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This past Wednesday saw the elimination of two more teams – both during regulation this time – in the semifinal round of the Challenge Cup. In the first match, the Portland Thorns fell 1-0 to the Houston Dash off a 69th minute scramble-in-the-box Rachel Daly goal. Sky
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 [https://twitter.com/watke_
As the season begins to wind down and playoff fates are sealed, and as FIFA honored its #TheBest of the world, it felt like a good time to celebrate some of the iconic performances of these wild past few weeks. You Shouldn't Get Awards for
Labor Day has come and gone, the official End of Summer in most of the U.S. The kids are back in school, the last embers of barbecue season are being tended and NWSL playoffs are just weeks away. To commemorate this changing of the
Last weekend was the kind of footballing weekend where you want to wax poetic about the thrill and thrall of it until Eduardo Galeano's ghost rises from the grave to grab you by the scruff of the neck and say, "Chill out, buddy, you're kind