During this Women’s World Cup, I went to visit a grassroots girls’ football team in York, in the north of England. The club had a girls’ team for each age group starting at under-10s to ladies. The passion they had for the game was infectious. The U10 team had only just formed, and lost every The post From the Pitch to Grassroots: Growing Support for the Women’s Game appeared first on DIRECTV Insider ..read more

Well, that was scary. Even as USWNT fans have been preparing themselves mentally for the upcoming quarterfinal against France, dating back to, essentially, the day the Women’s World Cup brackets were revealed, a small part of our brains reminded us: there’s another match to get through first. Even soccer writers who know the game can The post Women’s World Cup Knockout Round 1: A Sigh of Relief appeared first on DIRECTV Insider ..read more

Catch all the action and more from FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™. The post World Cup Quick Guide: Top Countries and Players All-Time appeared first on DIRECTV Insider ..read more

Lindsey Horan is really, really good It’s strange: Lindsey Horan isn’t the first person you think of when the U.S. Women’s National Team comes to mind. Or the second. Or the third. That may be about to change, though, after Horan scored that vital, epic goal in the third minute of play during a 2-0 The post Dispatches from France: On to the Knockout Rounds appeared first on DIRECTV Insider ..read more

Catch all the action and more from FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™. The post World Cup Quick Guide: Host France and the 9 Stadiums appeared first on DIRECTV Insider ..read more

On International Women’s Day, three months before they were to suit up for the 2019 FIFA’s World Cup, the U.S. Women’s National Team sued. The gender-based discrimination claim is against the United States Soccer Federation, and includes all 28 members of the U.S. team. They’re seeking class-action status, so that every player dating back through The post State of Pay: The USWNT’s Fight for Pay Equality appeared first on DIRECTV Insider ..read more

It was unstoppably, delightfully inescapable. At dinner with friends on Saturday who aren’t even soccer fans, the plan for Sunday morning was assumed — they were going to a bar to watch the game. We passed a local burger joint, and the sign welcomed all to come early – ahead of the usual Sunday start of business – for one reason. “Come Watch The Game!” It’s hard for fans of men’s sports alone to fully appreciate how delightfully sweet and strange it is when a women’s sporting event takes center stage the way Sunday’s 2-0 victory by the United States over the Netherlands to capture the 2019 Wor ..read more

For weeks, DIRECTV Insider has been keeping up with everything you need to know about the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup. We’ve shared the official schedule and an overview of the group stage, but until now, we haven’t been able to definitively say who you’ll see on the pitch during the tournament. Thankfully, the day we have all eagerly awaited is finally here: the USWNT World Cup roster for the 2023 World Cup has been unveiled. Here we’ll give you the run down on the USWNT World Cup roster, including which players are heading Down Under and which are staying behind, as well as what we shoul ..read more

In just a few weeks, 32 women’s national teams will take the FIFA Women’s World Cup stage. The ninth iteration, this year’s tournament is historical for many reasons, and we here are thrilled to be your Women’s World Cup experts! We’ve got the information you need to know leading up to the event, during and after, so make sure to check back into DIRECTV’s Insider blog for all things soccer – or football, if you prefer.  Read on to find the 2023 tournament schedule and get answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about the upcoming competition. Watch your favorite teams go hea ..read more

As the Women’s World Cup approaches, we check in with the world’s most decorated women’s soccer team, the US Women’s National Team. For years, the USWNT in the World Cup has been a force to be reckoned with, clinching four titles, most recently in the 2015 and 2019 tournaments. And boy, was the USWNT World Cup final against the Netherlands one to remember? The 2-0 shutout, thanks to Megan Rapinoe’s opening goal and Rose Lavelle’s closer, went down in history as the U.S. team showed their dominance for the second tournament in a row. This was even while fighting well-known pay equity issues in ..read more