Michael Bradley's goal from the game against Scotland on May 26th was pretty fantastic. It made it
into the Top 10 on SportsCenter and has quickly made its way onto the list of most-watched U.S.
Soccer videos on YouTube with 394,238 views. That got us thinking... what are the top three
most-viewed videos in U.
U.S. WNT head coach Pia Sundhage officially named the 2012 Olympic Team a few hours before the
USA took on China from PPL Park on May 27. It was not an easy process for Sundhage and her staff to
cut down a talented pool of players to the 18 that will travel to the U.K. in search of Olympic
gold, but the Americans will bring one of its strongest Olympic Teams ever over the pond this
summer and that surely should make for some exciting matches.
This past Sunday, USWNT Head Coach Pia Sundhage announced the 18 players she will be bringing
with her to London to compete in this Summer's Olympic games in London. Eleven of the players named
to the Olympic squad also competed in the 2011 World Cup in Beijing. Three players named to the
squad, Shannon Boxx, Heather O'Reilly and Heather Mitts, are each returning for their third Olympic
games.
U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 18-player roster for the 2012
Olympic Games. Eleven players make a return to the Olympics after helping the USA to the gold medal
in 2008 in Beijing, China. Midfielders Shannon Boxx and Heather O'Reilly and defender Heather Mitts
make their third Olympic Team while U.
PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand for Sunday evening's Women's National Teams 4-1
win over China at PPL Park. Here's a look at what he saw.
United States starting eleven.
China struck first with a goal by Zhang Rui.
Carli Lloyd played strong in the midfield.
PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand for Sunday evening's Women's National Teams 4-1
win over China at PPL Park. Here's a look at what he saw.
United States starting eleven.
China struck first with a goal by Zhang Rui.
Carli Lloyd played strong in the midfield.
The US Women took down China 4-1 in front of of a sold out crowd at PPL Park on Sunday night in
an Olympic warm up. A fantastic brace from Alex Morgan, a well taken late goal by Abby Wambach, and
an unfortunate own goal by Chinese defender Zhou Gaoping were enough for the US to overcome falling
behind in the first half through a Zhang Rui goal.
The US Women took down China 4-1 in front of of a sold out crowd at PPL Park on Sunday night in
an Olympic warm up. A fantastic brace from Alex Morgan, a well taken late goal by Abby Wambach, and
an unfortunate own goal by Chinese defender Zhou Gaoping were enough for the US to overcome falling
behind in the first half through a Zhang Rui goal.
Alex Morgan Scores Twice, Abby Wambach Adds Late Goal CHESTER, Pa. (May 27, 2012) A crowd of over
18,000 watched the U.S. Women's National Team defeat China 4-1 on Sunday at PPL Park in Chester,
Pa. "I'm very happy scoring goals but the happiest thing for us was we changed the game," said U.S.
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Philadelphia loves Heather MittsU.S. WNT head coach Pia Sundhage has named 18 players that will face China in front of a sold-out
crowd on May 27 at PPL Park. Sundhage named the team after a two-week training camp in Princeton,
N.J. that featured 27 players.
Four players have experience playing for former Philadelphia women's pro teams while midfielder
Carli Lloyd hails from nearby Delran, N.
The training session today for the U.S. WNT consisted of a 90-minute closed-door scrimmage vs.
China as the team winds down its training camp in Princeton, N.J. Of course, the two teams will
meet for real on May 27 at PPL Park in Chester, Pa., and with more than 15,300 tickets now sold for
that match, it should be a rocking atmosphere.
The U.S. WNT training camp has been intense, challenging and highly competitive, but it will
soon come to an end. The focus soon turns to this weekend when the will USA face China at PPL Park
in Chester, Pa.
U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage will suit up 18 players for the match which will be the USA's first
since April 3 when the Americans down Brazil, 3-0, in Japan in a match that was played in front of
a smattering of fans due to the kickoff being moved four hours earlier as a small typhoon (is there
such a thing?
On March 29, 2009 the WPS kicked off its inaugural season with a nationally televised match-up
at the Home Depot Center. Pitting the Los Angeles Sol against the Washington Freedom, the opening
match featured Brazilian star Marta and U.S. National Team scorer Abby Wambach. At the time, this
site was just over one month old and covering the birth of the league was a natural fit.
