On the way from precocious youngster to leading light for her country, Switzerland’s Ramona Bachmann has sometimes had to learn the hard way. The speed, the skill and the love affair with offhand creativity that make the Chelsea Ladies forward…
In the time that has elapsed since he made his D.C. United bow as a teenager, U.S. goalkeeper Bill Hamid has learned what it really takes to be his own conductor-in-chief. Beginning his first club spell away from home with…
In her red and white junior football kit, Fridolina Rolfö let her imagination roam like so many, but the Swedish international has taken the wheel in steering distant ambitions toward reality in the time since. That was never encapsulated better…
Inside and outside of football for Shay Given, music has stuck around through the surreal and the spectacular, the down days and the delirium. While the verses have weaved their way through the changing times for the legendary Republic of…
The left foot of Megan Campbell has cast its spell over some golden moments this year, though the Irish international has had to endure as much as she’s been able to enjoy in her career to date. The Drogheda-born defender…