Following U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo's naked lawn watering in ESPN The Magazine's body issue, Alex Morgan -- Hope's U.S national teammate and fellow recipient of an impressive number of Facebook marriage proposals during last summer's Women's World Cup -- will be one of three female athletes to pose in bodypaint for the upcoming Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

Virginia Online Soccer News reached out to Dan Borislow, owner of the magicJack team that has been battling with the WPS since he purchased the former Washington Freedom club. Borislow is currently taking a lot of blame via social media outlets concerning his perceived role in today's announcement by the WPS that it will suspend the 2012 season.

If Costa Rica had any hope of qualifying for the Olympics this summer, it was extinguished in the second half of tonight's match against the USWNT. While Costa Rica played hard all match long, it wasn't enough, as the US scored two late goals to secure their fifth straight Olympic appearance. The US Women's National Team now awaits the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London, where they will defend their 2008 gold medal from Beijing.

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Brazilian striker Neymar would be honoured to play on the same pitch as David Beckham in the 2012 London Olympics.
Neymar said: "It would be a pleasure to play against David Beckham. Fortunately I had the chance to meet him last year, he was very kind and it would be an honour to play on the same pitch as him this year in London.

Twenty-eleven turned out to be an interesting year, to say the least. It was a year that witnessed the long-awaited arrival of Jurgen Klinsmann as U.S. Men's National Team coach, the U.S. Women's National Team falling in agonizing fashion to Japan in the World Cup final, Steve Nicol's departure as Revolution manager, the introduction of Jay Heaps as his successor and.

Bahrain have won the Gold Medal at the 2011 Pan Arab Games football tournament in Qatar.

Bahrain had qualified for the final by virtue of topping their group in the first stage, gaining back-to-back wins over host nation Qatar and Iraq, before eliminating Palestine in the semi-final ahead of yesterday's final match.

Mais um amistoso, foi disputado no dia 06/09/2011, na cidade de Dhaka-PAQ, onde jogaram as seleções da Argentina (9º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Nigéria (38º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo
2010Johannesburg 12/06/2010 ARG1:0 (1:0)NGA First stage2002Ibaraki 02/06/2002 ARG1:0 (0:0)NGA Group matches1994Boston 25/06/1994 ARG2:1 (2:1)NGA Group matches
Copa das Confederações
1995Riyadh 10/01/1995 NGA0:0ARG Group matches
Amistosos
Abuja 01/06/2011 NGA4:1 (3:0)ARG
Mundial Sub-20
2005Utrecht 02/07/2005 ARG2:1 (1:0)NGA Final
Mundial Sub-17
2009Bauchi 30/10/2009 ARG1:2 (1:1)NGA First stage2007Cheonan 02/09/2007 ARG0:2 (0:2)NGA Quarter-finals2003Turku 19/08/2003 NGA0:1 (0:0)ARG Group matches1993Nagoya 24/08/1993 ARG0:4 (0:0)NGA First stage1989Dundee 12/06/1989 ARG0:0NGA First stage
Jogos Olímpicos
2008Beijing 23/08/2008 NGA0:1 (0:0)ARG Gold medal match1996Athens, Ga 03/08/1996 NGA3:2 (1:1)ARG Gold medal match
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Tayeb Hasan Shamsuzzaman-BAN


O primeiro gol foi de Gonzalo Higuaín, aos 24 minutos do primeiro tempo, sendo seu nono gol.

Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame) already has a gold medal from the Pan American Games.

Now she and her teammates on the Canadian women's national soccer team have their eyes on the Olympics.

Sesselmann is one of 23 players called in for a 10-day training camp that started Tuesday in Fullerton, Calif.

