Who Is Olivia Moultrie? Many 15-year-olds would be worrying about their upcoming exams, or would be focusing on their social lives. However, one particular 15-year-old, Olivia Moultrie, has established herself as one of the hottest prospects in global women’s football. Although she turned professional at 13, she was unable to...
When Casey Stoney left Manchester United Women earlier this summer, not many expected the wait for her replacement to take as long as it did. However, the club have now appointed Englishman Marc Skinner, who left NWSL side Orlando Pride earlier this month after two and a half years in...
Lindsey Horan has been one of the United States national team's pillars in the last few years, as well as being one of Portland Thorns’ most reliable and valuable players in the last four NWSL seasons, with plenty of goals and assists in her career so far. Most of her...
The NWSL is the home of many excellent footballers, such as former Manchester City Women midfielder Sam Mewis and Wales star Jess Fishlock. There are also many younger talents plying their trade in the league, such as Racing Louisville’s former Bristol City Women and Manchester United Women forward Ebony Salmon....
Taylor Kornieck has been one of Orlando Pride’s most influential players at the start of this NWSL season as well as during the NWSL Challenge Cup. The 22-year-old has contributed with goals, assists and much more during this start of the season and her performances gave a glimpse of what...
The 2021 NWSL season, the top flight of women’s football in the USA, is well under way, with plenty of teams making their mark early on, and plenty of players showing good form. One team showing early promise is North Carolina Courage, who have won one, drawn one and lost one...
Orlando Pride hosted Portland Thorns in a NWSL fixture last Wednesday and the game ended with an important 2-1 Orlando Pride win that showed the latter’s ability to be harmful upfront even against one of the best performing teams of the NWSL currently. This win will certainly give a boost...
A NWSL Challenge Cup match was played last Wednesday between Orlando Pride and Gotham FC and the result was a win for the visitors, Gotham FC. This was the first game of the season for Gotham FC while it was the second match for Orlando Pride who made a 2-2...
The NWSL Challenge Cup was a success for women’s football in the United States last season, so the NWSL decided to bring it back this season as an early season cup competition. Neither of these teams was involved in the competition last fall. Racing Louisville is starting their first season,...
The NWSL Challenge Cup kicked off last week with some competitive matches including the Houston Dash Women vs Chicago Red Stars Women clash. The game ended with a 0-0 draw that does not really serve the ambitions of both teams ahead of their next tough encounters. In this tactical analysis...
The disruption of Covid-19 caused havoc in soccer in the United States, with many of the National Women’s Soccer League’s biggest stars leaving for Europe. Some went on loans in search of minutes, such as Alex Morgan’s short stay with Tottenham Hotspur, while others left on permanent deals. One of...
Since moving to Cary, North Carolina in 2017, the North Carolina Courage have more or less dominated the NWSL. Also entering the NWSL in 2017, Debinha immediately began to leave an imprint on the entire league. Through analysis, we will see that her fearless attacking dribbles, ability to appear with...
We are getting to the busy end of the NWSL Challenge Cup. The quarterfinals came this past weekend and with them some very interesting matchups to be seen. One of these was a rematch of the opening game of the whole tournament in the match between the North Carolina Courage...
The NWSL Challenge Cup 2020 moved into the quarter-final stages last weekend with some big names on display and even more surprising results. The most shocking result was Portland Thorns besting North Carolina Courage in a 1-0 scoreline, however, the focus of our tactical analysis is the other quarter-final between...
Lindsey Horan is a name that is well known to those familiar with the American women’s soccer landscape. She aided the USA in a dominant 2019 Women's World Cup title run and has won silverware with multiple club teams as well. In this scout report, we will look into some...
This tactical analysis is in collaboration with Gavin Robertson’s opposition analysis for OL Reign on Washington Spirit. This first of two scout reports will highlight and detail Washington Spirit’s two most important players and detail their strengths, weaknesses, and how best to plan against them. The first scout report will...
This tactical analysis is part of a project series I will be doing with Abdullah Abdullah. The purpose of the project will be primarily conducting an opposition analysis for women’s teams against sides they have struggled against in their respective league campaigns. It will include a team analysis, two scout...
As we enter the midway point of the NWSL season, the standings are starting to take shape with Portland Thorns battling it out with North Carolina Courage for first place. One point separates the two teams as they battle for the league title. Courage have scored 26 league goals with...
