BECKY SAUERBRUNN

"The inclusion of trans kids in sports is the inclusion of kids in sports," forward Alex Morgan said last week. Canadian players also wore the white tape around their left wrists, with the purple tape around their right wrists. And they took the field prior to the game with their warmup tops inside out, to hide the Canadian Soccer Association's logo. #USWNT and Canada players wear purple tape on one wrist in support of gender equality, "Defend Trans Joy" on the other wrist ahead of tonight's game. U.S. players have been vocal in solidarity with the Canadian players throughout the week.

U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan expressed her support for trans kids to play sports against those whose gender they identify with. She's preparing for the SheBelieves Cup.

Forward Alex Morgan says the U.S. national team should have internal discussions about whether to play exhibition games in states that restrict transgender kids from participating in sports. The U.S. women have previously criticized efforts to limit transgender kids from playing organized sports. Morgan also said playing in states that discriminate against transgender individuals is something “the team definitely needs to look at.”“The inclusion of trans kids in sports is the inclusion of kids in sports. And I think it’s at the cost of trans kids’ lives," Morgan said. Women's rights in Saudi Arabia are restricted under strict male guardianship laws and homosexuality is illegal.

Forward Alex Morgan says the U.S. national team should have internal discussions about whether to play exhibition games in states that restrict transgender kids from participating in sports.

U.S. women's soccer star Becky Sauerbrunn published an op-ed on Sunday taking aim at a Missouri bill that would bar transgender girls from playing sports with biological girls.

The United States women's national team outscored New Zealand by a combined nine goals in their two friendlies.

Megan Rapinoe and the U.S women's national team emerged from a Wembley Stadium tunnel on Thursday to bathe in beaming sunshine. They stepped out onto a pristine pitch that will stage "something really special," Rapinoe said, a highlight of her and their careers. They came to play a soccer game billed as a beacon of progress and growth. But then, while in transit, U.S. Soccer released the Yates report, the findings of a yearlong investigation that detailed widespread abuse and "failures" throughout women's soccer. And they — along with all those who came before them, and all those who endured unprofessional environments and underinvestment to build women's soccer into what it is today — have earned it.

As the United States was preparing for its game Friday against England at Wembley Stadium, players were trying to process an investigation that found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct are systemic in women's soccer. Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Q. Yates and the law firm of King & Spaulding released a report Monday after being retained by U.S. Soccer to investigate allegations of abuse in the National Women's Soccer League following a series of scandals last year. Not only did the investigation find misconduct by all three, it also said their teams did not fully cooperate. Among them is the requirement that teams accurately disclose coach misconduct to the league and the soccer federation to ensure coaches aren’t allowed to move between teams. “At the same time, I feel a lot of empathy for the players, and I have tremendous respect for the bravery of the players who spoke out and the players who participated in this report.

Players on the U.S. women's national soccer team are trying to process an investigation that found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct are systemic in women’s soccer.

"We are angry that it took a third-party investigation," Sauerbrunn said via Zoom from London, where the USWNT is preparing to play England on Friday at a sold-out Wembley Stadium. "We are angry that it took an article in The Athletic and The Washington Post and numerous others. We're angry that it took over 200 people sharing their trauma to get to this point right now. "And that is because the people in authority and decision-making positions have repeatedly failed to protect us, and they have failed to hold themselves and each other accountable. And it's my opinion that every owner and executive and U.S. Soccer official who has repeatedly failed the players and failed to protect the players, who have hidden behind legalities, and have not participated fully in these investigations, should be gone."

Fifteen members of Spain's women's national team told the federation in Thursday emails that they would decline to play for the team until conditions improve. The federation (the RFEF) responded by publicizing those emails, misrepresenting them, and publicly scolding the players. On Friday, Sauerbrunn, the two-time World Cup winner and president of the U.S. women's national team players association, amplified the Spanish players' statement on Twitter. Alex Morgan, another seasoned USWNT voice, seconded Sauerbrunn's sentiment that the players' concerns should be taken seriously. It's unclear if the battle between Spanish players and their federation could affect next month's game.

