Via ABC News, a look at the first stadium built for professional women's sports team, going up in Kansas City:
As the Women's World Cup shines a global spotlight on women's soccer, Kansas City, Missouri, is paying more [...]
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on how Latin American players are pushing for free expression and equal pay at this year’s Women’s World Cup:
The FIFA Women’s World Cup, hosted this year by Australia and New [...]
July
29,
2023
Via BBC, a look at the tension between men's and women's soccer in China:
As a defender for China's women's national football team, Xue Jiao recalls how her squad did the impossible in 2015 when they ended the US team's [...]
July
28,
2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at how the global soccer power has poured millions into women’s soccer, but abuse accusations in Haiti and elsewhere have exposed FIFA’s struggle to protect alleged victims:
One [...]
Via SI.com, a look at how Indigenous advocates are pushing FIFA for First Nations investment at the Women’s World Cup:
Indigenous sports leaders and advocates have urged FIFA to address what they've called an “egregious [...]
July
25,
2023
Via Andscape, a look at Major League Soccer's (MLS) efforts to encourage more Black US athletes to play the game:
Over the last 20 days I’ve attended the all-star games of two major North American pro sports leagues. Earlier [...]