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Wambach Wallops Big Red: USWNT 3, Canada 0
by All White Kit
posted September 23, 2011 at 10:20am

The U.S. always plays better in the second match of two-legged friendlies. That rang true tonight as the team defeated Canada 3-0 at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland. Abby Wambach scored a brace while Alex Morgan notched the team’s final goal in the match...more

Sights New and Old: On the USWNT’s 1-1 Draw Against Canada
by All White Kit
posted September 19, 2011 at 12:32am

With a 1-1 draw and uneven play by both sides, last night’s match was a rather unsatisfying home return for the USWNT. Given the team’s inspiring second place finish at the World Cup and its stale performances in preceding friendlies, it’s har...more

U.S. WNT test-drives a new formation, ties Canada 1-1 in front of 16,000 in Kansas City
by anngaff
posted September 18, 2011 at 10:44am

The line of cars backed up behind the exit off interstate 435 to State Road. The gorgeous Livestrong Park was in sight - so close yet so far away. I had close to an hour to make the kickoff but looking at the cars inching off the exist, down State Rd. an...more

“This World Cup Will Probably Be the Best For Awhile”: An Interview With Jacqueline Purdy
by All White Kit
posted August 15, 2011 at 5:53pm

ESPN’s Jacqueline Purdy has passionately covered women’s soccer since the days of the WUSA. In that time, she’s witnessed a handful of World Cups and was on the ground in Germany this summer for the duration of the tournament. In the conversation ...more

“I Feel We’ve Changed the Women’s Game Forever”: An Interview With Heather O’Reilly
by All White Kit
posted August 5, 2011 at 4:57pm

Every quality soccer team needs a player with as much industry and heart as Heather O’Reilly. The 26-year-old outside midfielder was instrumental in the USWNT’s World Cup success. For one, who can forget this strike against Colombia: On Monday, O...more

Wednesday Night WPS Action and News on Krieger, USWNT
by All White Kit
posted August 4, 2011 at 3:14pm

The off-the-field turmoil has seemingly had little effect on magicJack. On Wednesday, the South Florida side stormed back to defeat Sky Blue FC 3-2. Megan Rapinoe netted the game-winner just two minutes after Eniola Aluko scored her second equalizer....more

Another Reason to Love Pia Sundhage
by From A Left Wing
posted August 4, 2011 at 12:32am

I wish I could take credit for finding this video of Pia Sundhage playing the guitar and singing a Swedish Joan Armatrading-ish track. My archive isn't that deep, however. So we owe a big thank you to Jen O'Neil of She Kicks (via twitter @SheKicksdotnet) ...more

Friends again? After World Cup, your rival is your WPS teammate
by Fair Game News
posted July 30, 2011 at 5:10pm

By Megan Wood Nearly two weeks after an intense World Cup tournament and a riveting US-Japan final that captured international attention, Women’s Professional Soccer has settled back into its season. On Wednesday, the Boston Breakers and the Philadelp...more

WPS making a concerted effort
by After Atalanta
posted July 28, 2011 at 4:23pm

There have been many, many article about the potential effects of the Women's World Cup on the WPS. I haven't even bothered to blog about them or to even read all of them. They basically boil down to: 1) the WPS will benefit from the very exciting WWC, 2)...more

USWNT to play New Zealand in Kansas and Portland in September
by All White Kit
posted July 26, 2011 at 12:54am

The New Zealand Herald reports that the United States Women’s National Team is in talks with New Zealand Football to stage two domestic friendly matches in September. According to the report, the USWNT are slated to play the Football Ferns in Kans...more

Wambach, women’s soccer and winning
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 21, 2011 at 8:55pm

When she walked on to the field wearing loafers, it was evident she would not be actively participating in this particular game. And who could blame her. Abby Wambach had just spent the last three weeks in Germany leading the U.S. Women’s National Team ...more

Free at last: letting women’s sports grow up
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted July 20, 2011 at 7:27pm

