[AWARDS] Abby Wambach, winner of the Female Athlete of the Year award in 2010 and 2011 and five awards altogether, isone of five Olympic gold-medalists up for U.S. Soccer’s top award in 2012. Carli Lloyd (2008) and Hope Solo(2009) are also previous winners. They are joined by first-time nominees Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan. Goalkeeper […]
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Strides made; improvement still needed (Steve Swanson Q&A, Part 2)
Interview by Mike Woitalla In September, Steve Swanson coached the USA to the 2012 U-20 Women’s World Cup title. A women’s college coach since 1990,including the last 13 seasons at University of Virginia, Swanson has also coached in the U.S. national team women’s program at the U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 levels since 2000. In […]
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College recruiting starts too young (Steve Swanson Q&A, Part 1)
Interview by Mike Woitalla Steve Swanson, who guided the USA to the 2012 U-20 Women’s World Cup title in September, has coached women’s collegeball since 1990. After stints at Dartmouth and Stanford, he has coached the University of Virginia since 2000. He spoke with us about the perils of a recruiting system that has girls […]
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Tom Sermanni: 'Technical takes priority over physical'
By Mike Woitalla Tom Sermanni, a 58-year-old Scotsman who has coached Australia’s women for 11 years, was named U.S. women’s national team coachon Tuesday. On Wednesday he addressed the media and touched on what role he may play with the USA youth national teams, and fielded questions about youth coaching and youth development. “I would […]
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Four Americans nominated for FIFA Women's Player of the Year
[AWARDS] Four Americans — Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Abby Wambach — are on the 10-player short list for the 2012 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year. Swede Pia Sundhage and University of Virginia coach Steve Swanson, who led the USA to the 2012 Olympic and Under-20 Women’s WorldCup titles, respectively, are […]
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U.S. under-18 national team roster
[CHULA VISTA CAMP] Three players from the Mountain View Los Gatos Soccer Club — Zoe Pacalin, Jaye Boissiere and Gabby Matulich — were named to the U.S. under-18 women’s national team will train Oct. 21-28 at the Olympic TrainingCenter in Chula Vista, Calif. It will be the first event for the next cycle of the […]
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U-20 Women's World Cup reunion ends in 2-2 tie
[VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA] U.S. U-20 Women’s World Cup champion Kealia Ohai scored a pair of breakaway goals to allow No.6 North Carolina to earn a 2-2 draw at No. 5 Virginia Sunday afternoon. Caroline Miller had both goals for the Cavaliers. The two teams wentto overtime for the seventh time in the last 11 meetings. The […]
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Terrapins spoil world champs' return
[MARYLAND-NORTH CAROLINA] Despite the return of Under-20 Women’s World Cup champions Kealia Ohai, Crystal Dunn and Bryane Heaberlin, No 6 North Carolina fell to Maryland, 2-1, Thursday night before a crowd of 1,500 fans atLudwig Field in the ACC opener for both teams. The win was the third in a row for Maryland over the […]
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Future gold-medalists led USA to past championships
[REWIND] Saturday’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup title was the third for the USA. Four years ago, Sydney Leroux and Alex Morgan — winners of the Golden Ball and Silver Ball — led the USA past North Korea, 2-1. In 2002, the FIFA’s inaugural women’s youth championship was anunder-19 competition, captured by the Americans with a […]
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Marozsan captures adidas Golden Ball
[AWARDS] Dzsenifer Marozsan, Germany’s Hungarian-born midfield dynamo, captured the adidas Golden Ball as the top playerat the Under-20 Women’s World Cup. She finished ahead of Japan’s Hanae Shibata and U.S. captain Julie Johnston in votingfor the top player. Marozsan scored only one goal but had six assists to lead Germany to five straight wins before […]