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Christine Sinclair Goal 159: What This Means For Women’s Soccer

In the world of Women’s Soccer many names come to mind when you think of “greats” and most of those recognizable names are all American: Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach, Carli Lloyd. On Valentine’s Day,...

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MLS: Columbus Crew SC Stars Read Mean Tweets

I’m sure by now most of you have seen the bit that Jimmy Fallon (host of The Tonight Show) has created called “Celebrities Read Mean Tweets.” If not, it’s exactly what the title of the bit is:...

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Canada and The USWNT Are Headed To Rio

A couple of weeks in Texas and a few broken records later, the 2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament is coming to a close. Eight teams participated and only two punched their tickets to the 2016...

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2016 NWSL Schedule: Conflicts and Benefits

In the midst of the CONCACAF Olympics Qualifying tournament, the National Women’s Soccer League announced their 2016 schedule. If you were thinking the NWSL schedule should be balanced now with the...

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Clint Dempsey: Free Kick Prodigy

There’s no question when it comes to whether or not Clint Dempsey is deserving of being called one of the greatest. It’s really no wonder as to why he’s one of the most abounding when it comes to...

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MLS Stars On Leonardo DiCaprio

It’s been a running joke ever since his performance in “Titanic” didn’t end in an Oscar and with the 88th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night (also known as The Oscars), plenty of people, to include...

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Julie Johnston and Zach Ertz: She Said Yes

Somewhere between the upcoming Olympics, the NWSL season, NFL offseason, and the NFL season Chicago Red Stars defender (also United States Women’s National Team star) Julie Johnston and Philadelphia...

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Andrea Pirlo Contemplates Staying With NYCFC

In July, Andrea Pirlo moved to the United States from Juventus to join the MLS where he would be playing on the same team as Frank Lampard in New York City despite still having a year left on his...

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MLS Opening Day: A Record High In Goals

For the first time in league history, opening day saw every team in MLS play in a match and though it was frantic for die-hard fans trying to keep up with all of the scores, I would say it was nowhere...

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MLS Disciplinary Committee Issues Week 1 Suspensions

Fans are already well aware of the six to eight game suspension of Colorado Rapids’ Jermaine Jones after assaulting an official, but after only the first week of the MLS season, the MLS Disciplinary...

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NWSL Preseason Underway

The fourth NWSL preseason has already kicked off, but the friendlies begin Friday as the Chicago Red Stars participate in a closed-door match. This matchup will mark the first of 35 preseason matches...

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MLS: Tim Howard returns

On Sunday, United States Men’s National Team goalkeeper Tim Howard signed a $2.5-2.8 million a year for three and a half years deal with the Colorado Rapids and the 37-year old will officially return...

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Orlando Pride: High expectations

It was pretty much a storybook start in the first ever preseason match for the National Women’s Soccer League’s newest club. Bad weather wasn’t going to stop NWSL faithfuls in Florida on Saturday;...

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Seattle Reign FC to host Arsenal Ladies FC

Adding to their list of friendlies to be played this year, Seattle Reign FC announced earlier today that roughly six matches into the season, between their match against the Chicago Red Stars and...

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MLS: 13 called up for USMNT duty

Forwards, midfielders, defenders, and even a goalkeeper have all been called up from the MLS to the United States Men’s National Team by Jurgen Klinsmann Earlier this week United States Men’s National...

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CanWNT: Erin McLeod suffers ACL injury

With roughly five months until the summer Olympics, Canada Women’s National Team faces a pretty big decision after their goalkeeper Erin McLeod got injured on Wednesday playing in the UEFA Women’s...

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Brandi Chastain donates brain to CTE research

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, has been the common buzz in the NFL and soccer world as of lately. To many parents, the idea of this degenerative brain disease is scary and dictates a lot of...

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USWNT players sue USSF over wage-gap

Thursday morning news nearly broke twitter as word spread quickly that five United States Women’s National Team members were filing a wage-discrimination action against the United States Soccer...

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Nike endorses sexism in women’s soccer

In recent years, the audience and attendance for women sports has vastly grown and women’s soccer has a lot to do with that after players like Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, and...

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Abby Wambach arrested for DUI

Sometimes we have idols in sports who do absolutely everything right and continue to throughout their entire career and retirement. Sometimes, that’s not always the way it works out. Our stars are not...

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