Representatives for the men’s and women’s U.S. national teams signed their historic collective bargaining agreements with U.S. Soccer, formally closing a long and acrimonious fight over equal pay.

The collective bargaining agreements between U.S. Soccer and the men’s and women’s national team are the culmination of a years-long fight for equal pay.

Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd each scored a pair of goals and the United States won the bronze medal in women’s soccer at the Tokyo Olympics with a 4-3 victory over Australia.

The Olympics may be the last major soccer tournament for a few of the biggest stars on the U.S. women’s national team like forward Carli Lloyd.

(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) (Fernando Vergara)KASHIMA, Japan — (AP) — The United States made it through to the quarterfinals of the women's Olympic soccer competition after a 0-0 draw with Australia on Tuesday before a group of Japanese schoolchildren. The draw with Australia secured the United States second place in Group G behind Sweden on goal difference. The United States made five lineup changes for the match, which was not unexpected given the tight competition schedule. The United States also had four goals called back for offside in the first half of the victory over New Zealand. ___More AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/2020-tokyo-olympics and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2021 The Associated Press.

The United States made it through to the quarterfinals of the women’s Olympic soccer competition after a 0-0 draw with Australia.

The Americans rebounded from their opening loss to Sweden with a 6-1 rout of New Zealand in front of the First Lady in the women’s soccer tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.

“So like, secure the bubble, protect the bubble.”The women's Olympic soccer tournament starts on Wednesday. The United States, the top-ranked team in the world and the favorite to win, opens against Sweden at Tokyo Stadium. The Americans are vying for their fifth gold medal, more than any other national team. They can also become the first women to win an Olympic gold following a World Cup title. As captain of the United States, Sauerbrunn is tasked with keeping her side focused.

The U.S. women's national team has become adept at shutting out all the outside distractions at big tournaments and the Tokyo Olympics are no different.

The U.S. women's national soccer team is in a bubble of its own making for the Tokyo Olympics, and it's not just because of coronavirus restrictions. “I think, especially the players that have been through these major tournaments, you figure out how to stay in the best mental headspace and sometimes that’s compartmentalizing, that’s focusing on one thing at a time and trying not to let the noise get into what we like to call the bubble,” defender Becky Sauerbrunn said. The United States, the top-ranked team in the world and the favorite to win, opens against Sweden at Tokyo Stadium.

Older Olympians will be proving that age is just a number in Tokyo.

With the Olympics right around the corner, the final rosters and teams are shaping up, and that includes the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team.

Carli Lloyd is headed to her fourth Olympics.

This week’s new entertainment releases includes Conan O’Brien closing out his TBS late-night show and the new soccer documentary “LFG,” a revealing look at the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s battle for equal pay.

U.S. national team players Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath and Christen Press have opted out of the National Women's Soccer League tournament kicking off this weekend in Utah. Heath and Press, who played with Rapinoe on the champion World Cup team last summer in France, cited concerns about the coronavirus for their decisions not to play. Among the national team players taking part in the tournament are Chicago's Julie Ertz, U.S. Soccer's Player of the Year, and teammate Alyssa Naeher, North Carolina's Crystal Dunn and Portland's Becky Sauerbrunn. The league was rocked by the announcement Monday that the Orlando Pride were dropping out of the tournament after six players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Like all NWSL players, she was given the option to participate.

On March 8, International Women's Day, all 28 members of the United States Women's National Team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. Last month, the players and the United States Soccer Federation tentatively agreed to enter mediation after the 2019 Women's World Cup. 60 Minutes contributor Norah O'Donnell interviews athletes from the U.S. National Women's Soccer Team CBS NewsNorah O'Donnell: There's a long history of athletes battling their employers for more pay. Clockwise from top left: U.S. Women's National Soccer Team captain Carli Lloyd, co-captain Becky Sauerbrunn and teammates Morgan Brian and Christen Press. Norah O'Donnell: Would you like to meet some women on the U.S. Women's Soccer Team?