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2010 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Day 6
by All White Kit
posted July 22, 2010 at 1:11pm

The final four quarterfinalists were determined today. A few very deserved teams were also forced to make a quick journey back home. Group C: Japan 3, England 1 Both England and Japan knew that not even a clear victory would assure their spots in t...more

U-20 Women’s World Cup Update, Day 5
by All White Kit
posted July 21, 2010 at 2:55pm

The first entrants into the quarterfinals were revealed today in the fifth day of FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup action. One team hammered their opponents in typical fashion while another barely squeaked by on goal difference in its debut performance. T...more

South Korea, Ghana could spoil U-20 USWNT’s title defense
by All White Kit
posted July 21, 2010 at 12:54pm

If it wasn’t for Alexandra Popp and all those goals she’s scored for Germany, South Korea would be the most feared team in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Two matches, eight goals, two goals conceded, one Ji So Yun. And if fortune had favored t...more

WPS Week 14
by Pretty Tough
posted July 20, 2010 at 5:18pm

Week 14 was a pretty predictable week. FC Gold Pride won (I think it’s getting old now). The Breakers, who have recently come alive, earned their third consecutive win. Finally, a lot of people, this writer included, thought Sky Blue was a team Atl...more

Pauliina Miettinen sacked from Sky Blue FC
by All White Kit
posted July 19, 2010 at 9:07pm

WPS has had its second coaching casualty of the 2010 season as Sky Blue FC has announced that it has parted ways with manager Pauliina Miettinen. Assistant coach Anne Parnila will also leave the Piscataway team. This was the Finnish native’s first s...more

This weekend’s wild world women’s soccer wrap-up
by All White Kit
posted July 19, 2010 at 1:52pm

Whoop whoop. So this weekend was particularly rife with women’s soccer games. Here’s what you may have missed, including a review of WWC action, WPS Week 14 stuff and an overview of the final weekend in both the W-League and WPSL. U-20 Women’s...more

Boston/Washington Reaction, Player Ratings
by All White Kit
posted July 19, 2010 at 1:49pm

First off, a big congratulations to the Boston Breakers for coming from a goal down to win their third straight tonight. What’s perhaps most impressive about this Boston team is really its “role” players. Liz Bogus and Jordan Angeli managed to get o...more

5 things learned in WPS Week 14
by All White Kit
posted July 19, 2010 at 1:24pm

5.) The Washington Freedom Has Some Issues Last week some fans expressed their disapproval over the job that head coach Jim Gabarra has done. It’s probably no use reiterating this but the Freedom have now gone winless in seven games. Abby Wambach hasn�...more

USWNT/Sweden sequel much better than the original
by All White Kit
posted July 18, 2010 at 3:02pm

Oh USWNT, there you are. There’s the team that’s capable of beating up on teams – despite their FIFA ranking – with relative ease. There’s the defensive shape, the midfield cohesiveness, the line of creative forwards ravenous for goals. That�...more

U-20 USWNT slay Swiss in second group match
by All White Kit
posted July 17, 2010 at 5:53pm

Though possession between Switzerland and the U.S. may have been even throughout the game, little else was. The United States put a lethargic Swiss side to the sword with a 5-0 thrashing. Sydney Leroux was the woman of the moment as she scored three v...more

W-League weekend preview and a list of postseason scenarios
by All White Kit
posted July 16, 2010 at 10:41pm

The 2010 W-League regular season will conclude this weekend and there are still a few postseason berths to be had across the various conferences. Here’s how the W-League postseason is formatted: The overall regular season champion automatically qualif...more

Five questions for WPS Week 14
by All White Kit
posted July 16, 2010 at 6:50pm

5.) How Will Philly Fare Against FCGP Without A-Rod? And Lindsey and Larsson. Philadelphia had the bye last weekend so the team wasn’t affected by the first round of national team call-up’s. Now PHIINDY will need to deal with three gaping holes in it...more

A conversation with Ella Masar
by All White Kit
posted July 16, 2010 at 3:41pm

How’s this for a story: Let’s say there’s a player who signed professionally with a team that plays just minutes away from where she grew up. She’s already made quite the name for herself at the local and collegiate levels and big things are ex...more

