Women's soccer
Abby Wambach is the AP's 2011 Female Athlete of the Year. Come on, WPS. Capitalize on this!
The USWNT will face Denmark, Norway and World Champions Japan in the 2012 Algarve Cup, which
runs Feb. 29-March 7 in Portugal.
THE Val Henderson has a great article up on ESPN-W about Joanna Lohman and Lianne Sanderson
traveling to India to start a clinic and mentoring program.
The U.S. Women's National Team has ended 2011 as the top-ranked team in the world according to the
year-end FIFA rankings.
The USA remained at #1, just ahead of Germany and third-place Japan, which has achieved its highest
ranking ever.
The Nadeshiko benefited from Brazil's inconsistent performances: two draws against Canada (7th, up
2), narrow wins over Mexico (21st, up 1) and Costa Rica (41st, up 3) and a defeat by Denmark (12th,
up 2) not only leave Brazil with a loss of 28 points and in 4th place, but see the Brazilians slip
out of the top-3 for the first time since June of 2008.
