Articles tagged with "us-womens-national-team"
WPS may be a bit sleepy but the world of women's footy soldiers on
By Melissa | November 20th, 2009Not exactly sleepy. WPS is hiring which is pretty impressive considering THIS ECONOMY. FIFA recently did a women's football roundup which is worth a read. ...
Some sort of vague attempt at an update
By Melissa | October 31st, 2009Who am I kidding? If you are checking this blog for news, then you know nothing. Here's my (second) recap of Thursday's USWNT ...
Carli Lloyd doesn't want to talk about it
By Melissa | October 19th, 2009Today, Sky Who Blue announced they signed free agent Carli Lloyd. Lloyd is from New Jersey and went to Rutgers so pretty much as ...
Happy Hondurans Love Wikipedia... and Links!
By Melissa | October 17th, 2009(Spotted over at ONTD football) Angela Hucles retired from professional soccer effective immediately. Coach Tony loses yet another player from his 2009 roster, Pia loses ...
Be a Tiger! Be a Tiger!
By Melissa | September 28th, 2009Here are some links to pass the time while you ponder what exactly was that photographer thinking in the above photo shoot? I was wondering about ...
Something Happened!
By Melissa | September 22nd, 2009Today was all a-twitter as Philly and ATL got to pick five international players each to stock their rosters. But, assuming similar rules apply ...
WPS season two hopes and dreams
By Melissa | September 16th, 2009Today was the inaugural expansion draft where the Atlanta Beat and Philadelphia Independence nabbed a bunch of players from every team so they could start ...
Sometimes off the pitch is more interesting than on
By Melissa | May 23rd, 2009On Saturday, Sky Blue FC released a statement informing us that Ian Sawyers has been indefinitely suspended. That's General Manager and Head Coach Ian ...
Half-assed preview otherwise known as pre-season round-up
By Melissa | March 6th, 2009I'm at home today anxiously waiting for the UPS guy to show up with the $200 netbook I just bought on super-sale. Woo Hoo!. ...
You can't fault AEG for thinking big
By Melissa | February 16th, 2009So I guess it's pretty obvious by now Becks is not returning to the LA Galaxy. Honestly, I think this turn of events could ...
Today is international signing announcement day
By Melissa | February 3rd, 2009And I'm gonna hand it on over to the Women's Soccer Show 'cause they've got all the press releases handy... * The Chicago Red Stars signed ...
Stuff to ponder today... which is a holiday in the USA
By Melissa | November 27th, 2008Meaning lots of food and football (of the opposite kind). Here's some stuff I am thinking about or I just find amusing... * My friend's ...
Abby Wambach not shortlisted by FIFA, is shortlisted by China
By Melissa | October 31st, 2008Apparently, during the Olympics, Chinese officials produced a list of athletes who could potentially "stage some sort of demonstration". Wambach was on that list... ...
I Love Twitter
By Melissa | September 16th, 2008Hello! SOMEONE looooves the L Word! Anywhoo... Here's your list: Bay Area -- Nicole Barnhart, Rachel Buehler, Leslie Osborne Boston Breakers -- Angela Hucles, Kristine Lilly, ...
Allocation Date Set
By Melissa | September 14th, 2008And it will be Tuesday, September 16th at the Sports Museum of America in Manhattan. Tonya Antonucci and Steve Nash will be the ones ...
I may be the only person in California with a Red Stars sticker on her car
By Melissa | August 15th, 2008So the good news is, WPS will expand to Atlanta for the 2010 season! A letter of intent was signed on Monday. ...
Winding Down
By Melissa | July 24th, 2008As a follower of both the men's and women's sport, I often find myself smacked in the face by a certain glaring issue that ...
I've got Olympics on my mind
By Melissa | July 22nd, 2008I spent a considerable amount of time today writing out my thoughts on the political aspects of the upcoming Games as well as the history ...
Are we really just a nation of whiners?
By Melissa | July 18th, 2008To say it's been a hard couple of days for me is a bit of an understatement. I've heard precarious arguments from our President ...
Not yet Abby
By Melissa | July 13th, 2008Amy Rodriguez scored the game winner against Brazil today, wrapping up the score at 1-0. Perhaps the July 16 friendly is Abby's chance to ...
Mark Your Calendars
By Melissa | July 8th, 2008Today, WPS announced the USWNT allocation draft will happen after the Olympics – in September – with a number of drafts and combines to follow: WPS ...
Short, Quick, And to the point
By Melissa | July 2nd, 2008In a few minutes, the USWNT kick off against Norway, in Norway. There are no known broadcasts or streams that I'm aware of (go ...
The USWNT win but I lose
By Melissa | June 21st, 2008That's right. They beat Canada 1-0 in the Peace Queen Cup final. Angela Hucles scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time ...
As much as one can hype a W-League game, a biggie is tonight
By Melissa | June 18th, 2008That's right folks, if there ever was a clash of the titans in this league, you're getting it tonight when the Jersey Sky Blue take ...
My quest to get p2p video players working... otherwise known as the Peace Cup update
By Melissa | June 16th, 2008To make a long story short, the thought of using any Microsoft product makes me violently angry and Apple's os x is too bloated for ...
Cat Whitehill has a tear but two W-League expansion teams are on a tear
By Melissa | June 11th, 2008It's that dreaded ACL again. Whitehill tore it during Tuesday's training and will now miss the Olympics. Stephanie Cox takes her place on ...
The build-up... updates
By Melissa | June 8th, 2008This past week, I successfully passed the San Jose Offside blog torch to Sean and Ian, the Chicago WPS team unveiled their name and logo, ...
On ACL tears...
By Melissa | May 28th, 2008Leslie Osborne is out. She tore her ACL last week in training and will no longer play in the Olympics. Heather Mitts tore ...
USWNT Update – we're number one (again)!
By Melissa | May 23rd, 2008A two week training camp for the US Women's National Team opened at the Home Depot Center this past Monday. Pia Sundhage brought in ...
USWNT Update - US/Brazil friendlies on tv
By Melissa | May 16th, 2008While it looks like the upcoming Peace Cup games in South Korea (June 14-21) won't be on tv, the July friendlies against Brazil will. ...
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