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A whimsical whirlwind through the first round of the NCAA tournament
by All White Kit
posted November 14, 2010 at 2:07pm

OSU's Jenna Richardson Shined Bright Against Memphis Thursday: Los Angeles Regional UCLA 0 – 0 BYU (UCLA advances on penalties) – Make no mistake about it, if this Bruins team gets anywhere close to Cary, it’ll be a big surprise, and not just...more

Important USWNT Squad List Released For Two Important Games
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2010 at 7:51pm

This post should have been up yesterday but annoying server issues got in the way. The USSF has announced the 24 players who will be eligible to play in the USWNT’s critical UEFA/CONCACAF 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifying playoff series ag...more

CONMEBOL WWCQ: Group A All But Decided, Can Paraguay Make It Interesting?
by All White Kit
posted November 13, 2010 at 1:03pm

Argentina and Chile have all but advanced to the final group stage. Chile end their set of first round matches having taken 9 points from four games (their only loss came against group leaders Argentina). Group A action wraps up tomorrow and barring a ...more

A tribute to women’s soccer pioneers
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted November 13, 2010 at 1:15am

Awesome article in Sports Illustrated on the 2010 soccer retirement class. GREAT quote about the women, this is worth passing along: The 2010 retirement group helped put U.S. women’s soccer on the covers of Sports Illustrated, Newsweek and Time during...more

Women's Soccer NCAA Tournament Predictions…
by All White Kit
posted November 12, 2010 at 8:49am

A full prediction lineup of predictions for the Division I NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament. Top pick is Stanford, followed by Maryland, Oregon State and Portland....more

Nigeira, Equatorial Guinea set to represent Africa in 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup
by All White Kit
posted November 12, 2010 at 1:05am

For Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, the commonalities are few. One country is the most populous in Africa, the other has a population tantamount to that of Memphis, Tennessee. One country has never missed out on a Women’s World Cup while the other wi...more

Women's soccer: Damned if you cruise, damned if you lose
by After Atalanta
posted November 11, 2010 at 6:56pm

I promised Dr. Pants I would write something about the calamity/catastrophe (depending on which source you read) in Cancun otherwise known as the US Women's National Team's loss to Mexico last weekend. The team placed third in the CONCACAF tournament (Can...more

NCAA Tournament Preview – 16 Stars and 16 Who Could Be
by All White Kit
posted November 11, 2010 at 1:12pm

Coming Thursday: How It (Might) Go Down – From 64 to 1 Two Sport Star Alev Kelter Could Help Wisconsin Upset The Odds This Month Sixteen Stars -Christen Press – Stanford – F – SR The Hermann Trophy Winner elect, Press has exploded without ...more

Rating The First Round NCAA Tournament Games
by All White Kit
posted November 10, 2010 at 10:49am

Coming Wednesday: Sixteen Stars and Sixteen You Should Know About Coming Thursday: From 64 to 1 – How It (Might) Go Down Boy, do I wish I could devote all my time to previewing what looks like a wonderfully intriguing tournament. But since I can’t...more

A Sudamericano Femenino Update In 43 Seconds Or Less
by All White Kit
posted November 10, 2010 at 10:43am

Looks like we’ve got ourselves a tussle at the top of Group B, guys. Paraguay and Colombia went in to today’s matches tied on points behind group leaders Brazil. They finished today’s matches in exactly the same position after some pretty sizable...more

Steely Canadians edge resilient Mexico 1-0 In CONCACAF WWCQ Final
by All White Kit
posted November 9, 2010 at 4:58pm

Canada may have just achieved its most notable soccer achievement to date as Carolina Morace’s team narrowly defeated Mexico in the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup. It took a Christine Sinclair penalty in the 50′ to separate the two sides but it w...more

Set Your Day Planners: NCAA First Round Match Times
by All White Kit
posted November 9, 2010 at 3:43pm

All times listed are approximate and Eastern. Remember that the second games in each regional may be delayed be extra time and penalties in the first game. Thursday 8:30 – UCLA vs BYU 11:00 – UCF vs Fresno State Friday 3:30 – Penn State vs P...more

