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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 star Rose Lavelle suffers injury ‘setback,’ World Cup availability in question

The 2022 World Cup is two months away, but one of the U.S. women’s national team’s best players remains off the pitch. Midfielder Rose Lavelle hasn’t played since she suffered an apparent knee injury on April 8 that forced her to miss the team’s second international friendly against Ireland and likely won’t return to her […]

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May 24, 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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USWNT World Cup roster and lineup projections as deadlines loom

AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. women’s national team convened here last week with palpable stakes. This, one last training camp and two final friendlies before a World Cup roster is named, was a pivotal opportunity for individuals to prove value and, ultimately, realize dreams. And so, throughout the week, in drills and small-sided games, “the […]

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April 10, 2023

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USWNT’s final pre-World Cup roster includes surprise return of Julie Ertz after 20 months away

The U.S. women’s national team’s biggest hole tentatively and stunningly closed on Tuesday, when Julie Ertz was named to the USWNT’s last pre-World Cup roster after nearly 20 months away from soccer. Ertz, a two-time world champion who’d been a fearsome fixture in midfield, has not played for the USWNT since the Tokyo Olympics. In […]

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March 28, 2023

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USWNT’s Mallory Swanson tears patellar tendon 3 months before World Cup

AUSTIN, Texas — Mallory Swanson, the U.S. women’s national team’s top scorer in 2023, has been diagnosed with a torn patellar tendon in her left knee and will almost certainly miss this summer’s World Cup. U.S. Soccer revealed the diagnosis Sunday, less than 24 hours after Swanson suffered the injury in a friendly against Ireland. […]

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April 9, 2023

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Why FIFA’s threat of Women’s World Cup TV blackout in Europe is ‘outrageous’

FIFA president Gianni Infantino inflamed a monthslong squabble over Women’s World Cup television rights Monday with a calculated — but quite ridiculous — threat: If European broadcasters continue to offer relatively meager fees for the 2023 tournament, Infantino said, it might not be televised in Europe’s biggest markets at all. Infantino, speaking at a World […]

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May 2, 2023

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