USA v. Japan: These Six U.S. Stars Were Rejected from Youth Teams. It Made Them Great.
Sixteen year wait for rematch comes to end Friday: USWNT take on China in quarterfinal
By Lizzie Haldane Remember the last time United States and China squared off in a Women's World Cup match? As the most watched soccer moment in the States, the Americans took home the 1999 title, marking the last time they won the Cup. In the tournament's history, the U.S. has never lost to China … [Read more...]
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Women’s World cup Send-Off Series
In the past two months, our USWNT has embarked on a Send-Off series of games played around our country to promote the FIFA 2015 Women???s World Cup happening in just 4 days in Canada. This series of games were designed to get fans excited for what is to come and get players ready to play other high … [Read more...]
Sepp Blatter Resigning From FIFA Will Boost Value Of World Cup
2015 Women’s World Cup Predictions: KO Rounds
We have given a look at the groups, but now it's onto predictions for the knockout rounds. Here is a reminder of who I have getting through in Canada: Group Winners: Canada, Germany, Japan, United States, Brazil, France Second-Place: Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, … [Read more...]
Women’s World Cup 2015 Preview & Predictions: Group D
The Group of Death. Group D. Three of FIFA's top 10 ranked nations grouped together. This is, by far, the deepest group in the field. It is led by the star-power of the United States, but are followed closely by Pia Sundhage's Swedish national team. Australia and Nigeria are not too far behind, … [Read more...]
Female Footballers: Past, Present and Future
When I was a little girl, I had male role models. It was 1991, I distinctly remember watching, for the first time, women on the TV who were playing soccer during?? Women???s World Cup in China. By 1994, I remember going to a Santa Clara University women???s soccer game and Brandi Chastain was there. … [Read more...]