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Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas returns to Barça training after long-term knee injury

Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas completed part of the training session with her Barcelona women's teammates on Monday as she continues to recover from a knee injury.

The Spain midfielder injured her knee in July before the women's European Championship.

"I'm glad to move on to the next phase of rehabilitation. I'm happy to be back training with the team," Putellas said on Monday. "It's a matter of patience, of continuing to work progressively with the team and getting back into shape."

Mille Gejl opens new NWSL season with 30-yard game-winning goal for N.C. Courage

The 11th season of the National Women’s Soccer League kicked off on Saturday with the N.C. Courage hosting and defeating the Kansas City Current 1-0 at WakeMed Soccer Park.

Danish international Mille Gejl scored the game’s lone goal with a strike from way outside the box in the 23rd minute.

Before you play this video just be sure that your volume is down. There were some extremely apparent issues with the microphones being used by broadcasters JP Dellacamera and Lianne Sanderson.

Pese a no ir al Mundial, adidas estrena nuevo jersey para México Femenil

México no consiguió boletos para el Mundial Femenino Australia & Nueva Zelandia 2023. adidas, sin embargo, no se olvidó del Tri y presentó una nueva y exclusiva playera para el seleccionado femenil.

Parte de la última y genial colección de la marca alemana, inspirada en la naturaleza y paisajes icónicos de diferentes países, la nueva playera de México Femenil rinde tributo a la fauna oceánica que vive frente a las costas de la península de Yucatán.

NWSL players in disbelief over how bad some of their FIFA 23 characters look

The National Women’s Soccer League getting added to EA Sports’ FIFA video game series felt too good to be true. The long overdue addition of the American league to the game took place on March 15. 

It’s been a week since the update and players aren’t thrilled about how poorly they look in the game. Several players have taken to Twitter to show off just how bad the animations turned out.

The issues range from some player appearing much whiter in the game than in real life to being bald. Yikes EA.

La indignante razón por la que Scarlett Camberos decidió irse del América

Es oficial. Scarlett Camberos no sigue en Club América.

No porque no quiera, sino porque es una víctima más de la descontrolada violencia contra la mujer que se vive a diario en México.

Camberos firmó en Las Águilas a fines de 2021 y rápidamente se ganó el cariño de sus aficionados, gracias a sus goles, sus eléctricas corridas por la banda y su indudable carisma. Tan importante era su presencia que se convirtió en capitana del equipo y sus seguidores crearon una corriente de pensamiento futbolero y de vida bautizado como el "camberismo".

The Americans to watch in this week's Women's Champions League quarterfinals

The UEFA Women's Champions League resumes Tuesday with the quarterfinal first legs, and don't forget that all the action is available to watch for free through the DAZN UWCL YouTube channel.

Action begins Tuesday with Bayern Munich hosting Arsenal at Allianz Arena (1:45 p.m. ET) and continues at the Stadio Olimpico as Roma takes on Barcelona (4:00 p.m. ET). Wednesday features Lyon vs. Chelsea at Groupama Stadium (1:45 p.m. ET) followed by PSG against Wolfsburg at the Parc des Princes (4:00 p.m. ET).

Sam Kerr's brilliant chip sends Chelsea top of WSL

LONDON - Sam Kerr's superb first-half goal gave Chelsea a 1-0 home win over Manchester United that saw them climb past the Red Devils to the top of the Women's Super League after a tight, tense encounter at Kingsmeadow on Sunday.

Chelsea are now in pole position in the standings on 37 points after 14 of the season's 22 league games, two points ahead of United and with a game in hand. Manchester City are third on 32 points.

EA Sports releases NWSL players’ FIFA ratings — Here are the top 10 players and funny reactions

For the first time in history the National Women’s Soccer League will be available on EA Sports’ FIFA video game.

On Wednesday, March 15, FIFA 23 will add the NWSL to the game. EA Sports gave fans a little teaser Friday by releasing the statistics for each player.

If you’re curious about the highest rated NWSL players on FIFA, then you’ve come to the right place. Here are the top 10.

Top 10 highest rated NWSL players on FIFA 23

1 Alex Morgan 90 (San Diego Wave)

2. Debinha 88 (Kansas City Current)

3. Sophia Smith 87 (Portland Thorns)

Alyssa Thompson’s first Angel City goal was a fantastic solo-run 5 minutes into her debut

Alyssa Thompson made history in January when she was the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NWSL draft and the first player ever drafted out of high school. The 18-year-old phenom has already appeared for the USWNT and played her first game for Angel City on Wednesday night.

Angel City defeated Club América 3-0 at BMO Stadium in a club friendly. Thompson was given her first start and immediately made an impact just five minutes into the game.

Hope restored in France after manager Corinne Diacre is finally fired

PARIS - France women's national soccer team coach Corinne Diacre has been sacked on the recommendation of the Executive Committee, the French soccer federation (FFF) said on Thursday.

Former France captain Wendie Renard said last month she would not play at this year's World Cup and French multimedia outlet RMC Sport reported that Renard said she would not represent the national side as long as Diacre is in charge.

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