USWNT defeat Costa Rica 3-0 to advance to CONCACAF/UEFA Play-Off amid uncertainity
by All White Kit
posted November 9, 2010 at 12:18pm

It wasn’t beautiful, nor was it technically immaculate, but there was a certain haphazard inevitability to it. Lauren Cheney’s 17’ goal encapsulated the USWNT’s 3-0 win over Costa Rica in the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying 3rd place ma...more

A super belated CONCACAF WWCQ Final/3rd place match post
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2010 at 9:31pm

Tonight’s the night. Mexico will attempt to avenge the 3-0 loss it suffered at the hands of Canada last week in the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying Final. At least the forecast is favorable. The stage is set for Maribel Dominguez, whose tourna...more

CONCACAF WWCQ Final: Canada vs. Mexico
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2010 at 7:03pm

Some unforeseen circumstances this past weekend have held me up, but here, I send my belated congratulations to Canada and Mexico for earning automatic berths to next year’s Women’s World Cup in Germany. The two nations will face off at tonight’...more

A calendar of women’s soccer events for this week
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2010 at 12:03pm

There’s a lot of stuff going on. This could truly be the busiest week for woso in the calendar year. Please let me know if I’ve omitted anything. Monday, November 8 CONCACAF WWCQ 3rd Place Match – United States/Costa Rica ESPN2 6pm ET CONCA...more

CAF WWCQ: Nigeria and South Africa Through to Knockout Stage, Group B Still Up For Grabs
by All White Kit
posted November 7, 2010 at 3:39pm

Flying High: Nigeria's Super Falcons Advance to the Knockout Phase With Little Interruption Nigerian striker Perpetua Nkwocha was reportedly planning on hanging her boots up in the coming months. If this is indeed her last hurrah, she sure knows h...more

On Mexico's Win: "Marigol" puts the US Women's National Team on notice
by From A Left Wing
posted November 7, 2010 at 3:06pm

Maribel Dominguez scored against the US in only the third minute of the match. She's appeared on this site before (Why police the border between men's and women's sports?), as the player who provoked FIFA to rule that "the men's and women's game must be a...more

New Day, Same Miserable Result: More Reaction to Mexico/USWNT
by All White Kit
posted November 6, 2010 at 11:34pm

The United States is at risk of not qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Strange, isn’t it? The USWNT should beat Costa Rica on Monday, will perhaps draw away with Italy on Saturday, November 20th and then wrap up the play-off tie in...more

Canada beats Costa Rica, Mexico upsets the USA in World Cup Qualifying
by Pretty Tough
posted November 6, 2010 at 11:10pm

The semifinals of the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying were played on Friday, Nov. 5 in Cancun, Mexico. Canada defeated Costa Rica with four goals in the second half, and Mexico pulled off one of the greatest upsets in soccer history by dominating ...more

5 Quick Thoughts After The SEC Quarterfinals
by All White Kit
posted November 5, 2010 at 6:49pm

This is a little bit later than I would have liked to get this out, but hey, it was a busy day for college soccer yesterday. 1. Florida Has Severe Issues at Goalkeeper When up at 3-1 in the second half, it looked like Florida would be cruising towards...more

A running account of recent WPS happenings
by All White Kit
posted November 5, 2010 at 5:35pm

This probably isn’t going to be news to the diehards, but for the people who are asking “what the heck’s been going on recently?” here’s a quick review. Wednesday, November 3 Gayle Bryan contemplated the firmness of the November 15th ...more

NCAA Soccer – 14 matches that matter most for 11/05/10
by All White Kit
posted November 5, 2010 at 1:05pm

OSU's Colleen Boyd Has To Be In Top Form For The Beavers to Spring An Upset Against Stanford (All times listed are Eastern.) Stanford vs Oregon State (11:00 PM) Pac-10 title match. 16-0-2 vs 15-1-1. Press and Taylor vs Buckland and Richardson. P...more

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