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WPS Draft Retrospectives: A Look Back at 2011
by All White Kit
posted January 10, 2012 at 2:03am

  (As a part of AWK’s WPS Draft coverage, we’ll be taking a look back at the drafts of the past three seasons, including some of the more forgotten ones like expansion drafts and international drafts. Today, we’re featuring last ye...more

A Look Back at the 2009 and 2010 WPS Draft Classes
by All White Kit
posted January 9, 2012 at 2:22am

  (As a part of AWK’s WPS Draft coverage, we’ll be taking a look back at the drafts of the past three seasons, including some of the more forgotten ones like expansion drafts and international drafts. Today, we’re featuring the dra...more

A Long Time Ago, In A Place Far, Far Away… A Look Back at 2008 WPS Draft
by All White Kit
posted January 7, 2012 at 3:11pm

(As a part of AWK’s WPS Draft coverage, we’ll be taking a look back at the drafts of the past three seasons, including some of the more forgotten ones like expansion drafts and international drafts. Today, we’re featuring the drafts bef...more

Benz Refurbished: After Injury Ended Senior Season, Cal's Katie Benz Determined to Fight On
by All White Kit
posted January 6, 2012 at 3:40pm

  Benz Refurbished: An injury may have ended her senior season, but Katie Benz is determined to fight on. (Photo by Sean Goebel)    By Paul Coover When Alex Morgan became the first player selected in the 2011 WPS draft, her former ...more

AWK College Soccer Award Winners
by All White Kit
posted January 6, 2012 at 9:06am

  Teresa Noyola - AWK Midfielder of The Year First off, thanks to all the coaches who sent ballots in, as well as all the fans who participated in the fan vote. We hope to grow these awards as the years go by, and it seems we’re off to a g...more

Ranking the Best Athletes Available in the 2012 WPS Draft
by All White Kit
posted January 5, 2012 at 1:25am

  Alright, here’s my provisional ranking of the graduating senior class for this year’s WPS Draft. Some things to note: -This is not meant to be a mock draft, but how I would rate the players at the moment. -Size matters (at some posi...more

2011 Review: Names We Won’t Soon Forget, Part II
by All White Kit
posted January 2, 2012 at 1:09pm

And the list continues. It will be hard to forget Genoveva Anonma’s electrifying performances this summer. Equatorial Guinea may have been well out of its depth, but Anonma singlehandedly kept her side afloat in its three group games. The expl...more

Four thing we learned in 2011 (that are worth remembering in 2012)
by Fair Game News
posted January 2, 2012 at 1:41am

By Laura Pappano Image: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Image: Odd Anderse/AFP/Getty Images SOMETIMES YOU LOSE – AND IT’S OK. The Women’s World Cup championship game between the U.S. and Japan honored the rise and intensity of wo...more

Some of 2011's Most Influential Figures in Women's Soccer
by All White Kit
posted January 1, 2012 at 5:12pm

Image: Linda Cuttone/Sports Vue  Dan Borislow can be characterized as many things: a self-made billionaire on a personal crusade to ensure the viability of women’s soccer for future generations; a renegade who prefer...more

Tiffany Weimer: “Mom, if you ever have to make me go to practice, that’s how I know I’m done playing.”
by Tiffany Weimer
posted December 31, 2011 at 10:39am

“…it’s a choice you make.” This is the end of a conversation I had with a young soccer player recently. She told me she wanted to play professional soccer when she was older. And I told her what it takes. Well, I told her one th...more

Rachel Buehler Joins the Atlanta Beat
by All White Kit
posted December 30, 2011 at 2:38pm

  Statement of Intent: Buehler will help usher in a new era for the franchise The Atlanta Beat promises to be a new-look team in 2012. AWK has learned that defender Rachel Buehler is the newest addition to James Galanis’ side. She recently ...more

Amanda Vandervort is running for NSCAA Secretary: Check out her answers to the NSCAA Candidate Questions
by Soccer Science
posted December 30, 2011 at 11:01am

