Stories By Claire Watkins
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Analysis
/ 2 months agoEvery line held up for the Portland Thorns in the biggest upset of 2020
When a team has to assign their retired goalkeeping coach, no matter how legendary, as their emergency second keeper in the...
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Analysis
/ 2 months agoWashington’s experiment takes another step forward in win over Houston
The Washington Spirit took the next step in their 2020 National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup journey on Sunday by passing...
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Chicago Red Stars
/ 3 months ago‘Nobody makes it to this league by being mediocre’: Sharples, Davison on coming together, creating their own moment
When Kayla Sharples and Hannah Davison found out they were getting their first competitive professional starts, a few days before the...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoThe battle for challenger continues as Thorns-Spirit result proves inconclusive
Throughout the 2020 National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup, teams have rolled out a variety of approaches which indicate different expectations...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoNWSL Challenge Cup Preview: Utah Royals FC
Without the Utah Royals FC, the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup wouldn’t be possible. But will the hosts be able to maneuver...
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Uncategorized
/ 4 months agoChallenge Cup highlights the different labor interests in the NWSL
The National Women’s Soccer League on Wednesday announced that they’ll be putting all their eggs in one tournament-sized basket in Utah,...
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Analysis
/ 6 months agoThe NWSL season as we know it isn’t going to happen. So, what now?
With an ongoing postponement of all sports in the United States and beyond, we’ve seen continued communication from the National Women’s...
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2020 Tokyo Olympics
/ 7 months agoThree things from the USWNT’s close 1-0 victory over Spain
Vlatko Andonovski’s U.S. women’s national team defeated Spain 1-0 in a cracker of a match on Sunday afternoon, setting themselves up...
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2020 Tokyo Olympics
/ 8 months agoQualifying in the Americas doesn’t have to be a self-fulfilling prophecy
The group stage of Concacaf’s 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament wrapped up with four matches that had very little to do with...
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Analysis
/ 11 months agoThe NWSL has a weather problem that isn’t going away
June and July of 2019, the months that contained the Women’s World Cup in France, were the hottest in the Earth’s...
