[U.S. WOMEN] Two collegians — UCLA junior Sydney Leroux and North Carolina senior Meghan Klingenberg — will make their first tournament appearance for the U.S. women’s national team. They are among the 23 players named to the roster for the 2011 Four NationsTournament Jan. 21-25 in Chongqing, China, where the USA will face 2011 Women’s […]
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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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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 […]
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Colombia's Cafeteras join powerhouse Brazil in finals
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] Colombia’s Cafeteras joined Brazil as the two South American representatives at the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany when itbeat Argentina, 1-0, on Sunday to claim second place in the Conmebol qualifying tournament in Quito, Ecuador. Ingrid Vidal‘s goal gave Colombia thewin to qualify for the finals for the first time. […]
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Morgan rescues Americans with last-second goal
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] The USA moved closer to qualifying for the 2011 Women’s World Cup in Germany with a 1-0 win over Italy thanks to Cal senior Alex Morgan‘s goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
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Sundhage predicts U.S. victory against Italy
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] U.S. women’s national team captain Christie Rampone admits it’s “a pretty weird feeling”for the USA to be thrown into a playoff series to qualify for the Women’s World Cup, but her coach, Pia Sundhage, isn’t worried. She’s predicting victory whenItaly hosts the USA on Saturday in the first leg of their […]