[U.S. WOMEN] Three days before the opening of training camp to prepare for 2011 Women’s World Cup qualifying, the U.S. women’s national team announced thatstarting goalie Hope Solo will undergo surgery on her right shoulder Wednesday and be sidelined five-six months. Solo, the USA’s first-choicegoalkeeper since the beginning of 2005, should return in time to […]
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WPS players capture European berths
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP] Current or WPS players scored goals to lead England, France and Norway into the 2011 Women’s World Cup finals in Germany, while Sweden,which started four WPS players, captured the fourth European berth with a late rally at Denmark. ENGLAND. England got goals from Kelly Smith (Boston) and Eniola Aluko (Atlanta) and cruised […]
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Who's up, who's down …
[WPS] Women’s Professional Soccer wraps up its regular season on Saturday. While FC Gold Pride has clinched first place and home-field advantage in the Sept. 26championship game, the battle for second place — between Boston and Philadelphia — and the final playoff berth — between Washington and defending champion Sky Blue FC — goes down […]
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Morgan and Leroux called into national team camp
[U.S. WOMEN] Two collegians — California senior Alex Morgan and UCLA junior Sydney Leroux — were among 30 players called up by U.S. women’s national team head coach Pia Sundhage for a training camp beginning Sept. 20 and two matches against China that will serve as preparation for the Concacaf qualifying tournament forthe 2011 Women’s World Cup. Morgan and Leroux, both […]
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China relegated to role of women's sparring partner
[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 […]