[VIDEO PICK] U.S. Women’s World Cup stars Hope Solo and Abby Wambach appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman.” Theygave the host a Soccer 101 lesson, Solo told a touching story about the reaction of Japan’s Aya Miyama after the final, and then the U.S. pair shot balls at moving taxi cabs. Miyama was […]
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Japan's triumph a symbol of growth in women's game
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SPOTLIGHT] By reaching and winning the Women’s World Cup final in its first appearance, Japan brought some credibility to assertions that thewomen’s game is more competitive than the men’s at the senior level. The statistics don’t really bear this out, though comparisons are difficult because the women’s game isstill growing and unlike […]
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Soccer 1-2 on tweet charts
[ONLINE WATCH] The Women’s World Cup set a new Twitter record for the tweets per second when the end of the USA-Japan final was drawing 7,196 tweets per second. And to show soccer’s popularity across the board, the end to the Brazil-Paraguay match is now second on the tweet charts with 7,166 TPS. The previous […]
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Winners & Losers
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SPOTLIGHT] By any criteria except goalscoring — down to 2.65 a game from 3.47 in 2007 — the 2011 Women’s World Cup was a huge success.Record crowds, some great individual performances and back-to-back-to-back, as good a trio of games as you’ll ever want to see in the USA’s three knockout games against […]
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USA-Japan smashes ESPN viewing record
[TELEVISION WATCH] Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final between the United States and Japan was seen by an average 13.458 million viewers (7.4 U.S.household rating), more than double the previous records for the most-watched and highest-rated soccer telecast on an ESPN network. The previous record was for the USA-Algeriamen’s match at the 2010 World Cup […]
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Japan shows off U.S. traits in victory
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SPOTLIGHT] Aside from committing a last-minute foul that robbed U.S. forward Alex Morgan of a chanceto win the game, Japan captured the 2011 Women’s World Cup final with heroism and determination. Unable for much of the match to ignite its flowing attacking style of cohesive,interconnected possessions spiced with an occasional long ball, […]
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Do we get another Mia?
By Mike Woitalla One thing great soccer players have in common is that they grow up with a favorite player or two whom they idolize and emulate. In thebackyard or on the field, they pretend to be that player, mimicking his moves or trying to score the way their hero does. They wear his number, […]
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U.S. player ratings
[USA-JAPAN REPORT CARD] Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan were superb in an overall excellent U.S. performance, but it all wentfor naught as defensive errors proved costly. Soccer America’s Paul Kennedy grades the U.S. players … 6 Hope Solo(magicJack) 101/- Couldn’t do anything on two Japanese goals. Did her part to put the USA in a […]
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Sawa sweeps Golden Ball and Golden Boot
[AWARDS] Playing in her fifth Women’s World Cup for Japan, Homare Sawa won the adidas Golden Ball as MVP and adidasGolden Boot as the leading scorer. American Abby Wambach won the Silver Ball as the runner-up in MVP balloting and Bronze Boot as third in thescoring race. Golden Ball nominees: Brazil: Marta France: Sonia Bompastor, […]
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USA-Japan rewind
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FINAL] Only nine minutes away from winning the World Cup in regulation and only three minutes away in overtime, the United States fell to Japan 3-1 in a shootout in the Women’s World Cup final when it missed its first three penalty kicks. Homare Sawa‘s goaloff a corner kick in the 117th […]