The USWNT captain answered questions on a range of topics from the World Cup final to the White House and FIFA’s investment in the women’s game.
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LYON, France — FIFA president Gianni Infantino nearly ran out of superlatives to describe the 2019 Women’s World Cup. “This WWC in France has been phenomenal, has been incredible, has been emotional, has been passionate, has been fantastic, has been great, has been the best women’s World Cup ever,” Infantino said Friday to kick off […]
“I feel that there is some sort of double standard for females in sports to feel like we have to be humble in our successes,” Morgan said.
Naeher was always confident in her skills, but she never felt the need to respond to her critics ahead of the World Cup
“Finding a way to win is winning. Straight up. It doesn’t matter to me how,” U.S. coach Jill Ellis said.
A slick passing sequence ended in the 99th minute with Jackie Groenen scoring the game-winner.
A lot of attention is on Rapinoe, who has emerged as a star of the 2019 Women’s World Cup.
The image became the toast of the Americans’ 2-1 World Cup semifinal victory.
LYON, France — The United States is one game away from back-to-back World Cup titles. Alex Morgan scored a go-ahead goal on her birthday and Alyssa Naeher saved a late penalty kick to give the U.S. women’s national team a 2-1 victory over England during its World Cup semifinal Tuesday at Stade de Lyon. The […]
After the goal, U.S. fans in the stadium sang “Happy Birthday” to the star, who turned 30 today.