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"My first contract was for $5,000 with the Seattle Reign. I am really proud of myself to get to this point"
✨Exclusive: I caught up with Paige Nielsen to talk about why she has committed to the Houston Dash for four more years.
#NWSL
📰 Read now ⤵️
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one of the most chaotic ends to a football match I have ever seen
chapeau Gotham FC, well deserved
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I don't see how you can argue that Smith DIDN'T effect the play. I would be fuming if I were Brazil.
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if you have to take into account Smith's run, how it obscures the pass, and is a metre or less away from the ball, even if she doesn't touch it, she is having an effect on the play.
offside all day, but would love to hear from a ref.
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I NEED YOU TO STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING
…and watch Texas A&M goalkeeper Kenna Caldwell bang one in from 55 yards ☄️
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trinity rodman legitimately just got tackled by a puddle
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honestly, would pay a lot of money to watch a match where the timeline managed the USWNT
rn we’d have ertz in midfield, Lynn up top and a barbie meme playing left back
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sheesh, this magazine cover cutting extra deep on all bases today.
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Ladies, thems and gentlemen…
I give you Andres Cantor calling Hannah Wilkinson’s footy fern World Cup opening goal 👏
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the QPR head of catering just said that the Sunderland away fans helped break a record for the most amount of beer sold in the stadium on a matchday.
fair play mackems.
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England's Starting XI that won Euro 2021
Two ACLS, a retirement, and two shorter-term knee injuries have five of this group on the sidelines with 90 days until the start of the World Cup.
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🇺🇸 American Tori Penso confirmed as ref for England v Australia in
#FIFAWWC
semifinal.
It’s going to be box office.
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Goals at 2023 World Cup by league:
NWSL: 6
Frauen Bundesliga: 4
WSL: 3
WE League: 4
A-League: 1
Liga F: 4
D1 Arkema: 3
Serie A: 2
Swiss WSL: 1
WK League: 1
Brasileiro Série A1: 1
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Official Houston Dash attendance: 21,284
The largest crowd at a
#NWSL
playoff match ever.
2nd largest Texas woo crowd - (behind USA v Mexico 2003)
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🇮🇹🇸🇪 If Sweden and Italy draw on 1-1 Saturday, it opens up the potential of every team in Group G finishing with 4 points and almost identical goals scored.
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sophia smith changing her hairstyle at halftime was the secret sauce
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New thought: Alana Cook got zero mins at her first World Cup — wtf
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The goalpost has won the USA’s Dorito’s play of the game
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from the outside, it’s really hard to think of a more shocking sacking than Stoney in terms of what a manager has consistently achieved for a NWSL club, length of contract remaining, and notoriety in the game.
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“We don’t have accommodation…we’ve been awake since 3am and we’re just going to party ‘til our 6am flight out of Sydney on Sunday”
shout out this crew of Colombians from Brisbane who had incredible vibes, singing songs and living World Cup dream.
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It's going to be so cool when they finally conclude the USA v Japan quarterfinal match on home soil at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
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A 16-year-old from New Jersey is about to become the youngest player to ever play in the women's World Cup when she takes the field for South Korea.
What a moment for Casey Phair.
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🇧🇷 Missed this - watching the other
#NWSL
match on at the same time - but a likely moving tribute of solidarity from Kerolin to Vini Jr after the Real Madrid player spoke out about racist abuse in Spain.
Power to them. Absolutely no place in football for racism. Unacceptable.
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Person at the coffee shop: So have you been getting up for the women's World Cup?
Me: Yeah, it's been kind of brutal with the kickoff times.
Person at the coffee shop: I can see that by the lines on your face. You look wrecked.
Me: Cheers.
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you gotta love the Jamaica staff member raising a Bunny Shaw shirt aloft in the celebrations
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Paige Nielsen said that she rewatched USWNT vs Zambia, at the Paris Olympics, to prepare for defending Barbra Banda in tonight’s match.
she noted how patient Naomi Girma was choosing her defensive moments, and wanted to try and bring that to her performance.
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NGL Delphine Cascarino's San Diego Wave shirt might be one of the most iconic in
#NWSL
history. A must buy.
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BREAKING: 🏆Concacaf launches international women's club tournament: W Champions Cup
The inaugural 11-team edition will take place in Aug. 2024, with a draw being held in June.
Entries:
🇸🇻🇨🇦: 1 club each in Prelims
🇵🇦🇯🇲🇨🇷: 1 club each in Groups
🇺🇸🇲🇽: 3 clubs in Groups
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SOLD OUT!
