Published August 22, 2026 U.S. Soccer named its 21-player roster for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on Wednesday, and eight of those players come directly from NWSL rosters. The tournament, running Sept. 5-27 in Poland, will also be missing several age-eligible NWSL players entirely — a reminder that youth World Cups fall outside … Read more
Published August 22, 2026 United States U-20 head coach Vicky Jepson named her 21-player roster for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on Wednesday, and eight NWSL players made the squad — but some of the most talked-about news belongs to who’s missing. Claire Hutton, Lily Yohannes, Kimmi Ascanio, Alex Pfeiffer and Jordyn Bugg, … Read more
Published August 22, 2026 Tobin Heath signed a ceremonial one-day contract Saturday to officially retire as a member of the Portland Thorns, the club she helped win the first-ever NWSL championship in 2013. The pre-match ceremony at Providence Park came roughly four months after Heath’s induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on May … Read more
Published August 21, 2026 Miyabi Moriya, Narumi Miura and Mina Tanaka became the first trio of players from the same country to score in the same NWSL match on Friday, leading Utah Royals FC to a 3-2 comeback win over Bay FC. The victory was Utah’s 11th of the season, a new single-season franchise record, … Read more
Published August 20, 2026 Caiya Hanks scored in her return from a 14-month ACL recovery Saturday, netting a stoppage-time winner in the Portland Thorns’ 2-1 win over Orlando Pride. The 21-year-old forward, who tore her ACL in the same stadium in June 2025, came on as a substitute in the 88th minute and beat Orlando’s … Read more
Published August 19, 2026 Chicago Stars FC visits the Houston Dash on Wednesday night in interim coach Karina Báez’s second match in charge — the first real test of whether the club’s latest coaching change can change its results. Chicago sits last in the 16-team NWSL table at 4-13-1, and Báez’s debut ended in a … Read more
Published August 18, 2026 Sam Kerr became the first player in NWSL history to score 80 regular-season goals on Friday, netting the winner in Gotham FC’s 2-1 comeback win over the Kansas City Current. The result extended Gotham’s unbeaten run to eight matches and opened a seven-point lead over second-place Washington Spirit atop the NWSL … Read more
Published August 17, 2026 Cameroon won its first-ever Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title Sunday, beating tournament debutants Malawi 3-0 in the final in Rabat, Morocco. The bigger headline from WAFCON 2026’s final week, though, belongs to Nigeria: the 10-time African champion officially missed out on the 2027 World Cup for the first time since … Read more
Published August 14, 2026. Updated August 16, 2026, with additional reporting on Moultrie’s USWNT depth-chart standing and career background. The Olivia Moultrie ACL injury will keep the Portland Thorns and USWNT midfielder out for the rest of the 2026 season, the club confirmed Tuesday. Moultrie, 20, tore her right ACL in training last week during … Read more
Published August 14, 2026 The Naomi Girma Chelsea Champions League path now runs through a two-legged qualifying tie against Real Sociedad, set for Aug. 26 in London and Sept. 2 in Spain. It’s an unfamiliar spot for Chelsea, who must navigate qualifying to reach this season’s league phase for the first time in years after … Read more