Megan Rapinoe Notes One Thing Holding Back Coverage Of Women’s World Cup
The U.S. women’s national team is a social force. Not political — social.
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Megan Rapinoe Quote
Hopefully, it's a complete spectacle. Just an absolute media circus. I hope it's huge and crazy. That's what it should be. This is the best game, this is what everybody wanted.
Marta Delivers Incredible Message To Next Generation Of Female Footballers During Postgame Interview
France’s 2-1 extra time victory over Brazil in Le Havre may well have spelled the end of Marta’s glorious World Cup career. The six-time FIFA World Player of the Year extended her all-time World Cup goalscoring record to 17 with two penalties in the group stage, but for the second consecutive tournament, Brazil crashed out at the Round of 16.
Hope Solo Is A Different Kind Of Loser
Note from the editor: This story originally ran in 2016 following the loss of the USWNT to Sweden in the Olympic Games. We've reposted it today in the lead up to the group stage rematch at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Stu Holden Quote
Watching USMNT last night and Mexico tonight, one thing really standing out: The rhythm and speed at which Mexico play at - vertical, fast and crisp passing. Easy on the eye.
Sam Kerr Quote
An amazing moment for me was when Thailand scored the goal. It was an amazing thing to see the emotion for them and how much it meant to them. It kind of gave me that extra bit of pride walking out for my country seeing how much it meant to another country to just score at a World Cup. So that's what inspired me.
Memo Ochoa Slams Mexican Football Federation For Putting Profit Before Player Safety
Guillermo “Memo” Ochoa is not happy with Mexico’s warm up matches leading up to the 2019 Gold Cup. He blasted the Mexican Football Federation after the Ecuador game, a friendly that El Tri went on to win. His biggest criticism was rooted in his belief that the federation continues to put profit over the safety of players, which has been something that’s been repeated in the past from other players.
Alyssa Naeher Quote
The best way to come together as a group is to kind of create that bubble, eliminate all the outside noise. We have all those expectations for ourselves. We don’t need any outside things. We have high standards. We want to win.
Hope Solo critica a la entrenadora de la USWNT Jill Ellis y a los porteros que la reemplazaron
La ex portera de la USWNT, Hope Solo, vuelve a estar en el foco de atención mientras cubre la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2019 para la BBC, y adivinen qué, tiene algo que decir.
A pesar de haber escrito en un artículo reciente para The Guardian, con respecto a que tres años alejada del juego, le han permitido "mirar las cosas desde una perspectiva imparcial y disfrutar del juego por lo que es y sin el dramatismo", Solo está intentando revolver la situación dentro del campo de la USWNT, al tiempo que destaca a las porteras y a la entrenadora del equipo, Jill Ellis.
Fernando Santos Quote
It’s a great achievement, indisputable. These victories will be part of Portuguese soccer forever.