Portland 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...

Washington Spirit 2019 season preview: Can youth reignite a franchise?

BOYDS, Maryland — The Washington Spirit are a new-look team heading into the 2019 National Women’s Soccer League season after finishing eighth out...

Predicting the 23: Who will and won’t make the USWNT’s World Cup roster

The next time United States women’s national team coach Jill Ellis convenes with her team, she will more than likely be...

USWNT 6, Belgium 0: Lloyd’s big day, headers and more questions at fullback

The United States women’s national team dominated Belgium on Sunday at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, winning 6-0. Carli...

North Carolina Courage 2019 season preview: Can the champs actually get better?

Coming off the most successful season in the history of the National Women’s Soccer League—one in which they only lost one...

USWNT’s wild win over Australia doesn’t solve defensive issues

This wasn’t quite the match that anyone expected. But maybe it should have been. As the countdown to the World Cup...

USWNT vs. Australia: Three things to watch in a big pre-World Cup showdown

The United States women’s national team’s stiffest pre-World Cup test remaining will take place in Commerce City, Colorado on Thursday, when...

Winners…on how to win: Inside the psychology of successful teams

When it comes to winning, everyone is looking for that extra edge. You could take up ballet to improve your balance...

The need for perspective around 13-year-old Olivia Moultrie

When 13-year-old Olivia Moultrie subbed into a Portland Thorns preseason game against the U-23 U.S. women’s national team on Wednesday, the...

10 years after debut, WPS still has a complex legacy

Upon attending Sky Blue FC’s first-ever home game — no, not the one in 2013, but the one all the way...