For the first time ever, Barcelona Femeni is set to host a match at the Camp Nou with fans in attendance, and what an event it'll be: the return leg of the club's UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid on Wednesday, March 30.
If recent results are any indictor, it'll be a party atmosphere inside the ground following the first leg in Madrid on March 22.
After a 2020 that was, in many ways, a lost year for international soccer, the U.S. women’s national team went into 2021 with high hopes. The year ended with feelings of missed opportunities and the need for a rethink moving forward less than 20 months away from the next Women’s World Cup.
Of all the years in the 2020s, 2021 was probably the least bad one. Maybe. But worry not; 2022 can’t possibly be as bad as the first two years of the decade, right? According to our 2022 soccer predictions, it’s going to be the best year ever, or at least the best of the last three.
Are you the kind of person who prefers to respond to emails and texts with GIFs instead of having to type something out? Do you also love the USWNT? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, then you or a loved one may be entitled to a plethora of new USWNT GIFs.
As a sendoff for 2021, the USWNT social team decided to do its version of Spotify Wrapped in GIF form. You might want to put a few of these in your back pocket for a rainy day.
The USWNT released 18 total GIFs for your viewing pleasure. The18 (see what I did there?) USWNT GIFs are as follows.
In October of 2020, after a devastating summer for a country unwilling to reverse centuries of systemic white supremacy, Imani Dorsey and dozens of other Black women playing in the NWSL creating the Black Women’s Player Collective, aimed at advancing opportunities for Black girls in sports and beyond. On Wednesday, the U.S. Soccer Federation honored Dorsey, one of the BWPC’s founding board members, with the inaugural Social Impact Award.
Como si la derrota ante Monterrey en la final del Apertura 2021 no hubiera sido lo suficientemente dolorosa, los aficionados de Tigres Femenil ahora sufren con la más que posible salida de Katty Martínez, emblema y goleadora histórica del club.
André-Pierre Gignac fue uno de los jugadores de Tigres Varonil que acudió anoche al Estadio El Volcán para apoyar a Tigres Femenil, en la final del Apertura 2021. La presencia del futbolista francés ciertamente no pasó inadvertida. No solo por su condición de ídolo felino, sino que también debido al llamativo y lujoso abrigo que lució en las tribunas.
Rebeca Bernal fue uno de los baluartes de Monterrey en la final de la Liga MX Femenil. Durante todo el partido, la capitana de Rayadas mostró solidez defensiva, orden y hasta una buena dosis de fortaleza física, sobre todo después de un fortuito, pero duro golpe con María Sánchez. Como si no fuera poco, la defensa central también fue una de las jugadoras que pateó y convirtió en la definición a penales que decidió el título.
Con un estadio en contra y a través de los lanzamientos penales, las Rayadas de Monterrey acabaron con el reinado de Tigres y son las nuevas campeonas de la Liga MX Femenil.
Soccer fans have a different circadian rhythm than others. They're up early to see what's going on in Europe, they're in bed late to follow along with Liga MX, they reach an emotional peak on Wednesday afternoons and frequently block off entire month-long periods in the summer for international festivals of footie. It's a delicate balance, but the 2022 soccer tournaments calendar is a disruptive year with the Qatar World Cup falling between Nov. 21 and Dec. 18.
Here's all the major action between January and December of 2022.