National Teams

New women’s professional soccer league in final stages of formation

U.S. Women’s National Team seeks fourth gold when it faces Japan in Olympic finale on Thursday

The U.S. Women’s National Team is shooting for its fourth gold medal and third straight when it takes on 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Japan at 2:45 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 9, at Wembley Stadium in London. The match will be broadcast live on the NBC Sports Network, NBC Olympic Soccer Channel and streamed on NBC Live Extra.

Gulati: U.S. Women would split $1.5 million bonus for gold medal win over Japan

Should they defeat defending world champions Japan in the Olympic women’s soccer final in London on Thursday, the U.S. Women’s National Team could earn more – much more – than just pride, joy and a gold medal.

In epic match, Morgan gets game winner for USA over Canada

U.S., Canada meet in Olympic semifinals today at Old Trafford

Swanson names 21-player roster for 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan

U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team head coach Steve Swanson has named the 21 players who will represent the United States at the 2012 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup, being held in Miyagi, Kobe, Saitama, Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan from Aug. 19 through Sept. 8.

U.S. Women’s National Team downs New Zealand 2-0 to advance to Olympic semifinal in Manchester

The U.S. Women’s National Team downed New Zealand 2-0 on Friday in the 2012 Olympics at St. James’ Park as Abby Wambach scored her fourth goal in four matches and second-half sub Sydney Leroux tallied her first Olympic goal late in the second half to seal the semifinal berth.

TV ratings for U.S. Women’s match stand toe to toe with USA Basketball

The U.S. Women’s National Team drew a peak viewership of 3.35 million for the broadcast of their 3-0 win over Colombia last Saturday, a number slightly higher than that earned by LeBron James and the rest of the USA Basketball squad when they defeated France the following day.