The beginning of a U.S. WNT camp inevitably features the Beep Test, the USA's endurance/fitness test that involves running back and forth between cones -- and beeps -- with the time between beeps getting shorter as the players advance through the test. Suffice it to say, it hurts, but the U.

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Fresh off a successful Olympic qualifying campaign, U.S. women's national team head coach Pia Sundhage has called up 28 players for its upcoming friendly against New Zealand.

Nineteen of the 20 players on the Olympic qualifying roster were summoned by Sundhage for the Americans' first game on home soil this year, including Alex Morgan, Hope Solo and Abby Wambach.

I'd love for Carroll to score in this one...Liverpool travel to my hometown of Wolverhampton on Tuesday night as they prepare to face Wolves in the Premier League. Liverpool are on a massive high after knocking both Manchester City and Manchester United out of the League and FA Cup, but can the Reds compose themselves in exactly the sort of fixture that has caused them to stumble in the league?

2:45pm ET, live in the US on Fox Soccer Plus
Last four head-to-head:
2-1 Liverpool (h) 09.24.11
3-0 Liverpool (a) 01.22.11
0-1 Wolves (h) 12.29.10
0-0 (a) 01.26.10
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 2-1 United (h); 2-2 City (h); 1-3 Bolton (a)
Wolves: 2-3 Villa (h); 0-1 Brum (h); 1-1 Spurs (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Bellamy, Suarez 5; Adam, Carroll, Gerrard, Maxi, Skrtel 2; Henderson, Johnson 1
Wolves: Fletcher 9; Hunt, Ward 3; Doyle, Edwards, O'Hara 2; Ebanks-Blake, Jarvis, Kightly, Zubar 1
Referee: Anthony Taylor
You may remember Mr.

by Maura Gladys

Five games, nine days and 39 goals. That's what it took for the U.S. women's national team to win the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying

One of the few negatives....

Tournament and book their ticket to this summer's London Olympic Games. The U.

While both teams already qualified for the London 2012 Olympiad there is a certain amount of pride at play. For Canada's women this is an opportunity to declare that they deserve to be in that top tier of teams challenging for Gold or Women's World Cups. With the Great White North hosting the 2015 Women's World Cup it is matches like this and their second straight 20k+ crowd that demonstrate that they are a top nation in the women's game.

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The CONCACAF Olympic Women's qualifying tournament takes place later this month, and we now know who will be representing the U.S. women's national team in it.

Head coach Pia Sundhage has named a 20-player squad for the eight-team tournament in Vancouver, B.

The U.S. WNT was right smack in the middle of training today when the final whistle blew at the 2011 NCAA College Cup, giving the Stanford Cardinal its first NCAA title in women's soccer. That didn't stop Stanford Alumni and WNT regulars Kelley O'Hara and Rachel Buehler from hearing the score right away and sharing high fives and a big hug.

Welcome back, Maura Gladys

For a little more than three weeks, the possibilities seemed endless for the U.S. Women's National Team. On Oct. 27, Pia Sundhage named the 30 players headed into a two-week training camp in Arizona, to prepare for their upcoming match against Sweden.

Kelley O'Hara seems to levitate above the jump pad. She's magical.
As the U.S. team often does at the beginning of training camps, there was a battery of fitness tests on the second day of the Arizona camp and while the players, most coming off a six-week break, are not at optimal fitness, they aren't supposed to be.

Wigan Woes Continue in '6-Pointer' Clash - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Halloween may have come and gone, but Wigan Athletic's form remains scary. After the Latics' 3-1 away loss to fellow strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers, the losing streak has stretched to eight Premier League games.

The U.S. WNT players did a lot of different and fun stuff on their six-week breaks before the team opens camp this Monday in Arizona, but only one of them traveled to a different country to support their favorite club.
That would be Tobin Heath, the U.S. WNT resident soccer junky, who traveled with best buddy and Sky Blue FC teammate Casey Nogueira to London to take in an Arsenal match at The Emirates.

by Oli Baker

With a return to 4-5-1 inevitable, the consensus among Wolves fans was that Nenad Milijas, with impressive performances as a substitute against Swansea and midweek against Man City, had done enough to earn his second start of the season at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Instead, Milijas was dropped from the match day squad.

