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Don’t miss Saturday’s match: #USWNT takes on Italy to qualify for the World Cup
by Pretty Tough
posted November 27, 2010 at 10:30am

For women’s soccer fans, Saturday’s game is kind of a big deal. After winning or being in the finals or semi-finals of every FIFA Women’s World Cup, the U.S. national team is fighting to even be in the 2011 line-up. The CONCACAF WWCQ semifinal lo...more

USWNT 90 Minutes Away From the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Italy Is Too.
by All White Kit
posted November 26, 2010 at 7:00pm

Hold off on the celebrating, we're not there just yet. If there’s one thing you can say about the USWNT these days, it’s that they certainly know how to win ugly. Whether it’s last gasp goals or helpful refereeing decisions, the team has been...more

Japan Tip North Korea For 2010 Asian Games Gold Medal While Ji So-Yun Continues to Shine
by All White Kit
posted November 23, 2010 at 11:28pm

Third place in AFC WWCQ, runners-up in the 2010 U-17 WWC and now gold medalists. It's been a good year for Japan. Japan avenged its defeat against North Korea in the 2006 Asian Games Final by edging the defending champions 1-0. The victory earned Jap...more

Women’s Soccer Events for the Week of November 22-28
by All White Kit
posted November 22, 2010 at 10:16pm

As the calendar year winds down so too does much of the women’s soccer action. This week will see the conclusion of qualification for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup as the United States will look to protect its 1-0 lead against Italy at home. Two ...more

Dear Alex Morgan, THANK YOU!
by All White Kit
posted November 21, 2010 at 11:03am

The USWNT defeated Italy 1-0 thanks to a stoppage time goal from Alex Morgan. The match itself was pretty turgid. Check out the Cover It Live post below for some minute-by-minute coverage and thanks to everyone who participated. The USWNT probab...more

Live Blog from yesterday's Italy vs USWNT – 1st Leg of UEFA/CONCACAF WWCQ Playoff
by All White Kit
posted November 21, 2010 at 10:56am

  Italy/USWNT - First Leg of UEFA/CONCACAF WWC Qualifying Playoff SeriesWatch Replay   ...more

US Women's Team Plays in the Dark: thoughts on today's unlikely win over Italy
by From A Left Wing
posted November 20, 2010 at 9:19pm

Today, Alex Morgan saved the collective ass of the US Women's National Team. The Californian super-sub drew blood from Italy in the last breath of this crucial match, stepping onto the field in the 85th minute and scoring in the 94th. The two-game play-of...more

The USWNT can surely beat Italy. Right?
by All White Kit
posted November 19, 2010 at 3:16pm

The United States Women’s National Team might not qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. That statement is too frightening to dwell on any further. There’s really no need to mention how it would set the USWNT back to a time before Alex Morg...more

Women Talk Sports Weekly Radio Show #6 - The State of Women's Soccer in the US, NCAA Cross-Country Championships, MMA and more
by anngaff
posted November 19, 2010 at 1:06pm

Sunday afternoon, MarQ Piocos and l will host the weekly Women Talk Sports Radio Show at 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific. Lots to talk about this week, so Show #6 will be a full one! Our main topic of discussion will be about women's soccer in the United St...more

Notables for November 18th, 2010: The We Are Okay Edition
by All White Kit
posted November 18, 2010 at 10:44pm

Due to my commitment to obtaining a degree I hope to never use, I missed today’s WPS conference call. Luckily, 30 other media members did manage to listen in. Some highlights included Western New York’s name (the Western New York Flash), a league o...more

Frauenbundesliga Game Day 13
by All White Kit
posted November 17, 2010 at 11:27am

It seems as if the already tight schedule this season has gotten even tighter due to really bad weather in Germany. Some of this weekend’s games had to played in bad conditions and poor pitches. The first postponed game of this season (due to water-...more

Women’s Soccer Events for This Week
by All White Kit
posted November 16, 2010 at 9:59am

This week probably isn’t as fun as previous weeks but there’s still a lot of stuff going on, like South American Women’s World Cup qualifying, the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, the draw for the knockout stages of the 2010-2011 UEFA Women�...more

Important USWNT Squad List Released For Two Important Games
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2010 at 7:51pm

