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Unruly fans threaten New Mexico high school soccer games

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FILE - In this July 7, 2019, file photo, United States coach Jill Ellis, left, watches the players warm-up before the Women's World Cup final soccer match against the Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France. The two-time FIFA women's coach of the year will lead the World Cup champions women's national team against South Korea in her final game before retiring on Sunday in Chicago. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

US women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis preps for last game

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Detroit to get new women’s soccer team in 2020

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FILE - In this July 27, 2019, file photo, Allyson Felix holds her daughter Camryn after running the women's 400-meter dash final at the U.S. Championships athletics meet in Des Moines, Iowa. A rebellion led by some of the sport's top runners, Allyson Felix, Kara Goucher and Alysia Montano, is helping change that, and two months after the U.S. women's soccer players stated their case for equal pay, women in athletics are finding footing on an equally important crusade. &quot;I feel like (my voice has been heard), and I feel like that only because of women coming together,&quot; Felix said in an interview with The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Felix, other top stars, fight track’s pregnancy penalty

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

Re-elected Swiss Federal Prosecutor Michael Lauber, on the left, receives congratulations from Nicoletta della Valle, Director Fedpol, right, during the autumn session of the Swiss Federal Council in Bern, Switzerland, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Switzerland’s lawmakers have given attorney general Michael Lauber four more years in office, he was renewed for a third mandate. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

Swiss attorney general gets 4 more years amid FIFA fallout

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FC Red Bull Salzburg player Erling Braut Haland celebrates after winning the Champions League Group E match against KRC Genk in Salzburg, Austria, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Salzburg won 6-2. (AP Photo/Kerstin Jaensson)

England the likely destination for Norway’s hottest new star

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2018 file photo, Iranian women cheer as they wave their country's flag after authorities in a rare move allowed a select group of women into Azadi stadium to watch a friendly soccer match between Iran and Bolivia, in Tehran, Iran. Sahar Khodayari, an Iranian female soccer fan died after setting herself on fire outside a court after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a soccer stadium where women are banned, a semi-official news agency reported Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The 30-year-old was known as the &quot;Blue Girl&quot; on social media for the colors of her favorite Iranian soccer team, Esteghlal. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

FIFA boss hopeful Iran will lift ban on women soccer fans

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This image released by HBO shows Diego Maradona in a scene from the documentary &quot;Diego Maradona.&quot;

Review: From god to devil: Doc tells Maradona’s mythic tale

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

Post-World Cup peak, Champions League reboots women’s soccer

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, South Africa's Caster Semenya smiles after winning the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, Calif.. Caster Semenya has signed for a South African soccer club and may be considering giving up track and field. The Olympic 800-meter champion, who is currently in a legal battle with the IAAF over her right to compete without taking testosterone-suppressing medication, said she has joined women's club JVW FC. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Quitting track? Semenya signs for South African soccer team

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 3, 2019, file photo, Netherlands' Jackie Groenen celebrates after scoring during the Women's World Cup semifinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Sweden, at the Stade de Lyon outside Lyon, France. The first-ever Manchester derby in the Women’s Super League opens the season when the competition is still a boost in crowds after the big interest in England’s run to the Women’s World Cup semifinals. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

England embraces rivalries, big venues for Women’s WCup lift

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

For this 12-year-old, college sports came early

By RAY DUCKLER - Associated Press

The Washington Spirit have sold nearly 15,000 tickets for their two games this season at Audi Field. Some of that has to do with the increased excitement around women’s soccer, and specifically the surging popularity of Rose Lavelle, a World Cup star who plays for Washington. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) **FILE**

Washington Spirit prep for two games at Audi Field as women’s soccer exposure grows

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Women’s national team lawsuit goes to trial May 5

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In this June 21, 2018, file photo, the Gateway Arch is seen in St. Louis. A newly expanded museum underneath the Arch is set to be open on July 3 and is the final piece of a massive $380 million renovation of the grounds surrounding and entrance to the iconic monument. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) ** FILE **

MLS awards expansion franchise to St. Louis for 2022 debut

By Dave Skretta - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 26, 2019 file photo, Zimbabwe players applaud their fans after the group A soccer match between Uganda and Zimbabwe at the Africa Cup of Nations at Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. Zimbabwe's government-run sports commission says it has asked FIFA to remove officials in charge of the country's soccer federation from office and appoint a temporary committee. The Sports and Recreation Commission regulates sport in Zimbabwe and says it wants the Zimbabwe Football Association to be run by a normalization committee. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Zimbabwe commission asks FIFA to fire soccer bosses

By ENOCK MUCHINJO - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, Nigeria's head coach Samson Siasia directs his players during a men's semifinal soccer match against Belgium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Shanghai. Siasia, the coach who led Nigeria to bronze at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, has been banned for life by FIFA on Friday Aug. 16, 2019, for receiving bribes to fix soccer matches.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)

FIFA bans two-medal Olympic coach in fixing bribes case

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DaMarcus Beasley has some fixes for American soccer

By AVERY YANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 19, 2019, file photo, Atlanta United coach Frank de Boer watches during the second half of the team's MLS soccer match against the New York Red Bulls in Harrison, N.J. De Boer said he regrets his choice of words in a British newspaper interview about gender equity in soccer and stressed that he's a big supporter of the women's game. De Boer faced backlash before Wednesday's Campeones Cup game for his comments in an article published by The Guardian, in which he said it was &quot;ridiculous&quot; that female players expect to receive the same World Cup pay as the men. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano, File)

Atlanta United coach de Boer regrets choice of words

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Kate Markgraf hired as GM for women’s national team

By ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press