Goal's Seth Vertelney brings you the American women’s soccer news you need to know today. Canada has won the Olympic gold medal in women’s soccer after defeating Sweden in a penalty shootout on Friday. The two teams tied 1-1 after regulation and extra time. Stina Blackstenius opened the scoring for the Swedes in the first half before Canada’s Jessie Fleming leveled the score with a penalty kick in the second half. Both teams had chances to score but couldn’t capitalize as the match went to a penalty shootout. Sweden had a chance to win the gold, but Caroline Seger missed her penalty and Jul ..read more

I’m Seth Vertelney with Goal, and this is the American women’s soccer news you need to know today. The U.S. women’s national team defeated Australia 4-3 on Thursday in the Olympic bronze medal match. Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd each scored two goals in what could be the veteran duo’s final appearance at a major tournament for the U.S. Lloyd, who is 39, hinted after the game that she could be announcing her retirement soon, saying: "I haven't made any official announcement yet but obviously I'm at the tail end of my career. "Physically I feel really good but at some point I have to hang up ..read more

Goal's Seth Vertelney has the American women’s soccer news you need to know today. The women’s soccer tournament at the Olympics has reached its final two matches, as Sweden and Canada will battle for the gold medal, while the U.S. will face Australia for the bronze. Sweden has been the tournament’s most impressive team having won all five of their matches so far, while Canada is coming off a huge 1-0 win over the U.S. in the semi-final, which was the first time they have beaten their rivals to the south in 20 years. Both Sweden and Canada are looking to win their first gold medal in women ..read more

Goal's Seth Vertelney with Goal has the American women’s soccer news you need to know today. The U.S. women’s national team will not win a gold medal at the Olympics, which was confirmed after Monday’s 1-0 defeat to Canada in the semi-final. Jesse Fleming scored a penalty kick for Canada in the second half, and the U.S. was unable to find a response as they crashed out of gold medal contention. For Canada, it was their first win over the U.S. in 20 years. It has been a disappointing tournament for the U.S., who entered as the favorites for gold but have won just one of their five games in r ..read more

Seth Vertelney has all the American women’s soccer news you need to know today, from Goal. In NWSL action on Saturday, OL Reign grabbed a much-needed 2-0 win over Racing Louisville. France star Eugénie Le Sommer scored both goals for OL Reign, her first goals in the NWSL since joining from French power Lyon. In Saturday’s other NWSL match, the Orlando Pride drew the North Carolina Courage 1-1 in their first match under interim head coach Becky Burleigh. After the game, Pride goalscorer Sydney Leroux took a thinly-veiled dig at former coach Marc Skinner, who left the club at midseason to ta ..read more

Seth Vertelney with Goal, brings you all the American women’s soccer news you need to know today. After defeating the Netherlands in the Olympic quarter-final on Friday, the U.S. will now turn its attention to Monday’s semi-final against regional rival Canada. The U.S. has been dominant against the Canadians in recent years, as Canada has not won against the Americans since 2001. In NWSL news, the league announced that it has reached a settlement with Portland Thorns teenager Olivia Moultrie that will allow her to continue playing in the league. Moultrie, who is 15, sued the league in May ..read more

Goal's Seth Vertelney brings you the latest American women’s soccer news. The U.S. women’s national team advanced to the Olympic semi-finals by defeating the Netherlands in a penalty shootout on Friday. The two teams tied 2-2 after 120 minutes of action, with Lynn Williams and Sam Mewis scoring for the U.S. and Viviane Miedema scoring both goals for the Netherlands. American goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher proved to be the hero against the Dutch, saving a late penalty in regulation that could have given the Netherlands the victory, before going on to save two penalties in the shootout, including on ..read more

Goal's Seth Vertelney has the American women’s soccer news you need to know today. The U.S. women’s national team is continuing their preparations for Friday’s Olympic quarterfinal against the Netherlands, a game that will be a rematch of the World Cup final two years ago. The Dutch attack has been in amazing form so far in Japan, with the team scoring an incredible 21 goals in their first three matches. They have been vulnerable defensively though, as they have also given up eight total goals. The Americans will look to improve their offense in the game against the Dutch, having been shut ..read more

Goal's Seth Vertelney brings you the American women’s soccer news you need to know today. The U.S. women’s national team has advanced past the group stage at the Olympics, but they’ll need to show improvement if they are to take home gold in Japan. After entering the tournament as strong favourites, the U.S. could only manage one win, one draw and one defeat in their three group stage matches. A 3-0 defeat to Sweden to open the tournament was an especially shocking result. Now the U.S. must regroup ahead of the knockout stage, where a difficult quarterfinal match with the Netherlands awaits ..read more

Seth Vertelney has the latest American women’s soccer news with Goal. The U.S. women’s national team advanced to the Olympic quarterfinals after drawing Australia 0-0 on Tuesday. The Americans could only finish second in their group, however, after Sweden clinched first place with a win over New Zealand. After entering the Olympics as the gold medal favorites, the U.S. had a disappointing group stage that saw them win one, lose one and draw one in their their three games. The U.S. will now face the Netherlands in the quarter finals, in what will be a rematch of the 2019 World Cup final. The ..read more