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Sweden's women's football team are victorious in their quarter-final penalty shoot-out, knocking out favourites and defending champions USA.

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Sweden knock out favourites USA

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This weekend marks the kick-off for the 2024 National Women’s Soccer League season.
In the build-up there has been a flurry of transfer activity across the now 14 clubs, with Utah Royals and Bay FC - this year’s newcomers, or returnees in the case of the former - building rosters

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Barbra Banda, Alex Morgan, Asisat Oshoala.

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After 18 games and 74 goals, Tokyo 2020 has it's women's football quarter-finalists.
New Zealand, Zambia, Chile, and China were the four teams that failed to qualify from the group stage, despite the entertainment they brought - in particular Barbra Banda who had the entire world talking when she scored

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CHOFU, JAPAN - JULY 21: Players of Team Sweden form a huddle prior to the Women's First Round Group G match between Sweden and United States during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Stadium on July 21, 2021 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

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Christen Press delighted on a night where a more familiar looking United States women’s football team delivered a scintillating first win at Tokyo 2020.
From her appearance in the 67th minute against New Zealand on Saturday (24th July), Press hungrily got involved in any and all attacking action, scoring a

SAITAMA, JAPAN - JULY 24: Alex Morgan #13 of Team United States celebrates their side's sixth goal, an own goal by Catherine Bott #4 of Team New Zealand with team mate Christen Press #11 during the Women's First Round Group G match between New Zealand and United States on day one of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Saitama Stadium on July 24, 2021 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

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Goals from Christen Press and Megan Rapinoe helped the US women's national football team to an impressive 2-0 win over Brazil in the SheBelieves Cup on Sunday (21 February).
Manchester United striker Press set her team on the path to victory with neat 11th-minute opener.
The second half saw a

Mar 11, 2020; Frisco, Texas, United States forward Megan Rapinoe (15) and forward Christen Press (23) and midfielder Samantha Mewis (3) and forward Tobin Heath (17) celebrates a goal scored during the game between the US and Japan in the 2020 She Believes Cup soccer series at Toyota Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Press and Rapinoe combine to send USA top in SheBelieves Cup

The 2021 SheBelieves Cup, an annual international women's football (soccer) exhibition tournament hosted by the United States, is set to take place in Florida from 18–24 February.
Two invited teams from the top 10 of the world rankings, Brazil and Canada, are set to join the United States women's national

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“We need to use the talents, powers and skills that we have to make the world a better place.”
Megan Rapinoe, who helped Team USA to football gold at London 2012 and two Women’s World Cup triumphs, spoke on Wednesday (9 December) at the Forbes Power Women’s Summit, opening up

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The United States defeated the Netherlands 2-0 in their Women's World Cup Final rematch in Breda on Friday (27 November).
In their first match for 261 days due to the COVID pandemic, the visitors were in control for much of the game.
Despite dominating the first half, they had failed

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New faces, old routine - what we learned from USA's defeat of the Netherlands

The Manchester Derby was the hot-ticket curtain-raiser for the FA Women’s Super League “Women’s Football Weekend”, and the first of five big games over two days in England’s top flight didn't disappoint.
Pre-match hype had centered on the four members of the United States’ 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup winning

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Start of Women’s Football Weekend in England offers glimpse of Tokyo 2020

Canada and USA booked their places in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's football tournament as they won their respective CONCACAF qualifying semi-finals in Carson, California on Friday (7 February).
Canada, bronze medallists at the past two Games, were made to work hard by Costa Rica but Jordyn Huitema scored the

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Can the four-time Olympic champions claim a fourth World Cup title to erase the painful memories of their Rio 2016 quarter-final exit?  
The reigning champions are stacked full of the top names in the sport and France 2019 gives the players a chance to to reassert their claim that the United States are once again the dominant force in female soccer.

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