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How the USWNT lured Emma Hayes away from Chelsea: Inside the near $2 million deal
17Nov By adminNo Comments
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How the USWNT lured Emma Hayes away from Chelsea: Inside the near $2 million deal

Chelsea Women had created a frenzy. On Nov. 4, the English club released a statement saying their coach Emma Hayes was leaving at the end of the season to “pursue a new opportunity outside of the Women’s Super League and club football.” Hayes had just entered her second decade in charge of the club, and few knew where she would land next.That same day The Athletic, among others, reported that Hayes’ next job would be with the U.S. women’s national team, leading a four-time World Cup and Olympic gold medal-winning program into a new era. On Tuesday, U.S. Soccer made her appointment official.Hayes, who previously won six WSL titles in England, will become the 10th full-time coach of the U.S., but not until her final season with Chelsea is complete next May. Sporting director Matt Crocker ma...
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Chaos, confusion and compromise as majority of Spain women’s squad agree to end boycott
21Sep By adminNo Comments
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Chaos, confusion and compromise as majority of Spain women’s squad agree to end boycott

A compromise between Spain women’s players and their national football association has been reached after meetings involving government officials that ran into the very early hours of Wednesday.Now, two days before they are due to play their first match since winning the World Cup a month ago, 21 of the 23 players called up by new manager Montse Tome have agreed to represent Spain.Victor Francos, president of the Consjejo Superior de Deportes (CSD — a governmental body with authority in sporting matters), travelled to meet the squad at the end of another dramatic day in a long-running dispute.In a statement issued after six hours of talks, shared with media at around 5am local time today, Francos said “two players requested the possibility of leaving for reasons of lack of morale and pers...
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The Stunning U.S. Exit from the World Cup
7Aug By adminNo Comments
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The Stunning U.S. Exit from the World Cup

In the seventh round of a penalty shoot-out, Sweden’s Lina Hurtig lined up against Alyssa Naeher, a spot in the World Cup quarterfinals on the line. For two hours—regulation and extra time—neither team had been able to score. The shoot-out had been nervy so far, Sweden matching the United States miss for miss, goal for goal—from newcomers and seasoned players alike. Kelley O’Hara, a veteran for the U.S. team who had been called on in the waning minute of extra time in order to be eligible for penalties, had just bounced her attempt off the post. Hurtig, a lanky forward with a prow of bright-blond hair, loped toward the ball and sent a low, hard shot. Naeher dived and blocked the ball, which popped high into the air and spun back toward the goal. Naeher scrambled off her back, trying to ba...
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2Aug By adminNo Comments
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England imperious and the USA scrape through – Women’s Football Weekly | Football

Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; England finally look like a side capable of going very far at this World Cup, helped hugely by an amazing performance by Lauren James. If it wasn’t for an offside she may well have had the greatest ever World Cup hat-trick. Elsewhere, the USA struggle to a 0-0 draw with World Cup debutants Portugal, meaning they finish second in their group behind the Netherlands to set up a tough last-16 clash with Sweden. Plus, trouble in the Ireland camp and your questions answered. ...
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Melchie Dumornay Is the Revelation of the World Cup So Far
1Aug By adminNo Comments
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Melchie Dumornay Is the Revelation of the World Cup So Far

When Melchie Dumornay arrived at Haiti’s national soccer-training facility, outside Port-au-Prince, in 2013, she was called Piti, which is Haitian Creole for “small.” She was more than a head shorter than all the other players, and only ten years old. Too small and too young, federation officials thought; they nearly sent her back home to Mirebalais, a mountainous commune northeast of the capital. But she had grown up playing soccer barefoot with older, bigger boys, and she was determined to compete. A coach relented and let her scrimmage. Within two years, she was playing for the under-fifteen national team. At fourteen, she won the Golden Ball at CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship, a tournament that includes the United States.That same year, 2018, she led the under-twenty national t...
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