Check out FiveThirtyEight’s Women’s World Cup predictions. When Japanese defender Saki Kumagai knocked in the game-winning penalty kick to complete Japan’s improbable comeback against the United States in the 2011 Women’s World Cup final, she made history not only for her country (which was still healing from a devastating tsunami months before), but also for […]
In less than a week, the U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) will play its opening game against Australia at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. FiveThirtyEight visual journalist Allison McCann got the chance to sit down with USWNT players Kelley O’Hara and Christen Press — two former teammates of hers from Stanford — and discuss […]
In less than a week, the U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) will play its opening game against Australia at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. FiveThirtyEight visual journalist Allison McCann got the chance to sit down with USWNT players Kelley O’Hara and Christen Press — two former teammates of hers from Stanford — and discuss […]
Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (June 2, 2015), we discuss the announcement by FIFA’s Sepp Blatter that he will step down, and preview the Women’s World Cup, […]
Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (June 2, 2015), we discuss the announcement by FIFA’s Sepp Blatter that he will step down, and preview the Women’s World Cup, […]
