Lauletta: Early surprises from the NWSL Challenge Cup

There is no week after which opinions change so much as the opening week of a season. After months of speculating...

NWSL Results: Angel City, San Diego draw in debuts; Pinto lifts Courage past Gotham

Saturday’s 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup action saw the East Division begin play, while in the West, a highly anticipated debut for...

2022 NWSL Challenge Cup preview: East 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: NJ/NY Gotham 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 outlet like ours, which...

On and off the field, Purce is pushing for progress

Undervalued. That is the word which comes to mind for Margaret “Midge” Purce when she thinks about her story, and those...

Player-turned-GM Averbuch West brings unique perspective to Gotham, NWSL

Yael Averbuch West never intended to become the general manager of a team. When she joined NJ/NY Gotham FC as their...

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...

Kickin’ Back with Carli Lloyd

With both her last United States game and final National Women’s Soccer League match in the books, Carli Lloyd joins the...