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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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