Author: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY

The American women won the 1999 World Cup and set in motion massive changes across the sports landscape.

Americans Carli Lloyd and Alyssa Naeher and Canada’s Christine Sinclair among the players to watch at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

USA games, Norway-France highlight our 10 games to watch in the group stage of the Women’s World Cup.

Alex Morgan predicted her path when she was 7, Alyssa Naeher wants to be in a crossword puzzle and Megan Rapinoe was once on a game show in Japan.

France is trying to become first team to hold the men’s and women’s World Cup titles at same time.

USA TODAY has two augmented reality experiences for the World Cup, including an interactive that lets you play goalie. Plus, meet the entire US team.

Although the U.S. women continue to fight U.S. Soccer over discrimination ahead of the World Cup, investment in the game is coming from elsewhere.

Fans who purchased tickets together for World Cup in France irate when they discovered FIFA had separated their seats.

Americans will have luxury of bringing in players like Carli Lloyd, Christen Press and Mallory Pugh as subs at the World Cup next month in France.

Global soccer leader FIFA says it cares about development of the women’s game, but even with the World Cup approaching, the women are still getting second-class treatment.