Kansas City's emphatic 4-1 victory over Bay FC has catapulted the Current to the top of ESPN's NWSL Power Rankings.

As the European season winds down, the picture of who could win the next Ballon d’Or becomes clearer. Here are five likely frontrunners for football’s most prestigious individual prize.

But back to1957. In that year the U.S. was over a decade into the fertile period known as the baby boom. In ‘57 there were 4.3 million babies born in the United States. Needless to say the competition ...