Current and former employees have been excoriating the federation’s top executives online in an effort to alert leaders to what they called a “toxic” culture.
FIFA recognizes a France-Netherlands encounter in 1971 as the first women’s international match. It was no such thing, but that doesn’t diminish the women who took part.
Alyssa Naeher faced her first big test at the World Cup against Spain, and got one thing very wrong. But she survived, and the U.S. advanced.
Allison McCann is one of several journalists covering the tournament.
Goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl preserved a one-goal lead for Sweden by blocking a penalty kick in the second half.
The Netherlands has a team capable of challenging for the World Cup title. Its fans are winning wherever they go.
Live updates and analysis of the United States’ game against Spain in the round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup.
Live updates and analysis of the United States’ game against Spain in the round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup.
Live updates and analysis of the United States’ game against Spain in the round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup.
Live updates and analysis of the United States’ game against Spain in the round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup.
Amandine Henry’s goal in extra time saved the hosts, and kept alive the chances for a quarterfinal showdown against the U.S.
‘The strength of this team is we have a lot of strengths,’ says a midfielder who has emerged as one of the most important ones.
As the Cameroon players protested and play was delayed, England's staff and players watched in disbelief.
Dozens of countries have embraced women’s soccer in recent years. Few have done so quite as completely as Spain, which faces the United States on Monday.
Second-ranked Germany, which has outscored opponents, 9-0, will play the winner of Monday’s match between Sweden and Canada next Saturday.
France’s coach has given decades to soccer as a player and pioneer, and she has spent the last two years building a World Cup contender. Is her reward — and France’s — finally within reach?
Is close policing by soccer’s video assistant referee what is truly desired by the sport, and does it benefit the game?
The mediation is to begin as soon as possible after the women finish playing at the Women’s World Cup in France.
Birgit Prinz, a former World Cup winner and world player of the year, now serves Germany as its sports psychologist.
Thailand bows out, but only after its benefactor, Nualphan Lamsam, urged the players to “fight to the death.”
Live updates and analysis of the United States-Sweden game at the Women’s World Cup.
Live updates and analysis of the United States-Sweden game at the Women’s World Cup.
Rejecting notions about how they should present themselves as female athletes, the women are turning to colorful hair and bold lips to showcase their style and enhance performance.
Fans have flocked to games featuring the U.S. women’s team at the World Cup, to the delight of cities fortunate enough to host them.
Nualphan Lamsam is known in Thailand as Madam Pang. The general manager’s emotional response to her team’s first goal in this World Cup is one of the tournament’s memorable moments so far.
The Americans, who have clinched a spot in the round of 16, will end the group stage against the team that knocked them out of the 2016 Olympics.
Argentina overcame a three-goal deficit in the final 30 minutes for a draw that eliminated the Scots.
China’s women’s national team was once one of the world’s best. Now it hopes to regain its glory as part of Xi Jinping’s effort to make China a soccer superpower.
The team is not afraid to say that it is a title contender this year.
Wary of bigger problems, FIFA sends its No. 2 official to take charge of African soccer temporarily.
England’s coach never applied for his job, and he got off to an inauspicious start coaching women. But after two wins, expectations are rising.
Investigators were also said to have questioned the former European soccer president about the awarding of the 2016 European championship to France.
Germany played to its status as the world’s second-ranked team, routing South Africa, 4-0, on Monday to top Group B with a 3-0 record.
The home team, which finished round-robin play with a 3-0 record, benefited twice from the Video Assistant Referee system in a 1-0 win Monday over Nigeria.
Renard’s World Cup started with two goals and continued with a blunder and a missed penalty. She still hopes it ends with a trophy.
As the profile of women’s soccer grows, games are drawing millions of dollars worth of bets. And FIFA and match-fixing officials say they are taking no chances.
Despite seven changes to the starting lineup that crushed Thailand, the United States won easily, qualifying for the knockout stage.
The United States threw everything it had at Christiane Endler. She was prepared to stop almost all of it.
The United States threw everything it had at Christiane Endler. She was prepared to stop almost all of it.
Sure, the Thais lost again. But a single goal, in another heavy defeat, changes the arc for a team humbled by the United States.
Live coverage and analysis of the United States-Chile match at the Women’s World Cup in Paris.
Live coverage and analysis of the United States-Chile match at the Women’s World Cup in Paris.
Dropped from FIFA’s world rankings three years ago because its federation had not scheduled a match in two years, Chile’s women’s team now has a players’ union and a lot to prove.
Canada scored twice in the second half to get past New Zealand, and Vivianne Miedema had two goals for the Netherlands against Cameroon.
The 2019 Women’s World Cup is in full swing, and all 24 teams are still competing. If you live in New York, you can eat, drink and watch the games with countless fan bases, from the Jamaicans to the Germans. Here’s a guide to some of the biggest parties celebrating some of those teams competing in France.
England edged Argentina on a goal by Jodie Taylor off a pass from her roommate. Italy, in the event for the first time since 1999, had three goals from Cristiana Girelli in a rout of Jamaica.
An unending schedule of matches, competitions and championships is wearing out the world’s best players.
Pursuing a career in Europe probably kept the U.S. midfielder out of the last World Cup. As she returns to Paris on Sunday, those same choices have put her front and center in this one.
The Women’s World Cup is the latest major event in France to turn its back on Michel Platini, who was barred from soccer after the 2015 FIFA scandal.
An own goal gave Australia a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Brazil, even after Marta added a record 16th career tournament goal.
In the Women’s World Cup, team U.S.A. doesn’t need to play like the men’s team — it needs to throw out men as the metric.
Delphine Cascarino is one of France’s top attacking threats. Her twin sister, a pro herself, can read her better than anyone.
