<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> The Portland Thorns got a big lift from veterans Christine Sinclair and Lindsey Horan, earning a 3-2 road win over the Chicago Red Stars Saturday night. Portland’s (1-1-0, 3 points) Horan scored in the ninth minute, then Chicago (0-1-1, 1 point) equalized with a […]
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The sixth season of the National Women’s League will continue without Christen Press. After a standoff with the Houston Dash that saw her refusing to report to preseason camp, Press has agreed to play in Sweden. Press has signed a short-term deal with Goteborg to put an end, for now, to a weeks-long dispute with […]
The Houston Dash and Chicago Red Stars played to a 1-1 draw Sunday in front of an announced crowd of 5,846 at BBVA Compass Stadium. It was the season opener for both teams. Savannah Jordan delivered a low cross at the near post and Kimberly Keever slid toward it, scoring her first professional goal in […]
The longest-running women’s professional soccer league in the United States is navigating uncharted waters. Entering its sixth season, the National Women’s Soccer League has been around nearly twice as long as its predecessors, Women’s Professional Soccer and the Women’s United Soccer Association. Both lasted three seasons before folding. Though the Boston Breakers in January ceased […]
With strong play from U.S. women’s national team starting goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, Chicago was one of four teams to earn a playoff NWSL spot last season. The Red Stars got a huge boost in the offseason, adding 2017 NWSL MVP Sam Kerr. She is one of the top goal-scoring threats in the world and will […]
Julie Ertz will miss the U.S. women’s soccer team’s two-game series against Mexico in April due to a knee injury she suffered while playing for the national team at the SheBelieves Cup a few weeks ago. The knee had been bothering her before then, and it was aggravated during the March 1 game against Germany. […]
Lifetime will air 20 regular-season NWSL games during the 2018 season, starting with the North Carolina Courage hosting the Portland Thorns on Saturday. The NWSL games on Lifetime will all kick off at 3:50 p.m. Eastern Time, with a pre-game show starting at 3:30 p.m. Jenn Hildreth, Aly Wagner and Dalen Cuff will host the […]
The National Women’s Soccer League has raised its salary cap from $315,000 to $350,000 for the 2018 season. The league has also updated its minimum and maximum salaries for non-allocated players. The minimum salary has been raised from $15,000 in 2017 to $15,750 this season, while the maximum salary has been raised from $41,700 to […]