The U.S. women’s national team, unbeaten and untied in 2016, will face Japan on June 5 at Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium in the second game of series that will begin three days earlier at Dick’sSporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. Japan won the 2011 Women’s World Cup and lost to the USA in the 2012 […]
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Olympics: End of an era for Japanese women
In a stunning setback, Japan, winner of the 2011 Women’s World Cup, silver-medalist at the 2012 Olympics and runner-up to the USA at the 2015 Women’s World Cup, has been knocked out of Olympic women’squalifying at home. A 6-1 win over Vietnam — its first in four games — was not enough to prevent Australia […]
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Video Pick: Our 2015 Team Goal of the Year
While 2015 has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that FIFA is a well-oiled machine, one that only the smartest of orangutans could improve upon, we do have one suggestion, awarding a Team Goal of theYear. At FIFA’s annual ceremonies the Puskas Award is given out for the best goal, with Leo Messi‘s stunningopener in the […]
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MLS player tracker with complete rosters (Dec. 29)
Looking to boost their attack that sputtered at the end of the 2015 season, the Vancouver Whitecaps signed Japanese striker Masato Kudo to a multi-year contract following a free transfer fromthe J-League’s Kashiwa Reysol. Kudo, 25, is Kashiwa Reysol’s career scoring leader with 92 goals in 260 appearances. “Masato has a very good goalscoring record […]
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River Plate fans make case for world's best fans
River Plate fans — all 15,000 of them — had a lot to celebrate. They traveled all the way from Argentina to Japan for the World Club Cup and watched the South American club champion beat Japan’sSanfrecce Hiroshima, 1-0, on Lucas Alario’s header midway through the second half and advance to the final against Barcelona. […]
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Video Pick: Super Golazo from Japan includes a sombrero
One of the most spectacular goals we’ve seen this year comes from a Japanese high school game. In the final minute of stoppage time, with the score tied, 1-1, Tamano-Konan gets the gamewinner overSakuyo with a golazo that starts with the goalkeeper, involves three other players — including the scorer who sombreros his marker — […]
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Video Pick: Super free kick from Japan
The 37-year-old Shunsuke Nakamura, who’s played for Celtic and Espanyol, is still going strong in his homeland. He scored a beauty of a free kick for Yokohama F Marinos in stoppagetime to secure a 2-2 tie with Gamba Osaka.
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USA Women Each Get Unique SI Cover
The U.S. women’s national team has made history again as American sports pub Sports Illustrated made a separate cover for each member of Jill Ellis’ 23-player squad forits July 20 issue. The unprecedented move comes after the USA defeated Japan in the 2015 Women’s World Cup final, 5-2. It also follows a memorable week for […]
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U.S. Women Back on Top of FIFA's Rankings
The U.S. women’s national team moved back to the top of FIFA’s world rankings after winning the World Cup for the first time since 1999. Jill Ellis’ team had lostthe No. 1 spot to Germany in December, marking the first time the U.S. wasn’t ranked first in more than six years. In the new standings released Friday, […]
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Pearl Harbor Twitter Storm Follows WWC Final
NBC News reports that some Americans celebrated the country’s historic soccer win Sunday night with a vocal minority kicking up a Twitter storm by suggesting that the USA’s 5-2 winagainst Japan on Sunday was payback for the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. While more than 2,400 people died in the surprise assault by Japan on the U.S. […]