Team USA: USWNT | World Cup Champions

Admin
Administrator

Posts: 58,342

Team USA: USWNT | World Cup Champions Jul 22, 2021 22:34:31 GMT

Quote

Post by Admin on Jul 22, 2021 22:34:31 GMT

The U.S. Women’s National Team will take the field on July 24 for its second match of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, facing New Zealand at Saitama Stadium in an all-important Group G showdown. The game kicks off at 8:30 p.m. local/7:30 a.m. ET and will be available for viewing in the United States on NBC Sports Network and Telemundo, with streams also available through NBCOlympics.com and the Telemundo Deportes App.

The Football Ferns has been a frequent opponent for the USA at the Olympics. This marks the fourth consecutive Olympic Games in which the teams will square off and their third just meeting in the group stage.

Learn more about the series and Saturday’s opponent with Five Things to Know about New Zealand.

LAST TIME OUT

New Zealand opened the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a 2-1 defeat to Australia on Wednesday evening at Tokyo Stadium. The Matildas got on the scoresheet midway through the first half, with a 20th-minute goal by Tameka Yallop and doubled their advantage in the 33rd when Sam Kerr headed in a corner kick from Steph Catley.

Twenty-year-old Gabi Rennie came on in the 89th minute to make her international debut and scored New Zealand’s lone goal in the 91st minute, flicking a header into the bottom corner on her first touch of the game.

INSIDE THE ROSTER
The Football Ferns’ 22-player roster for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is a blend of experience and fresh faces on the international scene. Five players on the roster have over 100 caps, led by midfielder Ria Pervical, New Zealand’s all-time caps leader with 151 international appearances. Defenders Abby Erceg (142 caps) and Ali Riley (135), and midfielders Annalie Longo (123) and Betsy Hassett (120) also bring extensive international experience to head coach Tom Sermanni’s squad. Erceg, Riley and Pervical are making their fourth trip to the Olympics while Tokyo marks the third Olympics for both Hassett and Longo.

Back for her third Olympics, 29-year-old striker Hannah Wilkinson is the top scorer on the Football Ferns’ roster with 26 career international goals in 98 caps.

On the other end of the spectrum, nine of New Zealand’s 22 players on the Olympic roster have 10 caps or fewer, including 24-year-old Michaela Robertson and 19-year-old Marisa van der Meer, who have yet to make their senior national team debuts.

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER BY POSITION

GOALKEEPERS (3): 22-Victoria Esson (Avaldsnes IL, NOR), 18-Anna Leat (East Coast Bays AFC), 1-Erin Nayler (Unattached)

DEFENDERS (8): 19-Elizabeth Anton (Unattached), 8-CJ Bott (Vålerenga IF, NOR), 8-Claudia Bunge (Melbourne Victory, AUS), 8-Abby Erceg (North Carolina Courage, USA), 3-Anna Green (Lower Hutt City AFC), 5-Meikayla Moore (Liverpool, ENG), 7-Ali Riley (Orlando Pride, USA), 20-Marisa van der Meer (Unattached)

MIDFIELDERS (6): 14-Katie Bowen (Kansas City, USA), 15-Daisy Cleverley (Georgetown University, USA), 12-Betsy Hassett (UMF Stjarnan, ISL), 10-Annalie Longo (Melbourne Victory, AUS), 2-Ria Percival (Tottenham Hotspur, ENG), 16-Emma Rolston (Arna-Bjornar, NOR)

FORWARDS (5): 11-Olivia Chance (Brisbane Roar FC, AUS), 9-Gabi Rennie (Indiana University, USA), 21-Michaela Robertston (Lower Hutt City AFC), 13-Paige Satchell (Unattached), 17-Hannah Wilkinson (Unattached)

Admin Administrator Posts: 58,342	Team USA: USWNT \| World Cup Champions Jul 23, 2021 0:29:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Admin on Jul 23, 2021 0:29:07 GMT Olympics Day 2 Recap [USWNT SUFFERS BIG LOSS] \| CBS Sports HQ Olympics update day 2 with Women's softball and soccer.

