Freddy Adu was a member of the U.S. squad that beat Japan 1-0 in the 2008 Olympic
Games.
Could there be a USA-Japan rematch in the cards for the 2012
Olympic Games? Japan has just booked its spot in London with a 2-0 win against Bahrain and joins
South Korea as the two AFC representatives.
Margaret Domka officiated during Wednesday's 2012 Algarve Cup championship between Germany and
Japan.
Though the U.S. Women's National Team came up short of playing in the 2012 Algarve Cup
championship, there was a U.S. presence on the officiating side of the finale with Wisconsin native
Margaret Domka serving as referee.
Veronica Perez (right) will be an assistant referee for Friday's semifinal match between Canada and
Panama at the 2012 CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship.
Veronica Perez, who was selected in mid-February to officiate the 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's
Championship, will be an assistant referee for the semifinal match between Canada and host Panama
on Friday, March 9.
Ladies and gentlemen, please mark your calendars for July 27, 2012. On that day, Arsenal will
meet Manchester City in a pre-season friendly...In China?
For those of you who may not be privy to certain information, it is official: Arsenal will play
Manchester City in Beijing, China, at the Beijing National Stadium (affectionately referred to as
the "Bird's Nest Stadium.
Arsene Wenger will take the Gunners to China again this summer. Arsenal have announced they will
play Manchester City in a pre-season friendly called the China Cup in the Bird's Nest stadium in
Beijing on July 27.
We had a successful tour to Asia last summer, playing matches in China and Malaysia.
Peter Nowak was the last coach to lead the United States U-23 National Team to qualify for the
Olympics. Rob Vartughian helped train his stable of goalkeepers (including Chris Seitz, who went to
Beijing but never left the bench).
Freddy Adu was the top scorer on Nowak's team during that qualifying tournament, notching the
game winning and 2008 Olympic Games-clinching brace in the semifinals.
Highly experienced referees Kari Seitz, Margaret Domka and Marlene Duffy were selected to officiate
the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament being held from Jan. 20-29 in Vancouver,
Canada.
Seitz and Duffy were selected to be officials at the tournament after a series of physical and
technical tests at the CONCACAF Elite Referee Course.
This will be the sixth Women's World Cup that FIFA has staged since the inaugural tournament
back in 1991.
ESPN will be broadcasting games almost daily it looks like, beginning Sunday:
NIGERIA-FRANCE (live) 7:45 am on ESPN2
GERMANY-CANADA (live) 10:30 am on ESPN
MONDAY, June 27
JAPAN-NEW ZEALAND (live) 7:45 am on ESPN
MEXICO-ENGLAND (live) 10:45 am on ESPN
As the Wall Street Journal notes, it's likely the German's to lose.
It's now less than two weeks until the 2011 Women's World Cup starts in Germany, and over the
next couple of weeks and tonight we are taking the time to bring you a quick run-down of the teams
that are taking part in another of the groups of this year's competition. Last night, we took a
look at Group A, and tonight it's time to dip a toe into Group B, which features
two teams on the rise and two of the tournament outsiders.
You might have seen this last night after Andrew Oliver's goal in added time...
It was a tribute to one of Jamaica's biggest heroes, Usain Bolt, who made the pose his own at the
2008 Olympic Games. You can see him strike the "Bolt Arms" pose after the 4x100 relay team won
gold:
At the ripe old age of 23, D.C. United midfielder Dax McCarty has become one of the elder
statesmen of this January camp. As a member of the 2007 U.S. U-20 World Cup team and part of the
USA's successful effort to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games, he's got more international
experience than most suiting up here in Carson.
