If you' re any sort of women's soccer fan, you know about Alex Morgan.
The 22-year-old wunderkind, known as the "super sub" during the Women's World Cup last summer
and in the recent CONCACAF Olympic qualifying matches, has a nose for the goal. The former Cal
soccer star has also been noted for her amazing mix of strength and beauty which makes her the
epitome of Pretty Tough.
I love playing sports for a long list of reasons, but I especially love sports because they
help define who we are:
- Sports give you confidence.
- Sports give you strength.
- Sports give you a voice (hence, the nickname Loudy Foudy). :)
- Sports teach teamwork and leadership.
The day after U.S. soccer fans celebrated the women's CONCACAF win and their Olympic
qualification comes word that the WPS is on ice for the 2012 season.
Word began to filter out via players and bloggers on social networks like Twitter Monday
morning, and the league officially made the announcement midday.
When Cuba's national women's team showed up for Monday night's CONCACAF Olympic qualifying
match against Haiti in Vancouver, BC two players were conspicuously missing.
Unconfirmed reports say star forward Yesenia Gallardo Martinez, 20, and midfielder Yisel
Rodriguez Llanes, 22, have defected from the Caribbean nation while playing Olympic qualifying
matches in Canada.
#GoCardinal
Teresa Noyola scored from point-blank range Sunday to help top-ranked Stanford beat No. 3 Duke
1-0 and give the Cardinal their first NCAA women's soccer title after three consecutive attempts.
It was the perfect finish to Stanford's unbeaten season.
Stanford seniors Noyola, Camille Levin, Kristy Zuhmehlen and Lindsay Taylor finished their
college careers with a record of 95-4-4.
After pounding ACC tournament champion Florida State 3-0 on Friday night in the first
semifinal of the College Cup, Stanford has a chance to play once again for the national title.
The Cardinal advanced to soccer's version of the Final Four by completing its third straight
unbeaten season, a feat that parallels the great University of North Carolina teams with Mia Hamm
in the early 1990s.
The NCAA Women's College Cup, taking place this weekend at Kennesaw State Stadium in Kennesaw
will be the first NCAA soccer championship held in Georgia since 1968. And one thing is for
certain there will be a first-time national champion crowned at this year's NCAA final.
All four College Cup teams were seeded first in their respective brackets, and include three
ACC schools—Wake Forest, Duke and Florida State—and two-time NCAA runner-up Stanford, making
its fourth consecutive College Cup appearance.
USWNT Coach Pia Sundhage has said she wants to coach the Swedish national team when her contract
with the U.S. expires in 2012. It would be a big loss for the U.S., but understandable as Sweden is
Sundhage's home.
Sundhage told Swedish news agency TT on Sunday she would gladly say "yes, thank you!
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Will this be the year that Marta will be dethroned as FIFA's women's world player of the year?
The Brazilian striker has won the award for the past five years and was among the 10 players
nominated for the 2011 award.
The United States has three players on the list all of whom played for the WNT at last
summer's Women's World Cup in Germany.
Athletes usually fare pretty well on "Dancing with the Stars" but Ron Artest one of the most
popular NBA players – failed to impress during Monday's night's season 13 premiere. Artest, aka
Metta World Peace, only scored 14 out of 30 points after completing his cha cha with partner Peta
Murgatroyd.
The women's national soccer team is back on the field this week, getting ready to play a
friendly against Canada. It's their first training session since the FIFA Women's World Cup and
they're excited to play at Livestrong Stadium, home of the MLS' Sporting Kansas City.
There are lots of soccer fans in KC and one super fan appears to be striker C.
Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovsky stop by the set of The View to talk about dancing and more.
When WNT stars Abby Wambach and Shannon Boxx threw out ceremonial first pitches before the MLB
American League baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees at Fenway last
weekend, there were probably a lot of soccer fans watching baseball for the first time. Goalkeeper
Karina LeBlanc posted this pic of the players jumping before the big pitch.
Are you an athlete, coach, teacher or school administrator at a middle or high school? If so,
here's a great opportunity we heard about to apply for some state-of-the-art concussion software
which can help combat concussions.
According to the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, up to 3.
