Emma Hayes,one of the most decorated managers in women’s football,will step down as Chelsea manager.
Sam Kerr,Caitlin Foord,Katrina Gorry and co downed tools in protest over $21,000 contracts,below Australia’s minimum wage,and refused to tour the US. It was a “watershed moment” for women’s sport.
The US presidential candidate fired a broadside at his country’s women’s soccer team after they were bundled out of the World Cup in Melbourne.
After a rattling good match in “The Battle of Melby”,Sweden and their heroic goalkeeper have put the superpower Americans out of the World Cup.
Reigning World Cup champions the United States will want to dominate against World number 3. Sweden,when the two face-off in Melbourne for their round of 16 clash at AAMI Park on Sunday night.
Two-time World Cup-winning coach Jill Ellis believes the Matildas have what it takes to go all the way under her former assistant Tony Gustavsson,who she nominated for the job after being approached herself by Football Australia.
Australia can learn from the Los Angeles-based National Women’s Soccer League franchise which is two-thirds owned by women including Portman,Eva Longoria and Jennifer Garner.
Check in on the latest scores and news from the Women’s World Cup. There’s plenty happening across New Zealand and Australia on Tuesday with the Matildas’ next opponent to be determined.
The defending champion Americans and one of the rising European powers in women’s football clash in Wellington,with the winner in pole position to finish top of Group E.
“Are you going to crush us like you did Thailand four years ago?” a Vietnamese journalist asked US coach Vlatko Andonovski in the pre-match press conference. Despite fears of a cricket score,the Asian minnows battled brilliantly.
One of the biggest names at the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has urged FIFA to “do the right thing” and abandon a planned sponsorship with Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority for the tournament.