Admin
Administrator

Posts: 58,342

Team USA: USWNT | World Cup Champions Jul 24, 2021 5:29:45 GMT

Quote

Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2021 5:29:45 GMT

The U.S. women's national soccer team is appealing a judge's decision to their equal pay lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation.

The appeal was filed Friday during the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics, which the team did not attend, according to ESPN. It was also filed shortly before their second Olympic match against New Zealand on Saturday.

In the appeal, the USWNT's legal team claimed the decision was "legally wrong, and it defies reality" and requested the appellate court "reverse the decision of the district court and remand the case for trial," per the outlet. In their appeal, the team also accuses the court of treating the woman as though their collective-bargaining agreements are "somehow waiving their equal pay rights" and discounting their "direct evidence of discrimination."

"In effect, the court held that pay is equal if a woman can obtain the same amount of money as a man by working more and performing better," the appeal said, according to The Athletic. "That is not the law."

A judge dismissed the USWNT's case in May 2020 after U.S. Soccer showed the women had been paid more per game than the men's team, Sports Illustrated reported at the time According to the analysis, the men were paid $212,639 per game while the women were paid $220,747.

But the women are arguing that the judge did not consider how their performance enhances their pay rate.

"The court did not account for performance -- specifically, that the women had to be the best in the world to make about the same amount per game as the much less successful men," the appeal states.

Last Edit: Jul 24, 2021 6:57:22 GMT by Admin

Admin
Administrator

Posts: 58,342

Team USA: USWNT | World Cup Champions Jul 24, 2021 20:18:54 GMT

Quote

Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2021 20:18:54 GMT

Bouncing back from what star Megan Rapinoe described as “getting our asses kicked” Wednesday in a 3-0 loss to Sweden, the top-ranked Americans easily dispatched New Zealand, 6-1, on Saturday in their second match at the Olympics.

Four players scored for the USWNT – Rose Lavelle, Lindsey Horan, Christen Press and Alex Morgan – with the other two scores credited as own goals against New Zealand.

The result marked the team’s highest scoring output and margin of victory in any Olympic match

The loss to Sweden ended the Americans’ 44-match unbeaten streak, but Team USA can advance to the knockout round out of Group G with another win Tuesday against Australia.

Admin
Administrator

Posts: 58,342

Team USA: USWNT | World Cup Champions Jul 30, 2021 19:38:01 GMT

Quote

Post by Admin on Jul 30, 2021 19:38:01 GMT

As the equal pay lawsuit between the United States women's national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation enters its next phase, representatives from the U.S. men's team have entered the fray, accusing U.S. Soccer of treating the women as "second-class citizens" and sending "a corrosive public message to women and girls."

The incendiary amicus brief signed by representatives of the men's players' union was one of several filed Friday in support of the USWNT's appeal in their wage discrimination lawsuit. A judge last year dismissed the USWNT's lawsuit, ruling the women had actually been paid more than the men, but lawyers for the team appealed last week, saying the dismissal was "legally wrong" and "defies reality" because it ignored the effect of the USWNT's higher win rate on the players' compensation.

The men's union backed up the USWNT's appeal, writing in Friday's brief that U.S. Soccer "has spent more than three decades treating the women as an afterthought, discriminating against them through inferior wages and working conditions, and forcing the women to struggle for the equal pay and fair treatment they deserve."

This pattern, the brief continues, "sends a corrosive public message to women and girls that, even at the highest level, no matter how hard they work or how much they succeed, they can and will be diminished and undervalued by their employers. That is as dispiriting as it is unlawful."

Team USA: USWNT | World Cup Champions

Post by Admin on Jul 22, 2021 22:34:31 GMT

Post by Admin on Jul 23, 2021 0:29:07 GMT

Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2021 5:29:45 GMT

Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2021 20:18:54 GMT

Post by Admin on Jul 30, 2021 19:38:01 GMT