Statement on Santa Fe website announces Valdes returns to the Colombian club on a one year loan, no confirmation yet from the Union. Combine updates. Portland big winner in NWSL allocation, more news.
Previews and quotes ahead of Saturday's Union game in Chicago. The Union have plans for "European-style" academy to launch this fall. Hackworth fined for ref rant. Carli Lloyd set to return for WNY. More news.
Quotes from John Hackworth's weekly presser. US Open Cup 1st round ties announced. Hernandez scores but City Islanders drop first game. Timbers make a wish come true. More.
Soumare get Mali callup. Okugo voted top performer. Getting ready for Rivalry Week? No Union players yet with City Islanders. Sounders defeat Tigres in CCL. Divine Barcelona. More news.
Hackworth thankful but focused on New England game. Sakiewicz explains why he decided to remove
interim tag now.Comcast to have beIN Sport available by Sept. 6. US defeat North Korea in extra
time to advance to semis at Women's U-20 World Cup. More news.
Reports and reaction to USWNT winning Olympic gold. Union U-17s win Generation adidas Cup. RIvas
gets extra two game ban for Hoppenot headbutt. Independence owner says team has no plans at present
to join new women's league.
No Abby Wambach, Carli Lloyd, or Shannan Boxx in the starting lineup?
No problem.
The US Women's National Team cruised to a 5-0 victory over China in their second match at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. The Americans currently sit atop Group B with six points in two games, and have one match remaining, against Sweden on March 11.
MLS Cup Final news and previews. Beckham shoots down Cosmos rumors. Morgan and Wambach up for FIFA's Women's World Player of the Year. New City Islanders logo unveiled. More news.
Announced whenever (or yesterday, I think), here's FIFA's short shorts...uh, short LIST of women footballers for this year's big award: Camille Abily (France), Miho Fukumoto (Japan), Carli Lloyd (USA), Marta (Brazil), Aya Miyama (Japan), Alex Morgan (USA), Megan Rapinoe (USA), Homare Sawa (Japan), Christine Sinclair (Canada), Abby Wambach (USA).
The FIFA Women's Ballon d'Or shortlist contains names from outside of the United States like Sawa, Sinclair and Marta, but is once against dominated by Americans. Winning the largest tournament of the year will do that. The Americans on the list are Carli Lloyd, Abby Wambach, Sounder Megan Rapinoe and Sounder Alex Morgan.
Carli Lloyd evades Kim Kulig during a midfield battle
The USA and Germany played to a entertaining 1-1 draw in front of a sold-out crowd at Toyota Park on Oct. 20 as the Fan Tribute Tour presented by Panasonic continued. Of course, this was a wee bit more of a test (understatement alert) that the USA is perhaps used to on these post-world championship tours, but that made for a great game for the fans and the players.
Kealia Ohai scores the game winner in the 44th minute following great work down the right flank
by full back Crystal Dunn and then celebrates a la Megan Rapinoe.
Congratulations, girls, that was a sweet victory against a formidable opponent who had beaten
the USA, 3-0 in the group stage.
Ahead of the USWNT's match against Costa Rica, it was announced that Pia Sundhage, coach for the US
women since 2007, will be returning to her native Sweden to pursue opportunities there. Sundhage,
whose 88-6-10 record over five years included two Olympic gold medals and second place in a World
Cup, leaves big shoes to fill for her successor.
Yes! The shoe shine celebration! (Photo Credit: inourfinalhour.tumblr)
The United States women's national team played their first match after winning gold in the 2012
London Olympics, and kicked off theif "Fan Tribute Tour" with a bang , defeating Costa Rica
8-0.
The same day the news hit that Pia Sundhage was leaving her job as U.S. women's national team
head coach, the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. women played their first match since the Olympics
and treated fans to a showcase of attacking prowess.
Video games giant EA Sports has received criticism for failing to include women's players and
teams on its popular title "FIFA" in the wake of the United States' dramatic victory over Japan for
the Olympic gold medal.
The Americans' 2-1 triumph was watched by over 80,000 fans in Wembley Stadium and an audience of
4.
It was a tournament that seemingly had everything: excitement, drama, historic venues, broken
records, controversy and redemption. And of course in the end it featured the triumph of the U.S.
Olympic Women's Soccer Team.
With a 2-1 victory against Japan in the championship game, the Americans claimed their fourth
Olympic gold medal out of five Summer Games in which women's soccer has been contested.
The winners were predictable long before the first match – arguably since the last kick of the
2011 World Cup Final penalty shoot-out. The United States, fuelled by revenge for a defeat in that
match they didn't really deserve, went ahead early in an appropriately entertaining Olympic final
and, despite Japan's best performance of the Games, stayed there.
True grit, and a little luck, propelled the United States women's national team to gold medal
glory at the 2012 London Olympics. Carli Lloyd was the unlikely hero of the match, scoring both
goals to lead the Lady Nats to a tight 2-1 win. Several fantastic Hope Solo saves, a few shots
aided by the cross bar and some last-ditch defending from her back line helped perserve the lead
throughout the match.
But guess who won the gold? Oh, you really don't know yet? Ha ha! Lucky media-free bastard!