The 🇲🇽 Gran Final second leg match between Tigres and Rayadas will have 37,800 fans in attendance!
#LigaMXFem
✨ ¡Una vez más demostraron que son 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒 y por qué son la 𝐌𝐄𝐉𝐎𝐑 afición de México! 💛
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨, oficialmente, los boletos de la GRAN FINAL, están 𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗦.
¡JUNTOS EL EQUIPO Y SU AFICIÓN POR UNA NUEVA ILUSIÓN!
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💰MLS media rights currently: $90m
💸NWSL media rights currently: $1.5m
📺Biggest single match TV ratings in 2022 are 475k and 456k respectively.
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sometimes, it’s the little things in football.
rodman’s commitment to wearing the no.2, a traditional defender’s number as one of the world’s best forwards, is just so wonderful and idiosyncratic. brings a little something.
📸
@WashSpirit
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UPDATE: The Houston Dash are around 3,500 tickets away from selling out PNC Stadium for the first time.
#NWSL
#HoldItDown
#PackPNC
#GoToGamesAgenda
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📸 can't stop thinking about this English Mum with Aussie daughter, that I snapped at full-time after the semifinal at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney.
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🚨 Transfer confirmed: Ebony Salmon is an Aston Villa player.
Sources told me the deal was made over the weekend with the
@BarclaysWSL
club keen to push the move through before the close of the window and before her contract with the Houston Dash expired in December.
#NWSL
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I will only refer to full-time as “slutsignal” from now on.
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BREAKING: The
@HoustonDash
have qualified for the
#NWSL
playoffs for the first time in club history.
This comes after the San Diego Wave drew 0-0 with North Carolina Courage tonight.
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Why is it that every time Casey Krueger plays for the USA one can't help but think: Why the hell has Casey Krueger not been playing more for the USA?
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Rookie Diana Ordoñez had the same amount of
#NWSL
goals from open play (10) as golden boot winner Alex Morgan.
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icon
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obsessed with gotham's mandy haught professionally carrying out the post-match press conference with a measured disposition, but then the moment it was over she gave it the big one. top stuff.
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Amy Rodriguez gets a red card for ‘persistent foul and abusive language’ per match sheet, right at the end of tonight’s 0-0 draw between Utah Royals and Houston Dash.
A rite of passage of sorts for any new coach.
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#NWSLChallengeCup
Match 1 attendances:
7,434 OL v Por
6,307 AC v SD
5,332 Lou v KC
4,087 Hou v Chi
3,534 Orl v Was
2,537 NC v NJ/NY
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This might be the last time we ever see Sophie Schmidt in a Canada shirt. 224th cap.
Whatever happens, she leaves a legend.
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Breaking news out of Minnesota -
@MNAuroraFC
has set wheels in motion to become a professional team.
The community-owned
@USLWLeague
club has begun discussions with new investors with the move to join a U.S. women's pro-league.
#NWSL
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🇺🇸 Fun fact: if this result holds, it will be the first time the USA hasn’t won 2+ World Cup group stage games EVER
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"We're gonna take it one game at a time...if we can wear a pretty dress, we'll put it on."
Lorne Donaldson's response when asked if Jamaica will be the "Cinderella story" at the 2023 World Cup.
Question by
@waydebrown_
#FIFAWWC
|
#ReggaeGirlz
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“I really wanted to win this game…kind of unbelievable, probably one of the best moments of my career”
A beaming Paige Neilsen talking to the media after her walk off 98th min winner against her former club Angel City, in LA.
#HoustonDash
#NWSL
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The Creation of Adam, 1508
The Creation of Aitana, 2022
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The coolest thing about that, was the legend Christine Sinclair scooping up the ball and handing it to Fleming like a baton.
Momentous.
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Gotham FC v OL Reign in an all-time Retirement Bowl special on the beach to fight for the NWSL championship title.
should be quite special. see u sunday.
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After several questions about the size of the rivalry between England and Australia, Sarina Wiegman says she’ll “need to talk to my players” to learn more about why.
She mentions she’s liked all the Australians she’s met.
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Lynn Williams has 1.10 xG* and 4 shots on target at the half.
That’s more shots on target than any other USA player in the tourney so far.
Even though she didn’t play the first two games.
