U.S. women’s national team coach Jill Ellis recalled five regulars who had sat out the Switzerland series for the final games of the year against Romania in November: Julie Johnston,Meghan Klingenberg, Ali Krieger, Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan From the team that went to the Rio Olympics, all but Carli Lloyd, who is getting married,Hope […]
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What They're Saying: Jill Ellis
“I think where we eventually get to is an environment much like the rest of the world, where players get selected based on their performance [in the moment], Right now, I think we are in theexploratory phase, looking at a number of players. Does that mean some of our current players won’t be in? Yes. […]
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U.S. Women: Ellis recalls Olympians for friendlies
As she had stated, U.S. women’s national team head coach Jill Ellis will stickwith the team — 17 players, all but suspended Hope Solo and four alternates — she picked for the Rio Olympics for friendlies against Thailand next Thursday in Columbus, Ohio, and theNetherlands three days after that at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. […]
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Ellis: Solo's suspension based on 'sum total of actions'
In her first comments since U.S. Soccer terminated the contract of goalkeeper Hope Solo and suspended her for six months, U.S. women’s national team coach Jill Ellis said the decisionwasn’t “simply a decision made about comments, it was based on the sum total of actions that have unfortunately shone a negative light on our program.” […]
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USA-Sweden: 'All the pressure is on the Americans'
As the USA continues on the road in its quest for a fourth straight gold medal at the Olympics, it comes up on Friday against Sweden, coached by Pia Sundhage, who led the Americans to gold in2008 and 2012. The Swedes have a record of success against the USA, but they have not played well […]
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Rio Olympics: USA gets nerves out of the way
The USA’s 2-0 win over New Zealand in their Olympic women’s soccer opener extended its winning streak at the Olympics to 12 games, going all the way back its opening game at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.That winning streak will be on the line Saturday when the USA returns to Belo Horizonte’s Estadio Mineirao to face […]
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What They're Saying: Jill Ellis
“One of the things that I really looked into is, why has a repeat never been done? Is it a change of personnel? Is it complacency? Is it timing? To make sure that doesn’t happen I had alot of individual meetings … and that was one of the questions I posed to players: Are you […]
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Rio Olympics: Why the U.S. women will take gold
The Summer Olympics has featured women’s soccer five times, and the USA has won four gold medals, only losing in 2000 on a golden goal to Norway. A year after they won the Women’s World Cup in Canada,Jill Ellis‘ gals are favored to take home another gold medal. Here are three reasons why they’ll win. […]
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Jill Ellis hails the U.S. newbies on Olympic roster
U.S. women’s national team coach Jill Ellis is only able to take 18 players to the Rio Olympics, where the USA will look to win its fourth straight gold medal in women’s soccer, but the USA iscertainly taking its deepest and most versatile team to the Olympics that includes four players who weren’t even with […]
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Big changes on U.S. Olympic women's soccer roster
U.S. women’s national team coach Jill Ellis cut down her roster to 18 players for the 2016 Olympic Games. Just even players return to the Olympics after helping the USA to the goldmedal in 2012 in London. Four players weren’t on the 2015 Women’s World Cup championship team. Midfielder Megan Rapinoe, who suffered a knee injuryin December […]