Stories By Katelyn Best
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 1 day agoVAR’s rocky rollout might have knocked Nigeria out of the World Cup
RENNES, France — “They didn’t show us what happened.” That statement from Nigerian keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie in the wake of her team’s...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 5 days agoAustralia-Brazil roller coaster exposes a poor Matildas game plan
MONTPELLIER, France — If the Australia team forecast to be the most exciting attacking team at the tournament disappointed with a...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 6 days agoAn ugly win for France, but three points nonetheless
Wendie Renard own goal. If you can come up with four unlikelier words, either relating to this World Cup or to...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 2 weeks agoLes Bleues show off swagger under the spotlight of soccer’s biggest stage
PARIS — There was never a question, going into this World Cup, that France is a good team. Instead,...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 2 weeks agoFrance, long averse to pressure, faces the spotlight of home World Cup
France enters the 2019 World Cup as, if not quite favorites to win, then at least as co-favorites with the...
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Player Feature
/ 3 weeks agoUnder the radar: Simone Charley and the NWSL’s little-known training players
Last weekend, when the Thorns faced Sky Blue in the first weekend after all of the league’s World Cup players had...
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Analysis
/ 1 month agoAn ugly night ends in Portland’s favor
Rain had been threatening Orlando City Stadium all evening, and when the clouds finally rolled in a minute and a half...
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Analysis
/ 2 months agoThe perpetual question of ‘What now?’ for Adrianna Franch
At the beginning of March, after numerous calls into U.S. women’s national team camp over the preceding two years, Adrianna Franch,...
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Analysis
/ 2 months agoDid we just watch the best NWSL game ever?
The six-year history of the National Women’s Soccer League has played host to plenty of wild, high-scoring games, but Saturday’s match-up...
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Analysis
/ 2 months agoPortland Thorns 2019 season preview: Navigating major World Cup absences
The Portland Thorns’ 2018 season ended bitterly when a historically good North Carolina Courage beat them handily in their own house...
