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 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 12, 2026 NWSL stars at WAFCON 2026 face their biggest week of the tournament, with two semifinals Wednesday, an elimination playoff Thursday and the final on Sunday all deciding who reaches the 2027 World Cup — and when several Washington Spirit and Chicago Stars players make it back to their NWSL clubs. Kansas … Read more
INTRODUCTION The 2031 Women’s World Cup, set to be jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica, has been pulled into the biggest governance fight in soccer in years. On July 30, CONCACAF’s 41 member federations — including U.S. Soccer — formally rejected a FIFA plan to sell private investment stakes in … Read more
Introduction Alexia Putellas’ move to London City Lionesses is officially done: the two-time Ballon d’Or winner signed a three-year deal with the WSL club after 14 trophy-laden years at Barcelona, the club confirmed earlier this month. On its face, it’s simply one of the biggest free-agent signings in the sport’s history. Look one layer deeper, … Read more
Introduction Sam Kerr’s first Gotham FC goal since her return from Chelsea arrived Friday night in Portland — a 62nd-minute equalizer that pulled Gotham level in a 2-2 draw at Providence Park. It’s the moment Gotham fans had been waiting on since her free-agent signing became official a month ago. But the goal wasn’t the … Read more
Introduction Sam Kerr’s first Gotham FC goal since her return from Chelsea arrived Friday night in Portland — a 62nd-minute equalizer that pulled Gotham level in a 2-2 draw at Providence Park. It’s the moment Gotham fans had been waiting on since her free-agent signing became official a month ago. But the goal wasn’t the … Read more
Introduction Lindsey Heaps’ Denver Summit debut came on July 18, five years after she last played a minute in the NWSL — and it took her exactly one game to change what’s realistic for an expansion franchise this season. The USWNT captain wore the armband, set up the game-winning goal, and helped Denver Summit FC … Read more