WPS Week 13
by Pretty Tough
posted July 16, 2010 at 1:03am

Week 13 of WPS held a lot of action as two games were played in the middle of the week in addition to the 3 regular games on the weekend. First off, the Chicago Red Stars and Atlanta Beat played to a 1-1 draw, and Sky Blue FC and the Washington Freedom pl...more

FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Day 2
by All White Kit
posted July 15, 2010 at 5:35pm

Group C: England 1, Nigeria 1 The young Super Eagles fought back to earn a share of the spoils in Augsburg today. Mo Marley’s English side had to deal with Nigeria’s tough defending but they found a way through as Kerys Harrop scored a header off of ...more

The Art of Erasure: From one World Cup to another (USA Ghana)
by From A Left Wing
posted July 15, 2010 at 5:29pm

A few weeks ago, I dared to complain about Nike's "Thank You" video. It is a lovely idea. It features young players thanking the US National Men's Team for "paving the way" - but it excluded girls. Girls support the team, too, and are inspired by their ex...more

U-23 USWNT wins Four Nations Tournament, U-17 USWNT takes U-16 Nordic Cup
by All White Kit
posted July 15, 2010 at 5:05pm

Apologies for the delayed reaction on these two stories. The U-17′s took the 2010 U-16 Nordic Cup last Saturday as they beat Germany 2-0 in the Championship game. This was the first time the team has competed at this tournament at the U-16 age leve...more

Leroux comes through with equalizer against Ghana at U-20 WWC
by All White Kit
posted July 14, 2010 at 8:47pm

The U-20 United States Women’s National Team opened up their U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign with a 1-1 draw against Ghana today. Elizabeth Cudjoe put the Ghanians ahead after just 7 minutes before the United States equalized in the 70′.�...more

Ghanian U-20s Draw U.S.
by Women's Sports Blog
posted July 14, 2010 at 8:34pm

I was only privy to the last few minutes, but Ghana was more energetic than the U.S., which seemed a bit lost in that last bit of the match after getting a late equalizer. Also, although I'm way late to this particular commentary, is it a sign that UN...more

WNT vs Sweden - Uniforms, DiCicco and A-Rod
by Women's Sports Blog
posted July 14, 2010 at 5:39pm

That diagonal stripe on the top just doesn't work for me. Is it a gi? Is it a robe? Distracting. Also distracting, DiCicco commenting on A-Rod as a player, as if he didn't have a significant role in what went wrong with her early development. U....more

What's Next, Jail Time?
by Women's Sports Blog
posted July 14, 2010 at 5:20pm

WPS is not a criminal justice body. This is worth mentioning because according to Dan Lauletta, Kia McNeill has been "ordered to perform four hours of community service" as part of her suspension from the league following a nasty, cleats-up swoop on Bar...more

Post World Cup: A celebration of the beautiful game — or just men who play it?
by Fair Game News
posted July 14, 2010 at 5:11pm

By Rachael Goldenberg I had the thrilling opportunity to watch the World Cup Final at the Soweto Fan Park in South Africa on Monday. Yes, the vuvuzela howls are deafening, but I still cheered alongside 10,000 South Africans as Spain kicked in the winning...more

USWNT Draw 1-1 with Sweden; Cheaply give away second half
by All White Kit
posted July 14, 2010 at 12:28pm

There’s a double entendre in that headline…see it? SEE IT?! The United States Women’s National Team earned their first draw since March 2009 tonight against Sweden before a paced house in Omaha, Nebraska. But things aren’t as they seem: that dr...more

2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Day 1
by All White Kit
posted July 13, 2010 at 10:34pm

Today marks the commencement of the third edition of the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany. I’ll be rolling out daily updates of the tournament throughout its duration (except maybe for next week which will be weird. Will explain later.). All th...more

Will work for food; German octopus predicts World Cup winners
by Draft Day Suit
posted July 13, 2010 at 10:26pm

I had watched the soccer matches religiously up until the semi- finals, but then all hell broke loose when I awoke one morning last week with my throat on fire. Soon after my whole head clogged up and all I wanted to do was sleep. I went into a brief Ny...more

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