13-0. What do you think?

France opened the 2019 Women’s World Cup with a 4-0 win over Korea Republic. Spain, Norway, and Brazil also scored three goals each in their opening matches. The USA wanted to make a statement in their opening match against Thailand. With their 13-0 win, the American women didn’t just make a statement. They closed the […]
Five California Natives (Villafaña, Zardes, Corona, Arriola, Roldan) Named To Gold Cup Roster

The state of California will be well represented at the 2017 Gold Cup as five California natives have been named to the 23-player roster by head coach Bruce Arena. Looking to help the U.S. win its sixth CONCACAF championship title will be defender Jorge Villafaña (Anaheim), midfielders Gyasi Zardes (Hawthorne), Joe Corona (Los Angeles), Paul Arriola […]
FIFA Expands World Cup to 48 Nations

The FIFA Council unanimously approved FIFA President Giianni Infantino’s plan on Tuesday morning to expand the World Cup from its current 32-team tournament format to a 48-team format for the 2026 tournament. The 48 nations will be split into 16 groups of three teams and the top two teams from each group will advance to […]
Four California Natives Named To U.S. Roster For Upcoming U-20 Women’s World Cup

U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team head coach Michelle French has named a roster of 21 players who will represent the U.S. at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea from November 13 to December 3. Included in the roster are four California natives, the most from any individual state. The four […]
U-17 WNT Suffers Loss To Ghana At 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup

The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team suffered a 2-1 loss to Ghana in its second of three group matches at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. After opening up the tournament with a 6-1 victory over Paraguay, the U-17’s jumped out to a great start just five minutes into the match when […]
Cali Natives Score Two Goals In USA’s 6-1 Win Over Paraguay In Opening Match of U-17 Women’s World Cup

In the opening match of the U-17 Women’s World Cup the U.S. squad, captained by California native Ashley Sanchez, defeated Paraguay 6-1, with two goals scored by California natives. The two who found the back of the net were Sanchez and Kiara Pickett. Pickett’s goal came in the 63rd minute when Sanchez beat two defenders and sprinted […]
FIFA U-17 World Cup Kicks Off Tomorrow With 8 California Natives

The U.S. has won Women’s World Cup multiple times at the senior level and the U-20 level. However, for all the success the program has had it has never brought home the title at the U-17 age group. This year’s U.S. U-17 Women’s National Team is looking to change that and their quest will kick off on […]
Albion Pros attract Passionate Businessman Andreas Roell

SoccerNation.com had the opportunity to sit down with Andreas Roell, Chairman of Albion Pros SC, a San Diego based NPSL team. A native of Karlsruhe, Germany, Roell was a professional soccer player in his home country before being recruited by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Since retiring from playing soccer, Roell has gone […]
5 USWNT players named to WC All-Star Team

SAN DIEGO – Five members of the U.S. Women’s National Team were named to the Women’s World Cup All-Star squad for their top performances during the event last month. According the report released by FIFA’s Technical Study Group on Monday, August 17th, out of the 23 players elected for the All-Star roster, there are Hope […]
USMNT moves up in the FIFA World Rankings

Although the 2015 Gold Cup didn’t end up the way the U.S. Men’s National Team wanted, it still helped them to move up in the FIFA World Rankings. The U.S. are now ranked 29th which is five places higher in the list than they were before. There is an extra weight put on continental championship […]
FIFA’s Live Your Goals Campaign and Women’s World Cup Social Media Tips

We are days away from the start 2015 Women’s World Cup games. This tournament marks a pinnacle time in these women’s lives, it is the number one priority in the eyes of coaches, players and fans. And of course we want to hear all about the passion, love, blood, sweat and tears on Facebook, Instagram, […]
The Turf Controversy over the Women’s World Cup continues

Women’s soccer still struggles to have the same respect and recognition that the men’s game has, and this decision to play the entire tournament on turf was just one more insult to female players. This is a very serious issue and unfortunately FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association did not do anything about it, even […]
Sepp Blatter steps down as President after 40 years at FIFA

Sepp Blatter, the reigning president of the world-renowned soccer federation, FIFA , has resigned this morning. Sepp Blatter has held the president title since 1998, and has been involved in the federation for the past 40 years. He recently (and defiantly) ran for a fifth presidential term in the 2015 election held May 29th. The […]
EA Sports announces women’s national teams will feature in FIFA 16

The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be the largest ever, with 24 teams competing in Canada after previous editions included 16 participants in the tournament. The women’s soccer footprint is also expanding in – and to – the realm of video games, with EA Sports announcing on Thursday that the next edition of its […]