Twenty-four deep: The dichotomy of North Carolina’s environment and the NWSL’s limiting roster rules

  Seventy-eight minutes into the 2018 National Women’s Soccer League Championship match, something important happened. You’d be forgiven if you didn’t...

What a 2018 NWSL All-Star Game might have looked like

Paul Riley used a small portion of his National Women’s Soccer League Championship victory press conference to stump for a league...

Kassouf: How I voted, and why there’s still a long way to go for FIFA Best awards system

Voting for the best women’s player and coach in the world is a source of annual anxiety for me since 2013....

Monday Morning Wakeup: NWSL Championship in pictures

Here are some of the best pictures from the North Carolina Courage’s 3-0 victory over Portland Thorns FC in the NWSL...

NWSL Best XI: Sauerbrunn makes it six-for-six

Becky Sauerbrunn kept her perfect Best XI in tact when she was named to the NWSL’s all-star team for the sixth...

What we learned from the NWSL semifinals

It was quite the circuitous route to get there over the last few months, but we have the best two teams...

Lauletta: Three thoughts from Courage 2, Red Stars 0

The North Carolina Courage and Chicago Red Stars finally got their semifinal match played on Tuesday night in Portland. It ended...

Courage set up NWSL Championship rematch against Thorns

It was two days late and 3,000 miles from its original venue, but the North Carolina Courage overcame the obstacles to...

NWSL semifinal preview: Better late than never

Chicago Red Stars (9-5-10) vs North Carolina Courage (17-1-6) Tuesday, 9:00 p.m. EDT, Providence Park (ESPNews) All-time series: Red Stars lead,...

A healthy DiBernardo is the constant in all the Red Stars’ successes

  When the Chicago Red Stars secured their fourth straight playoff berth, they did so with only five players remaining from...