Nikki Doucet, the CEO of the English women’s professional game, says moving the Women’s Super League (WSL) and Championship’s streaming platform to YouTube will grow the game’s reach.…
Read more Women’s football chief says WSL YouTube switch will grow the game’s reachFor the first time in 16 years, forward Alex Morgan will not feature on a major tournament roster for the U.S. women’s national soccer team. On Wednesday, coach…
Read more Why Alex Morgan missed the USWNT Olympic rosterNational Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) side Bay FC have signed Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji from Madrid CFF for a world-record fee. A source with knowledge of negotiations, who…
Read more Bay FC sign Kundananji from Madrid CFF for world-record feeIt’s USWNT captain Lindsey Horan’s final morning in the States before a flight back to France to rejoin Lyon, her club team. She’s spending it in a hotel…
Read more Lindsey Horan just wants to talk soccerIt is the heartbreaking story of a talented and popular footballer, her tragic death and the investigation into a family’s complaints about what they believe caused her emotional…
Read more Special report: Maddy Cusack – why her family want a new investigation into her deathIf you take a stroll along Sir Matt Busby Way, heading towards Old Trafford, and take a left down Railway Road, Mary Earps is waiting to greet you.…
Read more Mary Earps: Goalkeeper, brand, iconOn Friday, Michele Kang announced she has acquired London City Lionesses FC, an independent club competing in the FA Women’s Championship. The English club is another “foundational block”…
Read more Spirit, Lyon owner Kang buys London City LionessesChelsea 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…
Read more How the USWNT lured Emma Hayes away from Chelsea: Inside the near $2 million dealAfter moving back to Paris Saint-Germain from Spain in the summer of 2021, midfielders Kheira Hamraoui and Aminata Diallo had lots in common. Both France internationals, they followed…
Read more Kheira Hamraoui suffered an attack of ‘violent jealousy’. Two years on, this story is far from overWelcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season The Athletic discusses three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the weekend when Arsenal…
Read more The Briefing: Arsenal’s ‘embarrassing’ VAR episode, Hayes’ USWNT switch and ugly chantsThere is no consensus on how to remedy the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury crisis in women’s football. Maybe because there is no obvious solution. What exactly…
Read more The real and emotional impact of ACL injuries on female elite players
