The get well Charlie Davies links

By: Melissa | October 13th, 2009

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Could it be? No more stanky leg? WAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Was the torch just passed? While the former Arsenal Ladies in WPS are back in their home country (and some on loan to their former team), the hype machine has moved onto new striker Kim Little who took Kelly Smith’s position after she joined the Breakers. Little scored a whopping 13 goals in her first six appearances of the season – including a brace during Arsenal’s 8-1 pounding of Doncaster. Recent English league updates can be found here.

WPS posted a what the hell are they up to in the offseason report and the Woman’s Soccer Insider blog gave us updates of the off-season players and their leagues. Well, updates as of Octber 9th. I’m afraid I missed this link last week when it perhaps would have been a bit more relevant.

Jill Oakes blogs about being a girl and a guy. No, I mean she blogs about having personality traits traditionally considered both masculine and feminine. While the stuff she writes about in her post isn’t new or groundbreaking, this quote of hers caught my attention: “Personally, I made my first conscious statement to the world challenging a stereotype, when I became a high school cheerleader. Yes, it’s 100% true. I was telling the world that cheerleaders deserve athletic respect, and that athletes are beautiful and feminine too.” Now, I’ve read a few complaints on the internets this week regarding the recent ESPN body issue and the question of female athletes and their bodies (do they or don’t they?) and I must say it’s refreshing to read what the athletes themselves have to say on the topic (and not just people like me who wank off online – metaphorically of course).

WPS interviews Jorge Barcellos which isn’t too terribly interesting but that dreaded word “family” pops up again and this time it’s said by the interviewer. Although his response somehow translated to “familiar” which maybe really meant “intimate.” I will of course be following this important lead as it develops.

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