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Canadian Women’s National Team Update
by All White Kit
posted March 21, 2011 at 11:17am
Canadian Soccer Association/FIFA Trophy Tour
My apologies for such sporadic updates! Here’s a rundown of some CanWNT related news.
Things happened
World No. 6
FIFA released the latest Women’s World Rankings on March 18. Canada reached a historic...more
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Soccer Notables For March 20th, 2011
by All White Kit
posted March 21, 2011 at 11:02am
The USWNT will face Japan in a series of home friendlies this May. The first match will be played in Columbus, Ohio on May 14 and will be broadcast live on FSC at 6:30pm ET. The second match will be in Cary, North Carolina and will be at 7pm ET on ES...more
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US WNT to host Japan twice in May
by Pretty Tough
posted March 20, 2011 at 5:52pm
The US Women will play its first domestic matches of the year against Japan in May. The first match will be in May 14 at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio at 6:30 pm ET on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Deportes. The second match will be on May 18 at ...more
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FALW Women's Soccer World Rankings
by From A Left Wing
posted March 19, 2011 at 11:11am
FIFA's latest ranking of women's national teams has just been released. As I can't figure out how the hell FIFA ranks the US Women's National Team #1 and places Nigeria below, say, Scotland, I figured I should post my own purely intuitive ranking.My top 1...more
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Sundhage names 23-player roster for England friendly
by Pretty Tough
posted March 18, 2011 at 10:42pm
US Women’s National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 23-player roster that will travel to the UK play England on April 2 in Brisbane Road at 3 pm ET. The match will be televised live on ESPN2.
This match is part of a 20-day training camp that...more
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Soccer + Skates = Roller Soccer…Who Knew…
by RunLikeAGirl
posted March 18, 2011 at 11:54am
June Solomon grew up in Trinidad & Tobago, which, in case you have geography holes in your knowledge, as I did, is two islands under one government, controlled at various times in history by the French, Spanish, Dutch and British; and is one of the riches...more
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A WPS/2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Wall Calendar
by All White Kit
posted March 16, 2011 at 12:53pm
AWK has really been up on the PDFs recently. This calendar will hopefully serve two purposes: a.) to provide a one-stop calendar of all WPS, USWNT training and Women’s World Cup dates and b.) to illustrate what the USWNT/WPS players will be up aga...more
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A Quick Rundown of UEFA Women’s Euro 2013 Qualifying
by All White Kit
posted March 16, 2011 at 12:45am
The qualifying draw for Women’s Euro 2013 was conducted today. Group winners and the best runner-up will qualify automatically for the final stage, with the remaining six teams playing in a home-and-away playoff in October 2012. Fixtures will begin ...more
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Updated WPS Wallcharts (Now With Colors!)
by All White Kit
posted March 16, 2011 at 12:21am
WPS released updated team rosters today after first cuts were due yesterday. Although every team was under the twenty-eight player limit, there has still been a good deal of shuffling within team rosters. Below are updated wallcharts, with changes bei...more
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20 questions with defender Carrie Dew
by All White Kit
posted March 11, 2011 at 11:09pm
Former FC Gold Pride defensive player Carrie Dew is one of Sky Blue FC’s newest arrivals. The 2009 WPS champions are about to fly to Turkey where the club will take part in a four team tournament. Dew was gracious enough to take part in AWK’s ...more
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Soccer notables for March 11, 2011
by All White Kit
posted March 11, 2011 at 4:49pm
Unconfirmed rumor of the day: magicJack (formerly the Washington Freedom, magicTalk SC and magicJack SC/Washington Freedom) will play all of the team’s home games in Florida.
If this is indeed the case, magicJack is essentially an expans...more
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An interview with Gina Lewandowski
by All White Kit
posted March 10, 2011 at 10:18pm
Gina Lewandowski concluded a stellar college career at Lehigh University and, in the absence of a pro league stateside, set her sights abroad. She landed at FFC Frankfurt of the Frauen-Bundesliga; one of the best women’s club teams in the world...more
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Get off the phone, Soccer parents
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 10, 2011 at 9:42pm
The oldest boy is playing soccer. The kind of soccer where they actually have practices and games and as a parent you have to go.
He’s so excited he can’t see straight.
He’s also not very good at it. That’s fine. The boy isn’t all that athleti...more
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The USWNT Algarve Cup Word Association Game
by All White Kit
posted March 10, 2011 at 3:36pm
In case you missed it, the U.S. looked to be on the brink of missing out on an eighth Algarve Cup victory against Iceland before *spoiler alert* the team fought back to win 4-2. The USWNT’s strong finish capped off what was a nearly perfect tournam...more
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USA wins the Algarve Cup
by Pretty Tough
posted March 9, 2011 at 6:04pm
The USA won’ it’s 8th Algarve Cup with a 4-2 win against Iceland. A critical goal from Lauren Cheney just before halftime leveled thing out for the USA who were down 2-1 at one point. Heather O’Reilly scored the game-winner, while Alex Morgan added ...more
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Reflections on my first week at MLS Digital HQ in NYC
by Soccer Science
posted March 9, 2011 at 10:16am
I’ve just returned to San Francisco after an amazing five days at the MLS league office in New York City working with the Digital team on social media strategy, and I can’t contain my excitement!
With a Commissioner who’s enthusiastic about soci...more
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Lianne Sanderson’s Preseason Blog #2
by All White Kit
posted March 8, 2011 at 11:01pm
The Cheesesteaks’ no. 10 checks in with her second blog of 2011. Lianne discusses life ahead of preseason training and a certain unfortunate occurence in NYC.
Welcome back to my blog. I know most of you have been unable to sleep at night due t...more
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Algarve Cup, Cyprus Cup Finals Set
by All White Kit
posted March 8, 2011 at 10:36pm
Both tournaments have had some major surprises on tap with thanks to the likes of Iceland, the Netherlands and Scotland.
First off, the USWNT manhandled Finland, essentially securing victory after just 13 minutes. In the 8′, Shannon Boxx steered a...more
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Algarve Cup, Cyprus Cup finals set
by Pretty Tough
posted March 7, 2011 at 9:29pm
The final day of group play was played in both the Algarve Cup and Cyrpus Cup on March 7 and placements matches were set. The USA and Iceland will play for the title on March 9 at 12 pm ET.
In Group A, Norway defeated Japan with a score of 1-0, while the...more
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