Here's a look at the new U.S. Women's National Team Nike Away kit. It was seen for the first time
during last week's 1-0 win over defending FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro champions
Germany in Augsburg. While we haven't seen any type of official launch ceremony or announcement
yet, Â we believe that this will [.
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There was plenty of huffing and puffing in Seattle Thursday - here former Galaxy striker Nate
Jaqua and Houston's Geoff Cameron challenge for the ball - but no-one blew anyone's house down in
the scoreless draw. (AP Photo) The first game of the MLS playoffs are over and neither Chivas USA
nor the Galaxy are any closer to knowing who the winner of their semifinal will face in the Western
Conference Championship.
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Abby Wambachscored her 101st career goal on a header in the 34th minute and a
world class performance by the U.S. defense made sure it held up for a hard-fought 1-0 victory
against Germany in front of a sold-out crowd at Impuls Arena in Augsburg, Germany.
Read the match report at ASN's USWNT page.
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Briefly:
*The MLS playoffs begin tonight and Seattle Sounders fans will demonstrate the right way to
support a team - by going freaking nuts in the stands. Hope Galaxy and Chivas USA fans are taking
note. The Dynamo-Sounders game is on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. Game preview here.
*Incidentally, the U.
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I like how the USWNT asst coach is using a translator and then Abby Wambach just asks, "Do yall
speak English?" and they all said "Yes!". Nice one Abby!
Seriously though this is very cool the ladies took the time to run a clinic. Looked like they
had fun too!
JM
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AP photos
The win over El Salvador completes a remarkable turnaround in the fortune of the Mexicans.
Blanco, too, looks rejuvenated. Oh, and former Chivas USA striker Paco Palencia came on as a sub
for him - and scored.
A roundup of the World Cup qualifying results today is here.
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U.S. Women's National Team head coach
Pia Sundhage has named an 18-player roster
for the USA's match against Germany on Oct. 29 at the newly constructed Impuls Arena in Augsburg,
Germany. It will be the first meeting since January of 2007 between the world's top two women's
powers and the first time the USA has played in Germany since the summer of 2000.
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Defender Brittany Bock, 22, received her first call-up to the U.S. Women's National Team today
in the wake of a 12-day camp at Home Depot Center and ahead of the Oct. 29 game against
Germany.
She was an integral part of the Sol's defense last season.
Also named to the roster were Torrance's Shannon Boxx of the Sol and USC product Amy
Rodriguez.
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U.S. Women's National Team head coach
Pia Sundhage has called in 26 players for a
12-day training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., running from Sept. 21-Oct. 2. This
will be the first U.S. Women's National Team event since the end of the inaugural Women's
Professional Soccer season.
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Final shots for the day:
*Sol defenders Brittany Bock and Stephanie Cox and midfielder Shannon Boxx were among 26 players
called into Pia Sundhage's 12-day USWNT camp that begins Sept. 21 at Home Depot Center. Bock gets
her second call-up of the year after also making the U.S. roster for the May 25 game against Canada
in Toronto she was forced to miss after suffering a heel injury in training the day before.
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Congratulations to Abby Wambach for scoring 100 goals with the U.S. Women's National Team!Â
This is an amazing accomplishment that only a handful of players ever achieve.
Enjoy some of her goals, she is lethal around the net!
JM
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The Sol (11-2-4) can clinch the inaugural WPS regular season title with just a point on the road
tonight at FC Gold Pride (3-9-3), a team that hasn't won in eight games and are 0-3 against LA this
season.
Gold Pride will play on just three days rest after taking the field Sunday, while the Sol have
had a considerably longer opportunity to relax, sustaining a rare 1-0 home loss July 8 to St.
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David Beckham's welcome home to the Home Depot Center was far from a warm one, but that didn't
stop him from making an impact.
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David Beckham's welcome home to the Home Depot Center was far from a warm one, but that didn't
stop him from making an impact.
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One year and three days after breaking her leg in the final U.S. tuneup game before the
Olympics, Abby Wambach scored her 100th international goal in the 1-0 U.S. win over Canada Sunday
in Rochester, N.Y.
It was Wambach's first U.S. goal since the injury. Forward Lauren Cheney, 21, who replaced
Wambach on the Olympic roster, came into the game in the 63rd minute and set up the historic goal
15 minutes later.
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Arrive early this evening for the Galaxy-AC Milan friendly at Home Depot Center that was a
condition of the Galaxy extending David Beckham's loan to the Italian club.
The Galaxy, which routinely inflates attendance figures in the 24,500-seat stadium, might
actually have to do the opposite tonight to stay within fire code given that they've sold out the
grass berm, standing room only seats - everything.
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When I told my wife about today's soccer schedule, she gave me on of those "so you want to
remain married" looks?
No wonder. And this isn't a complete list of televised games, just my picks
10 a.m. ESPN2 - Houston Dynamo at Toronto FC (the Western Conference leaders
visit the Eastern Conference co-leaders;final was 1-1).
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The scorecard for the Washington Freedom's Abby Wambach this season: 13 games, three goals - and
two challenges that led to season-ending injuries to both opponents.
Wambach, who earlier this season received a one-game suspension in the wake of the May 3 game
against St. Louis Athletica after an 80th minute tackle that left Brazilian star Daniela with two
unspecified knee ligaments and a cracked tibia, was also involved in a tackle Sunday that left Sol
defender Christie Shaner with a broken leg.
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Belated greetings from Carson on a day the Sol is celebrating the game that spawned WPS and the
U.S. men are catching their breath after seeing everything go exactly right in South Africa (that
"we'll take it" look on Coach Bob Bradley's face at game's end said it all).
