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NCAA Soccer – (Quick) 2013 Big Sky Preview
by All White Kit
posted August 7, 2013 at 10:05pm

  Ever the unpredictable league, the Big Sky Tournament often turns into a spectacle that’s part luck, part sheer survival come November.  Getting there is often the big challenge, with stingy defenses and impotent offenses often meaning ...more

NCAA Soccer – (Quick) 2013 NEC Preview
by All White Kit
posted August 6, 2013 at 9:45pm

  The NEC has been a two-horse race in recent years, with the firepower of Saint Francis (PA) facing off against the defensive steel of Long Island.  That rivalry will likely take a backseat this season though, as SFPA looks likely to run rampa...more

Four Kansas City Shock Athletes Given WPSL Honors
by anngaff
posted August 6, 2013 at 4:53pm

Tuesday, August 6 – As announced by the WPSL front office last week, four players from the Kansas City Shock have been recognized for their performance this season with conference and All-WPSL honors. Defender/captain Aliesha Cassie (left) and forw...more

Who wants a full-ride? A few tips on what college coaches look for during recruiting
by Marissa Kastanek
posted August 6, 2013 at 1:04pm

A few tips on what college coaches look for during recruiting and how to improve your chances of getting a full-ride scholarship....more

Superheroes via @TiffanyWeimer
by Tiffany Weimer
posted August 6, 2013 at 9:10am

The night before our last regular season home game I watched The Dark Knight because it happened to be on TV. Similar to when Pink Floyd is on the radio, I can never turn Batman off the TV if it’s on. There aren’t many movies that can take me...more

NCAA Soccer – (Quick) 2013 WAC Preview
by All White Kit
posted August 6, 2013 at 9:07am

  What to expect in the WAC in 2013?  Your guess is as good as mine.  Stalwarts New Mexico State and Idaho have been here a while, but neither look to be in a position to challenge for honors, while second-year side Seattle will likely hav...more

NCAA Soccer – 3rd Annual AWK Award Preseason Shortlists
by All White Kit
posted August 5, 2013 at 10:38pm

  Here we are with the preseason watchlists for AWK’s third annual college soccer awards, voted on by a select panel of coaches (and yours truly). As a reminder, players with no college experience are not eligible for preseason shortlists, th...more

NCAA Soccer – (Quick) 2013 SWAC Preview
by All White Kit
posted August 5, 2013 at 9:10am

  The SWAC wasn’t exactly much to crow about last year after Roberto Mazza’s departure from Arkansas-Pine Bluff saw the league lose much of its little luster.  Alabama State did net some non-conference wins, but mostly, it was a cas...more

NCAA Soccer – (Quick) 2013 Great West Preview
by All White Kit
posted August 5, 2013 at 9:07am

  The nation’s most anonymous conference, the Great West has shrunk down to an unfathomable four teams as Houston Baptist and Utah Valley have found homes in the Southland and WAC respectively.  Some might wonder if it’s time for th...more

The Pursuit of Great via @TiffanyWeimer
by Tiffany Weimer
posted August 3, 2013 at 1:36pm

I randomly picked out the book Examined Lives by James Miller – because like most athletes, I think I’m on the path to becoming the next Socrates. (The irony of that statement is that Socrates was also one of the Brazilian soccer players I gre...more

NWSL – Fantasy Preview – Round Seventeen
by All White Kit
posted August 3, 2013 at 1:28pm

  Anyone else spinning their wheels? I’m stuck in the mid-hundreds after a rather pedestrian round that likely also caught some others cold. I whiffed on the likes of Abby Wambach and the unfortunate Lori Chalupny, while Karina LeBlanc did n...more

W-League: Spirit Reserves finish third in Final Four
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2013 at 6:58pm

  For the second year in a row, Washington’s W-League team went to the Final Four, losing the first match and winning the second. This year the Spirit Reserves faced the always-formidable Pali Blues in the first round. The Reserves, like mo...more

UEFA Women's EURO2013 champions on the field and in the press
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted August 2, 2013 at 6:54pm

Germany welcomes home the Women's Soccer team - UEFA EURO2013 Champions How great is that photograph? Just goes to show when women do well, we can get sport in the headlines. Over 5,000 people turned out in Frankfurt to welcome home the Women's EURO2...more

NWSL – Let’s Talk Trade Deadline
by All White Kit
posted July 31, 2013 at 10:44pm

  Judging by the reactions of some of my trade deadline twitter musings, I’m guessing there could be a lot of discussion of who might and might not be moving by the end of business on Wednesday. But please NWSL teams, do something and make my...more

18 Players from NWSL Join Athlete Ally
by Sarah Hallett
posted July 28, 2013 at 5:10pm

Eighteen members of the National Women's Soccer League have stepped up to help battle LGBT issues by joining forces with Athlete Ally....more

NWSL – Fantasy Preview – Round Sixteen
by All White Kit
posted July 27, 2013 at 9:53am

  Points haven’t been posted as of my writing this, but I think I did decently in Round Fifteen, ably aided by captaining Holiday and having Rapinoe, Solo, and Chalupny in my side among others. At the same time, I’m still a little wary ...more

WPSL: The sun sets on the 2013 Charge
by All White Kit
posted July 27, 2013 at 9:37am

  The season's over, and still enough players show up for a full roster and subs It’s hard to believe that on this field this team endured one of the most gut-wrenching defeats imaginable, giving up a goal in the final seconds of stoppage ...more

NCAA Soccer– Final 2013 Recruiting Rankings – North Carolina On Top Again
by All White Kit
posted July 26, 2013 at 9:31am

  I will say this: The gap between North Carolina at the top and Stanford at #2 was pretty much negligible. It’s a situation where you could easily label the Card as ’1a’ before a pretty sizable gap to UCLA at #3 and then another ...more

Sports History Files: Remembering an American soccer pioneer
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted July 23, 2013 at 4:51pm

“The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn’t move, kick it until it does.” — Phil Woosnam     Like a lot of Americans raised on baseball, basketball and gridiron footb...more

NWSL – (Quick) Fantasy Preview – Round Fifteen
by All White Kit
posted July 20, 2013 at 10:58am

  Busy with college soccer previews and such, so it’s just rankings this round. Keep in mind some positions have changed, most notably Kristen Mewis and Merritt Mathias. Chicago looks to have the best matchups on paper, aided by getting the Sp...more

W-League: Two MD teams each one win away from their Final Four
by All White Kit
posted July 19, 2013 at 8:28am

  W-League leading scorer Shan Jones of the Piranhas (left) battles Spirit Reserves defender Jennifer Skogerboe (right) As we head into the postseason for the elite amateur women’s leagues, two Maryland teams – the Washington Spirit R...more

Soccer Player Morgan Andrews Chosen As Gatorade Female Athlete Of The Year
by Pretty Tough
posted July 18, 2013 at 9:14am

Midfielder Morgan Andrews walked into the media room clutching her Gatorade Athlete of the Year award. And she carried it with her all night long – even to the rooftop pool party at the W Hotel in Hollywood after the ceremony. The incoming Notre ...more

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