U.S. women’s national team captain Lindsey Horan said Carli Lloyd’s comments following the 0-0 draw with Portugal were “kind of frustrating for me to hear, especially knowing this team and how much we put into every single game” during a news conference at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup on Thursday. Here’s what you need … Read more
Melbourne, Australia (AP) — Jamaica held Brazil to a 0-0 draw Wednesday and advanced to the round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup for the first time. After conceding 12 goals in its Women’s World Cup debut in 1999, Jamaica shut out France, Panama and Jamaica in consecutive games to book an improbable place … Read more
Even before her major tournament debut, one could gorge on a veritable box set of Lauren James gold, poring over YouTube videos like one used to in the New Releases aisle of Blockbuster. On they run, scores of aptly-titled clips of the player who can flow like a comet, whose boots feel speckled with stardust. … Read more
Vlatko Andonovski says it is “insane” to question the mentality of the USWNT after Carli Lloyd criticised the players’ reaction following a 0-0 draw with Portugal. The U.S. qualified for the last 16 but failed to win its group for just the second time in Women’s World Cup history after Tuesday’s stalemate. It avoided a … Read more
Lauren James shone again with two fine goals as England put in their best performance of the Women’s World Cup so far to sweep aside China 6-1 and march into the last 16 as Group D winners. Alessia Russo gave the European champions the perfect start with a goal in the fourth minute and Lauren … Read more
Welcome to the 36th Media Mailbag for The Athletic. Writing a mailbag — as egocentric as it is — is always a fun exercise. Thanks for sending in your questions via the website and app. There were more than 200 questions, so this is a two-parter. Part 1 appeared last week. Note: Questions have been … Read more