Jul 08 World Cup champs become first women’s team to get NYC ticker-tape parade By Eric Osman New York City will host one of its famous ticker-tape parades on Friday to celebrate the U.S. women’s national soccer team, who won their third FIFA World Cup title on Sunday. Continue reading
Jul 06 U.S. women’s soccer team gets $2 million for World Cup win; German men got $35 million in 2014 By Colleen Shalby In a record-shattering World Cup final, the U.S. Women’s soccer team beat Japan 5-2. For their win, the U.S. team will earn $2 million. By comparison, Germany received $35 million in 2014 after winning the Men’s World Cup Final in… Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 4:16 More parity in the women’s game provides fierce competition for U.S. in World Cup By PBS News Hour The Women’s World Cup is in full swing, and the U.S. pulled off a crucial 1-0 victory against Nigeria Tuesday night. With the win, they advances to the elimination round of the competition. Judy Woodruff speaks to USA Today columnist… Continue watching