*surprised it’s this high, maybe they counted shot from v close that appeared to go out
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Yates' recommendations:
- Teams must say why a coach is dismissed
- US Soccer puts teeth into the license system and m vetting
- Teams should not investigate themselves, the league must do so and show results
[continued]
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The
#NWSL
has announced that its streaming audience has grown 24% "year over year" and will start investing necessary resources to upgrade its broadcast productions on Paramount+ and Twitch in August 2022.
Upgrades include "higher quality cameras".
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if I were running a NWSL stadium, I would have a promotion that when Gotham visits and Emily Sonnett gets booked everyone gets free queso with tortilla chips or something like that
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AD Franch has now tied the record for most clean sheets in
#NWSL
playoff history.
After tonight she also holds the record for most saves in the playoffs.
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#NWSLChallengeCup
Avg. attendances:
11,493 PTFC 🌹
5,982 OL Reign 👑
5,720 San Diego 🌊
5,456 KC Current 🔵
5,119 ACFC👼
4,622 Racing Louisville ⚜️
3,799 Washington Spirit *⃣
3,543 Orlando Pride🟣
3,258 NC Courage 🦁
3,134 Hou Dash ✨
2,397 Gotham 🗽
2,162 Chi Red Stars ✴️
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To add to
@Sandherrera_
dropping the news of Brazilian defender Tarciane coming to the Houston Dash:
I’m hearing the fee paid to Corinthians is close to $600,000
The 3rd-highest ever in the women’s game.
#NWSL
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Jorge Vilda opts not to answer the first question asked to him at the MD -1 press conference.
The question referred to how he was managing the “issues” off of the pitch.
His response: “next question please”
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🧢Marta will be the Orlando Pride captain in 2022.
"A child-like love for the game that exudes from her and is contagious. No one team should be underestimated with her on the team."
Cromwell on the Brazilian legend.
#NWSL
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"I had to go obviously, just to make sure that they were supported..."
Sam Laity says that Sarah Lowdon scored the Dash 29 tickets to Taylor Swift's Houston show, called the feat "unbelievable" and tongue-in-cheek says no other
#NWSL
club can say they did that for their players.
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To all the NC Courage LGBTQIA+ fans, be loud and proud. Do what you want. You're loved. You're radiant.
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Breaking: Nichelle Prince confirms via her Instagram that she has ruptured her Achilles. Send your positive vibes to Houston.🤕
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"On the eve of pride month, a big gay goal, I just love it."
Megan Rapinoe on Quinn's banger in the second half of the Reign's 4-1 win over ACFC.
#NWSL
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"I ask you to enjoy the World Cup to the fullest, it is the best and most precious because it represents the shirt, the flag."
ICYMI: Shirley Cruz announced her retirement via Instagram today, the news comes after she was not picked to go to the World Cup with Costa Rica.
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🐯📝: What's the biggest match in North America this weekend?
Well, that would be
@TigresFemenil
vs.
@Rayadas
tonight at El Volcan.
I spoke to
@cmoscato4
to preview tonight's
#LigaMXFem
semifinal that promises to be a classic.
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Top 6
#NWSL
attendances all-time:
27,248 - Reign v Thorns, Aug,2021
25,218 - Thorns v Courage, Aug, 2019
24,251 - Thorns v Spirit, Oct, 2019
23,403 - Orlando v Dash, April, 2016
22,329 - Thorns v Dash, July, 2019
22,000 - ACFC v Courage, April, 2022
#WelcomeAngels
#AngelCityFC
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Alex Morgan's fight to be in the USA's Olympic squad is going to be fascinating to watch.
plenty of talented forwards need to get the minutes and an opportunity to contest for next summer.
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NWSL Board of Governors unanimously approves ownership changes within Washington Soccer Properties.
More ⤵️
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"We're talking about sustained, manipulative conduct that was about power and not about enhancing a player's performance."
Sally Yates addressing the media today on her investigation into US soccer and the
#NWSL
.
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Sam Mewis, 'The Tower of Power', was often unmarkable. Totally cutting. Full of big moments.
A unique, patient, subtle, immense, and complete player.
Gutted we didn't get more of her on the pitch but find comfort in knowing she'll be ever present in the game.
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CC: Ella Toone, Alex Greenwood, Alisha Lehmann, Katie Zelem
A new lashes challenger has appeared.
Ryan Gareis' eyelashes are popping tonight. Paired with a cast on her right hand, she's bringing glamour and guile to the left wing.
#NWSL
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Congratulations to Unattached for having two players chosen to represent them in Tokyo.
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