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FIFA plots ‘path to equal pay’ at Women’s World Cup, but 2023 prize money still 25% of men’s pot

Plotting a long overdue “path” toward equality, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced Thursday that the global soccer governing body’s “ambition” and “objective” is to have equal prize money on offer at the 2026 and 2027 men’s and women’s World Cups. Infantino also said that, in the more immediate term, players and staff at the 2023 […]

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March 16, 2023

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FIFA scraps ill-fated 2026 World Cup format, but new plan presents other pros and cons

Six years after initially agreeing to overhaul the format of the men’s World Cup, FIFA has scrapped its ill-fated plan for three-team groups and approved a new format for the 2026 tournament — a 48-team bonanza hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The new format will be more akin to the traditional one: four-team […]

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March 14, 2023

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Timeline of a decades-long bond ruptured by World Cup drama

The decades-long relationship that fractured during the 2022 World Cup began on grass fields in northern New Jersey. It exploded into the public eye recently as a feud, a messy web of American soccer madness; but for over 30 years, it was as tight as could be. Danielle Reyna and Rosalind Berhalter “talked every day […]

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March 13, 2023

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Corinne Diacre fired as France women’s head coach 5 months before World Cup

The France Football Federation announced on Thursday that Corinne Diacre, head coach of France’s women’s national team since 2017, has been fired just five months ahead of the World Cup. The FFF released a statement, explaining that there was a “a very significant divide” between leadership (Diacre) and a number of players, which had become […]

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March 9, 2023

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USMNT’s path to Copa America, schedule for 2026 World Cup cycle come into focus

The U.S. men’s national team will need to win just one of two playoffs against lesser-ranked regional foes to qualify for the 2024 Copa America, its truest potential litmus test ahead of the 2026 World Cup. That is one of several takeaways from a wide-ranging Tuesday announcement made by CONCACAF, the North and Central American […]

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February 28, 2023

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USWNT wins the SheBelieves Cup, its truest 2023 World Cup tuneup

The U.S. women’s national team won the 2023 SheBelieves Cup with an unblemished record, and before we get to the caveats and concerns and reasons for World Cup worry, that’s worth appreciating. The USWNT welcomed continental giants to American shores for the four-team tournament, its truest 2023 World Cup tuneup. It played 270 minutes against […]

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February 23, 2023

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Canadian women’s soccer players threaten strike over ‘significant cuts’ to program in World Cup year

Canadian women’s national soccer team players are threatening to strike ahead of an upcoming tournament in the United States after Canada Soccer, the sport’s national governing body, decided to make “significant cuts” to their program, the players said Friday. In a statement posted to social media, the CSPA, the Canadian players’ association, said that it […]

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February 10, 2023

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