[AMERICANS ABROAD] Christen Press scored a hat trick in the span of 24 minutes on either side of halftime to help FCGothenburg beat Linkoping, 6-0, in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan. The three goals moved Press into second place in the league scoring lead with nine goals in six games. FC Gothenburg is tiedfor fourth place, two points […]
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Reign … cross that out … Rain Over Me
I am generally pretty good at leaving my emotions on the field as I cross the line and make my way back to real life, but this most recent losshas stuck with me. I feel like Eeyore, with my own personal rain cloud hovering above me. I cannot figure out what I could have done […]
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Portugal's 'Cantona' gets call-up
[EURO 2012 COUNTDOWN] Young Benfica striker Nelson Oliveira, dubbed Portugal’s EricCantona, was among the 23 players called up by Coach Paulo Bento for Euro 2012 squad. “We are taking Nelson who is a player with differentcharacteristics from the other strikers, one whose path in the national team has been one of constant climb which earned […]
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Faith, Fate and Football
[THE PITCH] Although baptized in the Church, I am not the world’s most devout Catholic. I am, however, a spiritual person. In creating my own set ofbeliefs, I have scrutinized philosophies, challenged authority, adopted and rejected dogmas, and come to cherish a fundamental belief that I have the power to write my own future. I […]
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Blog 10: 'Sure Press…' It's called Pressure!
[THE PITCH] When I was young, my sister Tyler and I could be found at our local tennis club swinging racquets wildly. As we chased errant balls on one side of the court, myfather hovered near the net on the other side feeding us a seemingly infinite supply of balls delivered with a finite supply […]
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Press scores two more goals in Sweden
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Christen Press, the former Stanford star and 2011 WPS Rookie of the Year who just attended her firstwomen’s national team camp, scored two more goals in FC Gothenburg’s 6-0 win at KIF Orebro to give her five goals in three games in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan. For more on American women in action abroad… FC […]
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Lewandowski moves into European final
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Gina Lewandowski started for FFC Frankfurt in its 2-0 victory over the Arsenal Ladies that moved itinto the UEFA Women’s Champions League final May 17 against defending champion Lyon. Jennifer Nobis scored two goals in three minutes to help Pitea beatDjurgarden, 3-1, in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan. Former UCLA star Danesha Adams was also on […]
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A thousand words on keeping your head up
[THE PITCH] This week Christen Press celebrated her first call-up to the U.S. women’s national team for its 12-day camp inBradenton, Fla. And just before departing for Florida, she scored her third goal in two games with Swedish club FC Gothenburg — on a header no less … April 15, 2012 I’m fairly certain that […]
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Yanks score in Damallsvenskan wins
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Christen Press, who was called up to the U.S. women’s national team for the first time, scored herthird goal in two games to help Gothenburg FC to a 3-1 win Wednesday at Pitea in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan. On Sunday, Danesha Adams and Kendall Fletcher scored to give Vittsjo a 3-1 victory over AIK. in […]
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U.S. women headed to Sweden Invitational in June
[DATEBOOK] The U.S. women’s national team will participate in the Sweden Invitational when it travels to the home country of head coach Pia Sundhage to take on host Sweden on June 16 and Japan on June 18. The game against Japan will be the third of the year against the 2011 Women’s World Cupchampions.