5:28 PM ET Graham haysESPN.com Near Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays started with ESPN in 1999. The first professional sports league in the United States to resume competition amid a pandemic, the National Women’s Soccer League demonstrated that there was a way for …
Read More »Hollywood stars and former USWNT players team up to bring NWSL team to Los Angeles
8:41 AM ET Graham haysESPN.com Near Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays started with ESPN in 1999. Hollywood stars and more than a dozen former members of the US women’s national team formed a proprietary group to bring women’s professional soccer to Los Angeles …
Read More »NWSL says players can stay in locker rooms while national anthem plays
7:31 pm ET Graham haysESPN.com Near Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays started with ESPN in 1999. NWSL Challenge Cup players now have the option to remain in the locker room during the national anthem, the league announced in a statement Monday. The change …
Read More »North Carolina Courage, Portland Thorns players kneel during the national anthem
1:26 PM ET Graham haysESPN.com Near Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays started with ESPN in 1999. The 22 North Carolina Courage and Portland Thorns starters, along with reserves from both teams, knelt during the national anthem ahead of the NWSL Challenge Cup opening …
Read More »US international Tobin Heath withdraws from NWSL Challenge Cup over coronavirus concerns
12:24 PM ET Graham haysESPN.com Near Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays started with ESPN in 1999. Tobin Heath will not participate in the upcoming National Women’s Soccer League Challenge Cup, with the Portland Thorns standout and the United States’ international concerns about the …
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