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The Rest Of The World Is Catching Up To The Top Teams In Women’s Soccer

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 […]

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The Rest Of The World Is Catching Up To The Top Teams In Women’s Soccer

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 […]

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Women’s World Cup Preview: The U.S. Has Company In The Lead

Check out FiveThirtyEight’s Women’s World Cup predictions. On Saturday, two dozen women’s national soccer teams — the most ever to be featured in the same tournament — will begin play at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. Previous women’s tournaments featured 12 or 16 teams, and back then, simply rooting for the good […]

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Women’s World Cup Preview: The U.S. Has Company In The Lead

Check out FiveThirtyEight’s Women’s World Cup predictions. On Saturday, two dozen women’s national soccer teams — the most ever to be featured in the same tournament — will begin play at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. Previous women’s tournaments featured 12 or 16 teams, and back then, simply rooting for the good […]

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