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Five Lessons From the First Day of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
by All White Kit
posted June 26, 2011 at 6:56pm

A more comprehensive recap of the day’s proceedings will appear somewhere on the internet later in the day. For now, here are five quick thoughts from a thoroughly entertaining first day. [This World Cup stuff is awesome!] Nigeria are no mugs. ...more

Predicting the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
by All White Kit
posted June 26, 2011 at 3:56pm

So here we are. These are my World Cup picks, with brief explanations below. Here’s to a totally fabulous three weeks. Group A Germany [Champions] What more can be said? They’re two-time defending Weltmeister['s] (that sounds particu...more

Bend it like Sinclair: Canada loses Game 1 of the Women's World Cup
by Women in Sport International
posted June 26, 2011 at 3:32pm

Canada lost a tough match to the home town and perennial favourite German team. Notwithstanding the difficult loss, the Canadian team can take some inspiration from their captain Christine Sinclair. After leaving the game after taking a tough elbow to the...more

Predictions: It’s Germany’s Show, But Look Out For France And, Yes, “Underdog” U.S.
by All White Kit
posted June 25, 2011 at 9:46pm

With the World Cup fast approaching (so close you can almost touch it), we’re happy to announce that Ray Curren has rented a room in AWK’s summer timeshare. You might be familiar with Ray’s previous work for World Soccer Reader and Set Piece Anal...more

The World Cup is almost HERE!!!
by All White Kit
posted June 25, 2011 at 6:57pm

On the even shorter side tonight. Just a few more hours! Jacqueline Purdy counts off her top ten moments in Women’s World Cup history. Studio 90 sits down with Hope Solo here: And here: The San Francisco Chronicle shines...more

The Road of the Nigerian Women's Soccer Team to the Women's World Cup
by Women in Sport International
posted June 25, 2011 at 6:34pm

The Global Press Institute has done a wonderful 6 page story on the Nigerian women's soccer team's road to this years Women's World Cup! The story by Temitayo Olafinlua is absolutely amazing. Here is the opening segment from the article: Diana Asak, 32, ...more

What to do When the Rules of the Game and Human Rights Laws Clash: Will We See A Test Case in Canada?
by Women in Sport International
posted June 25, 2011 at 6:26pm

FIFA has been running full speed into a legal nightmare since it decided in March of 2007 to ban religious items from team kit. In a decision of the International F.A. Board FIFA decided that "The basic compulsory equipment must not have any political, ...more

Canada v. USA Women's Soccer Dance Off (Videos)
by Women in Sport International
posted June 25, 2011 at 4:00pm

As women's soccer fans around the world are getting ready to party during the FIFA Women's World Cup I would like to share this hilarious video with everyone. I thought my girls at the University of Ottawa Fastball Team were the only ones that did dance o...more

Seventeen Names You’ll Know By the End of the World Cup
by All White Kit
posted June 25, 2011 at 1:21pm

One of the best things about a World Cup is how it provides a glimpse into the future. Here’s a list of names that are a.) set to make their tournament debuts and b.) have the potential to become major figures in the women’s game. Exciting! ...more

Ireland's soccer keeper Emma Byrne
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted June 25, 2011 at 1:14pm

The FIFA Women's World Cup begins tomorrow. (so tempted to write 'kicks off' but resisting) Ireland didn't make it this year but we live in hope.This is an interview I did a while back with Emma Byrne, one of the stars of the Irish team and you can also s...more

20 Questions with Carmelina Moscato
by All White Kit
posted June 24, 2011 at 10:33am

Courtesy of Claudio Pasquazi; Canadian Soccer Association For Carmelina Moscato, a midfielder/defender on the Canadian Women’s National Team, the opportunity to represent her country faded in 2006. Skip ahead a few years later and Moscato is now pr...more

Germany's Playboy Players & the "Butch Cliché"
by From A Left Wing
posted June 24, 2011 at 10:09am

As many readers of this blog will know, some German women who play competitive football posed for Playboy. These are not members of the national team, but they are women who play high level football in the country. March Presentation of 2011 WWC kitTitus ...more

Germany Women: More Playboy Than Play Ball
by Women in Sport International
posted June 24, 2011 at 9:56am

An Op Ed By JoJo RennieMembers of the women's Germany national football squad have recently taken part in a photoshoot for Playboy. It sends a somewhat confused message to fans, spectators and participants of the sport. On the one hand, individuals can of...more

Field Insecurity (Soccer in the City of Angels, Part VI)
by From A Left Wing
posted June 24, 2011 at 9:55am

Yrsa Roca Fannberg, from the male bonding series (2009)David Lynch might have scripted some of the scenes in our experiment with the American Youth Soccer Organization. Some days, things would be that baroque, that strange. This was especially true when...more

My Day My Life: Women's Soccer Online Mini Series (Video)
by Women in Sport International
posted June 24, 2011 at 9:41am

I was pleasantly surprised when the "My Day My Life: Women's Soccer" Mini Series was recently brought to my attention by a follower of the blog. This series follows four professional women's soccer players as they make their way to the biggest tournament...more

Nigerian Women’s Soccer Coach to Team: “No Lesbians Need Apply.”
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted June 24, 2011 at 12:18am

The Women’s World Cup Soccer Tournament is beginning in Germany and our focus should be on the play on the field. Unfortunately this article about the Nigerian women’s coach and her crusade to rid her team of lesbians calls attention to the nasty und...more

MZ & Emmers – Soccer Kicks Breast Cancer
by Pretty Tough
posted June 23, 2011 at 3:04pm

McCall Zerboni It’s always great to see professional athletes support causes by showing their famous faces on a poster, commercial, or news article, but it’s even greater to see an athlete pair up with a fan and actually take action. That’s ex...more

Notables for the Third Day Before the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
by All White Kit
posted June 23, 2011 at 10:00am

Almost there! U.S. Soccer has a feature video with Alex Morgan and Amy Rodriguez. ESPN’s Jeffrey Carlisle has a terrific profile of Hope Solo. Carlisle also penned this piece about Abby Wambach and the integral role she play...more

WISI Article of the Week: Why Women's Football in England is a Whole New Ball Game
by Women in Sport International
posted June 23, 2011 at 9:27am

Week of June 22, 2011: "Why Women's Football in England is a Whole New Ball Game" by Patrick Kingsley and Bim Adequnmi published in the Guardian on June 21, 2011. After taking a look through our most recent "Article of the Week" segments it quickly became...more

Analyzing the 16 2011 FIFA Women’s Women’s World Cup Rosters
by All White Kit
posted June 22, 2011 at 12:39am

We were unable to include a detailed list of World Cup rosters in our WWC preview e-magazine because several teams had yet to make their squads official by our deadline. All the 21-player rosters are in now, and here is a spreadsheet that includes the...more

5 Days to Go Before the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
by All White Kit
posted June 21, 2011 at 10:18am

As the kickoff of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup nears, AWK will be presenting nightly notables posts that includes all the Women’s World Cup-related headlines from the day gone by. If we’re missing something, kindly include it in the comments se...more

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