Articles tagged with "us-womens-national-team"

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WPS may be a bit sleepy but the world of women's footy soldiers on

By Melissa | November 20th, 2009

Not 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, 2009

Who 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, 2009

Today, 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, 2009

Here 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, 2009

Today 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, 2009

Today 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, 2009

On 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, 2009

I'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, 2009

So 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, 2009

And 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, 2008

Meaning 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, 2008

Apparently, 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, 2008

Hello! 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, 2008

And 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, 2008

So 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, 2008

As 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, 2008

I 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, 2008

To 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, 2008

Amy 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, 2008

Today, 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, 2008

In 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, 2008

That'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, 2008

That'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, 2008

To 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, 2008

It'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, 2008

This 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, 2008

Leslie 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, 2008

A 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, 2008

While 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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