US Women's National Team
I’ve got Olympics on my mind
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I spent a considerable amount of time today writing out my thoughts on the political aspects of the upcoming Games as well as the history of protests among Olympic athletes. Unfortunately, I did this in lieu of the stuff that actually pays me but, uh, expect to see those ramblings sometime soon. In [...]
Are we really just a nation of whiners?
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To say it’s been a hard couple of days for me is a bit of an understatement. I’ve heard precarious arguments from our President regarding this oil crisis. I’ve heard disturbing comments from our Federal Reserve Chairman regarding this oh-no-it’s-really-not-a recession, and I’ve heard one of our presumptive Presidential candidate’s top economic advisors [...]
Not yet Abby
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Amy Rodriguez scored the game winner against Brazil today, wrapping up the score at 1-0. Perhaps the July 16 friendly is Abby’s chance to hit 100 and the chance for the rest of us to come up with a brilliant drinking game to celebrate. So while we all wait impatiently for Wednesday’s game, [...]
Mark Your Calendars
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Today, WPS announced the USWNT allocation draft will happen after the Olympics – in September – with a number of drafts and combines to follow:
WPS will begin securing domestic talent with the post-Olympics allocation of the U.S. Women’s National Team (WNT) and U.S. WNT Player Pool in mid-September, to be immediately followed with a draft [...]
Short, Quick, And to the point
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In a few minutes, the USWNT kick off against Norway, in Norway. There are no known broadcasts or streams that I’m aware of (go figure).
The under 20s are off to their World Cup and the under 17s are off to try to qualify for theirs.
The Pali Blues continue their W-League winning streak, beating Fort [...]
The USWNT win but I lose
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That’s right. They beat Canada 1-0 in the Peace Queen Cup final. Angela Hucles scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time and won herself the MVP title for the tournament.
Here’s a lovely snippet from US Soccer’s match report:
The win gave the USA its fourth tournament title of the year after previously [...]
Category: US Women's National TeamAs much as one can hype a W-League game, a biggie is tonight
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That’s right folks, if there ever was a clash of the titans in this league, you’re getting it tonight when the Jersey Sky Blue take on defending league champions, the Washington Freedom. And it’s a battle for Sky Blue to gain a playoffs spot too boot. Here are the details from the USL [...]
My quest to get p2p video players working… otherwise known as the Peace Cup update
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To make a long story short, the thought of using any Microsoft product makes me violently angry and Apple’s os x is too bloated for my tastes. I’ve been a Linux only user for years which usually suits me just fine and for any internet media related thingamabob out there on the internets, I’ve [...]
Cat Whitehill has a tear but two W-League expansion teams are on a tear
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It’s that dreaded ACL again. Whitehill tore it during Tuesday’s training and will now miss the Olympics. Stephanie Cox takes her place on the Peace Cup roster.
Also on Tuesday, Tampa’s Hampton Roads Piranhas were awarded the hosting rights for this year’s W-League semi-finals and finals set for July 31 and August 2. [...]
The build-up… updates
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This past week, I successfully passed the San Jose Offside blog torch to Sean and Ian, the Chicago WPS team unveiled their name and logo, I celebrated my birthday at a cabin on the Russian River, and my friend texted me from the Chicago/DC United game to inform me that she will be writing the [...]
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