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: Louisville-Kansas City and Reign-Portland draw to open Challenge Cup

Friday brought the return of National Women’s Soccer League play with the start of the 2022 Challenge Cup, ending the shortest...

2022 NWSL team previews, for newbies and diehards: OL Reign

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...

2022 NWSL Challenge Cup Preview: West Division

Welcome to the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup. With two extra teams in the league this season, the Challenge Cup will be...

Predmores to step down from operating OL Reign, will retain ownership

Two years after OL Groupe’s purchase of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Reign franchise comes a complete transition. Bill and Teresa...

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...

Angel City, San Diego add to rosters with picks in barebones NWSL Expansion Draft

An anticlimactic National Women’s Soccer League Expansion Draft saw the league’s two newest teams select a total of seven players on...

Reign move to Lumen Field for home games to settle in Seattle, once and for all

It took over eight years for the Reign franchise to play its first game in Seattle’s crown-jewel stadium, the downtown venue...

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...