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Weeks after encouraging his supporters to boo the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team at the Tokyo Olympics, Donald Trump now says “Leftist Maniacs” cost the team a gold medal — in the process falsely repeating a debunked allegation about their behavior during the Games. “If our soccer team, headed by a radical group of Leftist Maniacs, wasn’t woke, they would...

The U.S. women’s soccer team lost to Canada 1-0 during the semifinals on Monday, missing out on an opportunity to play for gold for the second straight Olympics.

Megan Rapinoe scored the final goal, keeping the USWNT on course as they aim to become the first team to take home gold directly after winning the World Cup.

The Tokyo Olympics crossed over with a Donald Trump rally Saturday night, as the former president encouraged a hyped-up Phoenix crowd to boo the U.S. Women’s soccer team. The political action committee Turning Point Action sponsored the “Protect Our Elections Rally,” which turned into a wide-ranging attack on fellow Republicans, the military, the press, “woke” culture — and eventually...

Well, that’s more like it. In what was a far-too-early must-win game, the United States Women’s National Team defeated New Zealand 6-1 during group play at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Coming off a stunning and disheartening 3-0 loss to Sweden in the opener that snapped a 44-match unbeaten streak, the U.S. responded to the wake-up call, though its...

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Julie Foudy gives three ways she expects the U.S. women’s soccer team to improve against New Zealand in its second match at the Tokyo Olympics. The USWNT lost its opening match to Sweden, 3-0.

For the U.S. Women’s National Team, the Tokyo Olympics began the same way the Rio Olympics ended: with a stunning loss to Sweden. What was expected to be a revenge game for the U.S. instead was a validating performance by Sweden, which dominated from start to finish in a 3-0 win during the Tokyo Olympics opener for both teams....

Sweden beat the United States Women’s National Team 3-0 in the first soccer match of the Tokyo Olympics.

Megan Rapinoe is the face of women’s soccer, having won two World Cups and one Olympic gold medal. She’s the face of equality, advocating for equal pay for female athletes, and has now been named one of the ambassadors in Victoria Secret’s all-inclusive rebrand. And she soon hopes to be one of the faces of the U.S. Women’s National...

Megan Rapinoe says she often hears, “You don’t bring in as much revenue” as the excuse for the gender pay gap in soccer. “Obviously if you don’t have equal investment, you’re never going to get to that point,” she says.