The loss of 2014 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year Nadine Kessler, who is injured, and Fatmire Alushi, who announced theday after the UEFA Women’s Champions League final she is pregnant and will miss the Women’s World Cup, won’t prevent German coach Silvia Neid from taking astar-studded team to Canada. The squad includes four players […]
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Road to Vancouver: Ticas take three U.S. collegians
Penn State’s Rachel Rodriguez and Shirley Cruz of UEFA Women’s Champions League runner-up Paris St. Germain are thestars of Costa Rica’s squad for the Women’s World Cup, but the big news is the inclusion of 15-year-old midfielder Gloriana Villalobos. Rodriguezis among three U.S. collegians in Costa Rica’s squad along with defenders Fabiola Sanchez (Martin Methodist) […]
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Road to Vancouver: Mexico takes 14 U.S. players
Mexico will take 14 players who were born or raised in the United States, including late additions Emily Alvarado, a 16-year-old keeper from El Paso, Texas, andMaria Sanchez, an Idaho State freshman, to the Women’s World Cup. The squad includes eight players from California, three from Texas, two fromArizona and Sanchez, who hails from American […]
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Twenty for Canada 2015: Switzerland's Lara Dickenmann
(Soccer America continues its countdown to the 2015 Women’s World Cup with the second of 20 profiles of the women to watch in Canada.) Lara Dickenmann was already a star on the Swiss national team in 2004 when she left home to enroll at Ohio State, a university with twice the enrollment (57,000students) of the […]
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The College Process: Be Prepared, Proactive and Persistent
By Lisa Lavelle No two children are alike and their dreams are as unique as their goals. As high school students across the nation complete another grade, many will begin theexciting — and at times overwhelming — process of preparing for college. With 5,800 two- and four-year universities to choose from and nearly 3,000 collegiate […]
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Road to Vancouver: El Tri Femenil has heavy U.S. ties
Mexico national team coach Leonardo Cuellar cut his squad for the Women’s World Cup down to 24 players — one above the maximum — and took them to Acapulco,where training on the beach runs through Saturday. Half of the team consists of Mexican-Americans, players born or raised in the United States. El TriFemenil’s American Connection: […]
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SoccerGrlProbs takes first in venture tournament
SoccerGrlProbs, started by a trio of Fairfield University’s women’s player, took first place in the for-profit track of the Next Play Venture Tournament, a national competition for student-ledbusiness plans that aim to make the sports industry more sustainable. Fairfield alumnae Carly Beyar, ShannonFay and Alanna Locast started their Twitter feed in 2011 to tweet humorously […]
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NWSL teams kick off preseason play on Saturday
At the conclusion of the first week of preseason training, three NWSL teams are scheduled to face college opponents this weekend. WEEK 1: March 14 in Buffalo, New York Western NY Flash vs. West VirginiaUniv. March 14 in Scotch Plains, New Jersey Sky Blue FC vs. St. John’s Univ. March 15 in Lincoln,Nebraska Univ. of […]
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Road to Vancouver: Nigeria calls in Dike
A majority of 2015 Women’s World Cup finalists will be playing in the Algarve Cup or Cyprus Cup in March. U.S. opponents Sweden and Australia will be in Portugal and Cyprus, respectively. Nigeria, theUSA’s third Group D opponent, is training in Abuja to prepare for the All-Africa Games and Olympic qualifying series. The 36 players […]
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Stanford star Ubogagu signs with Arsenal
Stanford star Chioma Ubogagu has signed a one-year contract with Arsenal of England’s Women’s Super League. The former U.S. U-20 forward was drafted bySky Blue FC in the fourth round of the NWSL college draft but chose to move to London, where she was born and lived until she was 3 when she moved to […]