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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.

Brilliant Orange: “Dutch Space is Different”
I couldn’t sleep at all last night, so instead of tossing and turning in anticipation of the 2010 World Cup Final today in South Africa between the Brilliant Orange Netherlands and Bloody Red Spanish, I picked up one of my favorite reads, “Brilliant...[Read on]
Six reasons why I love the Utah Women’s Soccer “Show Your Scarf” campaign
Get your Utah Women’s Soccer Scarf and Season Ticket today! I didn’t go to the University of Utah, but in support of their new “Show Your Scarf” campaign, I’m going to buy a season ticket. Crazy, I know… My alma mater is actually a Mounta...[Read on]
Behind-the-Scenes at the 2010 WPS All-Star Game
Here are some photos from the WPS All-Star Game week in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday June 28 and Tuesday, June 29. Tune in to the WPS All-Star Game on Fox Soccer Channel on Wednesday, June 30th, at 7:30pm ET to catch teams Abby XI and Marta XI in action! ...[Read on]
Traditional vs. new media – Will women’s sports ever get equal coverage?
Every day, the WPS Director of Communications, Rob Penner (in the pic above with me), sends out the Daily Clips to the league office staff. Today’s clips included a story called, Continued apathy by sports media toward women’s sports a bigger probl...[Read on]
How a girl picks her 2010 World Cup brackets
Okay, I’m a game late to the party here, the opening match was this morning. But I figured I better jump on the bandwagon and put my predictions on the line… it just makes the tournament that much more fun! Here’s are the rosters, for reference:...[Read on]
Women Coaching Top-Level Soccer: A Discussion with the 6 Female Coaches in WPS
On Wednesday, April 28th, I held a conference call with all 6 female coaches in Women’s Professional Soccer to talk about the development of women’s soccer coaches – in America and around the world. On the call, we had: * Emma Hayes, Chicago R...[Read on]
Sharing three recent content-driven new media initiatives at WPS
We’re one week into the WPS season, and It’s been a super-busy at the league office, as you can imagine. I thought I’d take a moment to put a pen to paper and discuss what’s been happening on the inside – well from the web department at leas...[Read on]
Alex Kotler and I shoot the breeze about social media
All righty, here it is: “Football Partnerships welcomes Amanda Vandervort, Web Coordinator at Women’s Professional Soccer“. I prefer to think of it as a “telephone conversation with a friend” rather than a “podcast”. Basically, Alex K...[Read on]
Vote today for Renee’s book, The Friendship Effect, and help change the world through words
A college soccer teammate of mine, Renee Ho, is working really hard via Social Media to get her book, The Friendship Effect, published as part of the Pepsi Refresh Project –> Pretty cool stuff. She sends me a Facebook reminder every day to vote for...[Read on]
Preseason: The rubber meets the road for WPS coaches
This was originally posted as a forum discussion on the WPS Fan Corner. Pop on over there to weigh in :-) So you guys may know this about me, but for those that don’t, in a addition to being a total web geek, I’m also a soccer coach. And because ...[Read on]
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