Sky Blue FC announced on Tuesday that the team will train at Georgian State University in Lakewood, N.J., beginning April 1 and will be there for the entirety of the 2019 NWSL season. In a statement,Laura Liesman, the university’s assistant vice president for athletics and recreation, said the team would have access to “high-end amenities” on […]
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Sky Blue FC hired Morgan Hofacker and Christopher Ascari to the club’s technical staff Wednesday. Hofacker will serve as the club’s high performance coach and Ascari will be the strength and conditioning coach. Hofacker was previously a coach at Perseverance Strength and Conditioning, a company based in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She is a graduate student […]
MANALAPAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — After a rocky 2018 season and an offseason that also had its drama, things appear to have finally settled down for Sky Blue FC. It is more than just the promise of a season that should be better than the last — the team’s players finally got changes they asked for. “When things […]
NEW YORK — United States women’s national team coach Jill Ellis voiced her support of the players’ recently-filed federal class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation “Obviously, I work for the federation. I think they’ve done amazing things in terms of promoting, developing and evolving the women’s game, so there’s a lot of positives. I’m also […]
Preparations for the 2019 season are underway for Sky Blue FC. The team reunited at indoor training facility Sportika Sports on Monday with plans to improve its nine-point showing after 24 matches last season. The team will do so mostly with a group of players present for last year’s struggles. There were a few key […]
NEW YORK — Since reports surfaced last summer that Sky Blue FC had below-standard living, training and traveling conditions for players, the club has been urged to improve the situation. While some of those demands, particularly in housing and training facilities, will be met this year, doubts remain about whether the club has done enough. National […]
The United States women’s national team returned to winning ways Tuesday, recording a narrow 1-0 victory over Spain at Estadio Jose Rico Perez in Alicante. The game’s lone goal came in the 54th minute, when substitute Christen Press scored her 47th international goal. The goal was almost entirely a solo effort. Press received a pass […]
The United States women’s national team opened up 2019 with its first loss since the summer of 2017, falling 3-1 to World Cup hosts France at Stade Oceane in Le Havre, France. The loss broke up the Americans’ 28-match unbeaten streak. “I’m not worried. We know who we are and what we can do,” U.S. […]
NEW YORK — Sky Blue defender Christina Gibbons has retired from the game after two years at the professional level, the club announced on Monday. The 24-year-old ended her career with the New Jersey-based club after playing 16 matches in her lone season there in 2018. She spent her collegiate career at Duke University, and […]
In its final match of the year, the United States women’s national team picked up a narrow 1-0 victory against Scotland at The Simple Digital Arena in Paisley, ending the year without a single defeat. The game’s lone goal came in the 39th minute, as USWNT forward Alex Morgan scored her 98th international goal. Forward […]