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We're thrilled to welcome Steph Yang (
@thrace
) – our new full-time women’s soccer writer – to
@TheAthletic
!
📚:
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Julie Ertz was one of seven USWNT players to take part in our roundtable on racism in America. You can read that piece here, unlocked and free for all.
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Seven members of the USWNT spoke to
@itsmeglinehan
about their personal experiences with, and perspectives on racism in America. This discussion is unlocked and free for all to read:
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Darlington Nagbe is a winner 👏
🏆 NCAA title (2010)
🏆 MLS Cup (2015)
🏆 Gold Cup (2017)
🏆 MLS Cup (2018)
🏆 US Open Cup (2019)
🏆 Campeones Cup (2019)
🏆 MLS Cup (2020)
🏆 Campeones Cup (2021)
🏆MLS Cup (2023)
H/T
@tombogert
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This lightning-quick counter attack ended in a beautiful finish and a sublime team goal from Wayne Rooney's Derby County.
🎥
@dcfcofficial
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Mike Piazza bought an Italian soccer team. Then everything went wrong.
@robertandrewp
spent 10 days in Reggio Emilia and five hours with the Piazzas to bring you the story.
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Julie Ertz subs on 👏
The midfielder receives the captain's armband in her 100th international cap, her first
#USWNT
appearance in 611 days.
🎥
@USWNT
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@julieertz
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Paul Stratton – an
#EFC
supporter – has been delivering supplies to refugees of the Russian invasion in Ukraine 🇺🇦
He was brought on to take a penalty in a friendly against Dynamo Kyiv.
🎥
@ESPNFC
|
#MatchForPeace
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"My name is Lynn, and here I am, just trying to leave my mark on the sport."
From husking pecans as a kid to battling for a place in the USWNT and fighting for equality, Lynn Williams has never been afraid to put in the work, writes
@mattpentz
:
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San Diego’s MLS expansion team, which is set to take the field in 2025, has officially selected a brand identity in addition to its name: San Diego FC.
More details:
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San Antonio FC with one of the best goals you'll see this weekend last night vs. Sunderland 🤯
🎥
@sanantoniofc
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📣 Big news 📣
We're doubling the size of our full-time ⚽️ staff! Please welcome our new national writers:
@FelipeCar
@jeffrueter
@mattpentz
@MLSist
@samstejskal
& of course
@itsmeglinehan
, who joined last week. More from
@quraishi
on our coverage:
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Rest in peace, Daryl Grove. The American soccer community has lost an esteemed and beloved voice today, one we were lucky to know as a friend and work with as a colleague. Our deepest condolences to his family.
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Leeds United is doubling down on their pursuit for
#USMNT
attacker Brenden Aaronson after their initial offer of £15 million was rejected.
If accepted, the new offer of £20 million would be the second most expensive transfer ever for an American player.
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The
#USWNT
players who sued U.S. Soccer for pay discrimination in 2019 have reached a proposed $24 million settlement with the federation – a landmark moment both for the players and USSF president Cindy Parlow Cone.
📝
@itsmeglinehan
:
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San Diego FC will feature MLS's first residential academy with an integrated grade 6-12 school when it enters the league next year.
Now, the club knows who will lead it: Alianza de Futbol founder Joaquin Escoto.
@PaulTenorio
on the hire:
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Ashlyn Harris is hanging up her cleats.
A two-time World Cup winner in 2015 and 2019 with the
@USWNT
, the 37-year-old Harris spent the last decade of her club career with various
#NWSL
teams, most recently Gotham FC.
@itsmeglinehan
has more:
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Ted Lasso's world will soon look a bit more like the real thing.
@mjshrimper
reports the show has signed a licensing deal with the Premier League, enabling use of archive footage, logos, kits and even the league trophy.
More in
@David_Ornstein
's column:
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Sinead Farrelly was forced into an early retirement in 2016.
More than six years later, she made her international debut for Ireland.
"This journey back to soccer has honestly been insane."
@itsmeglinehan
on Farrelly's return to the field:
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The NWSL is going to have an LA team and its ownership group is packing some serious star power.
@itsmeglinehan
spoke to founding owner Natalie Portman about how it all came together:
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Coming to Los Angeles this September: A club vs. country women’s soccer match.
Angel City FC and the Mexican women’s national team are set to play this upcoming Labor Day as part of a new multiyear partnership.
More from
@itsmeglinehan
:
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“With him I just freeze and feel small.”
