Former Chicago Red Stars defender Julianne Sitch just became the first woman to lead a men's soccer program to an NCAA title, guiding the University of Chicago to an undefeated season and Division III crown.
💪🎯
An emotional night for
@alikrieger
as she earns
#USWNT
cap number 💯
"I know how good I am and I know my value. I don't think anyone's gonna tell me what my value is, because I already know that."
BREAKING NEWS🚨 Sources confirm to The Equalizer's
@JeffKassouf
that
#USWNT
midfielder Julie Ertz has signed with Angel City FC.
Ertz could debut in Sunday's match against in-state rival San Diego Wave.
More info ➡️
Toni Pressley is back on the field for the Orlando Pride in their season finale, just over two months after beginning treatment for breast cancer. 👏 🙏
#ORLvRFC
#NWSL
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Soccer and
#USWNT
players have agreed to settle their equal pay lawsuit, ending a six-year battle. USSF will pay players $22 million + a $2 million fund, and committed to equal rate of pay going forward.
➡️
Guaranteed
#USWNT
contracts are gone, but with the potential for a lot more money (and equal pay w/
#USMNT
).
@JeffKassouf
breaks down the numbers and pay structures alongside context and insight from
@100Purcent
:
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Here are the nominees for FIFA's
#TheBest
for Female Player of the Year.
🏴 Lucy Bronze
🇺🇸 Julie Ertz
🇳🇴 Caroline Graham Hansen
🇳🇴 Ada Hegerberg
🇫🇷 Amandine Henry
🇦🇺 Sam Kerr
🇺🇸 Rose Lavelle
🇳🇱 Vivianne Miedema
🇺🇸 Alex Morgan
🇺🇸 Megan Rapinoe
🇫🇷 Wendie Renard
🏴 Ellen White
The MVPs of the
#NWSLChallengeCup
might be Edgar Maldonado's cleaning crew tasked with keeping the stadium safe.
His father died 7 months ago. The pandemic put his business in jeopardy.
When the NWSL kicked off, he held back tears.
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✍️
@HannahLichten
Megan Rapinoe holds back some tears discussing young players; Christen Press scoring and celebrating in the semifinal:
"We really do have a tight team, a very close team. Whoever needs to be leaned on in that one moment, the whole team is comfortable leaning on that person."
BREAKING
#NWSL
NEWS: Utah Royals FC has agreed to trade
#USWNT
defender Becky Sauerbrunn to Portland Thorns FC. Utah's return is expected to be centered around allocation money.
MORE ➡️:
History for Yuki Nagasato!
Nagasato is heading on loan to Hayabusa Eleven, an amateur men’s club in Japan 🇯🇵 She's the first woman to play in the Kanagawa Prefecture League.
Heather O’Reilly will be featuring in her last ever professional soccer match on Sunday. She says she’s at peace with her career and ready to move on in life.
#NWSL
Stat of the day from
@fbref
: Even though she played just 138 minutes across two matches, Lynn Williams led the
#USA
and
#FIFAWWC
with 3.91 shots on target per 90 minutes.
.
@julieertz
will play her final
#USWNT
game on Sept. 21 in Cincinnati vs. South Africa. The match would be her 123rd and final cap with the United States, a career that included two World Cup titles.
Megan Rapinoe was pure joy and excitement when Reign teammate Emily Sonnett scored her second-ever
#USWNT
goal, heading it home after Pinoe's corner kick service was punched towards her.
NEWS: Carli Lloyd has announced her retirement. She will finish the 2021
#NWSL
season with Gotham and her final
#USWNT
matches will be during September & October friendlies. 🇺🇸
📸:
@LewisNC
Some entertainment while we wait for kick off! We made it a competition now it’s up for you to decide. Which
@uswnt
player came up with the best caption?
🎤:
@jordangeli
🎥:
@rachiebret
The Brazilian federation (CBF) has announced that its men's and women's national teams will receive equal daily payments and proportions of prize money from the World Cup.
NWSL and USWNT legend Amy Rodriguez is retiring from playing professional soccer to join the USC women's soccer staff as a full time assistant coach.
Join us in congratulating ARod on a fantastic career and this new opportunity!
Kristie Mewis: American Hero
Before winning the 2020
#NWSLChallengeCup
, she was traded five times within the NWSL—one time, twice in a week. She was dropped from the USWNT. Then, she tore her ACL.
Still, she persevered.
➡️
✍️
@TheDanLauletta
#NWSL
JULIE ERTZ SAID NOT TODAY. Expert dead ball delivery by Christen Press, and the Red Star heads it home. USA 1-0 with two minutes left in regulation
#USWNT
#USAvESP
BREAKING NEWS: FIFA will select the 2023 Women's World Cup host via online vote during the June 25 FIFA Council.
Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Colombia or Japan.
Where do you think the tournament will take place? Where do you WANT it to take place?
#FIFAWWC
BREAKING NEWS:
OL Reign acquire the NWSL rights to Rose Lavelle from the Washington Spirit, with the understanding that the USWNT midfielder will play outside the NWSL immediately.
Spirit get $100K allocation, 2022 1st-round pick, and additional, conditional allocation money.
BREAKING NEWS: World international leading goal-scorer Christine Sinclair tells Reuters and the Canadian Press that she'll retire from playing for Canada later this year. Sinclair, 40, plans to play one more
#NWSL
season with the Portland Thorns. She has 190 goals for Canada.
GOAL,
@USWNT
!
What else is there to say? Christen Press finds Tobin Heath, and something tells us we've heard this before! That's Press' ninth assist of 2019!
#USAvPOR
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One of the league's all-time greats, Lauren Barnes, has just become the first player in
#NWSL
history to play 15,000 regular season minutes! And to make it even more impressive, she has played every single one with
@OLReign
!
🚨 BREAKING
#NWSL
News 🚨
The Chicago Red Stars have officially been sold to Laura Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs. The grand total of the sale was $60 million.
BREAKING:
@GothamFC
announced today that the club has signed
#USWNT
midfielders, Olympians, and
#FIFAWWC
Champions Rose Lavelle and Emily Sonnett – also a two-time
#NWSL
Champion – to multiyear contracts with the club through 2026.
THE
#USWNT
IS HERE!! 🤩
Vlatko Andonovski has named the 23 players punching their ticket to the
@FIFAWWC
in Australia and New Zealand this summer! 👀 ⚽️ 🇺🇸
➡️:
Five of the
#USWNT
's 23 World Cup players are women of color.
@elindsay08
spoke with them about the platform this
#FIFAWWC
provides, and what still needs to be done.
“They [NWSL players] don’t get enough credit because I know how hard they work.”
Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics is a huge fan of soccer, and is using his platform to promote women's soccer.
➡️:
✍️:
@ktrain_11