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Amanda Vandervort (vandey01)

@vandey01

San Francisco, CA

About vandey01:

Hi, my name’s Amanda. I’m a soccer coach, but with an advanced degree in educational technology, I’m more likely to blow your mind with an eye-popping highlight video than with a killer step-over. I played soccer at the University of Wyoming, was the Graduate Assistant at The College of New Jersey and then the Head Coach at New York University for 4 years. I worked for an online start-up in San Francisco in 2007, and enjoyed my 6-month stint in Chicago working for the Chicago Red Stars, a Women’s Professional Soccer team, as the Director of Online Marketing, Website and Camps. Now I’m back in the Bay Area as the Website Coordinator for WPS. I’ve recently been asked to Chair the NSCAA Women’s Committee and to act as the WPS Advisor to the NSCAA Board of Directors.


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Soccer Science

A look at the soccer world from the personal perspective of Amanda Vandervort, a former college coach and fan of professional soccer, with an emphasis on the technologies that are revolutionizing the way we see the beautiful game.

The FIFA/CONCACAF Women’s Soccer Conference in Vancouver
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’...[Read on]
NSCAA Convention Presentation: 5 Secrets to Successful Soccer Websites
What would the NSCAA Convention be without the added excitement (and pressure) of speaking? For the second year in a row, my good friend and peer Ryan Knapp and I presented together. Ryan and I met in 2009 at Tweet – Blowing the Whistle on Social...[Read on]
Photos: MLS SuperDraft and NSCAA Convention
The 2012 NSCAA Convention could once again be called: The busiest week of my life. Here’s the play-by-play, through the camera on my iPhone. I’ve posted the photos in chronological order, enjoy! Tuesday, January 10 Arrived in Kansas City ...[Read on]
Amanda Vandervort is running for NSCAA Secretary: Check out her answers to the NSCAA Candidate Questions
I’m currently running for Secretary of the NSCAA. The election winner will be announced at the annual business meeting at the NSCAA Convention in Kansas City on Friday, Jan. 13, so as we’re getting closer to the event, I thought it would be...[Read on]
The FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
42 hours of flight time for 5 days of work, and totally worth it. I’m honored to have been the Communications and Marketing instructor for the FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in Tanzania in October 2011. FIFA conducts these seminars to brin...[Read on]
MLSE Social Media Panel Discussion
I flew to Toronto this week to represent MLS on the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) Social Media Panel as part of their 2011 Sponsorship Marketing Summit. MLSE hosted the event at the Air Canada Center – which is where the Maple Leafs pla...[Read on]
My recap from the FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in Jamaica
The FIFA and JFF staff on the final day of the FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in Kingston, Jamaica. I was invited to serve as the Communications Instructor for the FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in Kingston, Jamaica, last week. It was an incredi...[Read on]
Twitter Timeline: Opening Day of the FIFA Women’s Football Symposium
I’ve been busy at work on the tweets-machine today posting updates throughtout the FIFA Women’s Football Symposium. So, since I’ve been on the computer for the last 8 hours tapping away, I thought it would be both timely (and time-saving if I’m ...[Read on]
FIFA Women’s Football Symposium in Germany, Day 2 update
This is my second day in Frankfurt for the 2011 Women’s Football Symposium (which begins tomorrow) and Women’s World Cup Final (on Sunday). It’s been pretty low key so far and has given me a chance to catch up on time zones and mingle about. Now...[Read on]
I’ve arrived in Frankfurt for the FIFA Women’s Football Symposium
Fair warning that this blog post may not be the most coherent – I’m on 1 hour of airplane sleep in the past 36 hours and I’ve just returned from the Women’s World Cup semi-final match between Sweden and Japan.  But I wanted to pop online and sh...[Read on]
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