Key Event Details Dates: June 6, 2015 – July 5 2015 Match Locations: Vancouver Edmonton Moncton Montreal Ottawa Winnipeg Tickets: 150,000 tickets were sold in the first 48 hours after FIFA opened up sales. Organizers hope to sell 1.5 million tickets to the 24-team, 52-match … [Read more...]
Happy St Patrick’s Day!
I know traditionally St Patrick's Day is celebrated with green alcohol and parties, but let's put that to one side for a minute. While everyone else is partying tomorrow, some Irish women will be donning tracksuits and getting down to training. Just another day at the office. This is just a small … [Read more...]
Female Footballers: Past, Present and Future
When I was a little girl, I had male role models. It was 1991, I distinctly remember watching, for the first time, women on the TV who were playing soccer during Women’s World Cup in China. By 1994, I remember going to a Santa Clara University women’s soccer game and Brandi Chastain was there. I … [Read more...]
Stephanie Roche’s amazing goal in Lego
Yes, it had to happen. Or maybe not, but it has. As the focus grows on FIFA's goal of the year contest, Irish soccer player Stephanie Roche's goal and the other two entries have been immortalised in Lego. … [Read more...]
Women’s Sports Foundation Announces Soccer Olympian Angela Hucles as New President
via release New York, NY (January 6, 2015) – The Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF), the leading authority on the participation of women and girls in sports, announced today the appointment of Angela Hucles as the Foundation’s new President. Hucles, whose two-year term went into effect January 1, … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - Third Time the Charm for Florida State
Three was the magic number. Florida State finally reached the pinnacle of women’s college soccer in their third national title final, beating Virginia for the third time in 2014, by a score of 1-0 for the third time. For Virginia, it was three times unlucky, having now gone home empty-handed … [Read more...]
Brandi Chastain Talks Women’s World Cup, College Cup & More
Every young girl wants someone to believe in her and give her a chance, especially in sports. And sometimes when girls have that opportunity, they leave the entire nation on their feet applauding. Brandi Chastain and her teammates severely altered women’s sports and its impact on the world at the … [Read more...]
Soccer Star Brandi Chastain Talks Capital One Cup & More
Every young girl wants someone to believe in her and give her a chance, especially in sports. And sometimes when girls have that opportunity, they leave the entire nation on their feet applauding. Brandi Chastain and her teammates severely altered women’s sports and its impact … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - College Cup Semi-Final Preview - Florida State vs Stanford
Projected Starting Lineups Florida State does not have fond memories of Stanford in the College Cup. FSU has played the Card just twice in their history, both times in the NCAA Tournament and were swept aside both times with plaintive ease by the Pac-12 powerhouse. A smattering of players on each … [Read more...]
NCAA Soccer - College Cup Semi-Final Preview - Virginia vs Texas A&M;
Projected Starting Lineups It might be all offense, all the time on Friday, as Virginia and Texas A&M threaten to break the scoreboard in Boca Raton with all the scoring potential on hand. Texas A&M finally broke their College Cup duck with a battling win over Penn State that saw … [Read more...]