[AWARDS] Marta, who led FC Gold Pride to the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer title, won her fifth straight FIFA Women’sPlayer of the Year. New awards went to Jose Mourinho (Inter Milan/Real Madrid) and Silvia Neid (German national team) asthe men’s soccer and women’s soccer coaches of the year. Marta, 24, is a free agent after […]
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Heinrichs and Ellis hired to run girls program
[U.S. SOCCER] Former U.S. women’s national team captain and coach April Heinrichs and UCLA women’s coach Jillian Ellis have been hired as technical director and development director for the U.S. women’s national team program. The hirings follow concerns about the levelof talent coming out of the girls program and mark the first time U.S. Soccer […]
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Lilly: 'There are no regrets'
[U.S. WOMEN] Kristine Lilly, holder of the world record with 352 international appearances, has retired at the age of39. She played in five Women’s World Cups (the only woman to do so) and three Olympic Games and scored in every world championship tournament she played, except her first, the 1991 tournamentwhen she was 20 years […]
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Sundhage gives stars rest
[U.S. WOMEN] U.S. women’s national team head coach Pia Sundhage kicks off a World Cup year with a six-day trainingcamp for 26 players Jan. 8-13 at the Home Depot Center. Eight veterans are being rested and will join the national team for the trip to China later in the month to play in the 2011 […]
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Donovan and Wambach win fourth U.S. Soccer honors
[AWARDS] Landon Donovan and Abby Wambach both won fourth titles as U.S. SoccerAthletes of the Year. Donovan became the first player to win four Male Athlete of the Year awards, while Wambach now only trails Mia Hamm, who won the women’saward five times (1994-98). Donovan previously won back-to-back awards in 2003 and 2004 and also […]
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Sundhage is finalist for Women's World Coach of the Year
[AWARDS] U.S. women’s national team head coach Pia Sundhage has been named a finalist for the new FIFAWomen’s World Coach of the Year award. German national team coach Silvia Neid and under-20 coach MarenMeinert are the other finalists for the women’s award, which will be announced at the first FIFA Ballon d’Or gala as part […]
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USA drawn with North Korea, Colombia, Sweden
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] The United States will face North Korea, first-time finalist Colombia and Sweden, in that order, in Group C at the Women’s World Cup inGermany. For the complete draw … Group A: Germany, Canada, Nigeria, France. Group B: Japan, Mexico, NewZealand, England. Group C: USA, North Korea, Colombia, Sweden. Group D: Brazil, Australia, […]
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What They're Saying
“You don’t want to wait until a tragedy sets in until you say, Oh, we should have done something. I think we’re already at a tipping point.” — Former U.S.star Julie Foudy on the need for U.S. Soccer to put more programs in place for young women following setbacks for the two U.S. girls national […]
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Women's World Cup seedings
[DRAW] The USA is one of four seeds along with host Germany, Japan and Brazil for Monday’s 2011 Women’s World Cup draw at the Frankfurt Congress Center inGermany (ESPN3.com, live, 1:25 pm ET). For the four pots, as well as the current FIFA rankings and appearances of the 16 finalists … Former German great goalkeeper […]
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Sundhage: U.S. women's game needs more skilled players
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] The USA finally qualified for the 2011 Women’s World Cup — two days before Monday’s draw in Frankfurt — and Coach Pia Sundhage acknowledged the U.S. women’s game needs to improve in face of increasing competition from the rest of the world. Amy Rodriguez‘s goal in the 40th minute gave the […]