Stories By Jeff Kassouf
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Profile
/ 2 months agoChristina Unkel aims to educate the masses about refereeing
Watch a major tournament — or almost any match, for that matter — and you’re bound to find heated discussions about...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoMaintaining a standard in transition: What’s the balance for USWNT expectations?
MONTERREY, Mexico — Where do we begin? It’s a genuine, not a leading question for the United States women’s national team....
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoUgly wins and ugly losses: USWNT moves on as Mexico is left in misery
MONTERREY, Mexico — It’s the hope that kills you. Mexico entered Monday’s meeting with the United States at the Concacaf W...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoKassouf: Will the NWSL ever respect the international match calendar?
If you forgot the National Women’s Soccer League was playing games right now, you’d be forgiven. As the world’s eyes turn...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoUSWNT vs. Mexico arrives with a whimper
MONTERREY, Mexico — This is not the USA-Mexico match everyone expected. Eleven years after the Milagro en Cancun, Mexico needs an...
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International
/ 3 months agoAfter juggling the Netherlands and Thorns, Mark Parsons enters his biggest moment yet
The only way to live, Mark Parsons maintains, is in the present. It’s an agreeable if not cliché motto, but the...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoConcacaf W Group A talking points: Mexico implodes, Haiti’s payoff, USWNT qualifies
On Thursday, the United States became the 12th team to clinch a spot in the 2023 World Cup while Mexico all...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoConcacaf W Group B talking points: Canada’s tale of two halves; spot-kick woes
Tuesday brought the first blowout of the Concacaf W Championship as Canada demolished Trinidad & Tobago, 6-0, while Costa Rica comfortably...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoConcacaf W Group A talking points: USWNT gets by, Mexico digs a hole, VAR confuses
Day one of qualifying in Monterrey is in the books, and the United States and Jamaica sit level on points atop...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoFullbacks, holding midfielders, No. 9, and GK: Talking points from USWNT 2, Colombia 0
A lightning delay added nearly an extra hour to Saturday’s United States-Colombia rematch in Sandy, Utah, one which the U.S. eventually...
