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Mostly #USWNT and its youth teams, plus the #NWSL and major international women's soccer tournaments.
(by @rd1899.bsky.social)

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NWSL: Here's the complaint for the lawsuit against Jill Ellis, which was filed on Monday.
October 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This account and the wsoccerexpress.com website will be on hiatus for a while.
Personal Note: My father was moved to a hospice facility last week, so priorities are and will be elsewhere for the immediate future.

Thus, the wsoccerexpress.bsky.social account and its associated website will most likely not have any new content for a while.
May 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Racing Louisville FC's home game against Seattle Reign FC — originally scheduled to be played Friday night at Lynn Family Stadium — has been postponed to Saturday due to an increasing threat of severe weather in the area. A new game time is being determined in conjunction with the NWSL.
May 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
U-17 WWC Qualifying: Spain is the fifth team from UEFA afer defeating Austria 6:1 in a playoff match earlier today.

The Netherlands and Norway will face off in the final of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship on Saturday (1:00 p.m EDT, 💻ViX).
May 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
FIFA U-17 WWC Qualifying: France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway have qualified for this year's tournament. The fifth team from UEFA will be determined on Wednesday when Spain plays Austria (7:00 am EDT, 💻ViX).

Spain lost their final group match today 1:2 to Italy.
May 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In light of FIFA officially expanding the 2031 Women's World Cup to 48 teams, here's a long article from September 2024 on what that could look like regarding slot allocations per confederation, potential teams, and potential pots.

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A 48-Team FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2031?
Update (9-May-2025): The 2031 FIFA WWC will have a field of 48-teams. On Tuesday, two separate articles were published by British media about a push for FIFA to expand the final tournament of the 2…
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May 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NWSL: Referee Assignments for Saturday, May 3

Portland Thorns vs. Orlando Pride
⏰: 7:30 PM EDT / 4:30 PM PDT
USA 📺/💻: ion

Ref: Nabil Bensalah
AR1: Fernando Fierro
AR2: Cameron Siler
4th: Dion Coxe-Trieger
VAR: Anya Voigt
AVAR: Kaili Terry

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May 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Referee Assignments: PRO's website is back online, however it only has one week's worth of assignment announcements.

proreferees.com/2025/05/03/p...
May 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
NWSL: Referee Assignments for Friday, May 2

Assignments for Saturday's and Sunday's matches are not yet available. PRO's website has been offline since at least Wednesday. On x.com, PRO has been posting normally, which means that assignments are only posted there on the day of a match.

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May 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
FIFA U-17 WWC: Qualifying for Africa's four at-large spots concluded today with Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Zambia all earning spots in this year's tournament.

The spots for the remaining two confederations, UEFA and CONMEBOL, will be decided next month.
April 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
NWSL: Referee Assignments for the rest of Week 6

Friday
Pride/ACFC: Matt Thompson (VAR: Alexandra Billeter)
Dash/Royals: Adorae Monroy (VAR: Corbyn May)

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April 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NWSL: Week 6 continues this weekend with a full slate of seven matches.

• Friday on Prime: The #2 Pride host #6 Angel City (8pm EDT)
• Saturday on CBS: #3 Spirit vs. #4 Gotham (1pm EDT)
• First vs. Last: The Current at the Courage (Saturday, 7pm EDT, NWSL+)
NWSL: 2025 USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 6, with Referee Assignments
Week Six of the National Women’s Soccer League’s 2025 regular season got underway early this week, with a match on Tuesday between the league’s two representatives in the the upco…
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April 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
NWSL: Referee assignments for tonight's Portland Thorns vs. Gotham FC match

REF: JC Griggs
AR1: Salma Perez
AR2: Bennett Savage
4TH: Kelsey Harms
VAR: Katherine McCormick
AVAR: Brian Marshall

⏰: 10:30 pm EDT
📺: CBS Sports Network

(assignments for this weekend matches to be published Wednesday)
NWSL Assignments: Week 6 - Professional Referee Organization ®
The assignments for Week 6 of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League regular season.
proreferees.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
U-15 USWYNT: The third Under-15 camp of this cycle gets underway today in Georgia.
• Only 9 of the 24 players attended a previous U-15 camp
• 4 apparent first-timers
• First camp under new head coach Vanessa Mann

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April 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
USWYNTs: Former Utah Royals assistant coach Vanessa Mann is now the head coach for the U-15s.

Also, U-23, U-20, and U-18 head coach positions expected to be "filled in the coming weeks".

Additionally, U.S. Soccer's press release detailed two-year coaching cycles for the U-16/U-17 WYNTs...

