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Man United recruit Heath eager to play at Old Trafford again
LONDON (AP) — Stepping back inside Old Trafford this week took Tobin Heath back eight years, to one of the wildest Olympic soccer matches ever played. Heath remembers it as an “epic.” Three times the United States trailed Canada. Three times the game was leveled by the Americans before Alex...
The Thorns open the fall series with a 3-0 win over Utah
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Sophia Smith, the No. 1 overall pick in the National Women's Soccer League draft this year, scored in her Portland debut and the Thorns beat the Utah Royals 3-0 in a fall series match Sunday. There was drama before the start. The Royals placed head coach Craig Harrington and...
Watt scores 2 goals, Red Stars defeat Sky Blue 4-1 in NWSL
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Kealia Watt scored two goals and added an assist and the Chicago Red Stars downed Sky Blue 4-1 in a fall series match Sunday in the National Women's Soccer League. Sky Blue took the early lead on Ifeoma Onumonu's goal in the sixth minute. But the Red Stars went on to score four...
Courage and Pride play to scoreless draw in NWSL fall series
CARY. N.C. (AP) — Goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris had four saves and the Orlando Pride, playing their first game in nearly a year, played to a scoreless draw with the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League on Saturday. Orlando did not play in the NWSL's Challenge Cup tournament in Utah this...
Maryland businesswoman leading launch of Japanese league
The woman leading Japan's ambitious effort to launch a professional women's soccer league lives some 6,700 miles away from where the players will ultimately take the field. Kikuko Okajima of Baltimore, Maryland, is the chairwoman of the WE League and she doesn't simply want to further the women's game in her...
NWSL game postponed, LPGA player withdraws because of smoke
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A National Women's Soccer League game between the Portland Thorns and the OL Reign has been postponed again until the end of the month because of poor air quality caused by wildfires. The game in Portland had already been moved from Saturday to Tuesday because of smoke from the...
Debinha scored twice and Courage down Dash 4-3
CARY, N.C. (AP) — Debinha scored twice, including the winner in the 86th minute, and the North Carolina Courage downed the Houston Dash 4-3 in a National Women's Soccer League fall series match Saturday. Abby Dahlkemper converted a penalty kick in the 18th minute to give the Courage the early lead, but...
2 late goals give the Spirit a 2-1 win over the Red Stars
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Jessie Scarpa scored her first pro goal in stoppage time to give the Washington Spirit a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Red Stars in a National Women's Soccer League fall series game on Saturday. Sarah Luebbert took a cross from Kealia Watt and put it in the bottom right corner to put...
Alex Morgan joins influx of top Americans in English league
Alex Morgan once famously celebrated a goal against England by pretending to sip a cup of tea. Now she’ll get to try out the English way of life for real. “Shall we get the teabags in?" read a post on the official Twitter account of the England Women's team after Tottenham announced the signing of...
Thorns-OL Reign game postponed because of poor air quality
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The National Women's Soccer League game between the Thorns and OL Reign set for Saturday in Portland has been postponed because of poor air quality. Fires burning across Oregon have made the air quality in many parts of the state unhealthy. The game was rescheduled for Tuesday...
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