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The usual suspects reigned supreme on Tuesday in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, with OL Lyonnes and Chelsea rising to the top of the table after notching lopsided wins to kick off Matchday 3. Lyon are currently the only team with a perfect record after three games, with Barcelona and Manchester United in the mix […]

Getty Images No matter what, the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico will be a monumental occasion due to the stature of the tournament and the expansion to 48 teams, but this could also be the end of an era. Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has stated that this World Cup could […]

The NWSL’s great promise is its parity, a theory the Kansas City Current downright rejected as the runaway winners of the Shield, commanding a 21 point lead between first and second place at the conclusion of the regular season. The Current’s surprise elimination by Gotham FC on Sunday, though, means it just might be anyone’s […]

The 2025-26 UEFA Women’s Champions League returns with Matchday 3 action and plenty at stake. The new era of the tournament got off to an exciting start with a reformatted league phase that presents a bit of unpredictability moving forward. While a handful of clubs are riding high with perfect two-game records, others are still […]

As Arne Slot was laying out what needs to happen before his side can even start thinking about a title race, it was hard to shake the sense that you’d heard this all before. Not, it should be noted, from Slot himself. Before this almighty slide, he had never had to set his team the […]

MANCHESTER — Though he was at pains to emphasize that the two-goal hole Liverpool found themselves in was a fair reflection of the first half, Arne Slot insisted the story of his side’s 3-0 hammering at Manchester City could have been rather different if VAR had not overruled Virgil van Dijk’s 38th-minute header. Captain Van […]

There are favorites and then there are the Kansas City Current, whose championship credentials make up a very long list. They were not only the No. 1 seed in the postseason, becoming the NWSL’s newest Shield winners in the process. The Current were far and away the best team in the regular season, winning the […]

The NWSL will reportedly award Atlanta with an expansion team for a league-record-fee of $165 million in a bid fronted by AMB Sports and Entertainment, the owners of MLS’ Atlanta United and the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, according to The Athletic, A formal announcement is expected on Tuesday, which would make the Atlanta team the 17th franchise […]

A mix of familiar faces and newcomers make up the latest batch of playoff teams in the NWSL, the last teams standing officially targeting a spot in the NWSL Championship on Nov. 22. Five teams from last season’s playoffs are back for another stab at the league’s top prize, including each of the NWSL’s last […]