Stories By Katelyn Best
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Analysis
/ 4 years agoThe Portland Thorns are more than the galacticas of the NWSL
That the Portland Thorns have been one of, if not the most, consistently successful team in the National Women’s Soccer League...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 4 years agoA disappointing loss for France highlights the USWNT’s depth advantage
In a disappointment that feels all too familiar for France, the host nation has been eliminated in the quarterfinals for the...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 4 years agoUSA-France in the quarterfinal of the ages: Five things to watch
The United States women are set to take on their French hosts Friday at the Parc des Princes in a long-awaited...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 4 years agoArgentina come back to tie Scotland in emotional roller coaster of a match
You know those games where things keep happening, one after another, and you keep thinking they have to slow down soon,...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 4 years 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
/ 4 years 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
/ 4 years 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
/ 4 years 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
/ 4 years 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
/ 4 years 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...