Happy New Year! We’re in a men’s World Cup year and a Women’s World Cup qualifying year as 2026 shapes up to be one of the busiest ever on the soccer front. The United States Women’s National Team ...

Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; Photos: Jamie Squire, Julian Finney, Robin Alam / Getty Images Compared to the accelerated track to Olympic gold that was 2024, this year has been one ...

The USWNT looked uncharacteristically weak and disorganized in a tough 2-1 loss against Portugal on Thursday in Pennsylvania. It was the team’s third loss of the year, and their first ever loss to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover soccer, tennis, and women’s sports stories. Nov 29, 2025, 03:04am EST ORLANDO, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 28: Catarina Macario #20 ...

CHESTER, Pa. --It's clear that the United States women's national team are still a work in progress after losing 2-1 to Portugal on Thursday in a friendly as Emma Hayes continues to build toward the ...

The 2025 season is in the books for the U.S. women’s national team. And what a year it has been. The USWNT closed out the last international window of the year with two shutouts over Italy, including ...