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USA 3, France 1: Last Ones to Qualify, First Ones in Final
by All White Kit
posted July 13, 2011 at 4:17pm

And the U.S. will be in a FIFA Women’s World Cup final for the first time since 1999. What an amazing accomplishment, given how much this team has gone through since 2010. Again, my thoughts can’t be transcribed into words at this momet, but here ...more

A View from the Stands: On USA vs France
by From A Left Wing
posted July 13, 2011 at 4:16pm

After the pathos of the win over Brazil, today’s match was a relief. My sense of relief pales, however, compared with that of the people watching the semifinal with me. I write this from the “family bus” – as luck would have it, I attended the Fr...more

U.S.-France Semifinal Preview: Beware Delie, Necib, And The 4-2-3-1
by All White Kit
posted July 13, 2011 at 11:40am

A few months ago, Richard Farley (who does an excellent job over at Foxsoccer.com, where you can find the suddenly ubiquitous Jenna as well) and I started to predict what was going to happen in the Women’s World Cup. I had just seen the U.S. get take...more

WWC, tidbits and stories related to women’s sport
by One Sport Voice
posted July 13, 2011 at 9:05am

Since there is so much going on in women’s sport right now I thought I’d post some stories, links and videos of interest. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2011 (WWC, #wwc2011)! USA player Abby Wambach celebrates her goal against Brazil in final minutes of game...more

Mary Harvey and Me: A Fan’s Journey Back to the USWNT
by All White Kit
posted July 13, 2011 at 8:59am

The U.S.’ epic win against Brazil on Sunday brought back memories of the USWNT’s glory days. Longtime women’s soccer fan and current Atlanta Silverbacks P.A. announcer Laura Taylor can certainly attest to that. Here she recounts how she first...more

Coach attacks England team
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted July 12, 2011 at 1:41pm

Hard to believe the women's world cup is almost over. Semi-finals tomorrow with France vs America and Japan vs Sweden. Who would have thought Germany would go out and out to Japan at that? The France-England game was heart-breaking. Penalties are a horrib...more

One Day After the Near Miracle in Dresden
by All White Kit
posted July 12, 2011 at 8:04am

By now I’ve returned to body after being out of out of it for most of the day yesterday. And the reaction continues. This morning Grantland had two pieces about the match while I was privileged to write about the joy and the agony experienced in th...more

Team USA: Reasons to believe (and do we need TV review in soccer?)
by Fair Game News
posted July 11, 2011 at 4:30pm

By Laura Pappano Suddenly, the story lines need tweaking. Admit it: We had resigned ourselves to remembrances of the 1999 Women’s World Cup. Who didn’t watch grainy video highlights and years-later interviews with players and wonder if the Dawn of U...more

U.S. women’s soccer: On the emotional roller coaster
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 11, 2011 at 4:25pm

My heart was beating quickly and this unnerving sensation developed in the pit of my stomach. Had I also seen giant orange buoys and held the distinct belief that I might just throw up, it could have been the start of any triathlon. Instead, I was safely ...more

USA Vs. Brazil: Most. Thrilling. Soccer. Game. Ever.
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted July 11, 2011 at 11:08am

How’s your summer going? C and R are exhausted from watching the USA’s Women’s World Cup quarterfinal victory over Brazil today! (And we just sat on a couch. Those soccer players had to play 123 minutes.) Yes that’s right, the game went into overt...more

Women’s World Cup – Things We Learned: Go Go, USA Edition
by All White Kit
posted July 11, 2011 at 10:59am

Thomas Paine wasn’t born in America, but he probably deserves his place with the Founding Fathers for his contributions in making the United States what it was in the Revolutionary War period. It was Paine who wrote in December of 1776 (you’ll have...more

Brazil 2, USA 2 (PKs: Brazil 3, USA 5): No Words
by All White Kit
posted July 10, 2011 at 6:23pm

Pardon the melodrama, but what a moment. What drama in Dresden. Maybe it will seem more real if it’s all written out. The U.S. today defeated Brazil in the quarterfinals of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. And for some time, that seemed like a h...more

USA Defeats Brazil: What The World Watched
by Pretty Tough
posted July 10, 2011 at 6:07pm

There was no more margin for error in today’s WWC quarterfinal game between the US and Brazil. The team that lost goes home, while the winning team books a ticket to the semifinals on Wednesday. Twitter and Facebook blew up as the match progressed ...more

Beauty and the Beast: on USA/Brazil
by From A Left Wing
posted July 10, 2011 at 6:03pm

Brazilian scholars Sebastião Votre and Ludmilla Mourão observe that there are “two faces” to media representations of the women’s game, “skill and sensuality.” These two qualities are divided, as the media uses one player to represent beauty...more

Women’s World Cup – Day 14: What We Learned
by All White Kit
posted July 10, 2011 at 10:22am

Everyone, including me, will spend the rest of time (and perhaps longer in Germany) trying to figure out how the Germans – such heavy favorites going into the 2011 World Cup – fell to Japan today. Certainly, Germany didn’t play their best, and th...more

Well, scratch that last headline: Japan beats Germany at its own game.
by From A Left Wing
posted July 10, 2011 at 12:14am

What can I say about this match that hasn't already been said? Japan defeats the home team, and forces all of us to throw away the basic structure of our narratives about this world cup, in which everyone was supposed to be fighting for the chance to lose...more

Germany 0, Japan 1: Not Quite the Hosts with the Most
by All White Kit
posted July 10, 2011 at 12:12am

Well, then. Two-time defending champions Germany are out of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup at the quarterfinals stage thanks to an extra time goal by Karina Maruyama. It’s the surprise of the tournament. The biggest upset in women’s soccer hi...more

U.S.-Brazil Quarterfinal Preview: The Sweeper Is Dead, Long Live The Sweeper
by All White Kit
posted July 9, 2011 at 1:41pm

If you’re like me (honestly, hopefully you’re not) and you grew up playing soccer in the United States 20 years ago, you probably played most of the time with a sweeper. The person behind the back line was essential to a good defense, they were oft...more

Quarterfinals, Here We Come: Updated Power Rankings and More
by All White Kit
posted July 9, 2011 at 9:44am

More somewhat arbitrary power rankings. Again, take note of the spacing. 1.) Germany – And they’re back. The Germany that defeated France 4-2 could very well be the team that shows up in the knockout round, too. It wasn’t a flawless game, but...more

Oh Canada - What went wrong?
by Bench Warmer
posted July 8, 2011 at 11:10pm

Canadian soccer fans had high hopes for the women’s national team. The women themselves had high hopes for going far in the World Cup. Team Canada beamed with confidence going into Germany and rightly so. They won four of their last five tournaments bef...more

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