Boston Women's Sports

  • Not a Bad Dream

    NWSL Boston’s Name Launch Fizzles By Abbi Holt; Edited by Laura Everett When the new NWSL Boston franchise’s name was dropped Monday October 14 by the intrepid Sandra Herrera the reaction was swift and uniform.  No, thank you. We do not want to be citizens of the newly dubbed, “BOS Nation.” Many hoped that they…

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  • WNBA in Boston: Sun, Boston win

    Boston basketball fans, and New England sports fans more generally, might wonder:Could we have a home team? Could this be our life? A hometown women’s basketball team? The Connecticut Suns are decidedly queer, unabashedly Black, and Native-owned. 

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  • Olympic Watch Party 7/25

    Boston, we had so much fun throwing a watch party for the USWNT at a Dorchester Vietnamese restaurant for the World Cup, and a Roxbury Dominican spot for the NWSL championship , that we decided to throw an Olympic Watch party this coming Thursday July 25, 2024 starting at 1pm. Plan to join us at…

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  • Defensive Much?: Boston wins in High Scoring PWHL Finals Game One

    Written by Laura Everett and edited by Abbi Holt  This was not the game that anyone expected.  This was likely not the Finals that anyone in the PWHL leadership likely expected. None of the Canadian teams made it through in this deliberately binational league. And neither of the top two regular season teams in Toronto…

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  • From Escape to Empowerment: Afghan Women Soccer Players Find Refuge in Boston.  

    By Parastou Ashori; Edited by Abbi Holt Photo: Laura Everett; Refugee soccer tournament Foladi and Zafari attended hosted by Soccer Without Borders a charity they have been involved with since arriving whose mission it is to help refugees settle and build community through soccer.   In the midst of turmoil, two young Afghan women, Fatima Foladi…

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  • The Case for White Stadium

    By Abbi Holt Edited by Margaret Dalton In all the discourse around the renovation of White Stadium and the pro soccer team that would share the field with the Boston public schools, the perspective I have yet to see is my own, one of a neighbor who is excited about the project. When I first…

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  • Knight’s Out: Boston win in overtime over Minnesota

    Written by Laura Everett, Edited by Abbi Holt LOWELL, MA: Much better.  Everyone in PWHL Boston is feeling much better after Saturday night.  PWHL Boston and PWHL Minnesota last met on Wednesday January 3, 2024 for Boston’s home opener at Tsongas Arena in Lowell. Back then, everything in the league was shiny and new. In…

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  • At Center Ice: Boston Beanpot Wins

    By Laura Everett, edited by Abbi Holt Boston, Mass. – This is what we deserve.  The 4k video screens at the center of TD Garden are 18 feet x 32.5 feet, nearly double the previous size before their 2021 rehabilitation. These screens are dubbed “Hub Vision,” self-proclaimed for both their centrality above center ice and…

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  • More Garbage, Less Goals: NY trashes Boston 4-1

    written by Laura Everett, Edited by Abbi Holt Photo by Michael Riley; shared with permission of the PWHL Enough of the pretty goals, the corner shots, the slaps from center ice. We need scraps and scrum and dirty leftovers. We need toe-pokes and pick-ups and cheap shots that don’t make the highlight reel.  With an…

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  • “Fight to the End”

    Boston stages a comeback to win their first game away at Montreal! Written by Abbi Holt; Edited by Laura Everett For Montréal fans, it’s got to sting that PWHL Boston got their first win 3-2 in overtime at PWHL Montréal’s first ever home game.   The sold-out Verdun Auditorium crackled with intensity as the first period…

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