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07/19/11 women's soccerWorld Cup final breaks ESPN recordBRISTOL, Conn. - The Women's World Cup final earned the highest television rating for any soccer game on an ESPN network.
07/19/11 Despite their second-place status in the 2011 FIFA World Cup Final, the women of the U.S. soccer team have hope that their success in the tournament encourages more people to get excited about the women's sport.
07/19/11 True soccer fans had to find it satisfying seeing their sport push headlong (thank you, Abby Wambach) to the front page and top of news broadcasts as the U.S. women's team battled for the World Cup championship.
07/19/11 One by one, tired and disappointed members of the U.S Women's World Cup team trudged off the bus and were greeted with cheers and waves from appreciative fans who didn't seem to mind a bit that they came up short of a championship.
07/19/11 Once the Americans get over the disappointment of coming up just short at the Women's World Cup, they will find plenty of reasons for optimism.
07/18/11 By Nels JohnsonMarin Independent JournalThe USA fans who packed Larkspur's Lark Theater clapped enthusiastically at the end of the Women's World Cup Sunday even though the contest with Japan ended with a heartbreaking loss during a penalty kick shootout.
07/18/11 Team USA's attempt to win its first Women's World Cup in 12 years came up short Sunday. In a shocking upset, Japan won in a penalty-kick shootout.
07/18/11 A month or so ago, many of us were unaware there would be a women's World Cup championship played in July. Now, we're moping around because the American team didn't win it.
07/18/11 Team US and the Japanese women staged a women's World Cup Final for the ages on Sunday, and it helps explain why we watch sports, in general, and why the people that don't are missing out. Plus: the tragicomedy of AAU hoops, the joy of Darren Clarke, and video of your new favorite sport. Talking Points is a series that highlights some of the best stories in sports (and elsewhere). Read the ...
07/18/11 Sometimes, a game means more than what is contested on the field. It was that way in the women's World Cup final on a special Sunday in Germany, even if the American team did lose.
07/18/11 Lost in the headlines about the mind-numbing debt ceiling debate and Japan's Women's World Cup victory, the unemployment rate for new veterans jumped to 13.3 percent in June, 4 percent higher than the national average.
07/18/11 Japan has won the Women's World Cup, stunning the United States 3-1 in a penalty shootout Sunday night after coming from behind twice in a 2-2 tie. Shannon Boxx, Carli Lloyd and Tobin Heath all failed to convert for the...
07/18/11 In a dramatic FIFA Women's World Cup final on Sunday, Japan defeated the United States 3-1 in a penalty shootout, after regulation play and 30 minutes of overtime ended in a 2-2 tie.
07/17/11 British Open and Women's World Cup final could show USA still has some sporting good.
07/17/11 If English rugby wishes to tick off the Kiwis, try beating them, as Sir Clive Woodward's team did in Wellington, the summer before the 2003 World Cup. They hated that.
07/17/11 Japanese and U.S. astronauts aboard the International Space Station posted a video message Saturday cheering on their respective national soccer teams set to play in Sunday's final of the Women's World Cup in Germany. Japan's Satoshi Furukawa and American Sandy Magnus, who said they have been following the soccer tournament from space as ground controllers send them updates of match scores ...
07/17/11 Giving up a tying goal in the 81st minute of regulation and another in the 117th minute of overtime, the Americans ended up in a penalty-kick shootout with Japan for the World Cup title.
07/17/11 Despite Team USA's loss to Japan, locals hope World Cup will boost interest in sport
07/17/11 Goebel's late goal seals 2-0 win. With teammate Alex Morgan halfway across the world competing for Team USA in the Women's World Cup, the Western New York Flash women's soccer team took care of business much closer to home Sunday, beating Sky Blue FC in New Jersey, 2-0.
07/17/11 Not yet in grade school when the United States captured its last Women's World Cup title in 1999, Brighton senior Mika Bussey only remembers seeing highlights of the U.S's dramatic win over China in penalty kicks.
07/17/11 The U.S. women's run in the World Cup has captured the nation's attention like never before, but the sport back home will likely remain in the shadow of more popular leagues. Maybe that's not such a bad thing after all. Not too long ago, Detroit was at the center of soccer in the United States. Detroit's Ford Field was in the spotlight on June 7 as the United States men's team played host to ... | 
