“I didn’t want that added pressure when trying to decide the future of my career,” Sauerbrunn said. “As someone who is an older athlete… I often have to think, ‘Will I want to start a family?'” Listen to Becky's full On Her Turf interview here: onherturf.nbcsports.com/2022/01/06/bec…

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This is a really nice one for the fans. Yuki was also one of their favorites.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01…

Those team owner meetings are about to get awkward.

If the recent actions of more than a few NWSL teams have been confusing, it’s been pretty obvious for awhile now that they’re willing to cast off a portion of their die-hards to avoid accountability for any number of things.

In regards to ongoing league discussions, and in support of Spirit players' wishes, we reached out yesterday to the Stars FC front office to implore the CRS reps on the NWSL BoG to support Y. Michelle Kang as owner of the Washington Spirit

Former Boston Breakers forward Katie Schoepfer is in her first camp as the new USYNT U-15 head coach. Among her goals - keep the base of the future USWNT pyramid as wide as possible by identifying and bringing in new talent. bit.ly/3ry1BzX

When you've taken three swings at cleaning up your original mess... and missed all three times.

Craig Harrington sent off in Club América Femenil’s 2-0 loss to Rayadas for alleged verbal abuse directed toward Monterrey players. #LigaMXFemEng fmfstateofmind.com/2022/1/25/2290…

Interesting... As best I can remember, this is the first time anyone has served in an official GM role for Chicago since 2016.

Rachel Corsie was the backbone of this defense for the past couple seasons (Current/Royals). Perhaps an opportunity for Kate Del Fava to get back into the mix after kind of inexplicably falling out of favor in 2021.

Few thoughts... Pre-season is supposed to start on Tuesday NWSL players might not be reporting without a contract It's been 69 days since CRS' last coach resigned No coach is better than the wrong coach What I do know about acting head coach Rade Tanaskovic is positive

Genuinely not trying to be hyperbolic here, but I think Amy Rodriguez will manage to go down simultaneously as one of the best/most underappreciated forwards in U.S. soccer history.

Kealia Watt listed as NYR (not yet reported) on Chicago's roster. She left the semifinal game against Portland last November with a knee injury.

NWSL minimum now greater than max salary at league's inception. Min/max 2022 $35,000 (minimum) 2021 $22,000/$52,500 2020 $20,000/$50,000 2019 $16,538/$46,200 2018 $15,750/$44,000 2017 $15,000/$41,700 2016 $7,200/$39,700 2015 $6,842/$37,800 2014 $6,600/$31,500 2013 $6,000/$30,000