NWSL set for return with month-long Challenge Cup tournament
Midge Purce, a former All-American at Harvard, dribbles forward during a Portland Thorns game. (Diego Diaz/Icon Sportswire).Professional soccer in America is one step closer to…
Rachel Hill eager for Chicago Red Stars chapter: “A place where I can grow”
Rachel Hill passes the ball against the Washington Spirit last year. (Andrew Bershaw/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Editor’s note: This story appears in our Spring 2020…
2021 NWSL Draft: 12 prospects to watch for from New England
Sydney Cummings was an integral part of Brown's first Ivy League title since 1994. (Brown Athletics)We’re just under a year out from the 2021 NWSL…
Hangin’ Out With … North Carolina Courage forward McKenzie Meehan
McKenzie Meehan during a June 15, 2019 match against Portland Thorns FC at WakeMed Soccer Park. (Courtesy Photo)The group of New England natives in the…
Morgan Andrews on Reign FC, Boston Breakers and playing goalie
Morgan Andrews assumes the unusual spot of goalkeeper during a Reign FC game. (Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Morgan Andrews (Milford, N.H.) can be described…
Notebook: Drafts near, BC hires coach, Rennicks update, ECNL Florida
East Lyme, Conn., native Logan Gdula should go in the first round of Friday's MLS SuperDraft. (Brian Westerholt/Sports On Film)Over the next several days, coaches…
Samantha Mewis vital to North Carolina Courage’s NWSL title
Diego Diaz/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesIt is not always easy to pick out Samantha Mewis in the heart of midfield. Moving the ball deftly or…
Kristine Lilly: From beginning, the Breakers were my team, my home
Kristine Lilly (left) and Mia Hamm.I moved to Boston in 2001 to begin my professional soccer career. Finally, after we had won the 1999 World…
Branding aside, NEFC maintains girls Development Academy team
While most grew accustomed to spotting Boston Breakers jerseys in NWSL play, the kits arguably were more present on youth soccer fields across New England.…
What’s next for the Boston Breakers?
Fond memories papered over the long, slow demise of the Boston Breakers. The goodwill constructed over the course of three leagues and the better part…
Next steps for NWSL and USWNT as women’s soccer evolves
David Madison/Getty ImagesLeave it to standout coach Laura Harvey to capture the sentiments swirling around NWSL and the U.S. women’s national team heading into 2018…
Julie King is the Boston Breakers’ stalwart
The Boston Breakers are the lone team to compete in all three American women’s pro leagues, so words like "history" and "tradition" carry a little…
