[SCOUTING REPORT: Haiti] The USA is all but assured of advancing to the semifinals of the Concacaf Women’s Championship thanks to wins over Trinidad & Tobago(1-0) and Guatemala (5-0) and closes out group play against an old Concacaf rival, Haiti, which hosted the first Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament in 1991. It’s been a struggle […]
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Concacaf Women's Championship Scoreboard
[ROUNDUP: Saturday] Mexico rebounded from its 1-0 loss to Costa Rica with a 10-0 winover Martinique. It leaves El Tri Femenil needing only a draw against Jamaica on Monday to advance. Monica Ocampo and Luz Duarte led Mexico with two goals apiece. Americans Alina Garciamendez, Teresa Noyola and Tanya Samarzich all added goals. GROUP B: […]
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Jill Ellis: Players like to problem-solve (Q&A Part 2)
Interview by Mike Woitalla Coach Jill Ellis, currently leading the USA in qualifying play for the 2015 World Cup, has coached at every level of the youthgame. She served as U.S. Soccer Women’s Development Director, overseeing U-14, U-15 and U-17 girls national teams, from January 2011 until taking the full national team’s helm in May. […]
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Fox Sports dress rehearsal begins Wednesday
[SOCCER ON THE AIR] The Concacaf Women’s Championship is the last major tournament before Fox Sports airs the 2015 Women’s World Cup, the first major tournamentunder its eight-year agreement with FIFA, so it is pulling out all the stops for the regional tournament that will serve as a dress rehearsal and begin Wednesday in Kansas […]
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Fox networks will air Concacaf Women's Championship
[SOCCER ON THE AIR] All 16 matches from the Concacaf Women’s Championship will air on Fox Sports 1 or Fox Sports 2 and streamed live via Fox Soccer 2Go and FoxSports GO. The USA will host the tournament with doubleheaders over eight dates in four cities, beginning Oct. 15 in Kansas City. For the complete […]
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Ellis calls in 20 players for Concacaf championship
[USA WOMEN] U.S. women’s national team head coach Jill Ellis named 20 players for the 2014 Concacaf Women’s Championshipthat begins Oct. 15 and will be played in four U.S. cities. The squad includes 19 NWSL pros, plus University of Virginia senior Morgan Brian. “I’ve said on numerousoccasions, I feel this is one of the most competitive […]
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What They're Saying: Carrie Serwetnyk
“That terrible men’s showing doesn’t just happen from mediocre planning and organizing skills, that’s from pathetic leadership and poor decision-making over time. Yep, thoseare the same people who are running the World Cup next year. I feel like it’s sending a continuing message that women are really not important enough.” — Canadian Soccer Hallof Famer […]
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Stars take CSA and FIFA before tribunal
[2015 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP’] A day after FIFA’s Tatjana Haenni said there was no Plan B for replacing the artificial turf atthe six Canadian venues for the 2015 Women’s World Cup, a coalition of women’s internationals representing at least 11 countries, including Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan and Heather O’Reilly of the United States, filed in […]
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Brazil and Colombia top Copa America Femenina
[2015 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Brazil and Colombia earned South America’s two automatic berths for the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada. They finished 1-2 at the 2014Copa America Femenina in Ecuador, which finished third and will meet the fourth-place Concacaf team in a playoff. 2015 Qualifiers (15 of 24):Australia Brazil Canada (host) China Colombia England […]
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Dispute over turf issue approaches litigation stage
[2015 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP’] A deadline of Friday noon ET passed for FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association to begin talks with a coalition of women’sinternationals on ways to fix what they say are unacceptable playing conditions proposed for next year’s Women’s World Cup in Canada. The next step: a lawsuit could be filed in […]