A long-time leading light for Vietnamese women’s football, national-team captain Huỳnh Như is weeks away from walking them out onto the global stage. Intent on showcasing the skills that have made her their all-time top scorer, the team’s ‘show before…
At their first FIFA Women’s World Cup, Haiti will come equipped with flair, flavour, and collective resolve. Nestled away in their individual stories is that of Danielle Etienne, the midfielder heading to Australia off perhaps the most whirlwind recent route…
All-in on her pursuit of a sixth FIFA Women’s World Cup, Nigeria defender Onome Ebi leads a sleek-stepping Super Falcons team yearning to show a global audience this summer that it is time to rewrite perceptions of them. “All the…
Philippines’ historic FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification had to be mostly celebrated alone by Quinley Quezada-Keča on the night. Ordinarily, the attacking talent is right there in the mix, at a Pinay party that the wider world is on the…
Following her Everton breakthrough, Megan Finnigan found both her place and her voice, so much so that today, even the most unforgiving of team tasks does not have the sharp-witted defender shying away. With the departures last summer of captain…