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2011-12 UEFA Women’s Champions League: Quarterfinals Set
by All White Kit
posted November 12, 2011 at 4:32pm

Arsenal 5, Rayo Vallecano 1. [Aggregate: Arsenal 6, Rayo 2] Heading into the second leg, Arsenal/Rayo was the only tie that remained undecided. Both teams shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw in Madrid last week. By the second half of Wednesday’s match...more

Frankfurt/Turbine Potsdam: A Soccer Rivalry for the Ages Kicks Up Again This Weekend
by All White Kit
posted November 11, 2011 at 4:14pm

I understand that the majority of members of the WoSo brethren are in the throes of NCAA Tournament mania, so I’ll try to make it quick. In short, Sunday will see a titanic clash between heavyweights Frankfurt and Turbine Potsdam. Is the Frankfurt/...more

European Soccer Update: All Hail the Giant Killers
by All White Kit
posted November 9, 2011 at 9:50am

Sunday’s Freiburg/Frankfurt clash kicked off through a heavy layer of mist and fog. The dreary weather conditions would sum up Frankfurt’s afternoon. Freiburg pulled off the shock of the 2011-12 Frauen-Bundesliga season by securing a 1-0 win agains...more

A Glance At the UEFA Women’s Champions League Round of 16
by All White Kit
posted November 1, 2011 at 5:25pm

The 2011-12 UEFA Women’s Champions League returns tomorrow with the first leg of Round of 16 matches. Some stuff on the impending matches: Wednesday Frankfurt vs. PSG Frankfurt fact file: First in the Frauen-Bundesliga; Last match: 10/30 1-0 wi...more

European Soccer Weekend Preview: Champions Will Be Crowned
by All White Kit
posted October 15, 2011 at 12:09pm

Sweden It wasn’t always a certainty, but LdB Malmö are now within striking distance of claiming two consecutive Damallsvenskan championships. The team hosts Örebro on Saturday and need at least three points to secure the league title. Malmö and ...more

Whitney Engen’s Dispatches from Sweden: A Change in Style
by All White Kit
posted October 7, 2011 at 6:32pm

WNY Flash defender Whitney Engen is five weeks in to her loan stint with Damallsvenskan side Tyresö. As the club continues to battle for the league title, Whitney takes note of the stylistic differences between the Damallsvenskan and WPS. �...more

Soccer: European Update, Americans Abroad, and the Champions League Continues
by All White Kit
posted October 5, 2011 at 10:21am

Programming note: Chris Henderson’s laptop is currently out of commission which calls for a well-deserved break. He is expected to be MIA for a few days. Germany Duisburg remain at the top of the heap after another emphatic win against a f...more

Whitney Engen’s Dispatches from Sweden: First Impressions
by All White Kit
posted September 16, 2011 at 3:16pm

We’re thrilled to present AWK’s newest contributor. You’re probably already quite familiar with her work. You might recognize her as the reigning WPS Defender of the Year or as a former stalwart on the University of North Carolina Tar Heels...more

AWK's Soccer Notables for September 5th, 2011
by All White Kit
posted September 6, 2011 at 10:10am

Japan look to wrap up 2011 with another triumph. The world champions still have a 100% record in AFC Olympic qualifying after a 1-0 win against Australia early this morning. Japan will officially qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics with a win against ...more

Arsenal Ladies Crowned FA WSL Champions (So Take Heart, Gunners Fans)
by All White Kit
posted August 29, 2011 at 12:51pm

Rachel Yankey and Faye White Are Champions Once More It wasn’t a completely abject day for Arsenal Football Club. Arsene Wenger’s men may have been treated to a humiliating 8-2 demolition job at the hands of Manchester United, but Arsenal Ladie...more

2011- 12 Frauen-Bundesliga Review: Round One
by All White Kit
posted August 24, 2011 at 6:24pm

Turbine Potsdam 4, Hamburg 0 (Anonma 9’, Nagasota 20’, Nagasota 58’, Anonma 62’ Attendance: 2,790) Sunday was not kind to Hamburger SV. The club’s men’s team got dismantled 5-0 by Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga while the women’s side...more

