Holy Nominations! The FIFA Shortlist is here!

Whoa Nelly a lot has happened since I last wrote but I was a bit busy getting all hyped up then crashing like a narcotics anonymous repeat offender from Thursday’s battle for bragging rights, #1 v #2, USA v Germany friendly. Kinda a big deal in the world of women’s soccer. Didn’t exactly shake the football world to it’s core nor did it get a mention on the main pages of World Cup Blog or The Offside (sniff).

Buuuuuut, today we get the announcement for FIFA’s Player of the Year shortlist and we’ve got 5 WPS players out of the 10 nominated. Woo Hoo!

* “No Neck” Nadine Angerer (Germany)

* Sonia Bompastor (France) – Frenchie extraordinaire! Washington Freedom

* Cristiane (Brazil) – former Red Star, now free agent – not entirely sure why she’s nominated again cause didn’t she spent much of 2009 injured?

* Inka Grings (Germany) – meh

* Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) – double meh

* Simone Laudehr (Germany) – more meh

* Marta (Brazil) – La Sol! Three time winner! It’s like the place falls apart if she’s not on the list!

* Birgit Prinz (Germany) – nemesis

* Kelly Smith (England) – Not a German! Arsenal & Boston Breakers!

* Abby Wambach (USA) – woo hoo! scores hella goals! Washington Freedom

Missing from the list are Hope Solo and Karina LeBlanc who, after their seasons with WPS, totally shoulda got the nod. It’s a conspiracy I tell ya.

The list gets narrowed down to five sometime in December I think. Last year when that happened, all the US players on the shortlist were eliminated. So for this year’s elimination, I say let’s drop all the Germans!

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Category: WPS News

Tags: Abby Wambach, Birgit Prinz, Cristiane, FIFA World Player of the Year, Inka Grings, Kelly Smith, Mana Iwabuchi, Marta, Nadine Angerer, Shortlist, Simone Laudehr, Sonia Bompastor, WPS News

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