Three-time Canadian Olympic soccer medallist Desiree Scott has reversed course on the retirement she announced in the fall and signed with the Ottawa Rapid of the new Northern Super League, the team announced Tuesday.

Both Sportico and The Athletic report that the $110M expansion fee is a league record. The last record-setting expansion fee was $53M when the Bay Area and Boston teams joined the league in 2023.

The 42-year-old Stoney signed a three-year contract with Canada Soccer that runs through the 2027 Women’s World Cup, with an option for 2028, the federation announced Monday. She most recently coached the San Diego Wave in the National Women’s Soccer League.

As soccer solidifies its foothold in North America, the partnership highlights the calculated synergy of pairing a burgeoning sport with a globally recognized brand.

Former U.S. national team defender and Hall of Famer Jeff Agoos is the new president of soccer operations and general manager for the Portland Thorns.

Coach Emma Hayes has invited 24 players into a Futures Camp to run concurrently with the U.S. women's soccer team’s annual January training camp.

Julie Foudy was in the prime of her playing career, and still one year shy of winning a second World Cup title with the U.S. women’s national team, when she made her ESPN debut covering the 1998 men’s World Cup in France at 27 years old.

Having started her NWSL career at age 17 and making the USWNT in 2023, 20-year-old Jaedyn Shaw got her wish when the San Diego Wave traded her rights to the NC Courage on Tuesday.

Indiana women’s soccer head coach Erwin van Bennekom has resigned to “pursue a different opportunity,” according to an Indiana Athletics press release Monday.

The former England captain, Casey Stoney has today been appointed the head coach of the Canadian women's national soccer team leading into the 2027 World Cup in Brazil.

FIFA suspended the president of Panama’s soccer federation for a fat-shaming comment about a star player in the women’s national team. Manual Arias suggested midfielder Marta Cox was “fat” after she made critical comments about the set-up at the national team,

Former Aston Villa women's manager Carla Ward will take over as coach of the Ireland women's team, the country's football association (FAI) said on Wednesday. Ward will be on the touchline for Ireland's Nations League home game against Turkey on Feb.