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The Opening Whistle: New era begins in Canada as Morace exits
The buzz from the World Cup is still reverberating around the country, but there are already signs that things have started progressing toward next summer’s Olympic Games and the 2015 Women’s World Cup. Wednesday
Read More »Albanese: USA-Japan paralleled a classic tale
This year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup had it all. There were early goals, late goals, own goals, tons of drama, equal amounts of suspense, unexpected early exits, a David-and-Goliath-type final, and a thrilling end.
Read More »WWC, WPS News and Notes
It’s that day after hangover of a World Cup final. The United States Women’s National Team is now back on U.S. soil and getting the royal treatment despite losing to Japan on penalty kicks
Read More »USA-Japan: Two teams of destiny, one champion
Japan and the United States square-off in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup final on Sunday (kick-off is set for 2:45 p.m. ET on ESPN) in a meeting of two teams looking to fulfill
Read More »News and notes on the penultimate day of the Women's World Cup
Playing with 10 women for 22 minutes, Sweden defeated France 2-1 in the third place game on Saturday. That sends Sweden home at least slightly happy with its finish and serves as an unfortunate
Read More »Social media lifts Women's World Cup to new heights
The 1999 Women’s World Cup was big, but it wasn’t Twitter big. It wasn’t a hash-tagging, trending topics, Facebook commenting, YouTube self-recording kind of epic. Granted, none of those things were even part of
Read More »The Opening Whistle: WPS continues, but all eyes are on Women's World Cup
WPS is back in full swing, but there is one game this weekend that will dwarf anything WPS will do or has ever done. That of course is the World Cup final pitting two-time
Read More »Albanese: Sundhage faces tough choice between Buehler, Sauerbrunn
It’s not like Rachel Buehler is the only player that Brazil’s Marta will outrun. But in the United States Women’s National Team victory at the quarterfinals of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup over
Read More »Albanese: USA one game from glory
It hasn’t been pretty. It has, however, been effective. In its conquest to capture a World Cup title for the first time since 1999, the United States Women’s National Team has had a turbulent
Read More »Japan just keeps on rolling, beats Sweden 3-1
It just wasn’t Sweden’s day. The way Wednesday’s Women’s World Cup semifinal between Sweden and Japan played out, these two teams could have played ten times and the same result – a 3-1 win
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