Tag: 2019 Women’s World Cup

CHICAGO (AP) — Fans of the women’s World Cup championship soccer team delivered petitions to U.S. Soccer Federation headquarters in Chicago that demanded equal pay for the players. Wearing a red women’s team jersey, 12-year-old…

  LYON, France – They ran roughshod over the best field in history, winning seven times in seven ties. They scored a record 26 goals, gave up just three, and in 630 minutes of soccer,…

“USA! USA!” “Equal pay! Equal pay!” It was hard to distinguish the two chants Sunday afternoon as the crowd erupted in Lyon, France, where the U.S. Women’s Soccer team won the World Cup for the…

OK, I’m in. In for life. The U.S. women’s national soccer team, with its skill and its talent and its professionalism, made me the kind of fan I haven’t been since Doc and the Sixers.…

Megan Rapinoe considers Sunday to be the final insult. Just a few hours after the United States and the Netherlands meet in the Women’s World Cup final in France, Brazil or Peru will celebrate winning…

LYON, France (AP) — After collecting five goals in her first game, Alex Morgan is getting a lot of attention at the Women’s World Cup — from defenders. The U.S. forward has been shut down…

PARIS (AP) — Carli Lloyd wasn’t thrilled to open the Women’s World Cup on the bench for the United States. She accepted the role, but made no secret she wanted to start. When the call…