Randy Waldrum whose 14 seasons as head women’s soccer coach at the University of Notre Dame have featured a pair of NCAA Championships and three other NCAA runner-up finishes, has signed a multi-year contract extension to continue as the Irish head coach. Waldrum is also currently the U.S. Under-23 Women’s National Team head coach…..Three-time Olympic gold medalist and veteran U.S. WNT defender Heather Mitts has announced her retirement from the sport as a player. She earned 137 caps playing for the USA from 1999-2013…..Mitts, who played collegiate soccer for the Florida Gators, played professionally in Philadelphia with the WUSA Charge and WPS Independence, will remain in the city as a sideline analyst and ambassador for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer…..Rachel Buehler scored a goal in her 100th career international appearance in the USA’s 3-0 victory to open the 2013 Algarve Cup in Portugal. Buehler, a defender, wore the team captain’s armband for her 100th international cap. It came in the same tournament and in the same stadium where she earned her first cap in 2008 against China. Abby Wambach scored her 154th goal in the game against Iceland, leaving her four goals shy of Mia Hamm’s all-time career goal record of 158 set during her legendary career that spanned 1987-2004….U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team head coach Tab Ramos brought in 2010 National Soccer Hall of Famer Thomas Dooley for the first time to help his team with scouting and match analysis during the U-20 CONCACAF Championship in Mexico, where the U.S. earned a berth in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. Dooley, a member of two World Cup teams, earned 81 caps for the USA….England’s Frank Lampard scored his landmark 200th goal for Chelsea on March 17 as the Blues cruised to a 2-0 win against West Ham United at Stamford Bridge. The achievement leaves the 34-year-old just two goals shy of Bobby Tambling’s Chelsea record of 202 goals for the club…..DaMarcus Beasley has been called up to the U.S. MNT for games against Costa Rica and Mexico. If he plays, it will mark the 13th consecutive year that he has at least one national team appearance, making him one year behind the all-time leader, Frankie Hejduk, who finished his career with 14 straight. Six others, Marcelo Balboa, Landon Donovan, Cobi Jones, Kasey Keller, Claudio Reyna and Earnie Stewart also have 13-year streaks…..D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid was voted MLS Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for Week Three of the 2013 MLS season. Hamid made seven saves to maintain a shutout (0-0) against the New York Red Bulls, who outshot D.C. United 24-5, including a diving save on a Thierry Henry shot in the seventh minute…..Kenny Cooper returned to FC Dallas this season, and scored his first goal since coming back to his hometown team. That came in the 90th minute to give FCD a dramatic 3-2 victory over arch-rival Houston. Cooper left FC Dallas in 2009 to play in Germany, and was acquired in an off-season trade with the New York Red Bulls…..Freddy Adu is getting his passport in order once again as it looks like he is headed to a contract with Brazilian club Sporting Club Bahia. Adu’s conflict with Philadelphia Union head coach John Hackworth led to an announcement earlier this year that Adu, 23, was no longer in the Union’s future, and would not be playing for the MLS club this season. In making the announcement, Hackworth told the media at his press conference that the deal was complicated and that in addition for letting Adu sign with Bahia, Philly would get former Brazil international Kleberson….The Women’s National Soccer League’s Washington Spirit has announced the signing of four players, including three of its draft picks. Caroline Miller (Virginia), Florida State teammates Tiffany McCarty and Tori Huster and discovery pick Domenica Hodak (Maryland) all agreed to terms with the Spirit…..Former Canada MNT captain Paul Stalteri (84 caps), who played one season at Clemson before turning professional, has officially retired from the game after 16 pro seasons.