[DATEBOOK] The U.S. women’s national team will face China twice in early October before heading to Mexico for CONCACAF Qualifying for the 2011 Women’sWorld Cup in Germany. The matches will take place Oct. 2 at the Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium, home to WPS’s Atlanta Beat, and Oct. 6 at PPL Park in Chester, […]
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Concacaf women headed to Cancun and Playa del Carmen
[DATEBOOK] The USA was grouped with Costa Rica, Haiti and Guatemala — three teams that it has never lost to — in Concacaf qualifying for the 2011Women’s World Cup to take place Oct. 28-Nov. 8 in the Mexican resort towns of Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Host Mexico, Canada, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana will […]
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Wambach leads USA past Sweden
[U.S. WOMEN] The U.S. women’s national team got two goals from Abby Wambach on headers to defeat Sweden, 3-0,Saturday evening at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. After drawing 1-1 with Sweden earlier in the week, the No. 1 ranked USA put on an impressive display against the fourth-rankedteam in the world as Megan Rapinoe […]
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China ousted from finals
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Chinese women’s soccer reached a new low. It won’t be playing in next year’s Women’s World Cup in Germany after losing to Japan, 2-0, athome in the third-place game of the Asian Cup. China, which has played in every world championship since hosting the 1991 finals, lost on goals by KozueAndo and […]
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Bailiff knocks on Jamaican federation's door
It’s common to hear of clubs facing major financial problems. But national federations? The Jamaica Football Federation is in such bad financial shape that a bailiff came to the JFF’s offices andwas ready to haul off its office equipment and trophies — including the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Cup won by the Reggae Boyz — before […]
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USA-Germany showdown set for Cleveland Browns Stadium
[DATEBOOK] The USA will face Germany in a battle of the world’s top two ranked teams May 22 at Cleveland Browns Stadium. The USA has beaten Germanytwice in the last six months, winning, 1-0, on Abby Wambach‘s goal before a record crowd of 28,377 in Augsburg and, 3-2, in the championship game of theAlgarve Cup […]
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Lilly returns to national team
[U.S. WOMEN] Kristine Lilly, the most capped player in the history of international soccer (men or women) with 342 gamesplayed, has been called up for the U.S. women’s national team for the first time in 16 months. She is one of 24 players Pia Sundhage called in to attend atraining camp prior to two matches […]
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Americans open against Iceland
[ALGARVE CUP] The USA, featuring one of its youngest rosters ever, opens play against Iceland at the Algarve Cup in Portugal on Wednesday. The Americans havereached the final of the world’s top women’s invitational tournament the last seven years and won five times. The other two times they lost on penalty kicks in the final. […]
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2010 WPS schedule
[DATEBOOK] Women’s Professional Soccer opens its second season Saturday. All eight teams will be in action this weekend, including defending Sky Blue FC, whichwill face Chicago in the first Sunday television game on the Fox Soccer Channel. WPS will take a break on the weekend of May 22 for national team commitments and 2011 FIFA […]