The midfielder is playing in her seventh World Cup, both because she is good enough and because in two decades Brazil hasn’t developed a player worthy of replacing her.
It was the country’s fourth win in eight World Cup final appearances and it could set them up to advance to the next stage of the tournament.
France’s 2-1 win over Norway showed a supremely skilled team is learning how to will itself forward in the World Cup.
The Germans have survived their first two games, including Wednesday’s against Spain, but losing their best player could hurt.
Everyone had an opinion after the Americans thrashed Thailand for the most lopsided win in World Cup history.
A World Cup contender and its coach make no excuses for a show of overwhelming force.
The women’s loss to the United States produced the most lopsided score in World Cup history. But soccer fans in Thailand say they were just happy their team was there.
New Zealand, which has never won in the Women’s World Cup, lost to the Netherlands on a goal in stoppage time.
The United States faced Thailand in their first game at the 2019 Women’s World Cup. What ensued was a record and an annihilation.
The reigning champions delivered a 13-0 thrashing, scoring more goals than any other team in tournament history, and then consoled their opponents.
Great sport requires only three things: excellence of skill, uncertainty of outcome and a crescendo of drama until the last second. Gender or sex is irrelevant.
We fitted her with motion-capture sensors, and she showed us how she beats the defense.
Kadeisha Buchanan scored at the end of the first half, and Canada held on to defeat Cameroon, 1-0, in Montpellier, France.
The United States women’s soccer team enters the World Cup as the defending champion, which only means it has more to lose than anyone else.
How exactly did the Thai team end up in a meeting with the United States at the Women’s World Cup? That’s a long story.
As the U.S. women’s national soccer team defends its World Cup title in France, its members are preparing for a courtroom battle.
How the 2011 World Cup champions, humbled by the United States four years ago, rebuilt themselves into a title contender.
Barbara Bonansea’s second goal gave Italy a 2-1 victory in its first World Cup match in 20 years.
The Afghan authorities issued a warrant for Keramuddin Keram, a powerful former warlord, a day after FIFA barred him for life and fined him about $1 million.
Live coverage and analysis of Australia’s group-stage match against Italy at the Women’s World C
The 25-year-old Australian striker is one of the best players in the world right now.
Norway rolled to a win despite not having its star, and Marta was ruled out of Brazil’s opening game against Jamaica.
Jamaica striker Khadija Shaw has an uncommon blend of tools that could make her the World Cup’s breakout star.
Soccer’s governing body said Keramuddin Keram had been found guilty “of having abused his position and sexually abused various female players, in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics.”
The Arsenal player Mesut Ozil whipped up a political storm and debate over racism in Germany over his meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May 2018.
Nike and other companies have expressed concern about the allegations, which threaten to unravel the player’s carefully crafted business empire.
The host country’s team dominated South Korea, 4-0, and validated its status as a favorite to win the whole tournament.
Live updates and analysis from the opening match of the 2019 Women’s World Cup: France vs. Korea.
Allegations of sexual misconduct against influential men have been made in several countries and include an accusation against a top-ranking official in world soccer’s governing body.
“Everything in my life comes second to my football. I've given up everything to be where I am.”
Women’s World Cup supporters were disappointed, but hardly surprised, when two major men’s finals were scheduled against theirs.
The soccer megastar is in Paris for the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Vitamins, CBD drops and plenty of protein bars went with her.
As president of the Union of European Football Associations, he oversaw the creation of the Champions League, soccer’s most lucrative and prestigious competition.
Ahmad Ahmad, the president of Africa’s soccer confederation and a vice president of FIFA, was detained by the police in a corruption investigation.
The cable magnate called his purchase of the Serie A club the “quickest closing in soccer history.”
“We have seen so many emotions in the country last year,” the French captain said. “We want to experience something similar.”
Spanish clubs like Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao are increasingly testing their girls’ teams in leagues filled with boys’ teams. Is this the future of women’s soccer development?
The new European event, which concludes on Sunday, is expected to be held every two years, and the 2020-21 event may even be a part of World Cup qualifying.
Alyssa Naeher has big shoes to fill as the United States’ goalkeeper. Her coaches and teammates have no doubt she is up to the job.
The Swiss-born lawyer’s rise to the top came after a major corruption scandal removed a generation of soccer’s top leaders in 2015.
Members of the United States women’s team start their own collections and open up another front in the fight for fair value.
There will be 552 players representing 24 countries at the World Cup in France. Some are household names. Many are not. Here’s a primer before the tournament begins Friday.
The gas-rich Gulf state has gained an outsized influence in global soccer, and the move for Leeds would be its first foray into English soccer.
A woman, who said she met the soccer star on Instagram, is accusing Neymar of raping her in a Paris hotel room last month. He took to Instagram to accuse the woman of extortion.
Liverpool plays Tottenham on Saturday in the Champions League final at Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium.
Overcoming Tottenham in Madrid, Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool claim the prize they had coveted for so long.
Mr. Reyes’s car ran off the highway south of the Spanish city of Seville on Saturday, according to local news reports.
The Premier League rivals meet Saturday in the Champions League final in Madrid. Rory Smith makes the case for each side.
Jürgen Klopp and his players waited a year for another shot at Europe’s biggest title. But first they had to kill three weeks.
Nico Yennaris, a 26-year-old midfielder with little pedigree in Britain, became the first foreign-born player to be called up by China’s national team.
Persistent stereotypes about Asian players obscure the quality of Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min, a star by any metric.
Chuck Blazer, whose cooperation led to the arrests of top FIFA officials, died in 2017. But he left behind materials that could implicate officials who have so far escaped punishment.
Power is anarchy. It dismantles patriarchal social structures and allows us to rebuild them with equity at their foundation.