JULIET MACUR

Khalida Popal helped save Afghan female soccer players from the Taliban. Now she is demanding that world soccer officials let them play for their country...

The shootout was rapid-fire, but still agonizing for both Sweden, which moved to the World Cup quarterfinals, and the United States, which was eliminated.

Blocking out criticism they call “noise,” Lindsey Horan and other veterans are taking a one-on-one approach to turning around their World Cup fortunes.

A close call against Portugal at the Women’s World Cup gave the United States a chance to consider what might have been, and then move...

Women have long blended motherhood and elite sports. But as soccer expands its support systems, it is also demanding ever more of its players.

Relegated to a reserve role in her fourth World Cup, the outspoken U.S. forward said she has plenty left to give. And that she’s still...

Lindsey Horan’s tying goal against the Netherlands saved her team at the World Cup. But it came from a dark place she knows well.

Smith had two goals and an assist in her debut in the tournament. And she believes, along with her teammates, that there could have been...

The U.S. team includes past champions, veterans of the equal pay fight and 14 players experiencing their first World Cup. How they come together will...

Form and injuries have affected the players available to Vlatko Andonovski as he picks a squad facing perhaps the toughest challenge in its history.