Meg Linehan is a Senior Writer at The Athletic. She covers a range of topics within sports, particularly focusing on soccer, including the NWSL, World Cup, and Olympics, while also exploring the intersections of sports with culture and society. Meg's work has been featured in The New York Times, Yahoo Sports, and other prominent outlets.
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Meg Linehan's articles mainly cover women's soccer, NWSL, USWNT, and soccer transfers. Her focus is on event coverage with some expert commentary. If you have insights or analysis related to women's soccer events, NWSL developments, or soccer transfers involving the USWNT players that could provide valuable context or depth to her articles, it would likely be of interest to her. Additionally if you can offer expertise in analyzing trends in women's sports and their impact on society at large she might find that valuable as well.
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By: Meg Linehan
The Athletic's Meg Linehan writes that the NWSL should have done more to protect one of its own players.
FIFA is open to exploring expanding the Women’s World Cup to 48 teams — with some member associations lobbying for it to happen. The competition was most recently increased from 24 teams to 32 in July 2019 following the tournament in France that year, and this came into force at the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. FIFA has already confirmed that the 2027 tournament in Brazil will again feature 32 countries, but multiple sources with knowledge of the governing body’s thinking, not authorised to speak publicly, have informed The Athletic it is open to the possibility...
By: Meg Linehan
After delivering Olympic gold in the summer, Hayes now turns her focus to the future of the USWNT and trying to win the 2027 World Cup
By: Meg Linehan
BOS Nation has faced multiple obstacles in the year since announcing it was joining the league. The latest hurdle could delay its debut.
By: Meg Linehan, Jeff Rueter, Steph Yang
The USWNT overcame a lot of change, emotional goodbyes and new teammates to win gold at the Paris Olympics.
By: Steph Yang, Meg Linehan
The Athletic's women's soccer writers have acquired some interesting items over the years — these are some personal favorites
By: Meg Linehan
What we know about the 2025 NWSL schedule.
By: Meg Linehan
Crystal Dunn will make her return to the USWNT program after missing the team’s fall camps.
By: Meg Linehan
After the Pride won the NWSL Shield and Championship, 2024 ended as one of, if not the best club season of Marta’s lengthy career.
By: Meg Linehan, Emily Olsen
Welcome to Full Time, The Athletic's women's soccer newsletter.
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