U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named the 23-player roster for the 2017 Tournament of Nations that will feature the USA, Japan, Australia and Brazil playing in three doubleheader events at three different venues over an eight-day period. For the second time this year, after the staging of the SheBelieves Cup in March, U.S. […]
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Lavelle’s Goal Beats Sweden, 1-0
The U.S. Women’s National Team opened its two-game European tour with a 1-0 shutout against Sweden at Gamla Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, as 22-year-old midfielder Rose Lavelle scored the lone goal of the match in the 56th minute. The game was the first of two international friendlies on their Scandinavian trip. The win was […]
Ellis Picks U.S. Squad For Two Friendlies
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 21 players to travel to Scandinavia for matches against Sweden on June 8 at Gamla Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg (1:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and UDN) and against Norway on June 11 at Komplett Arena in Sandefjord (1 p.m. ET on FOX), which is located on […]
USA WNT Rolls To Dominate 5-1 Victory
The U.S. Women’s National Team completed a “Texas Sweep” of international friendlies against Russia with a 5-1 win in front of 11,347 fans on a beautiful spring day at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. Crystal Dunn, who played her collegiate soccer at UNC Chapel Hill, picked up right where she left off in Dallas, adding […]
USWNT Shuts Out Russia In Texas
After finishing fouth in the four-team SheBelieves Cup, and falling to second in the FIFA world ranking, the U.S. Women’s National Team shut out Russia 4-0 in their first time back on the field. Crystal Dunn and Allie Long supplied the goals, each scoring twice. The team got strong play from Rose Lavelle andMallory Pugh in front of a sold-out crowd […]
U.S. Women Upset By England, 1-0
Sixty-seven years after the U.S MNT upset England 1-0 in the 1950 World Cup, England produced an upset of its own when they handed the World #1 USWNT a 1-0 loss in the second round of the 2017 SheBelievs Cup before a sold-out crowd in New Jersey’s Red Bull Arena. It was England’s first-ever WNT […]
U.S. WNT Opens 1-0 Over Germany
The U.S. Women’s National Team began its 2017 campaign and the SheBelieves Cup with a 1-0 victory against Germany in front of 16,318 fans at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester. PA. As was expected with the top two teams in the world, the affair was an evenly played match throughout the entire 90 minutes, but […]
Ellis Names SheBelieves Cup Roster
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named the 23-player roster for the 2017 SheBelieves Cup that will feature four of the world’s top teams in the USA, Germany, France and England playing in three doubleheader events at three different venues over a seven-day period. England will open the tournament against France on March […]
Carli Lloyd Repeats As FIFA Player Of Year
Carli Lloyd, the co-captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team, has been named the Best FIFA Women’s Player for 2016. This marks the second consecutive year that Lloyd has been honored and joins a highly elite club of just four players to win consecutive FIFA Women’s Player of the Year awards. “I’m very honored to […]
Ellis Calls Up 29 Players For Trainng Camp
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 29 players to the first training camp roster of 2017 as the USA kicks off the year with an event running from Jan. 13-23 at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, California. Twenty-two of the 29 players earned a cap for the USA […]