U.S. Soccer

The NWSL embarks on its 11th season this weekend with players looking to capitalize on the excitement building ahead of the Women’s World Cup.

Women’s soccer in the United States has long had a diversity problem: The sport's pay-to-play model means that it's expensive, especially at higher levels.

World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg is staying with the Washington Nationals. He has agreed to a record $245 million, seven-year contract. The deal is the highest for a pitcher.

Carli Lloyd said she was considering potential offers to kick in the league after her recent 55-yard field goal at Philadelphia Eagles practice put the sport on notice.

Players for the World Cup champion women's national team say mediation talks with the U.S. Soccer Federation in their dispute over equal pay are over.

Former defender Kate Markgraf has been named general manager of the U.S. women's national team, U.S. Soccer announced Monday.

Facing mounting public pressure in a fight over equitable pay, U.S. Soccer said the World Cup champion women's national team has been paid more than the men's team.

Putting her gloves in the hat. Former U.S. national team goalkeeper Hope Solo says she's running for president of U.S. Soccer.

(AP) — U.S. women's national team coach Jill Ellis is emphatic that Hope Solo's suspension stems from a 'sum total of actions' and not just comments the goalkeeper made about Sweden during the Olympics. Solo was suspended for six months and her contract with U...

Goalkeeper Hope Solo has decided to end her season with the Seattle Reign of the National Women's Soccer League. The beleaguered goalkeeper, who was handed a six-month suspension and saw her contract with U.S. Soccer terminated last week, announced her departure from her professional club team in a statement Tuesday...