I’m currently running for Secretary of the NSCAA. The election winner will be announced at the annual business meeting at the NSCAA Convention in Kansas City on Friday, Jan. 13, so as we’re getting closer to the event, I thought it would be...more

Soccer Notables: WPS Signings, Vintage Soccer Photos and the Top 10 AWK Posts of 2011
by All White Kit
posted December 30, 2011 at 10:58am

To recap Wednesday’s signings: Leslie Osborne was definitely on to something. The Boston Breakers officially announced the signing of Heather O’Reilly from Sky Blue FC. The 26-year-old outside midfielder has apparently already made her&...more

My 2012 (Mostly) CanWNT Wish List
by All White Kit
posted December 30, 2011 at 9:45am

  1) More good memories from London 2012 and beyond The 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup provided a slew of memorable moments. For Canadians, the highlight was probably watching Christine Sinclair break her nose, refuse medical attention, then con...more

2012 Women’s Soccer Wish List
by All White Kit
posted December 29, 2011 at 9:24pm

Ah, the end of the year. Those last few days before you start writing the wrong dates on checks for another six months. According to the Worldwide Rules of Blogs, year-end recaps/lists/etc. are mandatory as those last few days of page-a-day calendars acro...more

New Kids On The Block: 2012 WPS Mock Draft
by All White Kit
posted December 29, 2011 at 12:15am

Some notes: -I’m using the version of the draft order that I came up with, because I think I’m right. So there. I’ll switch things around if WPS’ official draft order comes out and says otherwise. -I tried to take into account...more

My 2011 On AWK: At Least We’ll Always Have Germany
by All White Kit
posted December 28, 2011 at 1:51pm

  Mere seconds after Abby Wambach’s dramatic equalizer in the World Cup quarterfinals back in July against Brazil, I got a text message: “Wambachhhhh” was all it said. What was significant was not the message itself, but...more

AWK College Soccer Award Semi-Finalists
by All White Kit
posted December 27, 2011 at 10:00am

  (Note: Coaches, did you receive a ballot but forget/were too busy at the time to send one in? Don’t fret, you can still send one in, but only votes towards announced semi-finalists will be counted at this point.) Finalists to be announced n...more

Soccer by Searchlight: looking for the future in the past
by From A Left Wing
posted December 26, 2011 at 12:00pm

It's a little known fact that the earliest night matches were women's games. Amazing how far we've moved in the wrong direction. In 1920 enough people were excited by the idea of watching women play that they packed the terraces. The media thought the m...more

The CanWNT Announces Olympic Qualifying Roster
by All White Kit
posted December 26, 2011 at 11:18am

  With approximately one month until the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifiers kicks off in Vancouver, B.C., the Canadian Women’s National Team announced their 20-player roster earlier this week. Head coach John Herdman retains a cor...more

Soccer Notables: USWNT vs NZL in Dallas, Kirin Challenge Cup, WPS transactions and more
by All White Kit
posted December 23, 2011 at 11:35am

  Texas-based fans of the USWNT received an early Christmas present on Wednesday. The USSF announced the team will face New Zealand in a friendly in Frisco, Dallas on Saturday, February 11. The match will occur between Olympic qualifying ...more

Abby Wambach Wins AP Female Athlete of the Year
by After Atalanta
posted December 21, 2011 at 8:09pm

Image:Odd Anderson/AFP/Getty Images Oh, sorry. Best female athlete of the year--according to the Associated Press. Still--good job. First individual soccer player to earn that honor and she beat out her nearest competitor--Hope Solo--by many many votes...more

Numerous Scenarios at Play for the 2012 WPS Draft Order
by All White Kit
posted December 21, 2011 at 4:01am

Thanks to last week’s events, WPS will get to advance past the teething stage and make it year four. Granted, the league has a lot to do before the 2012 season kicks off in spring.  That includes braving an impending court battle w...more

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