A former NYCFC intern says she was repeatedly harassed by star striker David Villa in 2018, and was met with indifference or ridicule by her supervisors.
Skyler Badillo shares her story with
@MLSist
:
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Inter Miami M Rodolfo Pizarro is upset with MLS' trade policy.
"I think it’s the only league in the world that does this.”
Pizarro is expected to be the DP contract terminated to make room for Lionel Messi.
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The
@PhilaUnion
presented Brandon Vázquez with an Oscar trophy after he drew this foul call 😅
📹
@FOXSoccer
|
#PHICIN
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She did WHAT?! 😱
Long Beach State nets a beautiful goal as Elysia Laramie crosses it to Lena Silano who finishes it in style.
🎥
@LBSUSoccer
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“He has everything that it takes to be one of the very best.”
Reece James has shown positional versatility and technical brilliance under Thomas Tuchel, who is keen to push him to greater heights.
So how will Chelsea use him?
📚
@liam_twomey
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Making history by both being named to the USWNT Olympic roster wasn't the only big news for the Sam and Kristie Mewis this week: they also teamed up with a hometown brewery to produce their own beer.
@itsmeglinehan
on how Sam made it happen:
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Announcing expanded women's ⚽️ coverage!
Please welcome new staff writer
@itsmeglinehan
and read about how she plans to cover the
#NWSL
and
#USWNT
—both of which are followable in the app. Check it out and get 40% off your first year's subscription 👇
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As the
#USMNT
called and Arsenal hovered, Matt Turner and his fiancée were given some devastating news.
@samstejskal
spoke to Turner about loss, new beginnings, and this summer's dream move to London:
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Brighton lost:
◽️ Yves Bissouma
◽️ Marc Cucurella
◽️ Neal Maupay
And got... better?
How have
#BHAFC
banked more than £100M by selling three key performers and yet still improved?
@AndyNaylorBHAFC
has more:
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The 2022 NWSL season begins on April 29 ⚽
CBS Television Network will air two regular-season NWSL matches — as well as the championship game — in the 2022 campaign, the league announced Wednesday.
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Angel City has unveiled their new crest and colors.
@thrace
has all the details and meaning behind the ambitious club's branding:
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Alejandro Bedoya woke up this morning and saw news of another mass shooting. By the end of the night, with the help of an on-field microphone, he let a national broadcast know how he felt.
@MLSist
on Bedoya's call for action to end gun violence:
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"A kid messaged me saying he was at the game after seeing my tweet, and during the game he came out to his parents because of that tweet. That was pretty crazy."
@martcw12
speaks with
@jeffrueter
about his big announcement.
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NJ/NY Gotham FC is The Athletic’s American soccer team of 2023
🔗
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The
#USL
will soon have 39 teams, but a lack of league-wide standards leaves some players with low to no pay, poor insurance, and other insecurities, reports
@jeffrueter
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Budweiser's edgier NWSL marketing campaign is a departure for the league, and it's already seeing results.
@mPinoe
shared her thoughts on how its driving the league forward to
@itsmeglinehan
:
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Antonee Robinson splits his time between Fulham FC, the
@USMNT
and magic 🪄
🎥
@FulhamFC
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@Antonee_Jedi
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Madison Hammond is the first Native American to play in the NWSL, and she takes pride in her identity.
But her story is much more than just that.
@thrace
spoke to Hammond about the unique pressures in her journey and where she’d like her career to go.
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Last week, a tifo display, a tweet, and a tree came together to reveal the depths of
#MLS
's hypocrisy with regard to supporters and American soccer culture, writes
@WillParchman
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Lucas Zelarayan for the
@ColumbusCrew
tonight:
◽️ Two goals
◽️ One epic celly
📸
@Lucazelarayan31
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#Crew96
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Heather O'Reilly is BACK 👏
HAO came out of a three-year retirement for a chance to experience a
@UWCL
game.
Now she's scoring game winners in them.
🎥
@shelsfc
|
@HeatherOReilly
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Incumbent U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone has won a new four-year term, narrowly defeating past president Carlos Cordeiro in a vote.
Cone was endorsed by 32
#USWNT
members Friday on the eve of the election.
📚
@itsmeglinehan
&
@PaulTenorio
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Back in 2010, Sacha Kljestan visited Children's Hospital Los Angeles and gave a jersey to a young patient battling liver cancer.
The patient? Chris Hegardt, who now plays for
@CharlotteFC
❤️
🎥 | H/T
@MLS
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The NWSL's investigation into the Washington Spirit found that key club figures repeatedly violated the league workplace and harassment policies.
