Based in the United States, the NWSL is home to quality players from around the world, including some African stars, like Temwa Chawinga and Barbra Banda, who have taken it by storm in recent years.

For many of these women, the sports arena is a no gender environment, and have over the years take up positions that eitherto ...

Ever since a 2021 scandal upended the National Women’s Soccer League, and brave players forced it to evolve, the league’s ...

United States defender Naomi Girma has become women's soccer's first ... which helped her win the EFE Trophy for Best Ibero-American Player that season. An NWSL club quickly took the record ...

Meanwhile, her compatriot Racheal Kundananji became the most expensive African female footballer ever after joining Bay FC in the NWSL for $865,000 in 2024. However, this record was soon shattered by ...

Australian soccer star Sam Kerr was recently found not guilty of "racially aggravated harassment" after calling a British police officer "stupid and white." A conviction could have cost her career, ...

Naomi Girma, a top defender for the USWNT, made her debut for Chelsea Sunday in a WSL match following a record-breaking ...

Naomi Girma, women’s soccer’s first million-dollar player, has been injured on her Chelsea debut. The United States defender ...

It probably was not the Chelsea debut Naomi Girma was expecting. The 24-year-old U.S. women’s national team centre-back played 59 minutes in Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Brighton at Broadfield ...

Chelsea's Naomi Girma receives treatment before being substituted during the Barclays Women's Super League match at the Broadfield Stadium, Brighton and Hove, England, Sunday, March 2, 2025.