2022 NWSL team previews, for newbies and diehards: Chicago Red Stars

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...

Chicago Red Stars announce Chris Petrucelli as new head coach

Over two weeks after the start of preseason, the Chicago Red Stars finally announced a new head coach. Chris Petrucelli will...

USWNT veterans say federation ‘stood by,’ allowed ‘unchecked’ abuse by Dames

Nine current and former United States women’s national team players issued a statement to U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone and...

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...

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...

Players allege years of abuse by Rory Dames, say their concerns were dismissed by U.S. Soccer

Rory Dames, whose departure from the Chicago Red Stars as head coach after 11 years was hastily announced just over 24...

Rory Dames out as head coach of Chicago Red Stars

Rory Dames’ last game as Chicago Red Stars head coach was Saturday’s NWSL Championship, which his team lost to the Washington...

Despite loss, Red Stars players persevere

Six straight playoff appearances. Three straight finals. No championships. On Saturday afternoon in Louisville, the Chicago Red Stars found themselves in...

How the Washington Spirit flipped the script

The Washington Spirit were a shell of themselves in the first half of Saturday’s National Women’s Soccer League Championship at Lynn...