Every time I hear the anthem play before our matches, no matter if it’s a friendly, or a World Cup final, I feel the same thing: gratefulness.

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At one point I started to dream about playing football for real. It’s what I did best. It’s what I liked. It’s what I wanted.
Pas le football des hommes contre le football des femmes. Il n’y a pas de meilleur ou de pire. On veut juste être reconnues et respectées.
我从来都不喜欢“再见”这个词
We know what people expect of us. This is our big chance to show the world what we can do.
Here I am, once again, facing a new struggle. Am I too old? Am I fit enough? Am I done?
"We're multi-racial. We're women. We're Jamaican." Jamaica midfielder Chinyelu Asher tells you what it means to be representing her country.
"My life has often felt like a scattered puzzle, but even when everything seems perfect, and I can see the whole picture, there is still that piece missing.”
I’ll never forget that soccer ball. Not because of what it looked like, or how it felt. But for what it represents. For the story it tells.
All my life, to the best of my ability, I’ve just wanted to watch soccer, practice soccer, play soccer — be around soccer.
The World Cup can be a platform for female empowerment, and we want to capitalize on that, both on and off the field.
In 2016, Appalachian State head coach Angel Elderkin was diagnosed with Stage 3 Endometrial Cancer. This is her story of survival.
I’m sure this year will be hard in ways that I don’t even know yet, but it will also be rewarding in ways I’ve yet to see, too.
In Martinique, it means something, the French shirt. In the Caribbean, we respect that shirt. We know it needs to be earned.
This is the story of the greatest night of my entire life.
I just had to follow what I was feeling in my heart. Your dreams are your dreams. Sometimes they don’t make sense to other people.
NCAA women's basketball coaches Dawn Staley, Carolyn Peck, Felisha Legette-Jack, Yolett McPhee-McCuin, and Vanessa Blair-Lewis speak.
Black women in coaching positions are held to higher standards — especially because there are so few opportunities.
Rutgers basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer is on the verge of becoming the fifth women's head coach to reach the 1,000 win mark
Opting out means not just believing in ourselves, but going one step further: betting on ourselves.
We need to make sure that sport is not a welcoming place for somebody that's going to be abusing athletes.
The Mystics are a great team. We’re a great team. This is going to be a great, great WNBA Finals.
Today is a very proud day for me. I’m proud to be a surfer. Proud to be a female surfer.
If you have a high enough caliber of shooter.… I mean, they can dictate how the entire game is played. A great shooter can dominate. And most of all: a great sh