Shelina Zadorksy plays as a defender for both the Orlando Pride of the NWSL and the Canada women’s national team. With the CWNT, Zadorsky won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Below, she discusses Canada’s decision (before the games were officially postponed) to withhold athletes from the Tokyo Olympics, as well as howContinue reading “Shelina Zadorsky on Olympic postponement and NWSL uncertainty”
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Who is Cindy Parlow Cone?
Following Carlos Cordeiro’s abrupt resignation as U.S. Soccer’s president, vice president Cindy Parlow Cone is now in charge of righting what appears to be a sinking ship. Cordeiro’s resignation was all but inevitable after the federation filed a legal argument in their case with the national team which claimed that the USWNT had less “skill”Continue reading “Who is Cindy Parlow Cone?”
Jordan DiBiasi on her first USWNT call-up
Jordan DiBiasi is a midfielder for the Washington Spirit. The 3rd overall pick in the 2019 NWSL draft, DiBiasi played her college soccer at Stanford, where she helped the Cardinal win the 2017 College Cup. DiBiasi spoke with Just Women’s Sports from the national team’s camp in Florida, where the USWNT is training for theContinue reading “Jordan DiBiasi on her first USWNT call-up”
Becky Sauerbrunn traded to Portland
Two-time World Cup winner and three-time NWSL defender of the year Becky Sauerbrunn is heading west. The long-rumored deal between Portland and Utah was made official on Tuesday, with the Royals receiving defender Elizabeth Ball and $100,000 in allocation money in exchange for Sauerbrunn. After trading away another USWNT defender in Emily Sonnett to theContinue reading “Becky Sauerbrunn traded to Portland”
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