2022 NWSL Challenge Cup Preview: West Division

Welcome to the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup. With two extra teams in the league this season, the Challenge Cup will be...

2022 NWSL team previews, for newbies and diehards: Angel City FC

Welcome to The Equalizer’s 2022 team-by-team National Women’s Soccer League previews! As the league continues to grow, a challenge for an...

Angel City, San Diego have the early makings of competitive expansion teams

Never before has the National Women’s Soccer League welcomed multiple true expansion teams in the same season. And never before has...

Angel City doesn’t expect Julie Ertz to play in 2022

As preseason begins this week across the National Women’s Soccer League, the most notable absence is Julie Ertz, who was acquired...

‘I look back with a little smile’: Vanessa Gilles took the long road to Angel City FC, NWSL

Vanessa Gilles is still relatively unknown globally, but that is quickly changing. This time last year, Gilles had just two senior...

NWSL to play balanced schedule in 2022, Challenge Cup returns in preseason

National Women’s Soccer League teams will play 22 regular-season matches apiece in 2022, down from the 24-match schedule that has been...

Lauletta: NWSL offseason grades… so far

Every National Women’s Soccer League offseason has some element of shock and awe, but this one has moved faster and more...

Angel City, San Diego add to rosters with picks in barebones NWSL Expansion Draft

An anticlimactic National Women’s Soccer League Expansion Draft saw the league’s two newest teams select a total of seven players on...

Kassouf: Circumventing the NWSL expansion draft underscores the need for free agency

It is hard to imagine a more anticlimactic buildup to Thursday’s National Women’s Soccer League Expansion Draft. What originally was going...

Kassouf: Angel City’s ticket-revenue share with players is simple and smart

NIL — name, image, likeness — is the topic in college sports right now. The NCAA has finally relaxed its outdated...