May 3, 2016 As Women's World Cup draws to a close, inequality remains for female players The most successful Women's World Cup concludes on Sunday when the United States and Japan take the field at BC Place.
May 3, 2016 US women still driven by World Cup loss to Japan 4 years ago Abby Wambach remembers the date by heart: July 17, 2011.
May 3, 2016 England grabs 3rd in Women's World Cup on penalty kick in 1-0 extra-time win over Germany Fara Williams scored on a penalty kick in the 108th minute, helping England beat Germany 1-0 on Saturday for third place in the Women's World Cup.
May 3, 2016 Dempsey, Chandler, Wondolowski score as US beats Guatemala 4-0 in Gold Cup tuneup Clint Dempsey converted a penalty kick in his return from a suspension for a confrontation with a referee, Timmy Chandler scored his first international goal and the United States routed Guatemala 4-0 Friday night in an exhibition ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
May 3, 2016 Quick on the cards, Brazilian referees sending a message to players: Stop the whining! Brazilian referees are done with tolerating whining players.
May 3, 2016 Japan returns to the Women's World Cup title match after emotional championship in 2011 Four years ago when Japan's players hoisted the Women's World Cup trophy, a nation rejoiced.
May 3, 2016 Michael Bradley replaces Clint Dempsey as US captain for CONCACAF Gold Cup Michael Bradley will be the U.S. captain for the CONCACAF Gold Cup rather than Clint Dempsey.
May 3, 2016 Growing the game: World Cup field highlights challenges women's soccer faces One of the benefits of an expanded field of 24 teams at the Women's World Cup this year was that there were lots of fresh faces playing in Canada, teams like Ivory Coast, Ecuador and Cameroon.
May 3, 2016 Bassett's own goal in stoppage time lifts Japan to 2-1 win over England in World Cup semifinal Laura Bassett scored into her own net during second-half stoppage time, giving Japan a 2-1 victory over England in a Women's World Cup semifinal.
May 3, 2016 With no Blatter, FIFA Senior Vice President Issa Hayatou to present Women's WCup trophy The secretary general of the Confederation of African Football says FIFA Senior Vice President and African soccer head Issa Hayatou will present the trophy at the Women's World Cup final in place of Sepp Blatter.