Lauletta: Assessing each team’s NWSL semifinal performance

It was a fantastic day of soccer over two National Women’s Soccer League semifinals, with the North Carolina Courage prevailing over...

Kerr’s first playoff goal lifts Red Stars to NWSL Championship for first time

Sam Kerr’s 8th-minute tally stood as the game’s only goal in Sunday’s second National Women’s Soccer League semifinal as the Chicago...

Tobin Heath-Casey Short match-up could determine Thorns-Red Stars semifinal

One is a two-time World Champion and Olympian, known throughout the sphere of women’s soccer as a magician, whose tricks on...

Danielle Colaprico is finally dialed in for the Chicago Red Stars

Heading into the international break at the end of August, the Chicago Red Stars are on a three-game losing streak, including...

Chicago, a team built to last, now faces its must-win moment

  The Chicago Red Stars’ place in the National Women’s Soccer League conversation has long been as nuanced as the sprawling...

The Lowdown: My 2019 NWSL awards ballot

It’s that time of year again, so let’s get right to it. Here is my 2019 National Women’s Soccer League awards...

Behind a heavy 2019 workload, Julie Ertz leads Chicago into another postseason

On Sunday Oct. 6, in the 59th minute of the U.S. women’s national team’s final victory-tour friendly against South Korea, Julie...

NWSL playoffs primer: One key player from all four teams

The National Women’s Soccer League playoffs are here with the same four teams in there that we saw a year ago....

The Equalizer Podcast Episode 80: Seeding

The National Women’s Soccer League playoff table is finally fully set, with Reign FC drawing their way to fourth place and...

NWSL playoff teams look mighty familiar as USWNT silly season approaches

So much for the last-minute drama. The four teams are set for the 2019 National Women’s Soccer League playoffs, and they...