How The Athletic will be covering the Women’s World Cup
What’s that? Another World Cup? Another potential big game between the U.S. and England? And another chance for us at The Athletic to show our subscribers just how much we love the beautiful game.
Our team of writers, editors, podcasters and videographers are heading out to Australia and New Zealand for the next month to help bring to life the storylines that you want to hear about — and there is no shortage of them.
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The United States are looking to become the first team to win three World Cups in a row; Sarina Wiegman’s England are hoping to land the game’s biggest prize following their success at the Euros; Spain and France look to put months of problems behind the scenes to one side and deliver; the tournament is looking for new stars with so many big names injured; Brazil superstar Marta has one last chance for World Cup glory; Australia’s goalscoring machine Sam Kerr is carrying the weight of a nation; and we’re barely touching the sides with that list.
First up, please let’s get a couple of things out of the way:
To help you navigate so many games, storylines and big moments, we’ll be taking a variety of approaches. If you’re all about the U.S., you can follow the peerless Meg Linehan, Steph Yang, Jeff Rueter and Kim McCauley every step of the way; for England, it’s mainly Charlotte Harpur, Chloe Morgan, Katie Whyatt, Jacob Whitehead and Michael Cox; Laia Cervello Herrero will be following Spain; and we’ll have several other writers bringing the best stories to life, whether it be giving you the inside take on the amazing stories of China, Haiti, Zambia and Vietnam, explaining what the tournament means to the Aboriginal and Maori populations or keeping across controversial themes from Ireland, Jamaica and
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