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US Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone 'heartbroken' over NWSL allegations of abuse and misconduct, committing the organization to a thorough investigation

CHICAGO (AP) — Cindy Parlow Cone will seek a full four-year term as U.S. Soccer Federation president in February 2022. The former national team midfielder became president March 11, 2020, when Carlos Cordeiro quit following a backlash over the federation's role in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by women's national team players.

The US Soccer Federation has a long-standing media rights relationship with SUM, the media arm of MLS. Well, we just learned that that is about to end.

U.S. WNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Lloyd (300), Sauerbrunn (183), Press (143), O’Hara (135), Dunn (110), Ertz (109), Horan (92), Naeher (68), Lavelle (52), Williams (34), Davidson (29) The starting lineup averages 114 caps per player, with six of the USA’s 11 starters having 100+ caps. Only two players in the starting XI – Williams and Davidson – have fewer than 50 caps. Saturday’s lineup has seven starters who also started the most recent meeting against Sweden on Nov. 7, 2019 - Naeher, Sauerbrunn, Ertz, Lavelle, Horan, Lloyd and Press. Ten players on today’...

U.S. Soccer will no longer ask players to stand during the national anthem. The federation's national council - comprised of representatives from youth, adult, amateur, and professional soccer - voted Saturday to repeal a controversial policy requiring all players to "stand respectfully" while observing the anthem. The rule was passed unanimously in March 2017 after Megan Rapinoe, United States women's national team midfielder and activist, kneeled in protest of police brutality. Rapinoe was following the lead of then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who first took a knee in ...