Mais um jogo amistoso, foi disputado no dia 10/08/2011, na cidade de Moscou-RUS, onde jogaram as seleções da Rússia (17º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Sérvia (27º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo
1962Arica 31/05/1962 URS2:0 (0:0)YUG Group matches
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2002Moscow 02/06/2001 RUS1:1 (1:1)YUG First stage2002Belgrade 25/04/2001 YUG0:1 (0:0)RUS First stage

Eurocopa
1960Paris 10/07/1960 URS2:1 a.

After helping Canada win the gold medal at last month's Pan American Games in Mexico, Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame) will be back training with the national team on Saturday.

The Atlanta Beat defender was one of 21 players called in for a 12-day training camp in Phoenix that includes a closed-door friendly against Sweden on Nov.

Thailand desperately want to win back the football gold medal after they were embarrassingly eliminated in the first round of the previous tournament in Laos in 2009.
In their final group game in Vientiane, eight-time defending champions Thailand only needed to avoid defeat against Malaysia to progress.

Images: usaworldcupblog, Michael Buckner/Getty Images North America, Peter Kramer/Getty Images Entertainment.

Offer us a male footballer to interview and we're firing off facetious questions like shots at a free bar. Confront us with a world cup winning, gold medal wearing female football icon though, and the Kickette office is suddenly filled with muttering and the soft pops of hip flask lids being opened.

Jerome Amione, currently with Atlante, scored the lone goal as Mexico's youth again shows it's international dominance in the Pan American Games as they win the gold medal 1-0 on home soil. Congrats to Tri Colores.Video: yornom2011
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Just more than a month into her international career, Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame) already has won a gold medal.

Sesselmann started and played 77 minutes Thursday night as Canada won the gold at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, topping two-time defending champion Brazil 4-3 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in the final at Estadio Omnilife.

Wow, this is extremely heartwarming stuff! We told you last night that Maurine from the Brazil National Women's team made a personal vow to bring home the Pan American gold medal because it was her late dad's wish (he passed away on Sunday). Well, Dad must've been watching from above because Maurine scored the only goal in their 1-0 victory over Mexico last night!

Maurine from Brazil Women's team will be facing off against Mexico in a crucial semi-final match at the Pan American games today. But Maurine, a right winger, has a greater mission than her teammates. After her dad passed away on Sunday, she wants to fulfill his last wish: "My father asked me to take the gold medal home.

The leader of the U.S. Womens team, Abby Wambach has continued her dominant play (at the age of 31) on the field during a recent "Celebration Series" which included two friendlies with our northern neighbors, Canada.
Wambach has scored three goals in the two games and is playing some of the best soccer of her international career.

Pep Guardiola was all smiles yesterday as the Catalan Parliament awarded him the Gold Medal, Catalunya's highest accolade, for being an excellent representative of Catalan values in the sporting world. There were words of praise and admiration, which almost brought Pep to tears at one point.

Probably one of the best U.S. Soccer "hype" vids we've ever seen and it comes on the tail of an amazing World Cup performance by the U.S. Women's National Team. Their run isn't over yet. The 2012 Olympic games are just around the corner and the Lady Nats have their sights set on capturing the gold medal in London.

"It's been great. Just seeing Sally Pearson win her Gold Medal race at the World Championships has really inspired everyone involved in Primary School Soccer this week," said young Athletics Coach Tiny Passmore.
The Primary School Soccer Tournament is on in Canberra all week and despite all the talk of FFA's revolution of Small Sided Games the girls are playing on the biggest pitch at the recently and more appropriately renamed Hawker Junior Athletics Centre.

Dasharath RangashalaKathmandu
Poor RefereeingThe U16 national captain Heman Gurung took the responsibility on the losing as his effort was comfortably saved by the Indian Keeper. Nepalese team were continuously under pressure as they were rewarded in the dying moment of the match. The dreams of playing in the final were then shattered in the penalties.

