An ambiguous ruling clearly aimed at Megan Rapinoe (Stu Holden/Twitter) Sunil Gulati’s USSF presidency of avoidance continues with the addition of a new policy that should be called the “Please Don’t Make This Difficult For Us, Megan Rapinoe” Rule. Revealed at the U.S. Soccer Annual General Meeting and shared by attendee Stu Holden, the policy, which was …
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Christie Rampone: Last of the ‘99ers
A look back at one of American soccer’s greatest careers Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Issue 8 of Howler, which came out before the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015. After the story ran, Rampone won her second World Cup as a member of the United States Women’s National Soccer. During the …
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When Alex Morgan became the first pick in the 2011 WPS draft
This day in football history On 14 January 2011, the Western New York Flash selected forward Alex Morgan with the first pick in the WPS draft. She went on to become a breakout star for club and country. Born and raised in California, she played for the University of California, Berkeley from 2007 to 2010, finishing …
Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy’s final match with the U.S. national team
This day in football history On 8 December 2004, Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy ended their national team careers with a 5–0 victory over Mexico. Played before a crowd of 15,549 in Carson, California, the match was the last of a 10-game “Fan Celebration Tour” scheduled in honor of the team’s victory in the 2004 Women’s …
U.S. Soccer’s biggest problem isn’t Jurgen Klinsmann, it’s Sunil Gulati’s indecision
The USSF president is failing to deal with more troubling matters than whether Klinsmann stays on as manager Gulati attempts to hide It’s easy to point fingers at Jurgen Klinsmann right now. The U.S. have lost two consecutive matches of significance and he seems to be doing everything wrong. This is a problem. But the U.S. federation …
Mia Hamm delivers the golden goal in the 2002 Gold Cup final
This day in football history On 9 November 2002, the United States women claimed their second consecutive Gold Cup with a golden goal from Mia Hamm in extra time against Canada. The final was a matchup of the tournament’s two juggernauts, with both sides winning all of their earlier matches and conceding only a single goal …
Kealia Ohai sets new record for fastest debut goal in U.S. women’s team history
Lynn Williams held the record for four whole days (US Soccer) Houston Dash striker Kealia Ohai made her international debut in the 81st minute of the U.S.’s friendly against Switzerland and 48 seconds later, she scored to cap off a 5–1 win. In doing so, she set a new record for the fastest U.S. women’s national …
For how long must America’s women prop up the men’s national team?
The women have been killing the men in terms of attendance recently Some guys. Image via US Soccer/Facebook It has been a bad year for American experiments. The nation’s polity is now debating the meaning of “locker room talk,” and if all goes well it might recover. The status of the American experiment with men’s …
How Hope Solo Gets Her Groove Back
Matt Pyzdrowski, goalkeeper for Helsingborgs IF, explains how goalkeepers move on from bad games Photograph by Jasmin Shah US Women’s Soccer vs South Africa at Soldier Field on Saturday, July 9th, 2016. Photo by Jasmin Shah We all saw Hope Solo’s performance (need I say HOWLER) against Colombia the other night. It was a rare off-game for …