Continuing where they left off on Sunday Manchester City came from behind to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-2 to move into the Carling Cup quarters.
Nenad Milijas opened the scoring for the Wolves but City levelled ithrough Adam Johnson.Samir Nasri beat the Wolves defence with sheer pace 3 minutes later and scored.

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This is episode 2 in our series as excitement builds ahead of the playoff clash with Estonia. On this epsiode, two dedicated Irish supporters join us to give their views.
We have John from YBIG.ie, a Raheny man looking forward to jetting off to Tallinn.

Last year D.C. United and Washington Freedom players helped raise awareness of the Let's Move campaign in Washington, D.C.
South Lawn Series Continues at White House | Oct. 13, 2010
The White House will be teaming up with professional soccer players again as Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) has announced six players will join First Lady Michelle Obama in hosting a Let's Move!

Match Review: Liverpool 2 Wolves 1

Liverpool bounced back from their defeat against Spurs with three points against Wolves at Anfield yesterday. The win ended a spell of two league defeats for the Reds and saw them climb back up to 6th in the table claim their first September Premier League win since the 6-1 victory over Hull City in 2009.

Liverpool returned to winning ways but made hard work of it at home to Wolves as defensive frailties and equally-fragile confidence levels were almost exposed for a third successive week.
Everything appeared to be going to plan as a Roger Johnson own goal, diverting in Charlie Adam's shot, and another magical Luis Suarez strike appeared to have put the Reds in the comfort zone at half-time.

Goals:
Johnson (og) 12'
Suarez 38'
Fletcher 46'
Phew. Excellent, if direct, first half. Terrifying, nerve-shredding second. This team doesn't do anything the easy way.
Despite Wolves running at defenders for the first five to ten minutes, snuffed out by Enrique in open play and Carroll on set pieces, Liverpool settled with another early strike.

The selection of a child in Tottenham's lineup added fuel to the suggestion that Redknapp wasn't too bothered about the Carling CupFredi Kanoute, Michael Brown, Jermaine Jenas, Pascal Chimbonda, David Bentley, Jamie O'Hara and now Roman Pavlyuchenko and Massimo Luongo. It's just as, if not a little bit more, depressing a list as Pearce, Waddle, Southgate, Batty, Vassell, etc.

Wolves' manager Mick McCarthy's only injury concern is over Matt Jarvis but the Molineux side expect him to be fit and take his place in an unchanged line up tomorrow. That will see Jamie O'Hara face his old club for the first time since completing a £5m move from White Hart Lane in the summer.

Tottenham Hotspur: Dancing with Wolves - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Tottenham Hotspur face a serious test of their Champions League aspirations, away at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Having yet to collect a single point Harry Redknapp's team must get their season started.

The north London club has endured a tumultuous start to the 2011/2012 Premier League season.

News of Hutton's departure had quickly reached the players4-2-3-1: Friedel; Walker, Dawson, Gallas, Assou Ekotto; Parker/Huddlestone, Modric; Lennon, van der Vaart, Bale; Adebayor. Has a nice ring to it, does it not?
The transfer window didn't so much slam shut as it did gently but firmly close last night and Spurs have been left, once again, to rue a couple of deals that got away.

Liverpool are reportedly considering a move to snap up Tottenham pair Vedran Corluka and Niko Kranjcar as Kenny Dalglish looks to continue his summer spending spree. Harry Redknapp is keen to bring in funds from the sale of squad players to help finance White Hart Lane additions and may consider offers from the Anfield side for the duo.

Today US Soccer announced the roster for the women's team when they visit KC to take on Canada on September 17th at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The roster contains all 21 players from the USA's run to the World Cup final this year in Germany. It'll be a nice doubleheader for those wanting to go out on that Saturday as following the US game they'll be showing the Sporting KC vs Real Salt Lake game.

In our final View from the Enemy preview, David Johnston from the Wolves Offside blog has talked to us about his hopes for Wolves this season.

Scott the Red: Were you happy with your team's performance last season?

David Johnston: I think in the first two seasons in the top flight the target has to be survival.

Check out the schedule for this weekend's Women's Professional Soccer matches. Be sure to catch your favorite WNT players in action!
Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011
Atlanta Beat vs. Western New York Flash
KSU Soccer Stadium – Kennesaw, Ga. (Ticket Info)
7 p.m. ET
Western New York Flash has clinched a playoff berth and currently sits in second place in WPS standings.

