Stories By Claire Watkins
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Analysis
/ 10 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
/ 11 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
/ 12 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
/ 1 year 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...
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Analysis
/ 1 year agoSam Kerr, all grown up
Going into Sunday’s 2019 National Women’s Soccer League Championship, one has to wonder if we’ve finally run out of things to...
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Analysis
/ 1 year agoChicago, a team built to last, now faces its must-win moment
The Chicago Red Stars’ place in the National Women’s Soccer League conversation has long been as nuanced as the sprawling...
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Analysis
/ 1 year agoBehind a heavy 2019 workload, Julie Ertz leads Chicago into another postseason
On Sunday Oct. 6, in the 59th minute of the U.S. women’s national team’s final victory-tour friendly against South Korea, Julie...
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Chicago Red Stars
/ 2 years agoHow the Chicago Red Stars made the World Cup bump a reality
As the big summer tournament has come and gone, discussion has raged as to the legitimacy of the World Cup Bump,...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 2 years agoWe should listen to the USWNT, even if they lose
What Megan Rapinoe did on that Friday night in Paris, showing nerves of steel and scoring two goals on soccer’s greatest...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 2 years agoWhy one of the Top Six is going to win the World Cup (and also why they won’t)
As The Equalizer is part of the Guardian Expert Network, you can find in-depth looks on every team in the 2019...
