A collection of 27 posts
Fourth Challenge Cup Notebook; four remaining teams; three games to go. Last Friday, the eighth-seeded Portland Thorns pulled out a 1-0 victory over the first-place North Carolina Courage to advance to the semifinals. The match marks the first time that North Carolina have lost a
Well, that's a wrap on the preliminary round. After relying on a four-way tiebreaker to determine teams four through seven, our next round is set. The takeaways so far? We've seen a lot of really good soccer – especially compared with MLS – accompanied by the majority
Author's note: Given that non-roster invitees are not under contract with an NWSL team, club media contacts were unable to help me set up interviews, and I had to reach out to players directly. Only few individuals responded to requests for an interview, and one
North Carolina Courage 4-0 Chicago Red StarsBefore this match even started, my friend Carri turned to me and said, "This is either going into extra time or it's going to be a blowout. There is no in-between." She was absolutely right. The North Carolina Courage
After getting the semifinal recaps out of the way, I wanted to write a few words about the Red Stars-Thorns match from the perspective of a fan. Literally, the perspective of a fan, from the middle of the thrumming Harlem End, flags and smoke and
North Carolina Courage 4-1 Seattle Reign FC Casey Murphy vs. Crystal Dunn is the matchup we didn't know we needed, and oh, it was good. The Courage opened things up by doing what the Courage do – come in fast and furious with the attack, feed