This post should have been up yesterday but annoying server issues got in the way. The USSF has announced the 24 players who will be eligible to play in the USWNT’s critical UEFA/CONCACAF 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifying playoff series ag...more

CONMEBOL WWCQ: Group A All But Decided, Can Paraguay Make It Interesting?
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2010 at 1:03pm

Argentina and Chile have all but advanced to the final group stage. Chile end their set of first round matches having taken 9 points from four games (their only loss came against group leaders Argentina). Group A action wraps up tomorrow and barring a ...more

Nigeira, Equatorial Guinea set to represent Africa in 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
by All White Kit
posted November 12, 2010 at 1:05am

For Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, the commonalities are few. One country is the most populous in Africa, the other has a population tantamount to that of Memphis, Tennessee. One country has never missed out on a Women’s World Cup while the other wi...more

Women's soccer: Damned if you cruise, damned if you lose
by After Atalanta
posted November 11, 2010 at 6:56pm

I promised Dr. Pants I would write something about the calamity/catastrophe (depending on which source you read) in Cancun otherwise known as the US Women's National Team's loss to Mexico last weekend. The team placed third in the CONCACAF tournament (Can...more

A Sudamericano Femenino Update In 43 Seconds Or Less
by All White Kit
posted November 10, 2010 at 10:43am

Looks like we’ve got ourselves a tussle at the top of Group B, guys. Paraguay and Colombia went in to today’s matches tied on points behind group leaders Brazil. They finished today’s matches in exactly the same position after some pretty sizable...more

Steely Canadians edge resilient Mexico 1-0 In CONCACAF WWCQ Final
by All White Kit
posted November 9, 2010 at 4:58pm

Canada may have just achieved its most notable soccer achievement to date as Carolina Morace’s team narrowly defeated Mexico in the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup. It took a Christine Sinclair penalty in the 50′ to separate the two sides but it w...more

USWNT defeat Costa Rica 3-0 to advance to CONCACAF/UEFA Play-Off amid uncertainity
by All White Kit
posted November 9, 2010 at 12:18pm

It wasn’t beautiful, nor was it technically immaculate, but there was a certain haphazard inevitability to it. Lauren Cheney’s 17’ goal encapsulated the USWNT’s 3-0 win over Costa Rica in the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying 3rd place ma...more

A super belated CONCACAF WWCQ Final/3rd place match post
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2010 at 9:31pm

Tonight’s the night. Mexico will attempt to avenge the 3-0 loss it suffered at the hands of Canada last week in the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying Final. At least the forecast is favorable. The stage is set for Maribel Dominguez, whose tourna...more

CONCACAF WWCQ Final: Canada vs. Mexico
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2010 at 7:03pm

Some unforeseen circumstances this past weekend have held me up, but here, I send my belated congratulations to Canada and Mexico for earning automatic berths to next year’s Women’s World Cup in Germany. The two nations will face off at tonight’...more

A calendar of women’s soccer events for this week
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2010 at 12:03pm

There’s a lot of stuff going on. This could truly be the busiest week for woso in the calendar year. Please let me know if I’ve omitted anything. Monday, November 8 CONCACAF WWCQ 3rd Place Match – United States/Costa Rica ESPN2 6pm ET CONCA...more

CAF WWCQ: Nigeria and South Africa Through to Knockout Stage, Group B Still Up For Grabs
by All White Kit
posted November 7, 2010 at 3:39pm

Flying High: Nigeria's Super Falcons Advance to the Knockout Phase With Little Interruption Nigerian striker Perpetua Nkwocha was reportedly planning on hanging her boots up in the coming months. If this is indeed her last hurrah, she sure knows h...more

On Mexico's Win: "Marigol" puts the US Women's National Team on notice
by From A Left Wing
posted November 7, 2010 at 3:06pm

Maribel Dominguez scored against the US in only the third minute of the match. She's appeared on this site before (Why police the border between men's and women's sports?), as the player who provoked FIFA to rule that "the men's and women's game must be a...more

New Day, Same Miserable Result: More Reaction to Mexico/USWNT
by All White Kit
posted November 6, 2010 at 11:34pm

The United States is at risk of not qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Strange, isn’t it? The USWNT should beat Costa Rica on Monday, will perhaps draw away with Italy on Saturday, November 20th and then wrap up the play-off tie in...more

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