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Portland Thorns FC officially announced on Tuesday that they’re trading Adrianna Franch to Kansas City for $150,000 in allocation money and goalkeeper Abby Smith.

USFL to Return in 2022   The United States Football League will be attempting a comeback, after more than 35 years of being idle. The new USFL announced on Thursday that it will relaunch in the spring of 2022. The league wants to use "key original team names" and plans to keep the same red, white, and blue stars-and-stripes logo it did from 1983 to 1985. The original USFL played for three seasons, from 1983-1985, competing during the spring before ceasing operations before the 1986 season, when the league planned to move to a fall schedule and compete against the NFL. The original 12 teams i...

For Margaret “Midge” Purce '17, scoring 42 goals in her four seasons with the Harvard women's soccer program was not enough. As she competes in her fifth professional soccer season, fulfills her first term on the Harvard Board of Overseers, and prepares for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics as a member of the United States Women's National Team, Purce continues to set and achieve new goals on and off the field. Even before enrolling at Harvard as a first-year in 2013, Purce prioritized both academic and athletic opportunities in her recruiting process. In high school, she starred as a member ...

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OL Reign add Rose Lavelle for the 2021 season Share this story Another week, another world-class player joining OL Reign for the 2021 season. OL Reign today announced that U.S. Women’s National Team midfielder Rose Lavelle will immediately join OL Reign as a U.S. allocated player. While initial rumors had indicated she’d be joining the Reign after the Olympics, the Reign confirmed Lavelle will start training with the club on May 26 and is expected to be available for selection in the next home match against the Washington Spirit on May 30. “We believe Rose has the ability to be the best...