Concacaf won’t hold 2019 Women’s World Cup qualifying until October when the United States will host the tournament, but finalists from Asia and South America will be determined in April at regionalchampionships. In addition, group play continues this week in Europe, where a record crowd of 30,000 is expected Friday in Eindhoven for the Netherlands-Northern […]
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NCAA proposal: Referees will finally get to keep time
It is a measure of how behind college soccer is that the official time is still kept on the scoreboard, the clock runs down from 45 minutes, and there is no stoppage time per se. At its annual meeting, the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules Committee recommended to the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel […]
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NWSL Signings: 2018 College Draft
1 Washington, Andi Sullivan (Stanford) 2 Sky Blue FC (via Boston), SavannahMcCaskill (South Carolina) 3 Washington, Rebecca Quinn (Duke) 4 Sky Blue FC, Michaela Abam (West Virginia) 6 Sky Blue FC, Amandine Pierre-Louis (West Virginia) 10 NCCourage, Frannie Crouse (Penn State) 15 Chicago, Emily Boyd (California) Players drafted: 40. Signed: 7.
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Stanford star Catarina Macario called up by U.S. U-23s
Brazilian-born Catarina Macario, who led Stanford the 2017 NCAA Division I championship as a freshman, has been called up to the U.S. under-23 national team for the Thorns Spring Invitational,the NWSL preseason tournament hosted by the champion Portland Thorns that begins Sunday at the University of Portland. Macario assisted on all three Stanford goals in […]
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GW's Sarah Barnes heads to Miami to take over women's program
George Washington women’s head coach Sarah Barnes has been hired as the new head coach at the University of Miami. Barnes spent six seasons at GW, where she was named the 2015Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year. Over her six seasons at GW, Barnes led the Colonials to a 60-41-14 record, including a 48-23-8 record […]
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College coaching moves: Michigan lures Jennifer Klein away from USC
Michigan hired USC associate head coach Jennifer Klein as the head coach of its women’s program, replacing Greg Ryan. Klein spent four seasons at USC, the last three asassociate head coach. The Trojans won the 2016 national championship. She has been with the U.S. U-18s in La Manga, Spain, for game against England, the Netherlands […]
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Women in Soccer Q&As
A Soccer America’s Q&A archive — Women in Soccer. Lesle GallimoreIt’s a wonderful time to lean on one another to help grow the game in a positiveand unified way Megan RapinoeOn Carlos Cordeiro, Sunil Gulati, USWNT and NWSL going forward Nancy FeldmanCollege coachingtrailblazer Nancy Feldman on women in soccer, Generation Z, and ECNL vs. DA […]
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Youth: U.S. U-18 women headed to Spain for 12 Nations Tournament
The U.S. under-18 women’s national team will travel to Spain Saturday to play three games in the 12 Nations Tournament in La Manga. The USA will face England on March 2, theNetherlands on March 4 and finish against Norway on March 6. U.S. U-18 head coach Jaime Frias has called up 22 players, including six […]
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College coaching moves: Nate Norman promoted to Notre Dame women's head coach
Nate Norman, a Notre Dame women’s assistant coach, had been promoted to the head coach of Irish women’s program. Norman, who played on the Notre Dame men’s team, had been ahead women’s coach at Western Michigan and Liberty before moving back to South Bend in 2017. “Being named head coach at your alma mater, especially […]
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College-bound seniors: A checklist for an exciting and busy time
Between finals, proms and graduation ceremonies, you really want to make a smooth transition from high school to college. High school seniors are consumed with everything from completingfinals, graduation announcements to attending those “once-in-a-lifetime social events.” Soon, you will be off to college and starting a new chapter of your life. So, in between capand […]