college women

[AWARDS] Ali Hawkins, who won her third national championship with North Carolina in 2009, and teammate Rachel Givan are among 25 women named Soccer America’s Preseason All-Americans. Stanford, ranked No. 1 in Soccer America’s Preseason Top 25, led all teams with threeplayers on the preseason team: sophomore defenders Alina Garciamendez and Rachel Quon and senior […]

[GEORGIA WOMEN] Perhaps the biggest coaching move in the offseason was Patrick Baker‘s decision to quit at Georgia andSteve Holeman‘s move from SEC rival Mississippi to replace Baker in Athens. Holeman has his work cut out, but with a new formation and hard work he hopes theBulldogs will finally achieve their goal of winning the […]

[COACHING MOVES] A late flurry of moves led to women’s head coaching positions opening up over the summer. For all the offseason moves … WOMEN’S OFFSEASON MOVES SCHOOL OLD COACH … NEW COACH Air Force LarryFriend, interim … Larry Friend Appalachian State Ben Popoola … Sarah Strickland (Mississippi State assistant) Arkansas State  Derek Pittman (Gonzaga […]

[RANKINGS] Stanford and North Carolina, last year’s Women’s College Cup finalists, are ranked 1-2 in theSoccer America Women’s Preseason Top 25 rankings, as selected by its editors. North Carolina beat Stanford, 1-0, to snap the Cardinal’s 25-game winning streak, but the Cardinal will get arematch when it travels to Chapel Hill to face the Tar […]

[NOTRE DAME WOMEN] A season that featured a humiliating 6-0 loss at home to North Carolina early in the campaign and a rash of injuries didn’t turn out toobadly. The Irish won their 11th Big East title and  advanced to the Women’s College Cup for the fourth consecutive season in 2009. With a solid nucleus […]

[PORTLAND WOMEN] Since winning its second national title in 2005, it’s been the same old story for Portland. All four years the Pilots have reached thequarterfinals, and all four years they’ve lost. This year could be different as they return forward Danielle Foxhoven, who led the nation in points per game,and the country’s best midfield. […]

[NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN] No other program could suffer the losses North Carolina had in the offseason and even think of challenging for the national title. Butthen Carolina is no ordinary program. Carolina’s losses were massive: Olympic gold-medalist Tobin Heath, WhitneyEngen, Nikki Washington and Casey Nogueira went 1-4-5-8 in the WPS college draft, Jessica McDonald, Ashlyn […]

[SUMMIT WOMEN] IUPUI, the 2009 Summit League champion, has been selected as the preseason favorite in a vote among the league’s 10 head coaches. IUPUI returns reigning Offensive Player of the Year Alicia Brock for her junior season. She combined with second-team all-league performer Megan Hock for 20 of the team’s 41 goals.