2019 fifa women’s world cup

USA vs. Netherlands: Dutch success was decades in the making

USA vs. Netherlands: Dutch success was decades in the making

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As a child growing up in Amsterdam, Vera Pauw would run up and down the sidelines of a football pitch following the ball, pretending to be playing on the same team as her two brothers whose games she would always watch. With no girls team around to join, she had to indulge in make-believe. Until her late teenage years, she would join them for a kickabout on the streets and take part in impromptu matches with thei

Shy girl from England became US Soccer’s record-breaking head coach

Shy girl from England became US Soccer's record-breaking head coach

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A few hours before Sunday's Women's World Cup final, John Ellis will seat himself at his organ and play "You'll Never Walk Alone," Liverpool Football Club's stirring anthem. A Royal Marine commando who became a football coach, the 80-year-old is no vocalist, but nevertheless he will warmly sing the words an