July 25, 2020
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
July 21, 2020
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
July 16, 2020
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_
September 30, 2019
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
September 16, 2019
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
August 22, 2019
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