NASHVILLE — Saturday was lining up to be a near-perfect day for Adrianna Franch. Her fiancé was in town to watch her play with the United States women’s national team in the SheBelieves Cup in Nashville. And Franch would get to wear the last name of her childhood idol, Briana Scurry, on the back of her […]
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NASHVILLE — Wearing the name of the late great poet and civil rights activist Audre Lorde on the back of her jersey, Megan Rapinoe’s goal felt a bit like poetry. Before the 33-year-old women’s soccer star delivered a stunning shot from her right foot, putting punctuation on the end of the play, the buildup to the […]
The North Carolina Courage got a dose of revenge when they kicked off the 2018 National Women’s Soccer League season, earning a 1-0 home victory over the Portland Thorns Saturday. The Courage were the 2017 NWSL Shield winners, but they suffered a 1-0 loss to the Thorns in the 2017 NWSL championship game. North Carolina […]