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With New Soccer Stadium, Saudi Women Finally Allowed to Watch The Game They Love
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 2, 2012 at 9:15pm

Written by James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia is building its first stadium especially designed to allow women who are currently barred from attending soccer matches because of the kingdom’s strict public gender segregation to watch games. The sta...more

When they banned soccer ...
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:04pm

Dick Kerr Ladies Vs St Helen's Ladies 1920 So just when you think you've heard it all when it comes to things men do to stop women playing sport, you hear another story. A ban on women's soccer anyone? I posted about the ban in Brazil a few months back,...more

Vote Now to Help Julie Foudy Send a Deserving Girl to the Olympics #NGWSD
by Pretty Tough
posted February 1, 2012 at 1:20pm

I love playing sports for a long list of reasons, but I especially love sports because they help define who we are: Sports give you confidence. Sports give you strength. Sports give you a voice (hence, the nickname Loudy Foudy). :) Sports teach t...more

First Impressions Of A Post-WPS World: Truth Telling
by All White Kit
posted February 1, 2012 at 10:58am

If you’re reading this sentence, chances are you’re one of the hundreds (or thousands) of readers who helped crash Pitchside Report this evening. If you’re reading this sentence and aren’t sure what the previous one refers to, clic...more

Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy Choose to Matter contest - vote to send the winner to the Olympics! #NGWSD
by JulieFoudy
posted February 1, 2012 at 10:43am

I love playing sports for a long list of reasons, but I especially love sports because they help define who we are: Sports give you confidence. Sports give you strength. Sports give you a voice (hence, the nickname Loudy Foudy). :) Sports teach teamwo...more

First Impressions Of A Post-WPS World: History Lessons
by All White Kit
posted February 1, 2012 at 2:00am

  You see a glimpse of it far off in the distance; something barreling towards you. You think the coast has begun to clear, but you still brace for impact. And then it hits. The initial foresight hasn’t diminished the force of the blow.  ...more

The Next Frontier For Women’s Sports
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted January 31, 2012 at 5:33pm

Tweet The announcement Monday that the Women’s Professional Soccer league was suspending operations for the 2012 season didn’t surprise many in the American and women’s soccer community, for both the financial and legal issues that have...more

WPS: Missing A Golden Opportunity
by sarahhallett
posted January 31, 2012 at 5:29pm

The cancellation of the 2012 WPS season will leave a void for new fans....more

WPS suspension: Is this WUSA redux?
by Fair Game News
posted January 31, 2012 at 5:19pm

By Laura Pappano On the heels of a compelling World Cup and on the eve of the 2012 Olympics, Women’s Professional Soccer announced today that they are suspending the 2012 season – with plans (maybe hopes?) to return to play in 2013. The ne...more

WPS suspends 2012 season
by After Atalanta
posted January 30, 2012 at 7:31pm

I'm actually ok with this news. One, it's better than folding altogether. Two, it's an Olympic year so the big names, the women who would bring many fans to the stadiums wouldn't be around anyway. I think it would have been an emotionally and financially ...more

US WNT: US Women Capture CONCACAF with Confidence
by sarahhallett
posted January 30, 2012 at 2:41pm

The future is bright as the US women pave the way to the Olympics by winning the CONCACAF tournament....more

Official: 2012 Women’s Professional Soccer Season Put On Ice
by All White Kit
posted January 30, 2012 at 2:38pm

  By now you’ve likely heard the news. The official statement from WPS:   SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 30, 2012) – Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) announced today that its Board of Governors has voted to suspend t...more

Harder, Better, Hungrier: USWNT Flatten Canada in CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Final
by All White Kit
posted January 30, 2012 at 10:14am

Commanding in every respect, the United States lived up to its no. 1 world ranking tonight, and then some.  The 4-0 score line provided an apt bookend to a tournament in which the United States outscored its five opponents by a margin of 38-0. The t...more

USWNT 4, Mexico 0: Vigor, Vengeance, Victory
by All White Kit
posted January 27, 2012 at 11:22am

By Gavin Day The United States Women’s National Team was at its overwhelming best as it pummelled rivals Mexico 4-0. As a result, the team is just one win away from the 2012 London Olympics. Midfielder Carli Lloyd recorded her first career hat-tri...more

Sudan’s Islamic Fiqh Council bans formation of womens soccer team
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted January 27, 2012 at 1:11am

January 23, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Islamic Fiqh Council in Sudan issued a fatwa (religious order) saying that it is forbidden for the country to create a womens soccer team, deeming it an immoral act.The religious authority said that any request made...more

The FIFA/CONCACAF Women’s Soccer Conference in Vancouver
by Soccer Science
posted January 26, 2012 at 11:18pm

I arrived tonight in Vancouver, B.C., for the FIFA/CONCACAF Conference on the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 2011. After looking through my brochure, I’m excited to see that many coaches, instructors and staff from FIFA projects I’...more

US WNT: 31 Goals and Counting
by sarahhallett
posted January 25, 2012 at 8:00pm

US team sharply focused on Olympic qualifying....more

Possible Defection of Cuban Futbolistas During Olympic Qualifier
by Pretty Tough
posted January 25, 2012 at 9:56am

When Cuba’s national women’s team showed up for Monday night’s CONCACAF Olympic qualifying match against Haiti in Vancouver, BC two players were conspicuously missing. Unconfirmed reports say star forward Yesenia Gallardo Martinez,...more