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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.