NWSL can help stop so many young players from retiring
It happens every season: the exodus of mid-level players from NWSL, citing a need to spend time with their families or get on with their post-soccer careers. You know, …
Author: Stephanie Yang
On her final day, Abby Wambach was at full volume
You might have heard, Abby Wambach is retiring today. So that means one last media circus. One last round of interviews. One last word cloud of sound bites. Wambach …
Questions for NWSL Year 4: Should fans worry about the rich club-poor club divide?
There’s a new team in town, and their name is the Orlando Pride. Major League Soccer franchise Orlando City SC bought in to the National Women’s Soccer League, announcing …
Four must-knows from the biggest day of the NWSL offseason
The National Women’s Soccer League rang in its offseason on Monday with four significant trades, finalizing the previously reported Alex Morgan deal while seeing other U.S. internationals land in …
Alex Morgan to Orlando: Be careful with assumptions about married athletes’ motives
Here’s the reality: Alex Morgan is way more powerful and popular than her husband, Servando Carrasco. Alex Morgan is a World Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist with multiple …
Questions for NWSL Year 4: How far can the USSF-league partnership go?
It’s completely unprecedented: a women’s professional soccer league in the United States reaching a fourth season. Not only that, the National Women’s Soccer League hasn’t lost a single founding …
Questions for NWSL Year 4: How do you get more people watching games?
It’s a question that has plagued every women’s soccer league in the United States since the Women’s United Soccer Association collapsed: How do you get people to come to …
How do you solve a problem like the Portland Thorns?
When the National Women’s Soccer League was conceived, one team stood out for being the only club at the time to be affiliated with a Major League Soccer side. …