(Pictured above from left to right) Singapore skipper Shahril Ishak, coach Raddy Avramovic, Malaysia coach Datuk K Rajagobal and captain Shafiq RahimRain came unexpected when I reached Tanjong Pagar area for the pre-match press conference for the World Cup Qualifier between Singapore and Malaysia aka "Causeway Derby" (being the fact that the island republic is connected to the Peninsular Malaysia by the bridge known as the Causeway).

The Philly Soccer Page " Preview: Union vs. Sporting Kansas City
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Mais um amistoso, foi disputado no dia 01/06/2011, na cidade de Abuja-NGA, no Abuja National Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções da Nigéria (39º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Argentina (5º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo
2010Johannesburg 12/06/2010 ARG1:0 (1:0)NGA First stage2002Ibaraki 02/06/2002 ARG1:0 (0:0)NGA Group matches1994Boston 25/06/1994 ARG2:1 (2:1)NGA Group matches
Copa das Confederações
1995Riyadh 10/01/1995 NGA0:0ARG Group matches
Mundial Sub-20
2005Utrecht 02/07/2005 ARG2:1 (1:0)NGA Final
Mundial Sub-17
2009Bauchi 30/10/2009 ARG1:2 (1:1)NGA First stage2007Cheonan 02/09/2007 ARG0:2 (0:2)NGA Quarter-finals2003Turku 19/08/2003 NGA0:1 (0:0)ARG Group matches1993Nagoya 24/08/1993 ARG0:4 (0:0)NGA First stage1989Dundee 12/06/1989 ARG0:0NGA First stage
Jogos Olímpicos
2008Beijing 23/08/2008 NGA0:1 (0:0)ARG Gold medal match1996Athens, Ga 03/08/1996 NGA3:2 (1:1)ARG Gold medal match
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Ibrahim Chaibou-NIG
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Ikechukwu Uche, aos 14 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Zaragoza-ESP, que marcou seu 9º gol pela seleção nacional.

It's now less than two weeks until the 2011 Women's World Cup starts in Germany, and over the next couple of weeks and tonight we are taking the time to bring you a quick run-down of the teams that are taking part in another of the groups of this year's competition. Last night, we took a look at Group A, and tonight it's time to dip a toe into Group B, which features two teams on the rise and two of the tournament outsiders.

Four members of the Boston Breakers were among 21 players selected on Monday for this summer's Women's World Cup in Germany.

Defenders Rachel Buehler, Stephanie Cox, Amy LePeilbet, as well as forward Lauren Cheney, were named to U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage's World Cup roster for the tournament.

Mais um amistoso, foi realizado no dia 09/02/2011, na cidade de Paris-FRA, no Stade de France, onde jogaram as seleções da França (19º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Brasil (4º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo
2006Frankfurt/Main 01/07/2006 BRA0:1 (0:0)FRA Quarter-finals1998Saint-Denis 12/07/1998 BRA0:3 (0:2)FRA Final1986Guadalajara 21/06/1986 BRA1:1 a.

Argentine media outlet TandilDiario.com is reporting that U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati has contacted former Chilean national team coach Marcelo Bielsa about taking a position as technical director to oversee all aspects of the men's U.S. national team program, including youth development, while Bob Bradley would remain head coach of the senior national team.

LONDON, England - Olympic organisers published the schedule for the London 2012 Games today along with details of ticket prices. The Games kick off on July 25 with football preliminaries in Cardiff, Coventry and Glasgow. They officially get under way with an opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in east London on July 27 [.

While one Brazilian icon exits the soccer stage, a future one took another step toward entering the limelight after a stellar showing in the CONMEBOL Under-20 championships in Peru.

Neymar scored two goals in the finale on Saturday -- a 6-0 thrashing of Uruguay -- to capture the tournament's golden boot with nine goals, outlasting his closest competition by five scores.

According to ESPN Soccernet, Arsenal footballer Andrei Arshavin has drawn interest from Juventus. His agent Dennis Lachter told lifesports.ru,

"There's a possibility of Andrei's move to Juventus ... But there are two things that can prevent this deal .