Runaway WPS leaders the Sol have never even conceded a goal to FC Gold Pride winning two
previous encounters 1-0 and 2-0.
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This week's guest on the Jared Montz Soccer Podcast is Chicago Red Stars forward, Ella Masar.Â
On the pod she talked about what it is like playing in the WPS, how the Red stars are doing, how it
will feel to score her first goal for the Red Stars, how she is adjusting to life in the big city,
the style of her English coach Emma Hayes, took some user submitted questions, talked about her
personal blog, and previewed their upcoming game against the LA SOL.
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Canada 0 U.S. 4
Torrance's Shannon Boxx scored the first goal; the U.S. scored three more.
Now let's get on with the WPS season.
Game details.
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FC Gold Pride 0 Sol 2
Cohesive, crisp passing, a virtually impenetrable defense that has only allowed two goals en
route to seven shutouts all season and Han Duan's first goal for the Sol in the road victory.
Game story.
WPS standings.
Highlights:
More women's soccer later today: at 4 p.
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Happy Mother's Day from the Qwest Field press box in downtown Seattle where fans are filtering
in to watch the Galaxy plays the Sounders at noon and a win could see 1-1-5 L.A. move into a
three-way tie with Colorado and Houston in the Western Conference.
I've been out of Wi-Fi range for a few days, but refreshed from an apt Pacific Northwest chowder
feast last night and a scrambled egg breakfast in the press box this morning, let's do a little
catching up on what's been happening with Southern California soccer while I've been
vacationing.
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Briefly:
*MLS "eye candy" Robbie Rogers of Rolling Hills Estates (and others) here. Also featured: Chivas
USA 's 'sexy" Sacha Kljestan and rookie Galaxy defender A.J. 'the hunk" DeLaGarza.
*The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team plays Cuba at 4 p.m. Tuesday in its opening game of the
regional championships in Tijuana.
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How many minutes will Seattle's Freddie Ljungberg get Saturday against Chivas USA?
Would you pay $50 for a scarf, U.S. Soccer yearbook and a membership card? Then join the club.
(If you're planning on going to South Africa it may well be worth it since members get "priority
status to purchase 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets").
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*David Beckham said the ankle he twisted Tuesday should be fine by the weekend, although it
sounds worse than he's letting on (sound familiar?).
*The U.S. moved up three spots to 17th in the latest (always suspect) FIFA rankings released
today.
The top seven spots remained unchanged with Spain atop the pile and Croatia seventh; Mexico,
BTW, moved up one spot to 23rd.
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CONCACAF announced today that it will use a record number of U.S. venues - 13 - for the Gold Cup
set for July 3-26, including the opening doubleheader of the tournament July 3 in Carson at Home
Depot Center.
What teams will play where will be announced at a later date.
"While 13 cities create logistical challenges, we think the benefits of reaching
out to more venues are clearly worthwhile," CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer
said.
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*Chivas USA's Jorge Flores got the start for the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team tonight in its
3-0 victory over Jamaica in the opening game of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship. Next up: Honduras
on Sunday.
*Earlier today, Natasha Kai scored the U.S. winner in stoppage time in a 1-0 victory over
Iceland to qualify for the Algarve Cup final in Portugal.
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*Chivas USA scrimmage the San Jose Earthquakes at 10 a.m. today on University Field No. 2 Field
at Home Depot Center.
*Former Galaxy midfielder Ned Grabavoy, an industrious player who never quite made the impact
some thought he would, was picked up in the waiver draft from the Earthquakes by Real Salt
Lake.
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Happy Saturday everyone! Looks like it's going to be one beauty of a day. HollyCornblog and
CharlieHopbrew should be on their way in another couple of hours and if I disappear for a while
after they arrive, well, you'll know what I'm up to! Let's see what's happening in the world of
soccer, first. I see [.
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The Galaxy's Landon Donovan is apparently too old for Germany's Bayern Munich:
MUNICH (AP) -- Landon Donovan is unlikely to stay with Bayern Munich on a longer
contract once his loan expires in mid-March, according to the club's chairman.
Donovan practiced with Bayern in December and then joined the German champions during the
Bundesliga's winter break in a loan deal similar to the one his Los Angeles Galaxy teammate David
Beckham has with AC Milan.
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The WPS released the schedule for its first season today, including games for the Los Angeles
Sol, which becomes the third (!) professional soccer team at Carson's Home Depot Center.
Here are the basics from the league's (edited) press release:
The previously announced home openers that begin Sunday, March 29 with the WPS
inaugural match between the Los Angeles Sol and the Washington Freedom and continue during WPS
Kick-Off Week with a full slate of league games on April 5 will be followed by regular weekly
action over the next five months for a total of 70 league match-ups, three post-season contests and
one WPS All-Star Game.
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I'm back from Vegas, but still technically on vacation until Monday.
Still, since I'm scanning on-line what I missed, I may as well pass along what I'm reading:
*The Galaxy players hit the field for the first time Wednesday at Home Depot Center and the
Galaxy released their pre-season roster.
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Tonight at Zurich's Opernhaus, Portugal and Manchester United's
Cristiano Ronaldo
was named the
FIFA World Player of the Year, beating out Argentina and Barcelona's
Lionel Messi, Brazil and AC Milan's Kaka (the 2007 winner), Spain and Liverpool's Fernando Torres,
and Spain and Barcelona's Xavi (Euro 2008's Best Player).
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