An Interview With Caitlin Foord, rising Australian soccer star
by All White Kit
posted August 17, 2011 at 11:57am

An Audacious World Cup Debut and A Big Future Caitlin Foord is one of the most precocious young talents in the women’s game today. Australia’s versatile right-sided player was named Best Young Player at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, beatin...more

“I Don’t Care Who Puts the Ball In the Back Of the Net”: An Interview With Jill Scott
by All White Kit
posted August 14, 2011 at 9:24am

Not only is Jill Scott Everton’s lofty box-to-box midfielder, she’s also England’s certified clutch performer. Ever the modest character, Scott has a history of scoring timely goals at crucial moments. She also did a sterling job marshalli...more

Carolina Morace resigns as head coach of Canadian women's team
by Bench Warmer
posted July 26, 2011 at 2:09pm

The happy marriage gone sour between Carolina Morace and the CSA has ended in an unexpected divorce. Wednesday afternoon during the CSA's formal debriefing, Morace announced she'll no longer coach the women's program. "We planned the debrief and we were...more

Iranian photographer and women’s soccer rights activist disappears in Tehran
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 13, 2011 at 4:28pm

By JAMES M. DORSEY An Iranian photographer and activist for women’s soccer rights has disappeared as the Islamic republic battles world soccer body FIFA for its own interpretation of the rights of women in the beautiful game.Maryam Majd, 25, is believ...more

BBC Under Pressure to Show England v. France Quarter Final Live
by Women in Sport International
posted July 7, 2011 at 4:47pm

Tweet I was just made aware from some British friends of mine that the BBC, who has the rights to the Women's World Cup coverage in England, is not planning on showing the England v. France quarter final game live on their main channel. What are they...more

Video: Lira Bajramaj Transferred to the WNY Flash (Not Really)
by All White Kit
posted July 5, 2011 at 9:07am

Oh, the hilarity. The striker recently completed a move from Turbine Potsdam to Frankfurt but a German talk show tricks her into thinking she has been transferred to the Western New York Flash. The elaborate ruse includes Frankfurt manager...more

Nigeria's Game
by From A Left Wing
posted July 1, 2011 at 9:53am

I fell in love with the Super Falcons during the 2008 Olympics, watching them slug out the ultimate group-of-death: Germany, Brazil, Nigeria and North Korea. None of the games in that tournament were as exciting as those Nigeria played in this group.Never...more

Quebec teen told she can't referee soccer with hijab on
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 30, 2011 at 10:32am

The Canadian PressMONTREAL — A Quebec teen who has been told she can no longer referee soccer while wearing her hijab says she's going to fight the red card.Sarah Benkirane, 15, said her Montreal-area soccer association informed her she could no longer...more

Less equal than others
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 30, 2011 at 10:27am

By Namita BhandareIn the photograph they are just numbers: 3, 14, 7. But their headscarves, covered necks and full-sleeved shirts do not mask their cheekiness. The one with #3 on her jersey has her chin up and eyebrows raised. The goofball is clearly #14,...more

Women’s World Cup – Things We Learned, Day 1:
by All White Kit
posted June 27, 2011 at 2:23am

Jenna and the finest women’s soccer website on the planet has been nice enough to ask me to add my two cents (or $2) on the Women’s World Cup. I spend most of my time writing on MLS and the men’s game, but I am a big fan of the women’s game. In ...more

2011 World Cup: France & Nigeria
by From A Left Wing
posted June 27, 2011 at 2:14am

Well, I'm not in Germany. I know this because even though the country I'm in (France) has a good team in the World Cup, and even though that team was on the cover of more than a few of the weekend papers and Sunday magazines, no one cares that they scored...more

Canada v. USA Women's Soccer Dance Off (Videos)
by Women in Sport International
posted June 25, 2011 at 4:00pm

As women's soccer fans around the world are getting ready to party during the FIFA Women's World Cup I would like to share this hilarious video with everyone. I thought my girls at the University of Ottawa Fastball Team were the only ones that did dance o...more

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