Kailen Sheridan has found her voice amid Sky Blue FC’s turnover

Between the staff turnover, the player exodus, voices of discontent around playing and living conditions, and an abysmal record, Sky Blue’s...

Heather O’Reilly on looming retirement: ‘I consider myself very lucky’

Heather O’Reilly will retire from soccer at the end of this National Women’s Soccer League season, ending a 17-year career which...

The secret behind Sarah Gorden’s success in 2019

Watching Sarah Gorden transform from a late-game substitute into a player the Chicago Red Stars can’t live without, one might assume...

Viva Chicago: How Mexico’s new wave is navigating the NWSL

CHICAGO — There are over 200 players in the National Women’s Soccer League. Among them, you can find a large number...

Soccer is an exact science for Celia Jimenez

ALCAUDETE, Spain – In the extremely specialized life of a 21st-century professional athlete, the training pitch and the gym seem to...

Ali Krieger: ‘This one means more to me’

LYON, France — Ali Krieger walked back into the national team in April and found something very different than she had...

To seize the moment, Christen Press changed her game

LYON, France – Anyone who’s watched Christen Press play for any length of time has gotten used to watching her score...

Alyssa Naeher had her defining moment

LYON, France — At every stage of the 2019 World Cup, the questions about Alyssa Naeher have come. Questions about her...

Alex Morgan is not the player you think she is

When Alex Morgan first emerged with the United States women’s national team, she did so largely as a one-dimensional player, capable...

Three conversations forever changed Lindsey Horan

Lindsey Horan’s past is about Paris, but her story is much more than that. Horan in 2012 famously gave up a...