT's Victory Celebration

Plenty of reactions to the USWNT’s spectacular defense of its World Cup focused on the future—this team’s ability to change the world, influence the next generations, and affect national conversations. While correct, those thoughts also miss a crucial component of the U.S.’s unprecedented fourth-eve...

by Lauren Theisen|

|Mon Jul 08 2019

Rose Lavelle Dribbled Her Way Into World Cup Immortality

One name stood out for its relative obscurity on the projected starting lineup for the USWNT before the Women’s World Cup began. There were the names everyone knows, the ones that belong to some of the greatest players in U.S. soccer history, but hidden behind the Rapinoes and Morgans and Heaths, an...

by Luis Paez-Pumar|

|Tue Dec 22 2020

Live Fox News Report About World Cup Win Interrupted By “Fuck Trump” Chant

Fox News went live to a sports bar in Lyon, France, right after the United States women’s national team defeated Netherlands to win the World Cup. What could possibly go wrong?...

by Dan McQuade|

|Mon Jul 08 2019

USWNT Turned The Netherlands Into Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice And Won The Women's World Cup

After a long week that seemed to focus more on the hurt feelings of some English fans—and perhaps even tea-drinkers in general—than the final game of this tournament, the USWNT defeated the Netherlands 2-0 to win their fourth Women’s World Cup title. Purple-haired American hero Megan Rapinoe and Was...

by Gabe Fernandez|

|Sun Jul 07 2019

Sweden Defeat England For Women's World Cup Bronze As VAR Disallows Ellen White Goal For Second Straight Game

Two early goals were enough for Sweden to defeat England for third place at the Women’s World Cup on Saturday. Both teams began applying immediate pressure early and often, but it was ultimately Kosovare Asllani who broke through for the Swedes in the eleventh minute after a poor English clearance b...

by Gabe Fernandez|

|Sat Jul 06 2019

The Netherlands Beat Sweden, Will Meet USWNT In Women's World Cup Final

The Netherlands haven’t exactly been the free-flowing, highlight-making, net-assaulting bunch at this World Cup that their talent and our expectations would’ve predicted, though I’m sure the Dutch and their endearingly rabid fans aren’t too bothered by that. Not after today, when the Oranje beat Swe...

by Billy Haisley|

|Wed Jul 03 2019

Megan Rapinoe To Critics Of USWNT Celebrations: "Wah Wah Wah"

The United States Women’s National Team—a squad headed to the World Cup Final this weekend—has spent the duration of the tournament kicking ass and having fun. England—a squad not headed to the World Cup Final—have spent the last week of the tournament wringing their hands over the USWNT’s habit of ...

by Patrick Redford|

|Wed Jul 03 2019

The USWNT Is Too Good To Play Like Cowards

Perhaps lost in the shuffle of the USWNT rolling England up into a little ball and kicking them all the way into the third-place match was a late-game tactical shift that was as confounding as it was ill-advised. For the second straight game, the best team in the world protected a slim lead with Mou...

by Luis Paez-Pumar|

|Tue Dec 22 2020

Injured Megan Rapinoe Thinks She'll Be Ready To Go For The Final

The USWNT’s 2-1 World Cup semifinal win over England was a nailbiter, and that was just watching it on TV. From the bench, it was a pressure-cooker. “It’s terrible,” said Megan Rapinoe, who didn’t play due to injury. “It’s so stressful. It’s hard. You put everything into this game ... You have every...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Wed Jul 03 2019

USWNT Storms Back To The World Cup Final Thanks To Alyssa Naeher's Heroic Save

For the second summer in a row, it will not come home. Alyssa Naeher made sure of that. ...

by Patrick Redford|

|Tue Jul 02 2019

Christen Press Scores, Alex Morgan Trolls, And USWNT Leads England 2-1 At The Half

Anyone concerned by Megan Rapinoe’s absence from the starting lineup of today’s USWNT Women’s World Cup semifinal against England was given swift reassurance that everything would be okay when Christen Press, Rapinoe’s replacement, scored this arrowing header just 10 minutes in:...

by Billy Haisley|

|Tue Jul 02 2019

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