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Sunrise Is Way Too Early To Be Crying For The USWNT
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Abigail Segel
August 7, 2023
Soccer
Root, Root, Root For The Host Team
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Luis Paez-Pumar
August 7, 2023
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Soccer
The USWNT Lived By An Inch And Died By A Millimeter
278
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Luis Paez-Pumar
August 6, 2023
Soccer
The 16 Teams Left In The Women’s World Cup, Ranked By Coolness
150
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Luis Paez-Pumar
August 4, 2023
Soccer
Tobin Heath And Christen Press Offer A Dose Of Sanity This World Cup
118
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Abigail Segel
August 4, 2023
Soccer
Group H Gave This Group Stage The Astonishing Send-Off It Deserved
84
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Luis Paez-Pumar
August 3, 2023
Soccer
Jamaica Showed How Much Not Losing Can Mean
26
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Billy Haisley
August 2, 2023
Soccer
Try Watching This World Cup In Spanish
99
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Diana Moskovitz
August 2, 2023
Soccer
Carli Lloyd Somehow Finds Invalid Criticism For Team That Did Everything Wrong
206
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Patrick Redford
August 1, 2023
Soccer
Esmee Brugts Only Scores Absolute Firecrackers
26
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
August 1, 2023
Soccer
The USWNT Stayed In The World Cup By An Inch
227
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Tom Ley
August 1, 2023
Soccer
Canada And Spain Ate Shit And Deserved It
56
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Billy Haisley
July 31, 2023
Soccer
New Zealand Waited For Another Goal That Would Never Arrive
38
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Justin Ellis
July 30, 2023
Soccer
Colombia Made The Ground Shake And Stunned Germany
75
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Ray Ratto
July 30, 2023
Soccer
Lauren James Is The Burgeoning Star Of The New England
27
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Billy Haisley
July 28, 2023
Soccer
Window Shopping: Is Rasmus Hojlund Ready For Primetime?
13
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
July 28, 2023
Soccer
Nigeria Was Ready For Its Moment
25
Comments
Billy Haisley
July 27, 2023
Podcasts
How Much Vlatko Is Too Much Vlatko, With Abigail Segel
116
Comments
David Roth
July 27, 2023
Soccer
Lindsey Horan And The Power Of Rage Saved The USWNT From Itself
243
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
July 27, 2023
Soccer
It’s Too Bad Canada Was Better Than Ireland
38
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Abigail Segel
July 26, 2023
Soccer
Zambia Learns How Unforgiving The World Cup Can Be
17
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Billy Haisley
July 26, 2023
Soccer
What The Hell Is Going On With Kylian Mbappé?
140
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Albert Burneko
July 26, 2023
Soccer
While You Were (Probably) Sleeping, Group A Got Real Hectic
47
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Luis Paez-Pumar
July 25, 2023
Soccer
Linda Caicedo Is The Future
9
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Luis Paez-Pumar
July 25, 2023
Soccer
Brazil’s Quintessentially Brazilian Goal Is Soccer At Its Finest
28
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Billy Haisley
July 24, 2023
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