The matchup of the USA U-20 women with Germany in the first group game at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada raised some eyebrows. It was expected that these two teams would play in the championship game as they did two years ago when the U.S. won the world title. When the U.S. […]
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FSU Top ACC Women’s Soccer Pick
GREENSBORO, NC – Coming off a national runner-up finish and a conference title, Florida State was chosen to repeat as the Atlantic Coast Conference women’s soccer champion in 2014 as voted on by the league’s 14 head coaches. The Seminoles received eight first-place votes en route to 189 total points, followed by Virginia (five first-place votes, […]
Horan Leads U.S. To U-20 Women’s World Cup
Lindsey Horan scored a pair of goals and assisted on Rose Lavelle’s goal to pace the U.S. U-20 WNT to a 3-0 win over China PR, advancing s the #2 team in Group B to the quarters of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Moncton, Canada. The USA wraps up the group stage with […]
Ellis Names Roster For WNT Roster Against Switzerland
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named 19 players for the meeting with Switzerland on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The match, which has been sold out since July 25, will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ussoccer.com. “With the very short […]
Savannah Prep Players Motivated By World Cup…….By Anthony Garzilli
On the television, live from Brazil, it was Michael Bradley passing to Chris Wondolowski, who touched the ball to Clint Dempsey, who had a chance to send American fans into delirium. In Savannah, Ga., the set play sure looked like it could have been Miguel Ulloa passing to Allen Parker, who would touch the ball to Jesus Ulloa. When […]
Women Threaten Lawsuit Over 2015 World Cup Surface
There is no player revolt at this point, but a complaint has been filed regarding the playing surface at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and that could be headed to court. A group of over 40 of the top female national team soccer players from about a dozen countries have signed a letter that […]
Two Touches That Changed The USA’s World Cup……by Ray Alley
The U.S. World Cup team played four games in Brazil, a total of 390-plus minutes. There were thousands of touches and mis-touches. The ball moves and opportunities come and go. That is the game. Over the four games the U.S. won only once and was eliminated from the 2014 World Cup. But there were two […]
Experienced Coach Seeking Technical Director Or Similar Position
Experienced international coach seeking position in North America/Carribbean as Technical Director or similar role with club academy/ODP. Would welcome opportunities that might be available with USL, NASL and MLS clubs. I am a native of Scotland, who has worked with all ages, abilities and attitudes of the game over the past 11 years. I have […]
USA Eliminated By Belgium 2-1 In OT
SALVADOR, Brazil (July 1, 2014) – The U.S. Men’s National Team nearly pulled off the most dramatic of late comebacks, but Belgium held off the vigorous late efforts to earn a 2-1 victory against the USA in the Round of 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup at Arena Fonte Nova. Tim Howard had one of […]
Woody’s Blog #10…..June 28, 2014
This should be my last report from Brazil since we will be heading home tomorrow night for another one of those overnight flights. This has been an unbelievable trip in a lot of good ways, but Brazil may be catching us economically, but this place is still a third world life. Today we arrived at […]