More details on the findings via
@itsmeglinehan
,
@MLSist
&
@thrace
:
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@PaulTenorio
Also part of this story:
@ForwardMSNFC
's new goalkeeper kit, revealed here for the first time
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Great shot of Ronaldo's free kick. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
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The
#USMNT
kits to be worn in the 2022 World Cup are a disappointment to many.
Luckily, independent designer Chris Bunn already had a few mockups in a file on his desktop, giving U.S. fans exactly what they wanted.
📸
@ChrisBunn21
✍️
@jeffrueter
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The
@CBSSportsGolazo
crew of Micah Richards, Thierry Henry and Kate Abdo answered this question in a way only they could 😂
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Sigi Schmid, who died on Tuesday at the age of 65, had a life and career that should be defined by far more than just his record total of MLS wins.
@mattpentz
remembers the former Galaxy, Sounders, and Crew coach:
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Inter Miami needs to come up with more allocation money and/or shed salary in order to be roster compliant in time for the season, sources tell
@TomBogert
.
Who could be available? Who are the club set to move on from? More, plus MLS news and notes ⤵️
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Only two players in
#USMNT
history have scored their first team goal in a final:
◻️ Chris Richards
◻️ Folarin Balogun
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"I want to die here. This is my home."
Josef Martínez makes his intention to remain with Atlanta United clear to
@FelipeCar
, along with his desire for an improved contract.
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Canada midfielder Quinn made history as the first out trans athlete to win an Olympic medal when their team took gold in Japan.
@notaleobutleo
spoke to Quinn about their achievement and the inclusion work that remains:
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JUST IN – Brazilian-born Stanford star Catarina Macario has been approved by FIFA to represent the U.S. Women's National Team in international play. 👀
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Univision is becoming "the home of soccer" in the U.S.
-People "don't want to keep stacking apps, so they're coming to us"
-"We’re less boring than the Anglo presentation"
-Urging MLS to take "more programming risks"
✍️
@FelipeCar
:
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Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank spoke to
@FelipeCar
about his club's success, MLS expansion, CBA negotiations and more:
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The game-tying goal for
@OLReign
was a ROCKET from
@roselavelle
from outside the box😳
🎥
@NWSL
|
#USWNT
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Breaking via
@PaulTenorio
: Valencia winger Yunus Musah has been called in to the
#USMNT
roster for the upcoming friendly vs. Wales.
More info on the New York-born England youth international:
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Welcome to the league
@jeymar10s
🔥
The 17-year old gets her first ever
#NWSL
goal in her first league game.
🎥
@NWSL
|
#WaveFC
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From a small village in Ghana, Latif Blessing's incredible journey has led him to
#MLS
's best team in one of the United States' largest cities.
The
@LAFC
midfielder opens up to
@mattpentz
on his career so far:
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#USWNT
midfielder Lindsey Horan is staying in France with Lyon past the conclusion of her loan spell, sources tell
@itsmeglinehan
.
Horan had signed a contract extension with Portland through the 2025 NWSL season at the time of her original loan.
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In 2016, Chris Richards tried out and got cut from FC Dallas academy.
Less than two years later, Richards was starting for Bayern Munich.
Today, he sealed a move to Crystal Palace.
More on his journey, from
@samstejskal
⤵️
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Luton Town have declined their option to sign USMNT G Ethan Horvath following his spell on loan from Nottingham Forest.
Horvath’s former Luton teammates are surprised at the decision not to sign him after 44 Championship appearances last season.
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Joseph Brito WOW 💥
3rd division Union Omaha knocks off Minnesota United in the U.S. Open Cup with this stunning finish.
🎥
@Union_Omaha
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Liverpool’s year-long unbeaten home record was broken by Inter this week.
No real damage was done, but if
#LFC
truly want this season to be historic, they’ll have to be sharper.
✍️
@JamesPearceLFC
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Her time on the pitch was cut short, but Kristie Mewis proved to be the Challenge Cup final MVP both on and off the field.
@BrooksDT
documents an epic, beer soaked day that capped off a long journey:
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"From where I’m from, from growing up, what soccer means in my state and my city, I had a zero percent chance of becoming a coach in the Bundesliga. So why should I feel any pressure?”
Jesse Marsch to
@samstejskal
on his path to the top job at Leipzig.
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Breaking: Blackburn Rovers have offered $1.25 million to sign
@wil_trapp
from
@ColumbusCrewSC
. Details from
@PaulTenorio
#MLS
#USMNT
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