Like Jennifer Doyle, I have only questions about the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup from watching it so far.

And my main question so far is this: what has happened to Brazil women's soccer? Brazil crashed out in the first round at this World Cup. Well, to be fair, they didn't exactly crash out: they came third in a group containing two countries very strong in women's soccer, Sweden and North Korea (champions of the 2006 U-20 Women's World Cup, and finalists in 2008).

Birgit Prinz- She is one of Germany's best known female football players. She has won the World Cup twice in 2003 and 2007. She also won the UEFA Women's Championship five times. Prinz is the all-time leading scorer at World Cups with 14 goals as well as all-time leading scorer at Olympic Games with 10 goals.

With this year's South African World Cup the great majority of weekday matches will be played in working hours. Coupled with the fact that many pundits are predicting the U.S. making it to the second round and beyond you are likely to want to watch many of the matches (with your bosses consent or otherwise) than ever before.

FIFA has made their designations for the third round of group matches involving Mexico and the USA. (I think the designation for the Honduras match will be made in a day or two, but I'll be in transit to Europe by then.) The Mexico-Uruguay match will be officiated by Hungary's Viktor Kassai. He has previously worked the championships of the lower age-levels, such as the 2007 U-17s and the 2008 Olympic Games, where he refereed the men's final.

They've done it again. The Mariners.
Taking a number of Youth teams to play in China. Look at the age and range of the squads.
That's building community. Imagine the buzz in that football community for those selected.
Mariners Academy squads heading to China
A visit to Beijing's iconic Birds Nest Stadium, the home of the 2008 Olympic Games, will be a highlight of the Central Coast Mariners Junior and Youth Academy visit to China over the next ten days.