Published August 20, 2026 Caiya Hanks scored in her return from a 14-month ACL recovery Saturday, netting a stoppage-time winner in the Portland Thorns’ 2-1 win over Orlando Pride. The 21-year-old forward, who tore her ACL in the same stadium in June 2025, came on as a substitute in the 88th minute and beat Orlando’s … Read more
Published August 19, 2026 Chicago Stars FC visits the Houston Dash on Wednesday night in interim coach Karina Báez’s second match in charge — the first real test of whether the club’s latest coaching change can change its results. Chicago sits last in the 16-team NWSL table at 4-13-1, and Báez’s debut ended in a … Read more
Published August 18, 2026 Sam Kerr became the first player in NWSL history to score 80 regular-season goals on Friday, netting the winner in Gotham FC’s 2-1 comeback win over the Kansas City Current. The result extended Gotham’s unbeaten run to eight matches and opened a seven-point lead over second-place Washington Spirit atop the NWSL … Read more
Published August 17, 2026 Cameroon won its first-ever Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title Sunday, beating tournament debutants Malawi 3-0 in the final in Rabat, Morocco. The bigger headline from WAFCON 2026’s final week, though, belongs to Nigeria: the 10-time African champion officially missed out on the 2027 World Cup for the first time since … Read more
Published August 14, 2026. Updated August 16, 2026, with additional reporting on Moultrie’s USWNT depth-chart standing and career background. The Olivia Moultrie ACL injury will keep the Portland Thorns and USWNT midfielder out for the rest of the 2026 season, the club confirmed Tuesday. Moultrie, 20, tore her right ACL in training last week during … Read more
Published August 14, 2026 The Naomi Girma Chelsea Champions League path now runs through a two-legged qualifying tie against Real Sociedad, set for Aug. 26 in London and Sept. 2 in Spain. It’s an unfamiliar spot for Chelsea, who must navigate qualifying to reach this season’s league phase for the first time in years after … Read more
Published August 14, 2026 The Olivia Moultrie ACL injury will keep the Portland Thorns and USWNT midfielder out for the rest of the 2026 season, the club confirmed Tuesday. Moultrie, 20, tore her right ACL in training last week during the best individual NWSL stretch of her career — five goals and five assists in … Read more
Published August 13, 2026 The USWNT 2026 Concacaf W Championship kicks off Nov. 27 in Mansfield, Texas, with the Americans opening against El Salvador — a team they’ve never faced in women’s soccer history. The tournament, running through a Dec. 5 final in Houston, doubles as Concacaf’s qualifying event for both the 2027 World Cup … Read more
Published August 12, 2026 NWSL stars at WAFCON 2026 face their biggest week of the tournament, with two semifinals Wednesday, an elimination playoff Thursday and the final on Sunday all deciding who reaches the 2027 World Cup — and when several Washington Spirit and Chicago Stars players make it back to their NWSL clubs. Kansas … Read more
Published August 11, 2026 The Trinity Rodman NWSL Player of the Month announcement, confirmed by the league on Aug. 6, capped the best individual stretch of her career — five goals, three of them match-winners, in a July that also made her the youngest player in NWSL history to start 100 regular-season matches. But the … Read more