Jeff Kassouf

#NWSL NEWS: Denver's 2026 expansion team has named Jen Millet as team president. Millet was COO of another NWSL expansion team, Bay FC, which she joined in July 2023 and guided through its inaugural campaign in 2024. Denver is her hometown. She was previously CMO of the Warriors.

Changes coming for the 2028 LA Olympics: the men's soccer tournament will drop to 12 teams and the women's tournament will expand to 16 teams. https://t.co/Dfo2sFUnEa

Of course losing to Brazil late "sucks," #USWNT head coach Emma Hayes said. But she's "prioritizing progress." By testing the players she did, she knows who's ready and who isn't. "Most importantly, we're not getting eliminated from a World Cup today." https://t.co/xAPKJXqiOB

Emma Hayes after this #USWNT window: "It's fair to say I'm a lot clearer" on her goalkeeper pool. From the outside, it's still anyone's guess who will become the new No. 1. Whoever gets the job has huge shoes (and gloves) to fill. https://t.co/iLkjMfvHHe

Emma Hayes: "We mustn’t always measure progress by outcome… if I only prioritize short term success, of course, I wouldn't make that many changes. But I'm not making decisions for the short term." Says they won't get another game like that until maybe going to Brazil next year.

FULL TIME: #USWNT 1, Brazil 2 The US gets caught in transition and Amanda Gutierres scores a stoppage-time winner moments after coming on. Heavy celebrations from Brazil. A fitting ending in transition to a choppy game. Plenty of lessons for the US.

This #USWNT v Brazil game got off to a flying start and has had a whole lot of bizarreness since. Physical play without whistles, first-half tactical subs, injury subs, lots of stoppages for injuries, tons of transition. It's all over the place.

Shaw on for Yohannes, and Cook on for McKeown. It's possible those were planned for load management but: quieter night for Yohannes in a more advanced role and in this extremely transitional game. The #USWNT's back line at large has has some real trouble building out from deep.

CLASS finish from Kerolin there for the equalizer. It was coming. This game is super stretched and transitional, and the #USWNT just got away with three straight giveaways on or inside its own 18.

This Brazil three-back really wants to keep giving Alyssa Thompson 50 yards of space to run into behind? That is a choice! #USWNT

The After Dark chaos vibes are alive and well late on a Tuesday night. #USWNT goes coast to coast to score after ~34 seconds. Hutton wins it, Alyssa Thompson 1-2 with Macario to go off to the races, and Cat Macario eventually finishes it. Three minutes later, the VAR confirms it.

This #USWNT lineup is so new that Google just threw names at the board for the pregame lineup. https://t.co/NiPdy0BaQk

Emma Hayes drops a Play The Kids lineup, you love to see it. Claire Hutton (19) and Lily Yohannes (17) start alongside each other in midfield. Per USSF, this #USWNT lineup has the lowest average caps per player since March 17, 2001. https://t.co/iRrI1yg0Ma

Your PRE-pre-game for #USWNT vs. Brazil is on ESPN+ right now! Talking U.S. v Brazil round one and two, plus #NWSL expansion plans. Tune in now!

#NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman told me that she expects the league to play during the 2026 Men's World Cup. There are overlapping markets and venues. What will NWSL play look like? "Everything's on the table right now." More on @espn: https://t.co/sWWr4woSx5

The #NWSL's new CBA, which was ratified back on July 30, 2024, is finally live for public viewing. It is effective through 2030. https://t.co/OwjUDNepMN

RT @denver_nwsl: The fastest club to hit 10,000 season ticket deposits in @NWSL history 👏💚 https://t.co/UL5EuRtUUn