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Soccer star Stephanie Labbe with Pitea IF
by Bench Warmer
posted April 19, 2011 at 1:20pm
Leaving early from a month-long training camp in Rome with the national team, Stephanie Labbe headed to Sweden to play in her 3rd season with Pitea IF in the Damallsvenskan league. This past weekend, Steph started for Pitea in their home-opener. Pitea st...more
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20 questions with women's soccer player Ali Riley
by All White Kit
posted April 15, 2011 at 6:10pm
Rookie of the Year, WPS Championship...Just Another Year In the Life of Riley
AWK: The WNY Flash will have one of the most fearsome frontlines with Marta, Christine Sinclair, and Alex Morgan. Any hint as to what kind of formation Aaran Lines will ...more
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Canada Women's Soccer Update #CANWNT
by Bench Warmer
posted April 6, 2011 at 12:16pm
Few things to catch up onFirstly I've learned more information on the match v Sweden after finding a few game reports.Swedish head coach, Thomas Dunnerby started his 'A' lineup with the sole exception of the 'keeper. He wanted to see how No. 2 'keeper Sof...more
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10 Questions Ahead of the England/USWNT Clash
by All White Kit
posted April 2, 2011 at 5:49pm
The USWNT are set to play England in the team’s first international friendly on the year. The game is on ESPN2 at 3pm ET.
10.) Will those awful kits be making their television debut?
Nike’s new kits have been panned over the past couple of d...more
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Canadian Soccer Monthly Wrap: March 2011 #CANwnt
by Bench Warmer
posted April 1, 2011 at 10:51am
March has been good to the women. A pretty eventful month considering not much is going on with the team other than World Cup preparations. Here's a run down of what Big Red has been up to in March:Cyprus Cup preparations begin
March 2nd- Canada t...more
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Canadian Women’s National Team Update
by All White Kit
posted March 21, 2011 at 11:17am
Canadian Soccer Association/FIFA Trophy Tour
My apologies for such sporadic updates! Here’s a rundown of some CanWNT related news.
Things happened
World No. 6
FIFA released the latest Women’s World Rankings on March 18. Canada reached a historic...more
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Soccer Notables For March 20th, 2011
by All White Kit
posted March 21, 2011 at 11:02am
The USWNT will face Japan in a series of home friendlies this May. The first match will be played in Columbus, Ohio on May 14 and will be broadcast live on FSC at 6:30pm ET. The second match will be in Cary, North Carolina and will be at 7pm ET on ES...more
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US WNT to host Japan twice in May
by Pretty Tough
posted March 20, 2011 at 5:52pm
The US Women will play its first domestic matches of the year against Japan in May. The first match will be in May 14 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio at 6:30 pm ET on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Deportes. The second match will be on May 18 at ...more
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FALW Women's Soccer World Rankings
by From A Left Wing
posted March 19, 2011 at 11:11am
FIFA's latest ranking of women's national teams has just been released. As I can't figure out how the hell FIFA ranks the US Women's National Team #1 and places Nigeria below, say, Scotland, I figured I should post my own purely intuitive ranking.My top 1...more
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Sundhage names 23-player roster for England friendly
by Pretty Tough
posted March 18, 2011 at 10:42pm
US Women’s National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 23-player roster that will travel to the UK play England on April 2 in Brisbane Road at 3 pm ET. The match will be televised live on ESPN2.
This match is part of a 20-day training camp that...more
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A WPS/2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Wall Calendar
by All White Kit
posted March 16, 2011 at 12:53pm
AWK has really been up on the PDFs recently. This calendar will hopefully serve two purposes: a.) to provide a one-stop calendar of all WPS, USWNT training and Women’s World Cup dates and b.) to illustrate what the USWNT/WPS players will be up aga...more
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A Quick Rundown of UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 Qualifying
by All White Kit
posted March 16, 2011 at 12:45am
The qualifying draw for Women’s Euro 2013 was conducted today. Group winners and the best runner-up will qualify automatically for the final stage, with the remaining six teams playing in a home-and-away playoff in October 2012. Fixtures will begin ...more
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Soccer notables for March 11, 2011
by All White Kit
posted March 11, 2011 at 4:49pm
Unconfirmed rumor of the day: magicJack (formerly the Washington Freedom, magicTalk SC and magicJack SC/Washington Freedom) will play all of the team’s home games in Florida.
If this is indeed the case, magicJack is essentially an expans...more
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USA wins the Algarve Cup
by Pretty Tough
posted March 9, 2011 at 6:04pm
The USA won’ it’s 8th Algarve Cup with a 4-2 win against Iceland. A critical goal from Lauren Cheney just before halftime leveled thing out for the USA who were down 2-1 at one point. Heather O’Reilly scored the game-winner, while Alex Morgan added ...more
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Algarve Cup, Cyprus Cup finals set
by Pretty Tough
posted March 7, 2011 at 9:29pm
The final day of group play was played in both the Algarve Cup and Cyrpus Cup on March 7 and placements matches were set. The USA and Iceland will play for the title on March 9 at 12 pm ET.
In Group A, Norway defeated Japan with a score of 1-0, while the...more
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A Team-By-Team Review of the Cyprus Cup So Far
by All White Kit
posted March 6, 2011 at 6:45pm
Group A
Canada remains perfect after 1-0 victories over Scotland and Italy. Carolina Morace’s squad currently hold sway over Group A. Jonelle Filigno converted a Christine Sinclair pass to secure victory over Ital while Emily Zurrer’s goal made...more
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20 questions with goalkeeper Karen Bardsley
by All White Kit
posted March 4, 2011 at 9:45pm
Hi there! It looks like you’ve stumbled upon AWK’s newest weekly feature. Publishing more interviews is a top priority for us in 2011 – in addition to learning how to pronounce Lira Bajramaj’s name and using semicolons properly, that is. I’m...more
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Algarve Cup and Cyprus Cup Updates Plus Other Notables
by All White Kit
posted March 4, 2011 at 7:53pm
The USWNT earned another win against Norway in today’s spate of Algarve Cup matches. The victory ensures another final appearance for the team. Lindsay Tarpley and Carli Lloyd each scored a goal in the 2-0 victory. The team will face Finland next w...more
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Day 1 at the Cyprus Cup
by Pretty Tough
posted March 3, 2011 at 1:52am
If you’re a soccer fan, you gotta love all the soccer going on right now. While the Algarve Cup is going on in Portugal, more soccer games are being played over in Cyprus.
In Group A, Canada took a win over Scotland with a goal from Emily Zurrer, and E...more
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Day 1 at the Algrave Cup
by Pretty Tough
posted March 2, 2011 at 9:55pm
The Algarve Cup is well under way with the first 6 matches played. The USA faced Japan first for Group A and won 2-1. The first goal came in the 8th minute when Amy Rodriguez scored off a play that started with Nicole Barnhart in goal. Her shot from 18 ya...more
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