Photo: Courtesy of Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union
Recaps from Saturday's draw in Dallas from PSP (we were there!), MLSsoccer.com, the Union
website, The Inquirer, Philly Soccer News, Sports Network, Goal.com,
In this postgame quote sheet, Peter Nowak says,
- "We talked about how we are going to start the game and we wanted to continue to play how we
did against New York, but they got the goal in the seventh minute which basically cuts you off
immediately.
U.S. WNT forward Alex Morgan has 12 goals so far in 2012. That got us to wondering, how many
players in U.S. WNT history have scored 12 or more goals in a calendar year?
Turns out the answer is: 29
Following is a list of the best goal-scoring years in WNT history, led by Michelle Akers' near
impossible probably-never-to-be-broken 39 goals in 1991.
U.S. women's national team coach Pia Sundhage has called on 28 players for a May training camp
in New Jersey ahead of a friendly against China at PPL Park on May 27, as the U.S. women continue
their preparations for this summer's Olympics.
The U.S. women will train in Princeton from Thursday until May 25 in the build-up to the
friendly, and this camp comes on the heels of an April camp in Florida in which 26 of the 28
players called upon this time around participated.
The results of the Olympic Final Draw are in...
The WNT will face France, Colombia and Korea DPR in Group G at the 2012 London Olympics taking
place from July 25-Aug. 9 at six venues throughout Great Britain.
There won't be a lot of mystery for the USA in group play at the Olympics (although truth be told,
the North Koreans are always a bit mysterious) as three first round opponents for the Americans are
all teams they met during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
On a cold night in Japan, the USWNT managed to pull out a 1-1 draw against the squad that
crushed their World Cup dreams just nine months ago. This was a game that the US Women could have
easily lost as the Japanese played stronger football throughout the 90 minute match. The United
States back line was constantly under pressure, and when there were offensive chances, balls were
almost never on target.
Photo by ISIphotos.com
The U.S. women's national team will play China at PPL Park on May 27 in a tune-up friendly prior
to this summer's Olympics.
The last time the two nations met, the United States defeated China 2-0 at the Four Nations
Tournament on Chinese soil in January of last year.
Abby Wambach's Q-Rating in Japan is really quite remarkable. We think it has something to do with
not only her talent on the soccer field and how hard she competes, but also with the grace in which
she handled the immediate post-game interviews after falling in PKs in the World Cup Final, giving
much credit to the Japanese and their talented team.
Pia Sundhage (left) is tied with Anson Dorrance with 92 coaching appearances, and Abby Wambach
(right) is in a ninth-place tie with Shannon MacMillan with 176 caps. Both could move up their
respective lists Sunday against Japan. U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage will
pass National Soccer Hall of Famer Anson Dorrance in coaching appearances this Sunday.
Here's a great photo of two brilliant minds having a chat at the FIFA Gala
earlier this year (with an all-too familiar face in the background) USA Women's National Coach
Pia Sundhage and United coach Sir Alex Ferguson. We're pretty
sure they swapped tactics, with Sir Alex recommending Berbatov's passé
drills to Abby Wambach.
Here's a great photo of two brilliant minds having a chat at the FIFA Gala
earlier this year (with an all-too familiar face in the background) USA Women's National Coach
Pia Sundhage and United coach Sir Alex Ferguson. We're pretty
sure they swapped tactics, with Sir Alex recommending Berbatov's passé
drills to Abby Wambach.
U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 23 players that will travel to Japan for two of the
biggest non-Olympic, non-World Cup matches the U.S. WNT has played in recent history, taking on
Japan on April 1 in Sendai (6:30 a.m. ET) and Brazil on April 3 in Chiba (7 a.m.)
Both matches will be broadcast on ESPN2.
A hat-trick from Alex Morgan propelled the USWNT to a 4–0 win over Sweden to claim third place
at the 2012 Algarve Cup on Wednesday.
But the thoughts of many US Soccer fans—and the team—surely lingered on the 1–0 loss to
Japan on Monday in the first meeting of the two countries since the US lost to Japan in the 2011
Women's World Cup final.
A hat-trick from Alex Morgan propelled the USWNT to a 4–0 win over Sweden to claim third place
at the 2012 Algarve Cup on Wednesday.
But the thoughts of many US Soccer fans—and the team—surely lingered on the 1–0 loss to
Japan on Monday in the first meeting of the two countries since the US lost to Japan in the 2011
Women's World Cup final.
