Reigning Women’s World Cup champion United States will host top-10 rivals Australia, Japan and Brazil in a new tournament this year and next, the US Soccer Federation said Wednesday. The first Tournament of Nations will be staged July 27 to August 3 in Seattle, San Diego and suburban Los Angeles with a second round-robin event … Read more
US Soccer unveiled a new policy Saturday requiring players to ‘stand respectfully’ during national anthems. The move comes six months after Megan Rapinoe kneeled during the US National Anthem before the Thailand match on September 15 in protest of social inequality. Rapinoe said she was protesting in solidarity with NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who controversially knelt … Read more
The United States launched their 2017 season with a 1-0 victory over Germany on Wednesday in a duel of FIFA’s top-ranked women’s teams in the SheBelieves Cup women’s tournament. Lynn Williams scored in the 56th minute to give the United States the victory in the second match of a double-header in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. France seized … Read more