U.S. tops Japan for soccer gold
The unlikely hero, of course, was Carli Lloyd, who risked having her head taken off by the rising
knee and foot of Abby Wambach to ensure she scored the first.
The United States won their third straight Gold Medal with a 2-1 victory over Japan in the 2012
Olympics. It was a record crowd of over 80,000 at Wembley Stadium and a rematch of the 2011 Women's
World Cup Final.
Carli Lloyd, who had recently lost her starting job, was the hero for the Americans with goals
in the eighth minute and 54th minute.
Delran, New Jersey's own Carli Lloyd scored two fantastic goals and the defense bent but didn't
break as the Americans won a third consecutive gold medal with a 2-1 victory over Japan.
France's Camille Abily seen here with her football hero Zinedine Zidane (come on, you can't talk to a French footballer without actually mentioning Zizou!) has been nominated alongside nine other women for the prestigious FIFA Ballon d'Or award!
The list of the final three women will be announced on 29 November 2012 in São Paulo (Brazil) and given that the ladies' performances at the recent Olympics will play a huge role in this, you can expect the title to go to a USAWNT player.
U.S. WNT KICKS OFF FAN TRIBUTE TOUR AGAINST COSTA RICA: The U.S. Women's National
Team begins its Fan Tribute Tour on Saturday, Sept. 1, as the gold medal winners host Costa Rica at
2:30 p.m. ET at Sahlen's Stadium in Rochester, N.Y., the hometown of star striker Abby Wambach. The
match will be broadcast live on NBC.
What's happened to Roger Torres? Hoppenot is "The Jet." Carli Lloyd back home. Soccer stadium fever
in NY. Klinsmann says USMNT is in Mexico to win. Howard says what gap? More news.
Their Words "It was such a journey. It was so emotional. It was up-and-down and we all did it
together. We were such a unit and we leaned on each other when we needed to. We ended up on top and
I'm so happy. We're the best in the world right now." USA forward Alex Morgan. Other Sources U.S.
women played with a purpose - from espnW's Julie Foudy: .
Alex Morgan talks to Michele Tafoya about winning her first Olympic amber medal in her first
Olympic Games. Morgan helped Carli Lloyd's first goal of the contest in the 8th Min.
Image: Imgace.com. Kudos to the USWNT, who beat Japan 2-1 in the Olympic Women's soccer final last
night thanks to two goals from Carli Lloyd and some spectacular saves by 'keeper Hope Solo, who
managed to remain sober for the important bits. We bet she's drunk now though. We bet they're all
drunk now.
In a rematch of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup final, the United States turned the table from
last year's result and defeated Japan in the Women's Soccer Olympic final. Carli Lloyd tallied
twice to give the Americans a 2-1 win over the Japanese. With the win, the US win their third
consecutive Olympic gold [.
Since women's football entered the Olympics in 1996, the USA ladies have been in every final. Today
they were set to win their fourth Olympic gold medal in this sport in a repeat of the 2011 World
Cup final USA-Japan, which Japan surprisingly won.. Japan is a patient team. They bite and fight
themselves into the match, but that seemed to go against them today.
The US Women's National Team began 2013 with a 4-1 win over Scotland today in new head coach Tom Sermanni's first game in charge. Goals came courtesy of Christen Press (2), Shannon Boxx, and Sydney Leroux.
Jill Loyden started in goal, while the backline comprised Ali Krieger (returning after a lengthy absence due to injury), Christie Rampone, Becky Sauerbrunn, and Kelly O'Hara.
Another week gone and another week of tweets from around the world of football. This week's Twitter Top features the return of Bolton and the US National Team's Stuart Holden, Arsenal's "King", three Boateng brothers, an incredible mustache, a not so-lucky Michael Owen, and more.
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West Chester United defeats United German Hungarians in the Eastern PA US Open Cup qualification final. More bits of Union, local, MLS, NWSL, US and other news.
U.S. WNT players at the Phoenix Children's Hospital
While the U.S. WNT was in Glendale, Arizona, for its Dec. 1 match against Ireland, a half dozen U.S. players took a visit to the Phoenix Children's Hospital.
Heather Mitts, Rachel Buehler, Carli Lloyd, Kelley O'Hara, Heather O'Reilly and Alex Morgan took a few hours out of their morning to meet some brave kids, play some games and sing some songs.
Glamour Magazine celebrates the 2012 "Women of the Year" in its current issue and features a range of gold-medal winning female Olympians. Following their impressive performances at the London Games over the summer, honorees include the "Fab Five" U.S. women's gymnastic team, swimmer Missy Franklin, martial artist Kayla Harrison, sprinter Allyson Felix and soccer player Carli Lloyd.
Carli Lloyd will be signing autographs ahead of Wednesday's Union game against Columbus. Gaddis
wins PST Team of the Week honors. Adu on not starting against RSL: "It is what it is." Power
rankings. FIFA ethics investigator to look into awarding of 2018 and 2022 WC hosting. More.
Carli Lloyd scored twice in front of a record 80,203 crowd at Wembley as the USA women's side
won their fourth (and third consecutive) Olympic gold by beating Japan 2-1 in the final. Of the
last four Olympic tournaments, only Norway back at Sydney 2000 have disrupted the American
dominance.
