Ever since Colin Kaepernick, Megan Rapinoe and many more athletes chose to kneel for the “Star-Spangled Banner,” sports leagues have struggled with how to balance respecting one’s right to protest with the feelings of fans who believe one’s freedom of speech should be suspended during the national anthem.
NEW YORK — The U.S. women's national soccer team's bid to immediately appeal the dismissal of their equal pay claims against their national federation was denied on Tuesday.
Judge R. Gary Klausner of the United States District Court for the Central District of California said their appeal must wait until after their remaining claims — including unfair medical services, travel and training — proceed to trial, which is set for Sept. 15.
Last month, the judge threw out players' claims that they were under paid in comparison with the men's national team.
Two more U.S. national team members joined Megan Rapinoe in deciding to skip a month-long National Women's Soccer League tournament in Utah that will be played in empty stadiums amid the COVID-19 outbreak, it was announced on Tuesday.
Utah Royals forward Christen Press and Portland Thorns midfielder Tobin Heath, who played with Rapinoe on last year's World Cup-wininng U.S. squad, both cited the virus as their reason for skipping the event that begins on Saturday.
The NWSL Challenge Cup has had to do some schedule reshuffling after Orlando Pride withdrew from the tournament.
This comes after the squad produced a total of 10 positive coronavirus cases — six players and four staff members. Reportedly a trip to a bar in Orlando, Florida, — a state that has been easing quarantine restrictions by opening bars and restaurants — is the cause of the outbreak.
Exactly 10 years after one of the greatest events in American soccer history, Landon Donovans's 91st-minute winner against Algeria, it's time to finally determine where Donovan's goal ranks among the Top 10 best USMNT moments of all time.
Robbie Earle was brought to tears on Tuesday. But he was also hopeful.
The former Port Vale and Wimbledon midfielder turned U.S. soccer broadcaster was a part of the “Premier League Mornings” pregame show ahead of the Leicester City-Brighton & Hove Albion match on Tuesday alongside host Rebecca Lowe and fellow analyst Kyle Martino.
The National Women's Soccer League's restart plan took a major hit Monday when the Orlando Pride withdrew from the NWSL Challenge Cup after six players and four staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Challenge Cup, scheduled to start Saturday in Utah, is due to make the NWSL the first U.S. pro team-sports league back in action amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pride wrote in a statement that all of the players and staffers who were found to have the virus were asymptomatic.
Women’s soccer in the U.S. is on the rise, slowly but surely. As the conversation gains traction, questions about the possibilities of National Women’s Soccer League expansion are all the buzz. People love their home teams and want to add a women’s soccer team to their list — come on, who wouldn’t?
The latest news on NWSL expansion comes from The Athletic’s Meg Linehan. On Wednesday, Jun. 17 she wrote an article hinting at a team coming to Los Angeles.
The 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup dates have been finalized, with the first game set to kickoff at 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 27 in Herriman, Utah.
The NWSL is preparing for its Challenge Cup beginning on Saturday, June 27 at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah. The nine teams participating in the 25-game tournament have been back training, but with the time-crunched preseason, not all the big names will be making an appearance.
Several USWNT players will not be joining their respective teams due to injury or concern over the possible spread of the coronavirus.