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Twila Kilgore departs U.S. Women’s National Team coaching staff
Kilgore previously served as interim head coach.
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USWNT falls to France 2-0 in World Cup tune-up
The U.S. Women’s National Team, in a key test to open the 2015 campaign and prepare for the FIFA Women’s World Cup later this year, fell 2-0 to No. 3 FIFA-ranked France in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,663 at Stade du Moustoir.
USWNT set for strenuous tests at European powers France, England
The U.S. Women’s National Team meets a powerful France squad at Stade du Moustoir in Lorient, France on Sunday (noon ET, broadcast live on ESPN2), the first stop on a two-game trip to Europe that represents perhaps the most competitive matches they will play prior to this summer's Women's World Cup.
Does U.S. Soccer have what it takes to carry out its women’s youth dev. initiatives?
The U.S. Soccer Federation recently announced the outline of plans to revamp the development and identification of players for the women’s youth national teams. But the federation has given the media enough information to at least start to assess what they intend to do — and to raise some interesting questions about whether it will work.
U.S. Soccer quietly weighing youth development overhaul as USWNT eye future
Results of a four year study by U.S. Soccer reveal tentative plans that would dramatically change the landscape in girls soccer in the United States, all in hopes of rescuing a U.S. Women's National team program that is at risk of being "run over" by the world's more traditional soccer powers.
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.
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.
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.
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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Raising Tomorrow’s Champions: Joanna Lohman, Paul Tukey pen road map for USWNT dreamers
Review of Joanna Lohman and Paul Tukey's book.
Read MoreFull List of U.S. Youth Soccer Clubs that Received FIFA Solidarity Payments from 2019 Women’s World Cup
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