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How USWNT’s interim coach period affects Olympic ambitions

[ad_1] In November, U.S. Soccer gambled that it was worth sacrificing a year of continuous preparation under a permanent manager to hire Emma Hayes. For eight months following the 2023 World Cup, interim management has overseen the U.S. women’s national team. To her credit, Twila Kilgore’s tenure as placeholder helped turn over the player pool…

Meet McKenna Whitham, Gotham FC’s 13-year-old trainee

[ad_1] McKenna Whitham scored against Deportivo Cali in added time at the Women’s Cup in Colombia in February, finding her footing in a sea of defenders and tucking the ball away to send Gotham FC to the finals of the four-day tournament. The goal was the 13-year-old’s first in a professional environment, and it came…

Why did the USWNT-Canada match continue? Explaining the rules around postponing games

[ad_1] American soccer has dealt with two high-profile instances of extreme weather disrupting professional games in the last week. In both cases, despite conditions making it impossible to play at anything close to normal, the games went on. The most recent of the two happened on Wednesday, when steady and heavy rains flooded the field…

The USWNT mystique is gone – at some point, they either step up or they don’t

[ad_1] For those who weren’t following along during the 2011 World Cup qualifying cycle — in which the U.S. lost to Mexico in the CONCACAF semifinals before Alex Morgan finally sent the U.S. through in a playoff series against Italy — matches against Mexico might have felt like a rivalry in name only. The U.S.…

USWNT’s Lindsey Horan apologizes for ‘poorly expressed’ comments

[ad_1] U.S. women’s national team captain Lindsey Horan opened her time in front of reporters by addressing the reaction to her comments on American fans’ knowledge of soccer, made in an interview with The Athletic published earlier this month. “First and foremost, I would like to apologize to our fans,” Horan said while speaking during…

Bay FC sign Kundananji from Madrid CFF for world-record fee

[ad_1] National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) side Bay FC have signed Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji from Madrid CFF for a world-record fee. A source with knowledge of negotiations, who is granted anonymity to protect relationships, confirmed to The Athletic that the fee for the 23-year-old is €735,000 ($785,000). She has signed a contract until 2027…

Mallory Swanson returns to USWNT as training player ahead of W Gold Cup

[ad_1] U.S. women’s national team coach Twila Kilgore has named her 23-player roster for the upcoming CONCACAF W Gold Cup, with three additional training players that will participate in the pre-tournament camp, including forward Mallory Swanson. This will be Swanson’s official return to the national team environment following her recovery from a torn patellar tendon…

Lindsey Horan just wants to talk soccer

[ad_1] It’s USWNT captain Lindsey Horan’s final morning in the States before a flight back to France to rejoin Lyon, her club team. She’s spending it in a hotel lobby, tucked away at a table, talking to The Athletic for an hour about her time leading a team in the spotlight, how she sees her…