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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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Julie Ertz reaches 1-year deal with Angel City FC ahead of World Cup

Julie Ertz is headed back to the National Women’s Soccer League. The United States Women’s National Team midfielder and two-time Player of the Year reached a one-year deal with Angel City FC, the club announced Monday. It marks the latest step in Ertz’s comeback to professional soccer after she gave birth in August. “I am […]

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April 17, 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 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 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’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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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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Nike unveils paint-spattered USWNT kits for 2023 Women’s World Cup

Nike went the artistic route, literally, with the United States Women’s National Team’s kits for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. While much of the U.S. was sleeping, Nike revealed the new looks for all 13 federations under its umbrella. The timing worked out to Monday afternoon for the Australia/New Zealand tournament site. The USWNT home […]

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April 3, 2023

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FIFA strips Indonesia of U-20 World Cup months before tournament, vaguely cites ‘current circumstances’

Indonesia won’t host the U-20 World Cup this year, FIFA announced Wednesday, less than two months before the scheduled start of the tournament. The decision came after a meeting between FIFA president Gianni Infantino and Indonesian soccer federation president Erick Thohir. FIFA vaguely claimed it made the decision “due to current circumstances” and that “a […]

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March 29, 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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Dates, TV schedule, groups, odds, how to watch

The 2023 Women’s World Cup is near. It begins July 20 in Australia and New Zealand. And when it does, with 32 teams contesting 64 games, it will become the grandest women’s sporting event in modern history. It will be cold, and inconvenient for U.S. viewers because of the time difference; but it will be […]

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June 1, 2023

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Ricardo Pepi, rebounding from World Cup snub, sends USMNT to Nations League semis

When Ricardo Pepi got the fateful call that every U.S. men’s national team player dreaded — when Gregg Berhalter rang in early November to break the news that he wouldn’t be going to the World Cup — Pepi hung up. He wasn’t necessarily angry. “I was in shock,” he’d later say. “It took me five […]

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March 28, 2023

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