A knee injury is forcing U.S. midfield star Sam Mewis to retire at age 31. Here’s what happened—and what she’s doing next. U.S. soccer star Sam Mewis announced her retirement on Friday.

Mewis was on the U.S. team that won the World Cup in 2019. A regular on the national team since 2016 with 83 appearances, Mewis was voted the 2020 U.S. Soccer Player of the Year.

Sam Mewis and her older sister Kristie both starred at Whitman-Hanson and on a global stage, leading the U.S. to a runner-up finish at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand, becoming ...

Manchester City manager Gareth Taylor was full of praise for Sam Mewis after the U.S. women's national team midfielder marked ...

Sam Mewis Hasn’t Let Her Injuries Keep Her From Changing Women’s Soccer Despite being sidelined by multiple knee surgeries, the USWNT and Kansas City Current star has spent the last two years ...

Sam Mewis launched the women's soccer podcast "The Women's Game" about a year ago. The former US soccer star has grown the show into one of the most listened-to in women's sports.

Manchester City's Sam Mewis reacts during the Women's FA Cup final soccer match between Everton and Manchester City at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020.

Midfielder Sam Mewis has undergone a second knee surgery and is unlikely to be available to play for the United States at the Women’s World Cup this summer. Mewis, who also plays for the Kansas ...