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USWNT defeats Australia 2-1 in SheBelieves Cup, keeping title hopes alive
The USWNT earned a big victory over Australia.
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USWNT: We should treat Abby Wambach as a player, not an icon
Is Abby Wambach a big enough icon on the American cultural stage to qualify for a pivotal role on the USWNT regardless of her contributions on the field? It's a growing assumption in the countdown to the Women's World Cup, but it denigrates a talented player, writes Mark Shawhan.

USWNT: Doing the same thing and expecting different results, World Cup Edition
Six months ago, when the U.S. Women's National Team was drawn into the Group of Difficulty, SoccerWire columnist Mark Shawhan asked whether we already knew the squad that Jill Ellis was going to take to Canada. Now we know for certain that, give or take a Boxx, the answer was yes he writes.

Dure: Did Jill Ellis and U.S. women find the right mix with their Women’s World Cup roster?
Amid some extreme reactions to Tuesday’s announcement of the U.S. Women’s National Team roster for this summer’s World Cup, Beau Dure takes a middle path as he analyzes the work that's been done by USWNT head coach Jill Ellis thus far.

USWNT: Boxx in, Dunn out as Ellis unveils Women’s World Cup roster ahead of schedule
With 55 days until the USA's opening match of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, U.S. Women's National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named the 23 players who will represent the United States on women's soccer's biggest stage, and her predictably veteran-heavy squad featured only a few mild surprises.

USWNT cruises to 4-0 win over New Zealand
In front of a record crowd of 35,817 fans that packed Busch Stadium, the U.S. Women's National Team cruised to a 4-0 victory against New Zealand in its first match on home soil this year.

USWNT ramps up final run toward World Cup against New Zealand
The U.S. Women’s National Team will begin a run of four domestic matches leading into the Women’s World Cup when it faces New Zealand on April 4 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

U.S. U-17 WNT heads to San Diego for training camp with U-16 GNT
The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team, under head coach B.J. Snow, will hold a training camp from April 6-13 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. Snow has called up 24 players for the event that will be held in conjunction with a U.S. U-16 Girls’ National Team camp.

Dure: Will Twitter and TMZ swamp women’s soccer?
When the U.S. Women’s National Team burst into public consciousness in the 1996 Olympics and 1999 Women’s World Cup, it did so in a nation whose general population and media really didn’t know what to make of them. What we made of them were heroes. But times have changed, and the heroes of the national team are sometimes antiheroes instead, writes Beau Dure.
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Raising Tomorrow’s Champions: Joanna Lohman, Paul Tukey pen road map for USWNT dreamers
Review of Joanna Lohman and Paul Tukey's book.
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