Western New York Flash
A National Champion in college, Taylor Smith became a professional title-winner in her rookie season as part of the Western New York Flash’s unexpected 2016 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) success. For the one-time UCLA prospect, the year was in fact much more about personal reconstruction than blazing a trail, with a first U.S. Women’s National Team call capping it all for the North Carolina Courage forward. Read more →
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With her rookie season in the books, Sky Blue FC midfielder Sarah Killion’s club career now has her playing in Australia for the first time with Adelaide United, although she always has a convenient way to tune straight back into her Midwestern memory vault. Read more →
Liverpool FC
Following her second World Cup with New Zealand this year, Rosie White’s career in European football has begun to take flight with Liverpool Ladies, ushering in a brand new side to a personal track laden with memories from her college days. Read more →
Beyond the dance-move celebrations and the headphone-clad player stepping off the team bus, lies a whole world connecting football and music. Beats & Rhymes FC tells the stories of how a song lights the fuse on match day, how bands and artists colourise a player's life outside the game, and how music itself can bond an entire team.
The nostalgia of a first album, the weakness in the knees before an initiation song, or even those who've swapped the stadium for the studio. Since 2011, the performers and the personalities from all around the men's and women's game have stepped into this arena to share their soundtrack and more. The features also cover career talk, the teammates, the memories and the lessons learned from a life in this magical game.
