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Germany, playing for more than a win
by From A Left Wing
posted July 4, 2010 at 12:31am

Germany's coach Joachim Loew lights a candle in Enke's memory On the eve of the World Cup, players reminded the press that this tournament was different. This year, they were playing in the wake of traumatic loss, and would do their best to honor the me...more

Nike tells girls watching the World Cup: You don't count.
by From A Left Wing
posted July 2, 2010 at 2:06pm

This "thank you" Nike Soccer video shows boys thanking the US Men's National Team "for playing like Americans." In casting ONLY boys, Nike once again makes clear that the girls and women who follow the sport in the US don't count. I am trying very hard no...more

World Cup update or something
by Draft Day Suit
posted June 30, 2010 at 7:40pm

The first game I watched this year was when Ghana defeated the US team. It was the first soccer game I’d watched in years, and it made me remember why I don’t watch soccer. First, soccer is everyone’s game but ours, so it didn’t break my heart ...more

Following up on Eudy Simelane, Global Girl Media, and the subject of rape and homophobia in South Africa
by From A Left Wing
posted June 29, 2010 at 8:16pm

Young women in Soweto produced two video segments about homophobia, rape, and the situation of black lesbians in South Africa. These segments were produced through Global Girl Media, a project which directs young women in producing media about the issues ...more

More thoughts on more losses (Mexico, England and the unfairness of it all)
by From A Left Wing
posted June 27, 2010 at 8:57pm

It was all too much today - one great goal (Lampard) ignored and one totally, unambiguously offside goal allowed (Tevez). We watched some teams exploit their good fortune, and others collapse in the face of their bad luck.It's become a World Cup scripted ...more

Quick note on US World Cup loss & soccer fans
by From A Left Wing
posted June 27, 2010 at 1:55pm

The hoopla over Wednesday's victory is rapidly fading, as is the wild optimism regarding the "future of American soccer". I don't mind this - all that hype is about as sound as the California real estate market. We belong to a different world, really - on...more

Sad story from South Africa
by Women's Sports Blog
posted June 26, 2010 at 4:01pm

Via Graham Hays, the news that LSU soccer player Kellie Murphy has lost her sister in a car accident at the World Cup. Murphy was slightly injured in the accident and her brother is in critical condition. Medical care in a foreign country and trying t...more

That other World Cup
by Women's Sports Blog
posted June 25, 2010 at 4:33pm

It's not the most brilliant of ideas to schedule an event with which you're hoping to gain attention for a neglected sport during the most popular sporting competition in the world. Wimbledon and the LPGA Championship are events of longstanding, and whi...more

Listening to the World Cup: Waka Waka, Zangaléwa and Vuvuzelas
by From A Left Wing
posted June 24, 2010 at 5:18pm

From the first 2010 World Cup broadcasts on ESPN, my fellow tweeters cracked jokes about The Lion King. We imagined Rafiki calling the matches, or James Earl Jones (who provided the voice for Mufasa), and half expected the referees to raise the Jabulani a...more

European Update
by All White Kit
posted June 24, 2010 at 4:10pm

Italy becomes the first European team to qualify to the UEFA Women’s World Cup Qualifying playoffs as they defeated Finland 3-1, thereby mathematically eliminating Finland (and anyone else) from contention. In Group 1, France emphatically defeated...more

Afghan women footballers dream of World Cup
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 24, 2010 at 4:02pm

By Daphne Benoit (AFP) – KABUL — On a yellowing football pitch, next to concrete walls and razor wire, World Cup fever is running high for Afghan women footballers who dream of scoring for their war-torn country. Training sessions may be inter...more

Four reasons you should be watching the World Cup
by Draft Day Suit
posted June 23, 2010 at 4:45pm

While most people probably know the World Cup is going on, there’s still millions of Americans who haven’t tuned in, including sports fans. As a lifelong player and fan, I’m personally tired of the same old “soccer is boring” arguments and the c...more

