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Kristine Lilly, US Legend, Retires Just Six Months Before Women's World Cup

Kristine Lilly was on the list of 26 players called in to the US women's national team camp scheduled to start this weekend. She was capped 10 times in 2010, played a full season with the Boston Breakers and seemed to be a good bet to make the 2011 Women's World Cup roster. Then suddenly, she announced her retirement on...

World Cup Qualifying Crisis Puts US Women Back in the Spotlight

All the U.S. women's national team had to do to get a little attention is suffer the most embarrassing loss in the program's 25-year history. And they know it. "Its so funny we are getting major coverage all over ESPN now because we lost to mexico..we don't ever get this much coverage," midfielder Carli Lloyd tweeted on...

U.S. Women Quietly Begin Qualifying for 2011 World Cup

A decade ago they were all over magazine covers, late-night talk shows, commercials and bedroom walls. Now the U.S. women's national team plays in relative obscurity, drawing crowds in the four figures and struggling to stay relevant as the men capture the headlines. The possible reasons for that ebb are numerous and do...

US Women's Soccer Remains Its Own Worst Enemy

Excited about that friendly between the U.S. women's national team and Canada kicking off in a few hours at Toronto's BMO Field? You know, the first of three consecutive games between very familiar rivals scheduled a scant 25 months before the start of the Women's World Cup? Well, U.S. coach Pia Sundhage and the...