Latest FIFA Women's World Cup News
Carli Lloyd scores 5 goals, US women rout Paraguay 9-0
CLEVELAND (AP) — No Carli Lloyd isn't reconsidering her retirement — even after a five-goal game. Lloyd hit a career high for goals in the U.S. national team's 9-0 rout of Paraguay on Thursday night. The 39-year-old forward has just three more games with the team...
Alex Morgan: New contract must not cut existing compensation
Alex Morgan says the U.S. women's national team needs to make sure players aren't losing any of their existing compensation under the identical contract proposals the U.S. Soccer Federation has made to both the men's and women's teams. But the team is hopeful for a new...
US Soccer says it has offered men, women identical contracts
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation said it had offered identical contract proposals Tuesday to the players' associations for the men's and women's national teams, and the governing body said it would refuse to agree to a deal in which World Cup prize money is not equalized. ...
US Soccer president asks men, women to equalize FIFA money
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the U.S. Soccer Federation asked the unions of the women’s and men’s national teams to agree to equalize FIFA's World Cup prize money on their own. USSF President Cindy Parlow Cone sent an open letter Friday making the request, which...
World Cup winner Jill Ellis to advise on changes to soccer
World Cup-winning coach Jill Ellis was hired by FIFA to be lead adviser on the future of women’s soccer as the governing body ramps up a campaign to turn the tournament into a biennial event. Ellis led the U.S. to titles in 2015 and 2019 before leaving. She is tasked to...
US forward Tobin Heath staying in English soccer at Arsenal
LONDON (AP) — United States international Tobin Heath is staying in English soccer. The 33-year-old forward signed for Arsenal in the Women’s Super League on Friday, having played at Manchester United last season. Heath has played 177 times for...
Berhalter slams CONCACAF for no video review in qualifiers
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — In a soccer world increasingly embracing technology to make sure referees' on-field decisions are correct, CONCACAF appears content to live with blown calls in its most important games. While the Union of European Football Associations...
US forward Carli Lloyd retiring after decorated career
U.S. forward Carli Lloyd is retiring after a decorated career that included a pair of World Cup titles and two Olympic gold medals, as well as a bronze medal at the Tokyo Games. The two-time FIFA World Player of the Year known for her dramatic hat-trick in the 2015 World...
US women dissect the Olympics while Canada celebrates gold
TOKYO (AP) — For the U.S. women's national team, the soul-searching begins. The World Cup champions and overwhelming favorites going into the women's Olympic soccer tournament came away with a bronze medal after a disappointing run in Japan. The...
US women earn bronze medal with 4-3 win over Australia
KASHIMA, Japan (AP) — Although the color of their medal wasn’t what they wanted, the mettle of the team came through in the end. The United States salvaged a rocky tournament by winning bronze in women's soccer at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Megan Rapinoe and...