Title IX: Celebrating opportunity for all
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 23, 2010 at 3:44pm

It was a particularly lackluster practice and in typical fashion our basketball coach threw a bit of a fit. He went on a verbal rampage trying desperately to explain to this group of high school girls the possibilities that existed for them in sport. He ...more

World Cup fashion winners
by A Glam Slam
posted June 22, 2010 at 4:06pm

For months now, A Glam Slam has shared a wide range of World Cup merchandise for fans. Companies took advantage of the most popular and widely viewed sporting event in the world, creating fashion and accessories to coincide with the games. From sportswear...more

Yoko Ono syndrome plagues World Cup
by Womenstake
posted June 21, 2010 at 8:26pm

By Jessica Heaven, Fellow,National Women’s Law Center In a surprise upset on Wednesday, the Spanish national soccer team, ranked second in the world heading into the 2010 World Cup, lost 1–0 to Switzerland in its first game of the tournament. Even m...more

Whatever: A French perspective on French National Team's implosion
by From A Left Wing
posted June 21, 2010 at 8:20pm

I've translated an article by Simone Capelli-Welter, a regular contributor to So Foot. It's a fantastic piece, and in it you can hear an all too familiar frustration with the drama, the hysteria, and the contradictory flows of media discourse on such impl...more

Dear England, This is your National Team
by All White Kit
posted June 21, 2010 at 3:04pm

A football team donning the Three Lion’s striking kits took to the pitch this week. They had everything to prove and they knew it. They essentially needed to win their match and were expected to. After a shockingly uninspired first 45 minutes, their m...more

Models poke fun at World Cup WAGS
by A Glam Slam
posted June 21, 2010 at 2:41pm

WAGs have taken center stage at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, almost as much as the players themselves. They've appeared in ads for World Cup merchandise, have their own dedicated websites and have made their presence very well-known at games played thus ...more

Les Bleus Strike
by From A Left Wing
posted June 20, 2010 at 9:36pm

The French National Team players refused to participate in today's practice, and issued the statement below explaining why: With this statement, all players of French National Team, without exception, assert their opposition to the decision taken by the ...more

Anouk Hoogendijk is women’s soccer’s answer to this
by All White Kit
posted June 20, 2010 at 9:33pm

Anouk Hoogendijk is women’s soccer’s answer to this: (That’s Oguchi Onyewu if you didn’t recognize him. Can anyone translate Dutch?) ...more

On Feeling Cheated: Notes on USA - Slovenia
by From A Left Wing
posted June 19, 2010 at 12:00pm

Sport culture seems to be the one discursive space in which we can declare that we were robbed, that our team was cheated, that the game wasn't fair - and we don't come off as bitter or resentful. This sort of anger - at being kept out of the World Cup ...more

Notables for a day the World Cup was actually kinda interesting
by All White Kit
posted June 18, 2010 at 2:45pm

There was that wonderful Argentina game, Greece’s shocking game-winning goal and Mexico’s jaunt through France into the Group of 16. But most importantly COME ON AMERICA, BEAT SLOVENIA TOMORROW. No real headline today so I guess I’ll start ...more

France does its penance
by From A Left Wing
posted June 18, 2010 at 1:03pm

Just a quick note today: France needed its loss, even more than Mexico needed this win today. They need to absolve themselves of the burden of guilt brought onto the team by Henry's handball, which kept a more deserving Ireland from participating in these...more

A preview of this week’s European World Cup qualifying matches
by All White Kit
posted June 18, 2010 at 12:57pm

The boys don’t get to hog all the fun. Some very important games will take place in the next week and a half in the world of women’s soccer. A few European teams could earn their spots in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup (currently only Australia, ...more

World Cup 2010: South Africa
by Tiffany Weimer
posted June 17, 2010 at 7:59pm

I haven't been able to see all the games because we kind of have our own practices and games, but I wanted to give my two bits on what I have seen. I would love to hear your thoughts on my thoughts… so drop me a line on Facebook or Twitter if you’d l...more

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