Hope Solo denies an Alex Morgan blast
Can't say there is much to report from U.S. WNT training in chilly Frisco, Texas. All the players are healthy and gunning for spots on the 18-player roster for the New Zealand game, but since there's not much new, we decided to put together a top-10 What's New?

Photo: Paul Rudderow.

I tried to tune in to watch the USWNT take on the Dominican Republic at the appointed 10:30 pm start time last night. In the 10 or so minutes it took me to update the stupid Silverlight player and get the game to load, I missed the opening 3 goals, which all happened inside the first 7 minutes of the game.

Heather O'Reilly is competing against some of the best footballers of today for the FIFA's Puskas Award, which recognises the 'Best Goal of the Year'. Of course, everybody has their own interpretation of what constitutes a "great goal". Neymar, Lionel Messi, Rooney, Giovani dos Santos and Ibrahimovic have all scored some of the most beautiful ones this year, but so has Heather!

Messi, Ibrahimović, Neymar, Rooney and O'Reilly, just half of the names that are up for the FIFA Puskás Award to determine the best goal of the year from around the world.
U.S. midfielder Heather O'Reilly's strike from distance against Colombia in the USA's second group match of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup earned her that honor.

Ya están los 10 goles seleccionados por la Comisión del Fútbol disponibles en vídeo. Hay que votar y participar así en la elección oficial del ganador del Premio Puskás de la FIFA 2011.
Hay dos golazos mexicanos entre el top 10 son el de Giovani Dos Santos que le anoto a los Estados Unidos en la fina de la copa Oro y mas importante aun el de Julio Gomez que lo ascendió a leyenda en el mundial sub 17 contra Alemania de ultimo minuto y de chilena.

Can I put this in the "only on TSG category."

A few weeks ago, a friend us sent us the "Megan Rapinoe Song" (to which Julie Foudy decided to claim she was just perusing "Megan Rapinoe" on YouTube creepy! and found it).

After posting, TSGer Jeff Holmes sent us an absolutely fan-freaking-tastic song for Heather O'Reilly.

The actual email exchange below.

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1:06AM:

i saw the rapinoe song friday and knew i had to make one for heather o'reilly, so i did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsEz9cFNP5U
i had already been thinking of making a team song...i was gonna rhyme rapinoe with "neato".

The United States Women's National Team punched their ticket to the World Cup final with a 3-1 victory over France in Moenchengladbach today.

Although they were outplayed at times, the U.S managed to defend calmly and keep their shape against the French, clinching their fifth appearance in a Women's World Cup final, which will be played on Sunday against Japan.

It's big time for the ladies in just a few hours.

Big effort needed from this US lady--Shannon Boxx--today...

Their own private Ghana you might say, with the exception that the US comes up big against Brazil while the men wilt against their nemesis.

Here's the US starting line-up.

It's big time for the ladies in just a few hours.

Big effort needed from this US lady--Shannon Boxx--today...

Their own private Ghana you might say, with the exception that the US comes up big against Brazil while the men wilt against their nemesis.

Here's the US starting line-up.

(Apologies for the delay on this...turns out when your best friend's getting married today it kills you internet access.)

...that would be TSG. Been a lot of fun following the ladies for the last year about...

Wambach...still enlightening...

• Abby Wambach is a lot more dangerous than you think.

Alex Morgan tries to keep the ball from Becky Sauerbrunn and Heather Mitts
Now is the time in the tournament when a fitness and depth really start to impact the Women's World Cup teams as everyone will be playing their third game in about nine days. The U.S. team did train in the afternoon on July 3 after arriving in Wolfsburg, with the players who played the most against Colombia taking a light jog and stretch while the reserves went a bit harder in misty rain.

Goals don't come much better than US midfielder Heather Reilly's scored today against Colombia in their 3-0 win.

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A group of students at DePaul University created a film chronicling Section 8, the Chicago Fire supporters group. It's a great film and hopefully we'll start to see more films like this about the growing soccer supporters culture in the United States.
Living in the Red is a video about the Chicago Fire Soccer Fan club, Section 8, produced by Marlin Kolev, Ethan Faure and Heather Eidson for Documentary Production 471 at DePaul University, 2011.

Living in the Red: The Chicago Fire Soccer Team Fan Base, Section 8 from Heather Eidson on Vimeo.
Monday's have kinda becoming "supporters' day" at FBM HQ and so it's with great pleasure we present this documentary short about an American supporters group, Chicago Fire's Section 8.
The FBM can trace its origins back to Wisconsin and in our youth we took in many Fire matches.

There are some talented individuals jumping and singing in sections 116-119 at the Harlem end of Toyota Park. Check out this rough cut of a film produced by Ethan Faure, Marlin Kolev, and Heather Edison for a documentary production class at Depaul University.

Nicely done!

Living in the Red: The Chicago Fire Soccer Team Fan Base, Section 8 from Heather Eidson on Vimeo.

Living in the Red: The Chicago Fire Soccer Team Fan Base, Section 8 from Heather Eidson on Vimeo.

One of the best supporters groups in Major League Soccer have finally got some recognition they deserve thanks to a video documentary produced about Chicago Fire's Section 8, which was created by three DePaul University film students.

Chicago's finest fans get their 15 minutes of fame --seriously, this clip is 15 minutes long-- courtesy of DePaul University film students Marlin Kolev, Ethan Faure and Heather Eidson. Good stuff. Always good to see the SG's get some shine.

Lauren Cheney wants the ball...and she wants it now.
Yesterday, the U.S. WNT held what was the last training in an excellent pre-tournament camp in Austria. The players got the chance to adjust to the time zone, train in a serene enviroment and sharpen up many areas before heading to Dresden, Germany tomorrow morning.

Two vids for you. The first? Abby Wambach, not kicking any copiers. (Question: Couldn't ESPN have used a different star here for a change? Maybe Heather O'Reilly or Alex Morgan? Just a thought.

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...and men's...US Soccer's Behind the Crest series.

Heather MarikCHICAGO -- The Chicago Red Stars of the Women's Premier Soccer League announce the additions of defenders Leigh Jakes (McDonough, Ga.) and Heather Marik (Naperville, Ill.) to the team's roster for the 2011 season.
Jakes completed her tenure with Northwestern University last year.

Mexico's chances of repeating as Gold Cup champions just got a whole lot harder with the news this afternoon that starting goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and four of his teammates have been removed from the Mexican national team after testing positive for the substance "Clenbuterol".

In addition to Ochoa, the other players who failed the drug test are Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Antonio "Sinha" Naelson, Christian Bermudez, Edgar Duenas.

As you may have heard by now, the Wall Street Journal took a ... how do we put this? ... interesting story about our little soccer rivalry we have brewing here in the Pacific Northwest. I really want to believe that it's a genius piece of satire. But something tells me I'm giving the author too much credit.

The long wait for Verizon FiOS customers to get Fox Soccer Channel HD appears to be almost finally over. "For all of the soccer fans out there, Fox Soccer Channel HD is coming in April," said Heather Wilner, manager of media relations for Verizon...
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By Ron Counts
StarExponent.com
Published: April 03, 2011
Eastern View girls soccer player Taylor Stynes joined Bluefield College's 2001 recruiting class after signing her national letter of intent March 26.
Stynes will attend the private Christian college in Bluefield, Va.

Chesterfield United is proud to announce that Dick's Sporting Goods has become one of the clubs newest sponsors. Dicks Sporting Goods has joined forces with Chesterfield United to help develop the clubs coaches and players at the recreation level by providing a variety of discounted soccer goods for both to enjoy.