Michael Hayes Published September 17, 2026 The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team’s World Cup ended Tuesday the way it began: on the finest possible margin. After 90 minutes and two scoreless periods of extra time against Brazil produced nothing, the Round of 16 match went to penalties — and the Americans lost, converting four of five attempts … Read more
The Savannah DeMelo lawsuit has put the medical care surrounding NWSL players back under the spotlight one year after the Racing Louisville midfielder suffered cardiac arrest during a match. DeMelo is suing University of Louisville Health and two physicians, alleging that a heart condition was not properly diagnosed or treated before she collapsed on the … Read more
Published September 15, 2026 Trinity Rodman had been in the stands for nearly every big match of Ben Shelton’s U.S. Open run this year — including a five-set quarterfinal against Carlos Alcaraz that didn’t end until 3 a.m. When Shelton reached his first Grand Slam final on Sunday, against world No. 2 Alexander Zverev, Rodman … Read more
Published September 14, 2026 On March 28, 2026, an NWSL expansion team played its first-ever home match, against a visiting club it had never faced before, and the result was a scoreless draw with almost no goalmouth drama to speak of. It’s also the answer to one of the most surprising numbers in the sport … Read more
Published September 13, 2026 The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team went into Saturday’s final group-stage match at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup with one point from two games and a real chance of going home early. It left Zagłębie Sports Park in Sosnowiec, Poland, having scored nine unanswered goals against New Zealand — the … Read more
Published September 13, 2026 Denver Summit FC and Angel City FC played to a 3-3 draw Friday night at BMO Stadium, and buried inside six goals and a wild finish was something genuinely rare: the fastest back-to-back goals scored by the same team in NWSL history, 59 seconds apart, with the second one belonging to … Read more
Published September 12, 2026 Gotham FC beat Racing Louisville FC 2-1 on Friday night in Kentucky, and the result itself was almost secondary to two things that happened alongside it: Rose Lavelle started a match for the first time since entering the NWSL’s concussion protocol nearly three weeks ago, and Guro Reiten scored her first-ever … Read more
Published September 10, 2026 Neither of Friday’s marquee matches involves the two teams playing each other, which is a little strange given how much they’ve defined each other’s season so far. Gotham FC visits Racing Louisville FC. Denver Summit FC visits Angel City FC. But both games are really about what happened between these two … Read more
Published September 9, 2026 — updated as the qualifying picture develops Every USWNT storyline this year — every injury, every breakout NWSL season, every roster debate — eventually points back to the same place: a two-week tournament in Texas this November that could decide the Americans’ World Cup fate in a single 90-minute match. This … Read more
Published September 8, 2026 Two of England’s biggest clubs opened the Women’s Super League season this weekend missing players who’d have started for them a year ago — and both are now the property of NWSL clubs whose seasons this site has been tracking for weeks. Chelsea took the field without Sam Kerr, Millie Bright, … Read more