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Steven Goff
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Vlatko Andonovski introduced as new coach of U.S. women’s national team
The U.S. Soccer Federation on Monday introduced Vlatko Andonovski as head coach of the women's national team, entrusting the four-time world champions to someone well-decorated and highly regarded in the...

“Locked on and still hungry,” USA soccer enters World Cup final aware of its legacy
LYON, France - For the final stop on a four-year World Cup odyssey, the U.S. women's national soccer team is perched at a former 19th-century convent in the hills high...

USWNT gets its first taste of vulnerability ahead of its biggest World Cup test yet
The U.S. women's national soccer team Tuesday departed this northeast region known for Champagne after a World Cup performance that was more Pabst Blue Ribbon than sparkling wine.

Jill Ellis quietly sits at the heart of U.S. juggernaut in FIFA Women’s World Cup
The U.S. women's national soccer team humming through the World Cup is notable for boundless depth, waves of first-class forwards and hearty experience. There are famous players, rising figures and...

Alex Morgan is the face of US soccer, and now its golden boot
Long before she blistered the nets Tuesday night with five goals, Alex Morgan had taken a leading role in the run-up to the Women's World Cup with her voice and...

U.S. soccer team roster for the 2019 Women’s World Cup
The 23 members of the world's top-ranked soccer team begin defense of their world title on Tuesday.

U.S. women’s soccer flexes depth in 3-0 friendly win over Mexico
HARRISON, N.J. -- Before and after the U.S. women's national soccer team's send-off match Sunday, pyrotechnics turned a picture-perfect view inside Red Bull Arena into a hazy gaze for a...

Wayne Rooney, D.C. United star, arrested at Dulles airport for public intoxication
D.C. United star Wayne Rooney was arrested last month at Washington Dulles Airport and charged with public swearing/intoxication.

U.S. soccer got a breakout star once Colorado’s Lindsey Horan was challenged to go on attack
Six months before she was named MVP of the National Women's Soccer League, and seven before she pushed the United States to the brink of a Women's World Cup berth,...

Wayne Rooney didn’t come to D.C. United just for a fat paycheck: “I’m here to work”
Before reliving Wayne Rooney's monumental act from D.C. United's wondrous victory late Sunday -- a feat that sent shared video ricocheting around Europe when the workweek dawned a few hours...