As the World Cup semifinals begin, it's the Fab Four goalkeepers leading the wayWhile attention at the World Cup has mostly been on stars like Argentina's Messi, Brazil's Neymar, and Portugal's Ronaldo, goalkeepers have also shined — especially for the final four teams.npr.org
U.S. Soccer, players formally sign equal pay agreementsRepresentatives for the men’s and women’s U.S. national teams signed their historic collective bargaining agreements with U.S. Soccer, formally closing a long and acrimonious fight over equal pay.
A brain injury cut short Briana Scurry's soccer career. It didn't end her storyAfter a traumatic brain injury left her in terrible pain and unable to work, the legendary goalkeeper had to pawn her Olympic medals. Scurry charts her road to recovery in My Greatest Save.npr.org
Hope Solo pleads guilty to DWI, gets 30-day sentence, fineFormer U.S. women’s national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo has pleaded guilty to driving while impaired, almost four months after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside.
Title IX: Scurry's career, law forever linked at SmithsonianBriana Scurry's soccer jersey from the 1999 Women's World Cup is at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
US women's soccer equal pay victory decades in the makingThe U.S. women's national team's efforts to secure equitable pay finally came to fruition this week when the players reached a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer that gives them the same pay as their male counterparts.
Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse chargesPolice say former U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside.
Former USWNT player Briana Scurry on the decades-long soccer pay gap: ‘They didn’t want us to be equal’CNBC Make It spoke with Scurry about the USWNT's fight for equal pay and the time that progress takes.cnbc.com
How Home Field Advantage Gives Olympic Host Countries An Edge — And More Gold MedalsData shows, almost without exception, that Olympic athletes from the host country win more medals in the summer games than they did when they were competing away from home.npr.org
The Sexualization Of Women In Sports Extends Even To What They WearOne women's team is in a dispute over having to wear bikini bottoms for their uniforms. An athlete was told her briefs were too short. A lot needs to change to even the playing field, experts say.npr.org