U.S. Soccer shuts down Development Academy, blames COVID-19

U.S. Soccer on Wednesday announced that it was shutting down its Boys’ and Girls Development Academy programming, citing “extraordinary and unanticipated...

The Equalizer Podcast: Imagining Soccer’s Return

Building off of Jeff Kassouf’s recent interview with new National Women’s Soccer League commissioner Lisa Baird — in which Baird discusses how...

Will delay to Olympics drastically change the USWNT’s roster?

Technically, it will remain true that no team wins the Olympics in the year after the World Cup. The next Olympic...

‘One Day in Dresden’: Excerpt from ‘The Making of the Women’s World Cup’

If you’ve been waiting to purchase “The Making of the Women’s World Cup: Defining stories from a sport’s coming of age”…...

New CEO. New president. Is a resolution finally in sight for the USWNT’s equal pay lawsuit?

There’s no doubt that the tone of U.S. Soccer has shifted significantly over the past two weeks. Whether or not that...

Will Wilson named U.S. Soccer CEO, secretary general

At long last, the U.S. Soccer Federation has a new chief executive officer. On Monday, longtime sports agent Will Wilson was...

QUIZ: Can you name all 18 players from the USWNT’s 1991 World Cup-winning roster?

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has shut down the entire sports world for the foreseeable future. We’re working diligently to keep you...

New U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone: Offensive ‘legal filing was an error’

U.S. Soccer’s final brief in a request for summary judgement, in the United States women’s national team’s equal pay lawsuit against...

The Equalizer Podcast, Episode 100: Everything But Soccer

This wasn’t how we expected to celebrate Episode No. 100, but this is our world right now. The U.S. women’s national...

Four stars only: How USWNT players’ protest further proved the power of their brand

One of the most effective protests in American soccer’s history came together in a matter of hours, and, for U.S. women’s...