It seems that Pia Sundhage and the US Women's Team are still trying to figure out
a magic winning concoction against formidable Japan! Unfortunately, the Americans lost 1-0 to them
in the Algarve Cup yesterday- an annual highlight in the Women's football
calendar.
The U.S. WNT takes on Japan in its third and final group match at the 2012 Algarve Cup in what will
be the first meeting between the teams since the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.
While there will be some extra emotions for sure in this match for the Americans, the focus is
looking forward and that means getting a result against Japan that will send the U.
If you were going to try to persuade someone that women's soccer was fun, exciting, etc, how
would you convince them? Share your favorite soccer story, soccer moment, etc. below!
From An:
When I talk about women's soccer with new fans, I first tell them about how I came to respect
and love game.
If you were going to try to persuade someone that women's soccer was fun, exciting, etc, how
would you convince them? Share your favorite soccer story, soccer moment, etc. below!
From An:
When I talk about women's soccer with new fans, I first tell them about how I came to respect
and love game.
If it seems like we've suddenly transformed into Sounders Women At Heart over the last few
weeks, there's a good reason for it. Last season the Sounders Women were a team in the second
division with only a loose (at best) affiliation to the namesake MLS team and a roster made up
mostly of local college players whose names wouldn't be recognized by anyone but close followers of
the women's game in Seattle.
Abby Wambach and Sydney Leroux scored second half goals to lead the United States to a 2-1
victory over Norway during the second match day of the Algarve Cup tournament on Friday at Estádio
Municipal in Lagos, Portugal.
After the a scoreless first half, the Americans came to life in the second frame when Wambach
ripped a shot from 16-yards in the 53rd minute.
Photo by John Todd/ISIphotos.com
The reward might be a little less fulfilling this time around, but the U.S. women's national
team has an important date against Japan on the docket.
Abby Wambach and substitute Sydney Leroux scored, and despite conceding a stoppage-time
equalizer, the U.
On Wednesday, the USWNT defeated Denmark 5–0 in their opening group stage match at the Algarve
Cup in Portugal on the back of two goals from Alex Morgan. After scoring a first half stoppage time
goal of her own, a goal that was assisted by Morgan, Abby Wambach was subbed out. She said after
the win, "It's great to get to sit on the bench and watch your teammates evolve and grow up and get
the experience.
On Wednesday, the USWNT defeated Denmark 5–0 in their opening group stage match at the Algarve
Cup in Portugal on the back of two goals from Alex Morgan. After scoring a first half stoppage time
goal of her own, a goal that was assisted by Morgan, Abby Wambach was subbed out. She said after
the win, "It's great to get to sit on the bench and watch your teammates evolve and grow up and get
the experience.
Some notes of interest, several of which may place the current U.S. players in some historical
perspective as compared to past '99 WWC legends:
U.S. forward Abby Wambach played in her 173rd match against Denmark on Feb. 29, tying her for 10th
on the all-time caps list with...Briana Scurry.
USA! USA! USA!
It started with the USWNT's 5–0 demolition of Denmark in their opening game in the Algarve
Cup. It continued with the USMNT's historic 1–0 win over Italy in Italy. It ended with the USMNT
U-23s convincing 2–0 win over Mexico's U-23s. Three-for-three with three shutouts in one
day—surely that's never happened before in US Soccer.
USA! USA! USA!
It started with the USWNT's 5–0 demolition of Denmark in their opening game in the Algarve
Cup. It continued with the USMNT's historic 1–0 win over Italy in Italy. It ended with the USMNT
U-23s convincing 2–0 win over Mexico's U-23s. Three-for-three with three shutouts in one
day—surely that's never happened before in US Soccer.
The U.S. Women's National Team resumed its Olympic Qualifying form by thrashing Denmark 5-0
during the first game of the Algarve Cup tournament on Wednesday.
Alex Morgan scored two goals (21′, 84′), while Abby Wambach (44′), Carli Lloyd (76′) and
Sydney Leroux (90+3′) joined her on the scoresheet.
U.S. WNT head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 21 players who will suit up for the four 2012
Algarve Cup matches. She brought 23 players to Portugal so only goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris and
defender Meghan Klingenberg (who suffered a slight ankle injury during training this week) will not
suit up for the games.
