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Where the USWNT Roster Stands After New Zealand Friendlies

With the Women’s World Cup just six months away, U.S. players made their case for a place on Vlatko Andonovski’s squad in two wins over the last week.

Sports Illustrated

Player awarded back pay from Lyon over maternity leave

Midfielder Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir has been awarded more than $88,000 in back pay that was withheld by her French club team, Lyon, in violation of FIFA’s rules protecting maternity rights

The Independent UK

Breaking Down the USWNT’s January Roster

Megan Rapinoe and Sophia Smith are out due to injury, while Lynn Williams returns to Vlatko Andonovski’s lineup.

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Injured Smith, Rapinoe Left Off USWNT Roster for New Zealand Camp

The back-to-back world champions will kick off a World Cup year with a pair of friendlies in Wellington and Auckland.

Sports Illustrated

Top 10 good news stories (yes, really) from 2022

Anyone would be forgiven for thinking there was little good news in a year dominated by the war in Ukraine as well as the cost-of-living crisis and record climate-related disasters. But there were, indeed, some bright spots. FRANCE 24 looks back at 10 good news stories from 2022.

France 24

Forbes Announces World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes of 2022

The 25 women mentioned accumulated an estimated $285 million this year.

Sports Illustrated

Who Will Make the USWNT’s 2023 World Cup Roster?

Coach Vlatko Andonovski’s squad takes shape with July’s tournament right around the corner.

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USA Curling is in open revolt over its CEO

Members of a diversity, equity and inclusion panel are calling for the firing of CEO Jeff Plush over his handling of sexual abuse allegations when he was head of the women's pro soccer league.

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France's Benzema and Spain's Putellas win 2022 Ballon d'Or awards

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema won the men's Ballon d'Or on Monday, becoming the first Frenchman to claim the most prestigious individual prize in football since Zinédine Zidane almost a quarter of a century ago. In the women's Ballon d'Or contest, Alexia Putellas of Spain saw off stiff competition to…

France 24

‘Lean on each other’ – how USWNT players are dealing with abuse report

Three of the USA team talk about what must happen after the Sally Yates report revealed ‘systemic’ abuse in the NWSL

The Guardian - UK

U-17 Women's World Cup: We don't talk about Ambrose episode, says Thomas Dennerby

BHUBANESWAR: The US and India are on very different levels as footballing nations, in the men's as well the women's game. But just like the hijab controversy and the ensuing protests in Iran, which the women in India can well identify with, the systemic abuse of young woman footballers in…

The Times of India

U.S. Soccer President: More Abuse Cases Emerged After NWSL Report

Cindy Parlow Cone announced new reports came to light in the wake of an investigation that uncovered systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct in the National Women’s Soccer League.

Sports Illustrated

USWNT-England Delivers What Women’s Soccer Needed

After a difficult week for the sport, the U.S. put out a brave performance as England ran away with a 2–1 victory.

Sports Illustrated

England edge Wembley thriller with USA to lay down World Cup marker

England 2-1 USA: The Euro 2022 champions beat the world champions but rode their luck in an entertaining match in front of more than 70,000 fans

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The Guardian - UK

Georgia Stanway penalty gives England victory over world champions USA

England beat the United States 2-1 at Wembley via goals from Lauren Hemp and Georgia Stanway, Sophia Smith scoring for the visitors in an eventful first half

The Guardian - UK

England 2-1 USA: women’s international football friendly – as it happened

Lauren Hemp and Georgia Stanway got the goals that did for the World Champions in front of a sell-out 90,000 crowd at Wembley

The Independent UK

England’s ‘insane’ level has closed gap to world’s top team USA

Sarina Wiegman’s England host the world champions at a sold out Wembley

Chicago Sun-Times

Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn call for removal of NWSL owners mentioned in Yates report

“It’s my opinion that every owner and executive and U.S. soccer official who has repeatedly failed to protect the players, hidden behind legalities and have not participated fully in these investigations should be gone.”

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The Guardian - UK

USA still world leaders in women’s football despite England closing gap

Megan Rapinoe suggested a major gulf in quality between the USA no longer exists but Friday’s opponents England must still prove this at a World Cup

Sports Illustrated

The USWNT Is Used to Shouldering Dark Times

What should have been a celebratory week for women’s soccer ahead of Friday’s friendly at Wembley Stadium has been soured by damning revelations within the sport.

The Independent UK

NWSL abuse report ‘horrifying to read’ – Megan Rapinoe

An independent investigation published its report on Monday saying verbal abuse and sexual misconduct were ‘systemic’ in the American league

Sports Illustrated

Megan Rapinoe Rips Embattled NWSL Owners Paulson, Whisler

The U.S. soccer legend wants to see those who enabled systemtic abuse in the league banished.

The Guardian - US

Megan Rapinoe says NWSL had ‘zero guard rails’ to protect players from abuse

Megan Rapinoe and her teammates are ‘emotionally exhausted’ after the release of the Sally Yates report into emotional and sexual abuse in the NWSL

Football London

England Women credentials to be tested but USWNT face bigger test vs Lionesses

High-profile friendly match-up will be a dress rehearsal for next summer's World Cup final in the eyes of many observers with the USWNT undergoing a period of transition and England on the rise

Los Angeles Times

Alex Morgan not on USWNT roster released for Europe friendlies

LOS ANGELES — When U.S. Soccer announced in August that the women's national team would be playing England in a fall friendly, the federation hyped the game by tweeting a photo of forward Alex Morgan's tea-sipping goal celebration from the 2019 World Cup semifinals.

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