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USWYNTs: Vanessa Mann hired as U-15 head coach; U-18, U-20, and U-23 positions expected to be “filled in the coming weeks”
On Monday, U.S. Soccer announced that former Utah Royals assistant coach Vanessa Mann is the new full-time head coach of the Under-15 Women’s Youth National Team. In the same press release, U…
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April 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
U-16 USWYNT: Earlier today, the USA drew 1:1 with Spain via a late equalizer (87') from Lilah Helwig, who was a 78th minute substitute. Spain scored their goal just before halftime (45'+2).

Helwig also scored in Saturday's match (a 3:4 loss).

Match Highlights:
RESUMEN | España 1-1 EE.UU. | Partido internacional amistoso | Sub-16 femenina | 🔴 SEFUTBOL
YouTube video by Selección Española de Fútbol (SeFutbol)
youtu.be
April 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
U-16 USWYNT: Earlier today, the USA fell 3:4 to Spain in their first of two friendlies.

USA goals: Lilah Helwig (5'), Mia Corona (45'+2 PK), Daphne Van Der Wiede (87').

Spain's goals were scored at 7', 13', 58', and 65'.

The two teams play again on Monday at 5am. EDT.

Replay of today's match:
🚨EN DIRECTO🚨Sub-16 España vs EEUU | 🔴 SEFUTBOL
YouTube video by Selección Española de Fútbol (SeFutbol)
www.youtube.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
NWSL: Week 5 Referee Assignments

Friday, April 18
• Royals/Stars: John Matto (VAR: Shawn Tehini)
• Reign/Thorns: Jeremy Scheer (VAR: Corbyn May)
• ACFC/Gotham: Danielle Chesky (VAR: Edvin Jurisevic)

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April 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NWSL: USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 5
• 3 matches on Friday, 4 on Saturday, none on Sunday
• Cascadia Rivalry: The Reign host the Thorns (Friday, 10:00 pm EDT, Prime)
• Last year's #1 and #2, the Pride and the Spirit, meet once again (Saturday, 5:05 pm EDT, ION)
NWSL: 2025 USA TV/Streaming Schedule — Week 5, with Referee Assignments
This weekend, the National Women’s Soccer League will have a compressed schedule, with three matches on Friday night and four on Saturday. No matches will be played on Easter Sunday. On Satur…
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April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
U-14 Talent ID: Today, an 80-player mini-camp for the Central Region gets underway in Texas.

Among the notables is a daughter of retired NBA player Al Harrington.

One more national U-14 camp will be held this spring (20 players from each region, 60 in total).
U-14 Talent ID: Third and final regional mini-camp for 2025 to be held over Easter weekend
After conducting regional mini-camps in February and March, U.S. Soccer’s Under-14 Girls’ Talent Identification Program will hold a mini-camp for the Central Region, starting Thursday, April 17, in…
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April 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The first match of Canada's Northern Super League is tonight, at 10:00 p.m. EDT / 7:00 p.m. EDT, and features the Vancouver Rise hosting the Calgary Wild at BC Place.

In the USA, the match can be streamed live via ESPN+.
Vancouver Rise FC vs. Calgary Wild FC (4/16/25) - Live Stream - Watch ESPN
Watch the Vancouver Rise FC vs. Calgary Wild FC live from ESPN+ on Watch ESPN. Live stream on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
www.espn.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
U-16 USWYNT: This Saturday (19th) and Monday (21), the USA will play Spain twice during an overseas training camp.

• One NWSL pro: KK Ream
• 15 players return from the last camp
• Spain U-16 WNT head coach Laura del Río is a former WPS & NWSL player

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April 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Canada's first professional women's soccer league, the Northern Super League (@nsl.ca), kicks off this Wednesday.

• In the USA, about half of the regular season matches will stream via ESPN+
• Several NWSL players are on loan to NSL clubs
• Over a dozen former NWSL players are on NSL teams

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Northern Super League: Canada’s new league kicks off on Wednesday
Canada’s first professional women’s soccer league, the Northern Super League, begins play on Wednesday, April 16. Fans in the United States will be able to watch about half of the league’s re…
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April 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
U-17 USWYNT: It's not too early to look ahead to the draw for this year's FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup.

If FIFA uses the same ranking system, the USA should be in Pot 1 and would thus avoid having Korea DPR, Spain*, Japan, or Nigeria* in its group.

*has yet to officially qualify
U-17 USWYNT: The USA should be in Pot 1 for the draw of the 2025 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup
Last weekend, the United States, along with Mexico, Canada, and Costa Rica, all qualified for this year’s FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup. Those four Concacaf teams joined seven other t…
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April 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NWSL: Week 4 Referee Assignments

Friday
•Royals/Thorns: Iryna Petrunok (VAR: Brad Jensen)

Saturday
•Dash/ACFC: Jaclyn Metz (VAR: Anya Voigt)
•Racing/Spirit: Matthew Corrigan (VAR: Abdou Ndiaye)
•Reign/Pride: Greg Dopka (VAR: Danielle Chesky)
•Wave/Current: JC Griggs (VAR: Alyssa Nichols)

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April 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM