Languagecaster's ggod, bad and ugly: a side doing well in both the English Cup competitions, a bizarre situation for women's football in the USA and tragic events in Egypt.

Move over Tim Howard, ESPN's new soccer hottie is none other than Hope Solo. Miss Solo has stripped for ESPN Magazine's body issue. I am sure the USWNT is going to get a few more fans after this spread. Enjoy. Hope Solo is the US Women's National Team's goalkeeper.

Like every aspiring plutocrat who loves AC Milan, I sometimes fantasise about owning the club. I have big plans for it. Investing heavily in the youth programme. Engineering unbreakable bonds of affection between players and club. Brokering a creative and generous understanding between our ultras and local government.

It was ladies and children under-12 night in the Fenerbahce vs. Maispor game due to a ban on men handed down by the Turkish FA due to a violent pitch invasion that occurred during a pre-season friendly. Our friends at Soccerpolitics wrote a great analysis of the meaning behind the night's events.

By Chris Wright

Mmmm, can you just smell the oestrogen? More than 41,000 women and children filled the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium to watch Fenerbahce play against Manisapor last night, thanks to a pretty slick sanction placed on the club by the Turkish FA as punishment for several recent spates of crowd disturbance and supporter dickhead-ery

Originally, the powers that be ordered Fenerbahce to play their next two games behind closed doors, though the ruling was altered before the Manisapor game to allow only women and children under the age of 12 into the stadium to watch the match for free.

Patty Orue una guapa mujer paraguaya durante la copa america 2011 llamo la atención y dio de que hablar también en el partido de homenaje a Salvador Cabañas en el estadio azteca en México, le quiere hacer mas que sombra a Larissa Riquelme.
Pues resulta ser que quien convencio de posar desnuda a esta mujer fue la revista H precisamente en México.

Hey look, its another generation of youth captivated by a women's team. I'm sure that won't pay dividends for the future of American soccer...The word "destiny" got thrown around pretty casually in the run up to this Women's World Cup Final. Granted it was by a lot of media types looking to make Sunday's match as hyperbolic as possible; most American soccer fans held back only hoping for the best while fearing the worst (hey it's in our nature).

(Shannon Boxx & Josefine Qvist courtesy of Zimbio)

Emotional day today for USWNT, Amy LePeilbet, and myself. In sport there are always winners and losers. Today, Sweden the winners and USA the losers. In life there is always death. Today marks a death in the history of US Women's soccer.

The USA celebrated Independence Day (July 4th) weekend with a USWNT defeat over a young Colombian side. This was the first ever meeting of the two nations in history of women's soccer. An early 12′ goal, an upper-v beauty, by Heather O'Reilly set the tone for the match. The USA entered the halftime break dominant but with only a one goal lead.

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The FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 is currently taking place in Germany and so in this post we feature a reading from 2002 on the history of women's football. The pdf worksheet contains exercises on skimming, note taking, vocabulary building and summary writing complete with answers.

As the Women's World Cup is about to begin, the international governing organization for soccer launched a new initiative aimed at inspiring women and girls all over the world to participate in the game.

Featuring some of the stars of this summer's FIFA Women's World Cup™ in Germany, "Live Your Goals" will target the next generation of women's soccer players around the globe.

In the same week that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced her Women's World Cup initiative, aimed at empowering girls and women around the world through sports, comes news that FIFA, the world governing body for soccer, has disqualified the Iranian women's team from their Olympic qualifying match for showing up to play wearing the hijab.

LONDON, England Goals from Kim Little and Julie Fleeting saw Arsenal reclaim the FA Women's Cup with a 2-0 victory over Bristol Academy at the Ricoh Arena. The Gunners had lost out to Everton in extra-time in last year's final, but they put that heartache behind them to secure a comfortable win. Saturday's success [.

Indi Cowie a 16-year-old soccer phenom from North Carolina can freestyle with the best. "The family garage is her laboratory," notes the New York Times Magazine. "There are times when there's an enormous bang and I wake up at 5 in the morning thinking there's an intruder in the house," says Indi's father, Logan Cowie.

EDMONTON, Alberta — Canada has a 50-50 chance of hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015. Canadian Soccer Association General Secretary Peter Montopoli confirmed only Canada and Zimbabwe are left in the bid process. A decision is expected March 3. The FIFA Women's World Cup is FIFA's second biggest property, behind only the men's [.

VANCOUVER, BC Support is building for staging the 2015 women's World Cup of soccer in Vancouver. At a meeting on Feb. 3, city council will vote on a parks board recommendation to endorse the Canadian Soccer Association's bid to bring the big event to Canada. The bid includes Vancouver as one of the six [.

One is a former football commentator, who loves the sexist banter , the other is a 'pub-landlord' who's job is to give sexist banter...and it just so happens that they look a like...

I bet your bored of Andy Grey themed new at the moment and for that I apologise.

Is there a place for women in the macho sport of football? According to Sky Television Presenters Richard Keys and Andy Grays, women don't belong in any aspect of the sport. Throughout the Wolverhampton Wanders and Liverpool game, Keys and Grays made several disparaging remarks about female linesman Sian Massey.

I'm sure you have heard on the back pages today that, Andy Gray and Richard Keys have been accused of sexism. Here is the audio of the incident (Ignore the pointless intro)

Well done bellends!...Now for some statements via the BBC:

An FA statement said it had made "real strides in encouraging both male and female match officials to enter the game at every level, and will continue to offer every encouragement to all officials within the football family to progress to the highest levels possible".

TEHERAN, Iran Iranian authorities have ordered a ban on women from watching live broadcasts of soccer matches at public movie theaters, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. A state police agency that monitors Iranian businesses called for the ban because "the presence of women and families at movie theaters increases security risks and inappropriate [.