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2011 Women's World Cup: looking back to THAT game (USA/Brazil, 2007)
by From A Left Wing
posted July 8, 2011 at 9:04am

As much as the USWNT 1999 World Cup win over China meant to me, as a fan of the sport I was more impacted by the team's loss to Brazil four years ago.I watched that match from a bar in France - the same way I've been watching the games this tournament. Th...more

Dispatches from Deutschland, Pt. III
by All White Kit
posted July 7, 2011 at 4:53pm

Our Freundlin returns! I could spend the rest of July reading German news stories about this World Cup and not even finish half the articles. The breadth of coverage is exhilarating. Granted, soccer is far and away the most popular sport in Germa...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

Women’s World Cup – Day 11: What We Learned – United States Edition
by All White Kit
posted July 7, 2011 at 9:09am

There’s always a point in every season where things go wrong. When they do, I inevitably refer to Apollo 13, specifically the scene where it didn’t look good for the astronauts. One of the men says, “This could be the worst disaster NASA’s ever...more

Buzzwords for the USWNT/Sweden Match
by All White Kit
posted July 7, 2011 at 9:00am

The U.S. would be the ones to be on the wrong end of the biggest surprise of the tournament, huh? And against the very team that first provoked questions about this side last July. By now you know that the U.S. was dealt its first ever loss in a Worl...more

Carolina Morace: not the problem
by Bench Warmer
posted July 6, 2011 at 10:48pm

Well in the bigger picture, she's not the one to blame.When Canada lost to France on Thursday, ultimately eliminating them from the Women's World Cup, naturally finger pointing began and Canadian soccer supporters engaged in the blame game.Much of the bla...more

Eight Things That Happened On the 10th Day of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
by All White Kit
posted July 6, 2011 at 9:27am

Apologies for the tardiness. Posts might be up a bit late this week. So many games, so little time! The Three Lions finally pounced on the doubters. What a performance from Hope Powell’s side. It’s been implicitly mentioned elsewhere, but En...more

Women’s World Cup – Things We Learned: Day 10
by All White Kit
posted July 6, 2011 at 9:21am

The thing about a tournament in soccer (or in any sport for that matter) is that it really doesn’t matter how well or how poorly you played in your last game. The goal is simple and clear: advance to the next round. There are no style points, and ...more

2011 Women's World Cup: File under "More Crap Marketing"
by From A Left Wing
posted July 5, 2011 at 3:04pm

So, this morning I wanted to read "tout sur les Bleues," in preparation for this much anticipated match against Germany. I was so absorbed in the football, it took me a few minutes before I noticed the leg action on the right and left margins. This appe...more

Playing for pride
by Bench Warmer
posted July 5, 2011 at 2:42pm

There may have been critics stating Canada shouldn’t be over hyped and probably won’t make it far in Germany but no one predicted Canada would be victim of the first blowout of the World Cup – the first team eliminated. No one. Canada put themselv...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

On to the Last Group Stage Games We Go: Updated Power Rankings and Statistics
by All White Kit
posted July 5, 2011 at 8:47am

1.) USA Mental steel. Five goals from five different players (that’s a tournament high so far). Also, Cheney, Rapinoe, and Krieger have all elevated their performances to new heights. Then there’s the relaxed and fun demeanor, Sundhage’s adept c...more

Dispatches from Deutschland, Pt. II
by All White Kit
posted July 4, 2011 at 11:43am

AWK’s covert Freundlin got re-called (read: she has a real job and stuff) and is now back in the States (or at least that’s what we want you to believe). Lucky for us, she has managed to dispatch more goodies from her time in Germany. We will b...more

Four Things That Happened On Day 8 of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
by All White Kit
posted July 4, 2011 at 12:42am

Brazil/Norway Brazil’s exceedingly gifted squad (read: player) saw them through. …in spite of the unorthodox 3-4-3 formation. As is echoed below, Kleiton Lima’s system has drawn criticism after each of Brazil’s group stage matches. T...more

Women’s World Cup – Things We Learned : Day 8
by All White Kit
posted July 4, 2011 at 12:34am

I spent most of the Brazil-Norway match trying to figure out what formation Brazil was playing, what their movement was. For the most part, I was baffled. Were there three true forwards? Was it a diamond formation in the midfield? Were they using a tru...more

Buzzwords for the USA/Colombia Match
by All White Kit
posted July 3, 2011 at 10:46am

[Could have been USA 13, Colombia 0, but it was actually] USA 3, Colombia 0. And talk about fun. Off to the quarterfinals we go! Solo – Secure. Solo was called upon even less than she was against North Korea, but came up big when it mattered. I...more

USWNT Advances to Quarterfinals with Win over Colombia...and More Day 7 Lessons
by All White Kit
posted July 3, 2011 at 10:43am

It took a week, but we had our first day that you can consider “meh” in the Women’s World Cup. Unfortunately, North Korea is probably never going to be terribly entertaining, while Sweden is set up to defend first, and its strikers didn’t help ...more

Women’s World Cup – Things We Learned: Day 6
by All White Kit
posted July 2, 2011 at 9:46am

You may have noticed that I picked France to go to the finals of the World Cup. Based primarily on Lyon’s Champions League run and the camaraderie (and skill on the ball) they have, that one seems like a fantastic pick, and makes me feel like I know w...more

If The women’s soccer game is to truly grow, players like Eni Aluko have to take the heat
by All White Kit
posted July 1, 2011 at 9:48pm

And now, as the late, great Paul Harvey would say, for the rest of the story. I really don’t have anything against Eni Aluko, she is an intelligent young woman (she’s on her way to being a lawyer), and obviously has enough soccer talent to be start...more

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