Just as the Japanese team began celebrating its victory in the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, soothing Tweets sprang forth to summarize the impact of the gallant U.S. runners-up. One declared that “little girls everywhere win today,” while another pro...more

David Beats Goliath: Japan Victorious In FIFA Women's World Cup
by Women in Sport International
posted July 18, 2011 at 2:22pm

Tweet By JoJo Rennie Japan have came far in this tournament, not only beating European opposition for the first time with their impressive defeat of Germany - but doing it against the two time World Cup champions in their own back yard. A blog in the ...more

20 (or 12) Questions With Anson Dorrance
by All White Kit
posted July 17, 2011 at 9:56am

Courtesy University of North Carolina We have time for one more of our 20 Questions (actually this is only 12, but there’s some good info in there) feature before this glorious World Cup comes to a close, and – perhaps the most legendary women’...more

A Love Letter To Women’s Soccer
by Draft Day Suit
posted July 15, 2011 at 11:15am

Kelli Best Oliver (or K.B.O. if you are me) is a former Draft Day Suit writer and one of our very favorite people. She was also kind enough to let us cross post this piece on why she loves women’s soccer from her personal blog South City Confidential. E...more

WWC, tidbits and stories related to women’s sport
by One Sport Voice
posted July 13, 2011 at 9:05am

Since there is so much going on in women’s sport right now I thought I’d post some stories, links and videos of interest. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2011 (WWC, #wwc2011)! USA player Abby Wambach celebrates her goal against Brazil in final minutes of game...more

Mary Harvey and Me: A Fan’s Journey Back to the USWNT
by All White Kit
posted July 13, 2011 at 8:59am

The U.S.’ epic win against Brazil on Sunday brought back memories of the USWNT’s glory days. Longtime women’s soccer fan and current Atlanta Silverbacks P.A. announcer Laura Taylor can certainly attest to that. Here she recounts how she first...more

Team USA: Reasons to believe (and do we need TV review in soccer?)
by Fair Game News
posted July 11, 2011 at 4:30pm

By Laura Pappano Suddenly, the story lines need tweaking. Admit it: We had resigned ourselves to remembrances of the 1999 Women’s World Cup. Who didn’t watch grainy video highlights and years-later interviews with players and wonder if the Dawn of U...more

U.S.-Brazil Quarterfinal Preview: The Sweeper Is Dead, Long Live The Sweeper
by All White Kit
posted July 9, 2011 at 1:41pm

If you’re like me (honestly, hopefully you’re not) and you grew up playing soccer in the United States 20 years ago, you probably played most of the time with a sweeper. The person behind the back line was essential to a good defense, they were oft...more

2011 Women's World Cup: looking back to THAT game (USA/Brazil, 2007)
by From A Left Wing
posted July 8, 2011 at 9:04am

As much as the USWNT 1999 World Cup win over China meant to me, as a fan of the sport I was more impacted by the team's loss to Brazil four years ago.I watched that match from a bar in France - the same way I've been watching the games this tournament. Th...more

Women’s World Cup – Day 11: What We Learned – United States Edition
by All White Kit
posted July 7, 2011 at 9:09am

There’s always a point in every season where things go wrong. When they do, I inevitably refer to Apollo 13, specifically the scene where it didn’t look good for the astronauts. One of the men says, “This could be the worst disaster NASA’s ever...more

Buzzwords for the USA/Colombia Match
by All White Kit
posted July 3, 2011 at 10:46am

[Could have been USA 13, Colombia 0, but it was actually] USA 3, Colombia 0. And talk about fun. Off to the quarterfinals we go! Solo – Secure. Solo was called upon even less than she was against North Korea, but came up big when it mattered. I...more

USWNT Advances to Quarterfinals with Win over Colombia...and More Day 7 Lessons
by All White Kit
posted July 3, 2011 at 10:43am

It took a week, but we had our first day that you can consider “meh” in the Women’s World Cup. Unfortunately, North Korea is probably never going to be terribly entertaining, while Sweden is set up to defend first, and its strikers didn’t help ...more

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