Interview by Mike Woitalla Twenty years ago, Anson Dorrance coached the USA to victory at the inaugural Women’s World Cup in 1991. During his1986-1994 national team tenure he coached the USA’s first generation of great female players, including Mia Hamm, April Heinrichs and Kristine Lilly,who also played for him at the University of North Carolina, […]
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Americans lose Tarpley with knee injury
[USA-JAPAN WOMEN] Abby Wambach scored one goal — the 118th career goal and first since Nov. 8, 2010 — and set up Amy Rodriguez for the second goal eight minutes later to lead the USA to a 2-0 win over Japan in a friendly played Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. The second match of the two-game […]
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Sundhage goes for variety with World Cup squad
[U.S. WOMEN] Twelve of the 21 players named to the U.S. Women’s World Cup will be playing in the competition for the first time, yet while picking her squadhead coach Pia Sundhage says she valued balance as much as experience. “You have all kinds of players that have different qualities on thisroster, but all in […]
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Seitz will be most experienced official in Germany
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Kari Seitz was selected to referee at her fourth Women’s World Cup, and assistant referees Marlene Duffy and Veronica Perez will join her at the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany.
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2011 Women's World Cup on the air
[TELEVISION GUIDE] All Women’s World Cup matches in Germany will be aired live and in high definition on ESPN (23 games) and ESPN2 (9), as well as ESPN3.com andESPN Mobile TV. Coverage begins June 26. For the complete schedule … All 32 matches will be aired live, including 28 with match commentators on the scene […]
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USA rallies for eighth title
[ALGARVE CUP] Any doubt that the USA is still on top of its game in women’s soccer was put to rest at the Algarve Cup, where it came back from a 2-1 deficit tobeat Iceland, 4-2, and win the tournament for the eighth time. Carli Lloyd, Lauren Cheney, Heather O’Reilly and Alex Morgan scored for […]
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Canada to likely host without Toronto
[2015 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] FIFA awarded the 2015 Women’s World Cup by default when Zimbabwe withdrew its bid, but don’t expect to go to any games in Toronto,Canada’s largest soccer market. Toronto, host of the final of the 2007 Under-20 World Cup, will also host the 2015 Pan-American Games, and local officials apparently don’t want […]
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Canadian women threaten revolt
The players on the Canadian women’s soccer team are fed up with the treatment they’ve gotten from the Canadian Soccer Association and won’t play another game until Italian Carolina Morace is retained as national team coach and they are paid like the men’s national team players. “We have a shot at something great,” said star […]
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Changes pay off with win
[USA-CANADA WOMEN] U.S. women’s national team coach Pia Sundhage switched seven starters from the team that lostto Sweden on Friday and got the desired effect as it beat Concacaf rival Canada, 2-1, on second-half goals by Lauren Cheney and Lindsay Tarpley at the Four Nations Tournament in Chongqing, China. “You have to look at […]
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New leaders aim to boost girls soccer
By Mike Woitalla The first ear-piercing wakeup call for U.S. women’s soccer came at the 2007 World Cup, where a dazzling Brazil outplayed and routed the USA, 4-0, insemifinals. Last year provided more examples that the benefit of the USA’s huge head start in the girls and women’s game was evaporating. The USA lost to […]