A.S. Roma 5, Lions 0. The Orlando City Lions of the USL PRO league took on three-time Serie A champion A.S. Roma in an exhibition at Barker Family Stadium in Winter Park, FL. The Italian powerhouse came away with a 5-0 win. The game against A.S. Roma, which has held a winter training camp in […]
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Wambach, Sundhage Honored By FIFA
Wambach, Sundhage Honored By FIFA. Abby Wambach, the co-captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team, has been named the 2012 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year, and Pia Sundhage, who led the USA to the 2012 Olympic gold medal, has been named the 2012 World Coach of the Year for Women’s Soccer. Wambach and […]
U.S. Women Advance To Quarterfinals
U.S. Women Advance To Quarterfinals. MANCHESTER, England — The last time a women’s soccer match was played at Old Trafford, less than 1,000 people were on hand for the 1989 FA Cup final. A CROWD OF 29,522 was on hand to see the U.S. women beat North Korea 1-0 to win Group G and advance […]
U.S. Women Blank Colombia In Olympics
U.S. Women Blank Colombia In Olympics. GLASGOW, Scotland (July 28, 2012) – The U.S. Women’s National Team took firm control of Group G and assured itself a spot in the 2012 Olympic quarterfinals with a 3-0 victory on Saturday against Colombia. U.S. midfielder Megan Rapinoe scored her first Olympic goal in the 33rd minute that […]
Tar Heel Recruit Signs French Pro Contract
Tar Heel Recruit Signs French Pro Contract. Colorodo Rush forward Lindsey Horan has signed a two-year contrct with French professional side Paris St. Germain. The signing was confirmed by Rush Technical Director Erik Bushey and by Horan. Horan was set to begin this fall at UNC Chapel Hill, a school she verbally committed to a […]
Seven Finalists For WNT Head Coach
Seven Finalists For WNT Head Coach. U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati, speaking with reporters before the U.S. Women’s National Team took on Germany in the second of two international friendlies, said that the list of candidates for the new U.S. WNT coach had been narrowed to seven finalists. He also said that the goal was […]
Wambach Leads U.S. To Two Draws With Germany
Wambach Leads U.S. To Two Draws With Germany. The U.S. Women’s National Team tied Germany for the second time in four days, playing to a 2-2 draw in front of 18,870 rain-soaked spectators at Rentschler Field in the Fan Tribute Tour, presented by Panasonic. It was the largest crowd ever to watch the U.S. Women […]
USA Shuts Out Gambia, 6-0, In U-17 World Cup
USA Shuts Out Gambia, 6-0, In U-17 World Cup. BAKU, Azerbaijan (Sept. 25, 2012) – The United States scored five second-half goals and defeated Gambia 6-0 on Tuesday at Dalga Arena in its second match of the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Summer Green scored three goals and Amber Munerlyn, Morgan Stanton and Toni […]
U.S. U-17s Draw With France At World Cup
U.S. U-17s Draw With France At World Cup. The United States opened the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with a scoreless draw against France on Sept. 22 in the Group B opener for both teams at Lankaran Stadium in Azerbaijan. U.S. goalkeeper Jane Campbell had 12 saves as the defense withstood France’s attack to […]
Spiders To Drop Men’s Soccer
Spiders To Drop Men’s Soccer. The University of Richmond has announced that men’s soccer and men’s track and field, will be dropped after the 2012 season in order to add men’s lacrosse to the Spiders’ athletic program. UR becomes the latest in a long list of schools that have dropped men’s soccer over the past […]