Following last night's 5-2 victory against Japan, the United States Women's National Team stole the headlines on today's newspapers across the country. Papers from all over the country featured pictures and headlines expressing the excitement felt after the United States captured their third World Cup trophy, the most in the history of the Women's World […]

After the United States' emotional Women's World Cup triumph on Sunday, the team has created its own history and will forever be remembered for a sensational final and an emphatic victory. However, the USA team from 1999 will continue to live in the hearts of many American soccer fans. Their story, just like the current […]

Here are the ten things we learned from week eighteen of the MLS season. 1. Seattle Strikes A Blow To Save Its Season There is no torture in soccer like the torture of being unable to score goals. That’s what the Seattle Sounders were facing as they played on the horror show that is Univision’s […]

Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas is set and join FC Porto this week, according to a report from Spanish state television RTVE. The report states the transfer could become official in the next few days. The intention is for Real Madrid to conclude the move before the team returns to training on Friday. While the […]

The USA’s emphatic 5-2 victory over Japan in the Women's World Cup final, America’s first Women’s World Cup championship since 1999, posted a 15.2/27 metered market household rating/share (7:00-9:00 PM ET), according to Nielsen. It is the highest metered market rating ever for a soccer game in the U.S. on a single network, surpassing the […]

FOX's first major tournament of its 12-year TV deal with FIFA has ended with a bang for the network. In its month-long coverage of the Women's World Cup, FOX broke TV records and put on first-class coverage that will go a long way to giving soccer fans confidence that FOX knows soccer. There's still room for improvement, but overall […]

Liverpool have named Sean O'Driscoll as their new assistant manager and elevated Pepijn Lijnders to the role of first-team development coach as part of a shake-up of Brendan Rodgers' backroom staff. Here, Press Association Sport looks at the two new men. :: O'Driscoll, 58, has spent 36 years in the professional game as a player […]

At this point in the transfer window, nothing is certain and every rumor and “insider” tidbit should be taken with quite a few grains of salt. But if there’s anything I’ve learned through eight years of following Liverpool, it’s that some rumors have an inevitable air to them. With every big transfer to (and from) […]

Defense wins championships, or so the old adage goes. But in the case of the United States, defense in the early stages of the tournament was the difference in getting them into the final. And once the final happened, defense went out the window and offense was the name of the game. The US Women's […]

Congratulations to the US Women's National Team on winning the 2015 Women's World Cup. With the win, the US has now won three World Cup titles — in 1991, 1999 and 2015 — under its belt. And the victory in Sunday's final couldn't have been any better — going 3-0 up within the first 15 minutes and having […]

US captain Carli Lloyd scored an incredible goal in the first half of the Women's World Cup against Japan, to earn a hat trick and to record the fastest hat trick in FIFA World Cup final history. Lloyd scored the third goal from the halfway line. The ball floated above the head of Japanese goalkeeper […]

Despite a less than impressive Group stage for the United States where, even after they went undefeated, the team looked uninspiring and short on goals, this US Women's National Team has grown through this tournament and improved game after game. Now, today, it has one game left in the Women's World Cup final against Japan […]

Despite scheduling that saw the U.S. Women's National Team play every World Cup knockout match on a weekday evening, record numbers of Americans have tuned in to support their squad on the team's march to today’s final. But has the women’s game finally broken through to the mainstream? Last summer the men’s team was often […]

Alexis Sanchez's game-winning spot kick in the Copa America final was the culmination of a career defining year. After flourishing for Arsenal in his first season, the 26-year-old took that momentum to the Copa America where his nation Chile were hosting it and helped his team win their first title in the tournament's long history. […]

Here's everything you need to know about the USA vs Japan game — the biggest game the US Women's National Team has faced since they won the 2012 Olympic gold medal when they defeated Japan in the final. Tonight is the final and a chance not only to win the third World Cup title for the […]