Check out the schedule for this weekend's Women's Professional Soccer matches. Be sure to catch your favorite WNT players in action!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Sky Blue FC vs. Western New York Flash
Yurcak Field – Piscataway, N.J. (Ticket Info)
7 p.m. ET
Sky Blue FC claims sole possession of third place and looks to avenge their July 17 loss to Western New York Flash in this Saturday's matchup.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The Boston Breakers welcomed back all eight of their World Cup competitors last night and one of them Kelly O'Hara stepped up with a two-goal effort in a 2-2 draw against the Western New York Flash before a record crowd of 6,222 at Harvard Stadium.

O'Hara scored in the 20th and 84th minutes, while the Flash countered with goals in the 38th and 87th minutes from World Cup stars Marta and Alex Morgan, respectively.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are interested in bringing in Liverpool midfielder Jay Spearing on a season-long loan deal, according to The Express & Star.
Manager Mick McCarthy has picked Spearing out as one of his targets to add bite to his central midfield.
The 22-year old recently signed an extension to his current deal and is highly thought of by boss Kenny Dalglish, who gave him several starts last season, but he could be tempted to loan him out to gain further experience in the top flight.

Come join Minnesota supporters of the Women's National Team, along with readers of IMSoccer News, duNord Futbol, and memebers of Minneapolis and St. Paul, American Outlaws and the Dark Clouds supporters group for a US National Team World Cup watch party.

The US National Team plays Japan in a 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final Championship match, Sunday, July 17, with a 1:30 p.

Come join Minnesota supporters of the Women's National Team, along with readers of IMSoccer News, duNord Futbol, and the Dark Clouds supporters group for a US National Team World Cup watch party.

The US National Team plays France in a 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Semi-Final match, Wednesday, July 12, with a 10:55 a.

Huge disappointment for the USA Women at the World Cup today as they lost 2-1 to Sweden and with now play Brazil in the quarter-finals. Today's defeat was the first time the USA has ever lost in the group stages at the World Cup.

The match started with a high tempo and the standard rarely dropped throughout the 90 minutes.

With about two months left in the transfer market, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will need to show some life in making additional changes to the squad. So far there has not been much movement in the acquiring of new players. The lone player to arrive at White Hart Lane is Brad Friedel, the veteran goal keeper from Aston Villa on a free transfer.

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.

As usual, not much goes on during game day except meals, rest and focus, but the U.S. team is healthy, excited and highly motivated to get this World Cup underway. The team held one allowed practice at the game venue yesterday at Rudolf-Harbig Stadium and here are some pics. As a reminder, you can watch USA vs.

This will be the sixth Women's World Cup that FIFA has staged since the inaugural tournament back in 1991.

ESPN will be broadcasting games almost daily it looks like, beginning Sunday:
NIGERIA-FRANCE (live) 7:45 am on ESPN2
GERMANY-CANADA (live) 10:30 am on ESPN

MONDAY, June 27
JAPAN-NEW ZEALAND (live) 7:45 am on ESPN
MEXICO-ENGLAND (live) 10:45 am on ESPN

As the Wall Street Journal notes, it's likely the German's to lose.

It's been a funny old week in Planet Tottenham. After the Modric mess of last weekend, it's all gone slightly quiet on that particular front. After the startling admission from Moddle that he wanted to jump ship and climb aboard the Villas Boas revolution a Stamford Bridge and Daniel Levy's frank rebuttal of those plans, we were all expecting further fireworks.

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The United States women's national team kicks off its World Cup campaign on Tuesday in hopes of securing its first World Cup championship since 1999.

The U.S. women have never finished worse than third in any of the five Women's World Cups, but after the standard that was set by the teams of the past, it figures to be win or bust yet again for coach Pia Sundhage and her squad.

Hazing the new guy Note: This was written yesterday, but didn't post for whatever reason. Sky Sports is reporting that Wolves have finalized their long-expected signing of Jamie O'Hara from Spurs. Owner-chairman Steve Morgan has revealed Wolves still have other targets in mind this summer after completing their move for Jamie O'Hara.