Lauletta: Nasty fouls, injuries, lack of cards sucked the life out of 2017 NWSL Championship

2017 NWSL Championship. 2nd minute. Taylor Smith beat Tobin Heath to a ball in the center of the park and then...

Bush: Courage lack impact players in NWSL Championship loss

North Carolina head coach Paul Riley said the better team didn’t win tonight’s championship match. If you looked only at the...

Thorns out-battle Courage in Championship slug fest

It was sure to be a physical match going into this Saturday’s NWSL final, considering both the Portland Thorns and the...

Riley, Parsons to square off in chess match between popular English coaches

ORLANDO, FL — For the first time in the NWSL Championship Game, both dugouts will be hosting head coaches from England,...

NWSL Championship: Portland Thorns FC notebook

Here are some news, notes, and tidbits from Portland Thorns FC media day ahead of Saturday’s NWSL Championship. The forgotten one...

NWSL Championship Preview

North Carolina Courage (16-7-1, 49 pts) vs Portland Thorns FC (14-5-5) Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EDT, Orlando City Stadium All-time series: Thorns...

NWSL Championship: Courage notebook

Here are some news, notes, and tidbits from Carolina Courage media day ahead of Saturday’s NWSL Championship. Rowland back in final...

Parsons says Thorns need to be emotionally prepared for anything in final

Mark Parsons is a man who needs to know why. So when the noise had stopped and the players had filed...

Kerr, Marta headline NWSL Best XI; Sauerbrunn makes it 5-for-5

Becky Sauerbrunn extended her streak as being the only player named to every NWSL Best XI when the 2017 team was...

Paul Riley, McCall Zerboni together again at a WoSoPro final

The mutual admiration between Paul Riley and McCall Zerboni dates back to at least 2012. There was no fully professional league...