Players’ Public Comments Shows NWSL’s Growing Pains
It’s the middle of the NWSL season, with some players in the league gearing up for the 2016 Rio Olympics and those remaining about to take a break due to the Olympics. Of course, the league was in the news for all the wrong reasons last weekend, as the Western New York Flash hosted the […]
San Diego SeaLions Prepping for 2016 WPSL Season
The San Diego SeaLions are San Diego’s Premier Women’s team and one of the best women’s teams in the nation. Having won the Women’s Premier Soccer League’s Championship in 2013, they are hungry to taste success again in 2016. The Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is recognized as the world’s largest sanctioned amateur and semi-professional […]
San Diego Homegrown Series: Christina Burkenroad
Christina Burkenroad has faced an unusual amount of adversity for the bulk of her life. Born and mostly raised in San Diego, Burkenroad lost her mother to ALS when she was four, and she endured a stretch of homelessness for several months during her junior year of high school. At one point, the family’s search […]
San Diego Native Leigh Ann Brown Retires From NWSL
FC Kansas City defender Leigh Ann Brown has announced her retirement from professional soccer shortly after helping the Blues win back-to-back championships. The San Diego, California native earned her first call up to the senior U.S. Women’s National Team by Coach Tom Sermanni on August 22, 2013. She earned three caps. A leader on and […]
Nike and NWSL Extend Partnership Through 2019
Nike, the world’s leading soccer brand, and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the world’s leading women’s professional soccer league, have extended their partnership through the 2019 season. The continued relationship solidifies Nike’s role as the league’s official uniform, apparel and equipment provider for all nine NWSL clubs, and any future teams. Additionally, Nike will continue to offer the NWSL the […]
California Homegrowns Weekly Update
SAN DIEGO – CA Homegrowns is a feature that tracks the progress of all of professional soccer players from California. Check out the list for some familiar names! Let us know if we left a player out! USMNT Chris Wondolowski – F – San Jose Earthquakes: Started and played the entire 90 minutes against Houston Dynamo […]
What has changed in the USWNT lives after the World Cup title?
SAN DIEGO – It has been a month since that final match day with the 5-1 win over Japan. A month of celebrations for all 23 players, staff and the fans. Now, as the players started to settle back with their NWSL clubs they realized how much things have changed. Many of these players were anonymous to the average […]
California native and USWNT star Shannon Boxx retires
[quote_box_center]“For every athlete, having to walk away one day is an inevitable certainty. This is the right decision for me right now, and though I’ll continue on with the USWNT and our victory tour, I look forward to the next chapter in my life. Having the time to focus more on my family, whose support […]
CA Homegrowns: Weekly Update
SAN DIEGO – CA Homegrowns is a feature that tracks the progress of all of professional soccer players from California. Check out the list for some familiar names! Let us know if we left a player out! USMNT – U.S. played against Jamaica on July 22nd for the Gold Cup semifinals for the Gold Cup semifinals, losing […]
NWSL and NCAA players in the Women’s World Cup
If we think about it, there is a considerably high number of players based in the United States competing in in this World Cup considering there are only 9 teams in this league. Also, there are many foreign girls that play for their national teams and are studying and playing for a U.S. college. These […]