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Sophia Smith scores game-winner as USWNT beats Mexico in Olympic tune-up
The USWNT defeated Mexico 1-0 on Saturday.
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USWNT roster announced for 2024 Paris Olympic Games
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Ellis names U.S. WNT roster for matches in Europe against France, England
PSW: U.S. Women's National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 24 players for a 13-day trip to Europe that will feature matches against France on Feb. 8 in Lorient (12 p.m. ET on ESPN2) and against England on Feb. 13 in Milton Keynes (3 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1). Washington Spirit players Ali Krieger, Ashlyn Harris and Tori Huster made the roster, with Huster getting her first call up. TSW: U.S. Women's National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 24 players for a 13-day trip to Europe that will feature matches against France on Feb. 8 in Lorient (12 p.m. ET on ESPN2) and against England on Feb. 13 in Milton Keynes (3 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1). Western New York Flash players Whitney Engen and Abby Wambach made the roster, along with Kelley O'Hara of Sky Blue FC.
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USWNT: Hope Solo’s latest drama goads U.S. Soccer officials into public warning
Hope Solo is a game-changing talent, one of the top players of her generation and perhaps the best goalkeeper in women's soccer history. But the latest in her steady accrual of ugly incidents and untoward headlines finally drove U.S. Soccer to discipline her last week, raising troubling questions about the fragility of the USWNT's Women's World Cup championship hopes.
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U.S. Women’s National Team to play 10-game schedule ahead of World Cup
The U.S. Women's National Team will play 10 matches in 2015 prior to the FIFA Women's World Cup, including four across the United States in April and May as the team completes its final preparations for the tournament.
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Hope Solo suspended from USWNT for 30 days as U.S. Soccer cites “poor decision”
The U.S. Soccer Federation has handed Hope Solo a monthlong suspension from the U.S. Women's National Team after the star goalkeeper's latest unsavory off-field incident, a run-in with police in Manhattan Beach, California which led to her husband's arrest on charges of driving under the influence.
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Group of U.S. Senators urge FIFA to listen to women’s concerns over turf
Eight U.S. Senators have renewed their call for FIFA to work with players to reach an agreement on the playing surface at the 2015 Women's World Cup.
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FIFA’s Tatjana Haenni adamant: 2015 Women’s World Cup will be played on artificial turf
The controversy surrounding the decision to play the FIFA Women’s World Cup on artificial turf in Canada this summer has been a source of contention before the start of the tournament, but today FIFA moved to quash any remaining doubts and reiterate that the competition will be played on turf and not on natural grass.
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USWNT Commentary: Pressure Makes Us….shortsighted
Nike's advertising campaign for the U.S. Women's National Team prior to the 2011 World Cup was based on the phrase “Pressure Makes Us.” It was an apt ad slogan, as it is clear that pressure and expectations have had a massive impact on the USWNT – and it just might be squeezing the life out of the current team, writes Sarah Gehrke.
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Michelle Akers reveals her USWNT snub: “It is frustrating not to all be on the same team”
Michelle Akers was a pivotal member of the 1999 U.S. Women's National Team squad that won the country's last Women's World Cup championship. But while her place in history is secure, it seems there's no place for her in the program today, as she explained in an exclusive conversation with SoccerWire.
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Raising Tomorrow’s Champions: Joanna Lohman, Paul Tukey pen road map for USWNT dreamers
Review of Joanna Lohman and Paul Tukey's book.
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