The good news is that each of FIFA’s six confederations is required to be represented by at least one woman on the new FIFA council — 37 members in all — an improvement from the FIFA executivecommittee, which had no female representation until 2013. The bad news: Asia is represented by Bangladeshi Mahfuza Akhter. It […]
australia
Posted inAround The Net in Soccer World Daily, Story
Hodgson joins Melbourne City as consultant
Manchester City’s Australian sister club, Melbourne City, hired former England coach Roy Hodgson to work as a consultant for the rest of the Australian season, mentoring coaches in its youthsystem. It is his first job since standing down as England coach after the Euro 2016 loss to Iceland.
Posted inOff The Post, Story
Asian World Cup qualifying will go down to wire
The USA is in much better shape after its 6-0 win over Honduras and 1-1 tie with Panama, but if form held through the remainder of World Cup 2018 qualifying in Concacaf — every team won itsremaining games at home and lost on the road — it would still finish in fourth place in the […]
Posted inAround The Net in Soccer World Daily, Story
Australia ends winless streak
After tying its last four World Cup qualifying games, Australia beat UAE, 2-0, to boost its chances of qualifying for a fourth straight World Cup. UAE coach Mahdi Ali, whose team lostto Japan five days earlier, resigned after the loss to Australia.
Posted inSoccer America Daily, What They're Saying
What They're Saying: Josh Mitchell
“We didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. It was an incredible experience to be playing in the AFC Champions League for the first time in Guangzhou, but everything that could have gone wrong, did gowrong.” — Australian defender Josh Mitchell after Hong Kong’s Eastern SC, coached by Chan Yuen-ting, the first woman to lead […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
U.S. Abroad: Americans win Australia's W-League
Bev Yanez scored the second goal as Melbourne City became the first team in Australia’s W-League history to win back-to-back championships with a 2-0 win over Perth Glory before a record GrandFinal crowd of 4,591. Yanez and fellow American Erika Tymrak teamed up to feed Welsh player-coach Jess Fishlock for the first goal just before […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
NWSL: Fletcher will retire after nine pro seasons
Kendall Fletcher, one of the best defenders in U.S. women’s pro soccer since its relaunch in 2009, will be leaving the NWSL’s Seattle Reign. She will finish out the Australian W-League seasonwith the Western Sydney Wanderers, then start a three-year program to earn an Advanced Diploma in Ministry at the Hillsong International Leadership College in […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
MLS: English referee Webb in running for PRO's VAR post
Contrary to English media reports, PRO general manager Peter Walton is not about to be replaced by former FIFA and Premier League referee Howard Webb. PRO issued astatement Saturday confirming that Webb is one of several candidates to oversee the implementation of video replay by leagues in the U.S. and Canada as senior executive of […]
Posted inSoccer America Daily, Story
U.S. Abroad: Wys out after injuring knee
Kelsey Wys, who led the Washington Spirit to the 2016 NWSL championship game, was lost for Australia’s W-League season when she injured her knee in the seventh minute of the Newcastle Jets’ 1-0win over Perth Glory. American striker Jen Hoy scored the winning goal for the Jets from the penalty spot. They are tied for […]
Posted inAround The Net in Soccer World Daily, Story
WCQ: Australia drops to third after tie at Thailand
Loser of its first four games, Thailand held Australia to a 2-2 tie in World Cup 2018 qualifying at Bangkok’s Rajamangala National Stadium. The result dropped the Socceroos to third in qualifyinggroup behind Saudi Arabia and Japan and tied with the United Arab Emirates. Mile Jedinak scored twice on penalty goals for Australia, but Thailand’s Teerasil […]