World Cup return within reach for Dutch after first-leg playoff victory

The Netherlands are on the verge of a return trip to the Women’s World Cup in 2019 after a 3-0 victory...

Why the USWNT keeps testing the three-back and the double-nine

  The U.S. women’s national team is experimenting with three-back again — but in a much different way than the disastrous...

It’s now or never for Jess McDonald’s World Cup hopes

  Opportunities sometimes repeat themselves for athletes, and sometimes they present themselves as one-offs, singular moments that can alter the course...

Panama implodes late against Argentina in first leg of World Cup playoff

The other feel-good story from the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship is unlikely to be headed to France next year. Panama lost the first...

Panama and Argentina are fighting for much more than a Women’s World Cup berth

Argentina and Panama will face one another this Thursday in the first leg of a two-game 2019 Women’s World Cup qualification...

Danielle Colaprico’s narrow path to a USWNT World Cup roster spot

U.S. women’s national team head coach Jill Ellis’ roster for a pair of November friendlies against Portugal and Scotland includes a...

World Cup playoffs and USWNT in Europe: Why you need to pay attention this week

The women’s soccer scene has hit a lull of late with a dearth of news as the National Women’s Soccer League...

Tom Sermanni knows restoring New Zealand’s team culture is a nuanced task

A lesson from 20 years ago, in one of his few stints coaching in the men’s game, still guides Tom Sermanni...

What will make the Sermanni-to-New Zealand move a success?

The Tom Sermanni-to-New Zealand marriage just feels right. The affable Scotsman with prior experience in that part of the world is...

Bush: What’s next for USWNT?

So the U.S. has qualified for the 2019 Women’s World Cup, shocking absolutely no one. Now what? Now they work their...