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Anatomy of a Goal: Pietra Tordin scores on a Sam Coffey cross – Equalizer Soccer
For the final iteration of our Anatomy of a Goal series before the National Women’s Soccer League’s summer break, we’re taking a look at the Portland Thorns’ game-winning goal against the Chicago Stars. With a quick glance at this season’s week-by-week standings, it may be surprising that Portland only managed to put up a single […]
Boston Legacy FC names Filipa Patão as first head coach – Equalizer Soccer
NWSL expansion side Boston Legacy FC has found its first head coach in Filipa Patão. Pending approval of her visa, Patão will begin working with the club in July. Patão joins Boston from Portuguese club Benfica, where she has a 156-28-15 record with the women’s senior team. She holds a UEFA A coaching license and […]
NWSL Transfer Tracker: 2025 summer break – Equalizer Soccer
We’ve reached the midway point of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League season and international break. Keep up with all the signings and deals with our 2025 NWSL Summer Transfer Tracker. Where applicable, we’ll also provide insight into what’s happening to give you the deeper context you expect from The Equalizer, leaders in women’s soccer […]
NWSL players dominate U.S. U-23 WNT roster – Equalizer Soccer
It was announced Friday that twenty-four players have been called up to the upcoming U.S. Under-23 women’s national team training camp. The camp will run from June 23 through July 2 in Commerce City, Colorado. From June 23 to 26, it will run concurrently with the U.S. senior national team camp so that head coach […]
Anatomy of a Goal: Courage come out firing – Equalizer Soccer
It is no secret that the North Carolina Courage have struggled to score in 2025. Saturday night in Los Angeles, they came out of the gates smoking and found the back of the net after 42 seconds. After playing the opening ball backward, they sent a long ball toward the Angel City back line. They […]
USWNT, Portland Thorns legend Meghan Klingenberg announces retirement – Equalizer Soccer
World Cup champion and National Women’s Soccer League legend Meghan Klingenberg announced her retirement from professional soccer on Wednesday in a letter shared on social media. The post, which was a collaboration with the U.S. women’s national team and U.S. Soccer, started, “This isn’t a surprise. But it still feels big to say. It’s time […]
Lavelle returns to USWNT as Hayes opts for mostly domestic roster – Equalizer Soccer
Due to the upcoming FIFA window, U.S. women’s national team coach Emma Hayes elected to build her roster with a majority of players from the National Women’s Soccer League. The one outlier is defender Naomi Girma, who recently won the Women’s Super League title with Chelsea. This 25-player group will face the Republic of Ireland […]
Tampa Bay Sun wins inaugural USL Super League title – Equalizer Soccer
Tampa Bay Sun FC won the inaugural USL Super League championship on Saturday, defeating Fort Lauderdale United FC, 1-0 in extra time. Danish forward Cecilie Fløe scored the game-winning goal in the 100th minute in front of a sellout crowd of 5,006 fans at Tampa’s Riverfront Stadium. The game capped off the first season for […]
2025 NWSL Championship headed to Bay Area – Equalizer Soccer
The 12th edition of the National Women’s Soccer League Championship will take place at PayPal Park in San Jose, the league announced Friday morning. The match on Saturday, November 22, will kick off at 8 p.m.ET/5 p.m. local time and be aired nationally on CBS. “We’re thrilled to bring the NWSL Championship back to the […]
3 NWSL standouts flying under the radar – Equalizer Soccer
The NWSL is not a league devoid of superstars. Performances from Barbra Banda, Temwa Chawinga, Debinha, and more have set the league on fire in 2025, but what about the players not commanding the headlines? Using advanced metrics and underlying numbers as a guide, let’s take a look at the breakout players and storylines flying […]
Lauletta’s Heat Check: Familiar faces get wins – Equalizer Soccer
The Current, Pride, and Spirit all won, which rekindled feelings of 2024. Louisville won again, which brought on feelings that are, well, unprecedented. Let’s have a look: Cream of the Crop Kansas City Current (9-2-0, 27 pts; @ Gotham, 1-0): Another week, another win. It wasn’t a masterpiece by any means, but they did keep […]
What did we learn from Ally Sentnor’s brace against Jamaica – Equalizer Soccer
The United States Women’s National Team enters another international window with a host of regulars and new faces as Emma Hayes continues to experiment with the squad. They won both games convincingly, beating China and Jamaica by big scorelines, but most impressive were the performances across both games. The team is still currently in a […]
Sentnor and Biyendolo braces prove that USWNT full of both young and veteran talent – Equalizer Soccer
Ally Sentnor and Lynn Biyendolo both scored twice to lead the United States to a 4-0 victory over Jamaica on Tuesday night at Energizer Park in St Louis. Sentnor, 21, opened the scoring in the 19th minute and added a second goal just 10 minutes later for her first career brace. And once Sentnor brought […]
Anatomy of a Goal: Bright, Olivieri work the give-and-go – Equalizer Soccer
There were lots of good goals in the National Women’s Soccer League over the weekend. Messiah Bright’s equalizer for the Dash against Bay FC probably wouldn’t make a highlight reel of the Top 5. But it was an interesting goal nonetheless, and unlike many others, not entirely on account of a defensive blunder. This one […]
Lauletta’s Heat Check: the best crush the worst, while the sphere of mediocrity grows – Equalizer Soccer
The teams most people consider the two best in the National Women’s Soccer League played the two teams most consider the worst. The results were as expected, even with the bottom teams doing the hosting. Elsewhere, the other eight clubs to compete didn’t do all that much to distinguish themselves, barring an outlandish scoring barrage […]
Jenna’s Talking Points: Chawinga’s magic, Portland’s diversity, and Bay’s incremental improvements – Equalizer Soccer
The 2025 National Women’s Soccer League season has truly kicked into high gear, with more than a third of the season in the books. The weekend did not lack for excitement, nor did it lack for a little history. Let’s start with the obvious pick for talking point of the week. It’s Temwa Chawinga’s world […]
Anatomy of a Goal: A Stoppage-Time Equalizer for Washington – Equalizer Soccer
In this week’s iteration of Anatomy of a Goal, we’re breaking down the final goal in the score-fest that was the Washington Spirit-Utah Royals match-up on Saturday night. The six-goal affair was characterized by some poor defending and lucky bounces – Utah, we’re looking at you – paired with a handful of great individual efforts […]
After May struggles, Orlando finds out what works, what doesn’t against first-place Kansas City – Equalizer Soccer
The month of May wasn't the kindest to the Orlando Pride, after a hot start to the season. However, against first-place Kansas City, the Pride are learning what works — and what doesn't.
Lauletta’s Heat Check, Week 9: And the Current stand alone – Equalizer Soccer
The Current withstood a bloodbath in Orlando to affirm their spot at the top of the National Women’s Soccer League while Bay FC stabilized things at the expense on their intra-state rivals from the City of Angels. Here’s how the NWSL teams stack up after Week 9. Cream of the Crop Kansas City Current (7-2-0, […]