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Emma Hayes feature shines new light on her life with the USWNT

Emma Hayes has offered a revealing glimpse into her first months as USWNT head coach, with a new feature published by The Athletic showing the mix of intensity, humour and...

Lindsey Heaps hits 40th goal as United States beat Japan 2-1

OL Lyonnes midfielder Lindsey Heaps scored the United States' second in a 2-1 win over Japan in San Jose, California, taking her international tally to 40.It was the first of...

Japan’s Saki Kumagai: ‘I try to pass the baton to the next generation’

“Ranking!?” Saki Kumagai says with a laugh. In the afterglow of her team’s Asian Cup triumph in Australia, the veteran Japan defender is asked about where this trophy sits among...

The Matildas’ near misses sting but their Asian Cup final suggests this great team are not done | Samantha Lewis

Two steps to the left. That’s probably all the space Alanna Kennedy needed to poke the ball away from the edge of her own penalty area and back into the...

Asian Cup final: Japan sink Australia to claim third title in front of tournament record crowd

On what was meant to be the night Australia’s golden generation etched their name in immortality, Maika Hamano tore the script up to seal the AFC Women’s Asian Cup for...

Matildas rise to a grand occasion but are left to rue the goal that never came | Jack Snape

An occasion of grandeur and cruelty in equal measure left Caitlin Foord lying on her back on the Stadium Australia turf. Like most of her Matildas teammates, she was covering...