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NCAA Soccer – 2012 AWK Award Finalists
by All White Kit
posted January 7, 2013 at 5:14pm

Here are the finalists for the second annual AWK College Soccer Awards. The links for the fan vote will be up later in the day and posted here (and on twitter at @chris_awk). Winners will be announced on Thursday. AWK Coach of the Year Anson Dorranc...more

Imagination Home (@TiffanyWeimer blog)
by Tiffany Weimer
posted January 6, 2013 at 10:25am

I finally finished reading Soccer Tough by Dan Abrahams this week.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with Abrahams, he is a sports psychologist who focuses on soccer and golf.  He has worked with some top players in the English Premier...more

NWSL Draft – 2014 Prospect Watch – Dunn Heads Up A Potential Golden Generation
by All White Kit
posted January 6, 2013 at 10:17am

  The bulk of the U.S. U20 World Cup winning squad forms the backbone of a potential golden generation of draftees in 2014. Crystal Dunn is obviously the crown jewel and a near lock to go #1, but there’s plenty of heft behind her including sp...more

CanWNT announces Four Nations Tournament roster
by All White Kit
posted January 5, 2013 at 9:17am

The Canadian Women’s National Team is kicking off the 2013 season with the Yongchuan Cup – Four Nations Women’s Tournament. Head coach John Herdman selected a 21-player travel roster, announced Friday afternoon. Players will travel to China on Sun...more

NCAA Soccer – 2012 AWK Award Semi-Finalists
by All White Kit
posted January 4, 2013 at 8:18am

Without further ado, here are the semi-finalists for the 2012 NCAA AWK Awards. Though the open ballot voting portion of the awards has ended, coaches who received ballots but who haven’t voted yet can still vote, though only for the listed semi-final...more

NWSL Draft – 2015 Prospect Watch – Ubogagu A Tenuous #1 In Top Heavy Class
by All White Kit
posted January 3, 2013 at 2:55pm

  Overall Top 5 Chioma Ubogagu – F – Stanford Abby Dahlkemper – D – UCLA Morgan Brian – M – Virginia Sarah Killion – M – UCLA Dagny Brynjarsdottir – M – Florida State There’s a fair...more

NWSL Draft – 2016 Prospect Watch – Roccaro Early #1 in Class Heavy With GKs, FWs
by All White Kit
posted January 3, 2013 at 8:30am

  And thus, we begin our journey in looking at what we hope will be the (distant) future of a successful North American pro league. For 2015 and 2016′s potential classes, I’m only looking at overall and positional top fives due to the m...more

Reasons to be Excited about Women's Soccer in 2013
by Sarah Hallett
posted January 1, 2013 at 8:10pm

2012 proved to be an incredible year in women's soccer but there are several reasons fans should be excited about 2013....more

Top Ten CanWNT Related Moments of 2012
by All White Kit
posted January 1, 2013 at 9:50am

  2012 can be looked back upon as a marquee year for the Canadian Women’s National Team. What began with tempered expectations of the team’s potential success as a result of their ill fated 2011 Women’s World Cup exploded into medi...more

NCAA Soccer – Mid-Term Recruiting Ranking Update
by All White Kit
posted December 26, 2012 at 7:49pm

  And the deluge of offseason content continues in earnest. Here are AWK’s latest recruiting class rankings for 2013 and 2014. The final rankings factor in incoming freshmen, international players, and transfers, but only the likely signed f...more

NCAA Soccer – Returning Starters for 2013
by All White Kit
posted December 20, 2012 at 8:06am

  Anybody up for some more offseason content? Here’s a provisional list of returning starters for each DI club next season, with conference changes for next year taken into account. This is mostly based on graduated seniors, but some players...more

USWNT: U.S. Women End 2012 With a Win, Name of Pro-League Announced
by Sarah Hallett
posted December 15, 2012 at 9:30pm

The U.S. Women ended their impressive Olympic year with a win against China PR, U.S. Soccer also announced the name and logo of the new professional league....more

Answers and Questions about the Washington Spirit
by All White Kit
posted December 12, 2012 at 6:03pm

  Professional soccer has returned to the nation’s capital for the third time, this time under a new name and organization, the Washington Spirit. Well, actually, the organization isn’t all that new as it’s the same one that&rsqu...;more

She's a Forward and She's Really Awesome (Sam Gordan Video)
by From A Left Wing
posted December 11, 2012 at 9:34pm

I wrote about Sam Gordon the other week for Salon. Love. Her. ...more

List of Holiday Ridiculousness (@TiffanyWeimer blog)
by Tiffany Weimer
posted December 11, 2012 at 8:18am

Since the holiday season is among us, I thought it be best to provide a List of Holiday Ridiculousness so that everyone can join in on the ridiculousness together. Forever! 1. Don’t go shopping on the weekends. There are ways around it 2. If you d...more

USWNT: China Ahead for U.S. Women, T.V. Schedule Set
by Sarah Hallett
posted December 6, 2012 at 1:20am

Fans of women's soccer have plenty of opportunities in the next week to catch their favorite players in action....more

NCAA Soccer (Sort Of) – And Now For Something Completely Different…
by All White Kit
posted December 5, 2012 at 7:29am

  If you haven’t noticed, it’s the offseason, AKA the time for grandiose statistical projects. Yesterday, I got tipped off to Basketball State’s rather amazing list of total athletic expenses for DI schools and decided to have a g...more

NCAA Tournament – North Carolina Reigns Again: The Team Is The Thing
by All White Kit
posted December 3, 2012 at 2:20pm

  In a total team performance for the ages, it was perhaps apropos that the game winning goal that sent the national title back to Chapel Hill came off the head of Hanna Gardner, as good a representative as any of the Tar Heels’ magical season...more

NCAA Tournament – North Carolina vs Penn State – Stream of Consciousness Diary
by All White Kit
posted December 3, 2012 at 7:08am

  PRE – Stands look packed, as they should be for a game of this magnitude. PRE – Why even bring up the Sandusky thing in the presume? I mean, was ANYONE thinking about this before this match? PRE – Personally, I’m just happ...more

NCAA Tournament – College Cup Final Preview – Penn State vs North Carolina
by All White Kit
posted December 2, 2012 at 6:56pm

  (Projected Lineups and Formations) Penn State vs North Carolina – 4:00 PM EST -Sunday’s final will be full of high profile individual battles, but none will likely resonate as much as the midfield clash between seniors Amber Brooks...more

NCAA Tournament – Stanford vs North Carolina – Stream of Consciousness Diary
by All White Kit
posted December 1, 2012 at 6:43pm

  Chris’ Running Stream of Consciousness Diary of Stanford vs North Carolina PRE – Love that Foudy acknowledged the social media questioning of the goal being offside at the start of the broadcast. Tap into that niche audience, ESPN. P...more

NCAA Tournament – College Cup Semi-Final Preview – Stanford vs North Carolina
by All White Kit
posted December 1, 2012 at 8:28am

  Potential Tactical Lineup Based on Prior Matches Stanford vs North Carolina – 11:00 PM EST -North Carolina did a stellar job of defending from wide positions against BYU in the Elite Eight, with Katie Bowen and Meg Morris doing their bes...more

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