Coverage of domestic and international tournaments, fan events, and special happenings involving U.S. women’s soccer teams.
Published August 23, 2026 Tobin Heath officially retired as a Portland Thorns player Saturday, signing a ceremonial one-day contract before Portland’s match against Denver Summit FC at Providence Park. The Thorns retired her No. 17 in a pre-match ceremony honoring a seven-year Portland career that included two NWSL championships, the club’s all-time assist record, and … Read more
The 2026 A-Leagues All Stars Women game was the second edition of the A-Leagues All Stars Women exhibition match, bringing together some of the leading players from Australia’s A-League Women competition against English Women’s Super League giants Chelsea. Played on 12 August 2026 at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, the match formed part … Read more
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 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 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