Japanese women’s football team coach Nils Nielsen hailed his side’s heroic performance after they lifted the Asian Cup championship with a hard-fought victory over a resilient Australia in the final.

SYDNEY — Maika Hamano took a pass from the left with her back to goal, turned and launched a powerful strike from outside the area in a moment of individual brilliance that secured Japan a third Women ...

To wrap up a three-game series with Japan, the United States Women's National Team plays tonight at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. The teams have split the first two games of the ...

Here’s a recent soccer story via The Associated Press: SEATTLE (AP) — Maika Hamano scored and Japan beat the U.S. women’s national team 1-0 in a friendly on Tuesday night to snap the Americans’ ...

Defenders Rion Ishikawa and Hikaru Kitagawa, and midfielders Yūka Momiki and Honoka Hayashi have been posting Q&A videos in Japanese and vlogging about their days at Everton Yui Mok / Getty Images A ...