NWSL Challenge Cup Coverage Advisory
To help with your planning, here is a look at some of what AP is planning for the NWSL Challenge Cup tournament. For questions, please email Assistant Sports Editor Ed Montes (emontes@ap.org). For up-to-the-minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org. For access to AP Newsroom and other technical issues, contact Customer Support at apcustomersupport@ap.org or 877-836-9477.
This advisory is subject to change. All times Eastern.
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GAME STORIES: AP plans to provide stories of about 150 words for all games during the tournament beginning Saturday.
PHOTOS: AP will provide photos from the two opening games on Saturday.
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MOVING FRIDAY:
SOC--NWSL-Challenge Cup
The National Women's Soccer League opens its Challenge Cup tournament Saturday and the pressure is on as it becomes the first professional team sport in the United States to play amid the coronavirus pandemic. By Anne M. Peterson. UPCOMING: 650 words, photos by 8 p.m.
SOC--NWSL-Commissioner Baird
Lisa Baird assumed her new role as commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League on March 10. Two days later, she shut down the league because of the coronavirus. It's certainly not the way she imagined her first 48 hours on the job would go. By Anne M. Peterson. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos by 8 p.m. ET.
-SOC--NWSL Team Capsules. SENT: 900 words, photos.
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