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Aaliyah Faddoul finished her junior season at Georgia State the way she has finished most of them: on a list. First Team All Sun Belt. Nineteen starts. A team high six goals and 17 points, on 85 shots with a shooting percentage north of 50 percent. She has been on the field for every minute of conference play in three straight seasons, and every fall she adds another line to a résumé that already includes Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and back to back All Conference selection

Emma Hayes is deliberately making the USWNT uncomfortable. Eight months after winning Olympic gold, that choice says everything about where this program is headed. Emma Hayes speaking at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center. (photo: Vanessa Angel for the SDH Network) There is a version of this Brazil trip that never happens. The USWNT wins gold in Paris in 2024, comes home, and plays a comfortable set of friendlies in famili

Josh Blank laid out the timeline for Atlanta's 2028 NWSL launch. The organization is not waiting for opening day to figure out who this club is supposed to be. Atlanta's NWSL team does not have a name yet. The crest, the logo, and the coach are all still to come. The chief soccer officer search is underway and the roster has not been assembled. From the outside, 2028 feels a long way off. From the inside, the work is already well underway. Arthur and Josh Blank at the Atlanta

AMB Sports and Entertainment has hired Deandra Duggans, the marketing executive behind the Las Vegas Aces' historic sellout streak, as VP and Chief Business Officer of Atlanta's incoming NWSL club.

Front Office Sports' Margaret Fleming on why the NWSL's rise is good news for the whole sport For a long time, the story of women's professional soccer in America was told as an act of goodwill. A labor of love. Something you did for the community, with financial sustainability treated as a concern for some future version of the league that didn't exist yet. Arthur Blank isn't interested in that framing. Speaking at the Sports Business Journal Business of Soccer event in Atla

NWSL Atlanta’s proposed training ground in Marietta took a major step forward after a unanimous City Council vote. The Franklin Gateway project includes fields, parking, and a park contribution.

Atlanta stands tall in the joint U.S.–Mexico–Costa Rica–Jamaica bid for the 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup. From hosting the Draw to anchoring major fan festivals and serving as a regional travel hub, the city is positioned as a centerpiece of the most ambitious Women’s World Cup ever proposed — a tournament built around women’s experiences and the growing power of the game across the Southeast.