Asli Pelit
Women's Soccer Writer at The Athletic
Sport Business Journalist & Anchor | @columbia_biz
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2 days ago |
nytimes.com | Asli Pelit
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Former U.S. women's national team defender Becky Sauerbrunn got a hometown hero's welcome on Tuesday at Energizer Park ahead of, during and after the U.S. defeated Jamaica 4-0 to close out a successful international window. Having retired from professional soccer last December after a 16-year career, the former captain returned not only as part of TNT's broadcast crew covering the USWNT's friendly, but also to receive a proper sendoff.
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2 days ago |
nytimes.com | Asli Pelit
In today's increasingly high-stakes world of sports investment, a handful of women's soccer investors aren't betting on one team, they're building empires. The same multi-club ownership (MCO) model that dominates men's soccer is not-so-quietly being replicated in women's soccer.
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Asli Pelit |Meg Linehan
Washington Spirit head coach Jonatan Giráldez is set to become the next head coach of OL Lyonnes in France and will join the club at the end of June, sources confirmed to The Athletic. Assistant coach Adrián González, who previously led the team in an interim capacity before Giráldez arrived, will take over as head coach in Washington. OL Lyonnes is part of businesswoman Michele Kang's growing global portfolio of women's soccer clubs, under the umbrella of her company, Kynisca.
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Asli Pelit
In April, Trinity Rodman struck early for the U.S. Women's National Team against Brazil, with her first goal for the team since the 2024 Olympics. She received the ball from forward Alyssa Thompson and finished with a shot into the lower right corner of the net. It was her 11th goal for the national team. While the crowd's cheers filled SoFi Stadium, they did not see what happened in the locker room at halftime.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Asli Pelit
Kansas City Current owners Angie and Chris Long are expanding their global soccer footprint, acquiring HB Køge Women, a top-flight Danish women's soccer club competing in the country's highest division. The Longs made the purchase through their investment firm, Ballard Capital. The Longs worked with the seller, George Altirs, and his team at Capelli Sport to separate the women's team from the men's side, allowing them to buy only the women's club.
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