On a night when the game was more or less beside the point, Rapinoe knelt, Hope stayed away, Heather O'Reilly said goodbye. By Peter Nolan

FC Dallas claimed the 103rd Lamar Hunt US Open Cup title with an impressive 4-2 win in front of a rare sellout crowd Tuesday night in Frisco, Texas. By Peter Nolan

Before there was Christian Pulisic there was Juan Agudelo, scoring a goal for the United States in South Africa at 17 years of age, before he had scored one at the club level. By Peter Nolan

On a weekend rife with playoff implications NWSL play kicked off on Saturday with a rare match devoid of such concerns. By Peter Nolan