Keeping Pace: In Conversation with Mirelle van Rijbroek
We talked to US Soccer's Director of Talent Identification for Girls and Women to see where the USWNT goes from here.
Articles by Bridget Gordon
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Five Storylines Heading Into The World Cup
Looking for a good hook to get into the tournament? We've got some suggestions.
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Playing In The Shadow Of Grief
Football is a sport of great joy and exceptional sorry. And, increasingly, loss.
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Dispatches From The United Soccer Coaches Convention: Day 3
Bridget found some answers at the MLS SuperDraft
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Dispatches From The United Soccer Coaches Convention: Day 2
Bridget saw the future of the women’s game— and American Soccer— on Day 2 of the USC Convention
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Dispatches From The United Soccer Coaches Convention: Day 1
Digital Editor Bridget Gordon is at the annual conference to take American Soccer’s temperature During a phone meeting this week to go over last-minute details for my assignment…
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Is It Worth It?
The Copa Libertadores Finals highlighted the ugliness in soccer– as well as its transcendent beauty. Does one cancel out the other? When we talk about soccer, we…
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Keep Soccer Weird
Patrice Evra’s Instagram post highlighted how absurd soccer culture can– and should– be. Austin, Texas has a reputation for being quirky. What that means, exactly, depends on…
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Goal Celebrations For The Apocalypse
What does it mean to be a soccer fan when the world is going to hell? What is the point of all this? I ask myself that…
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A Strategic Analysis Of Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Chess Match With Magnus Carlsen
The young Liverpool fullback challenged the defending World Champion to a friendly game. It went about as well as you’d expect. There really should be a complicated…
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Steve Bruce’s Post-Sacking Zesty Tex-Mex Cabbage Dinner
When life gives you cabbage, make this quick and tasty dinner at home. Aston Villa fired manager Steve Bruce earlier today. The decision came after a tough…
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The 2018 NWSL Season Gave Us The Best– And Worst– Of American WoSo
“No one cares about women’s soccer.” Whenever the National Women’s Soccer League gets promoted on social media, whenever this past weekend’s Championship Final was hyped up, whenever…