Watch this interview with a local reporter (Jared Lloyd/Desert News) who covered this match. He points out that the "refs allowed" for a "physical game" - and offers a well informed perspective on the tone of the game (explaining New Mexico's use of a physical style of play to break up BYU's movement up and down the field). Click to continue reading...

Some WWF and some WTF moments in the BYU vs New Mexico match. These girls could whip Vinny Jones anytime. And Julie Foudy had to spin the indefensible. "Ponytail whiplash" like "tennis elbow " could become a recognizable sports injury.

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ESPN ran a story about a recent match between BYU and New Mexico's women's teams which has become infamous for the elbows-to-the-ribs and ponytail-yank antics of New Mexico player Elizabeth Lambert. Fans of the sport are groaning, because this is what it takes to get a non-Olympics/World Cup/WPS Final into headlines - replays of bitchslap. Click to continue reading...

Once upon of time there were soccer hardmen such as Roy Keane and Vinnie Jones. Then came the likes of Gennaro Gattuso, Rigobert Song and Marco Materazzi. Now we introduce you to the toughest female soccer player that we've ever seen Elizabeth Lambert of the University of New Mexico. Check out Lethal Liz throw a [. Click to continue reading...

Elizabeth Lambert, junior defender for the University of New Mexico's women's soccer team should be red carded for life. Brandon Spikes has gotten the heat lately (deservedly so), but there's no excuse for this.

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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,  we believe that this will [. Click to continue reading...

Once again, I live in state where no switching of the clocks is required, so - voila! - we woke up this morning in Mountain Time. This means that the Big Ten Network match from Friday night - which I called with Kyndra de St. Aubin - airs today at 10am Mountain, Noon Eastern.

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This blog post takes a brief look at how Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and its teams have used Twitter. We'll look at the early days of Twitter integration and how it's evolved as a sports marketing tool. Then, we'll discuss a couple ideas for utilizing Twitter's new List feature.

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This blog post takes a brief look at how Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and its teams have used Twitter. We'll look at the early days of Twitter integration and how it's evolved as a sports marketing tool. Then, we'll discuss a couple ideas for utilizing Twitter's new List feature. Keep in mind this is a very short post on a topic I could describe for days.

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The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team is now in Germany for a friendly against defending FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro champion Germany on Oct. 29 at the Impuls Arena in Augsburg, Germany. Â Kick off at 6 p.m. local (1 p.m. ET). Unfortunately, there is no television or internet streaming coverage of the [. Click to continue reading...

Jack Bell creates a list of 10 most memorable games at Giants Stadium.

Some of the highlights.

Last summer's USA vs Mexico Gold Cup final turned out be an embarrassing 5-0 rout. David Beckham's New York introduction in 2007 resulted in a 5-4 pulsating shootout between the Galaxy and the Red Bulls.

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Red Stars Head Coach Emma Hayes is in San Francisco this week watching Stanford, UCLA, USC, USF, and Santa Clara women's soccer teams play. I thought it would be fun to ask her the WPS series of "Off the Field" questions we collect from the players. Hey, coaches have favorite TV shows and i-pod apps, too!

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It's amazing what's on YouTube these days. Here's an entertaining Friday video of U.S. National Team forward Natasha Kai and some of her teammates engaging in a game of video game horse racing in an arcade somewhere. Discovered at Unprofessional Foul. Posted in Videos, Women's Soccer Tagged: Natasha Kai, U. Click to continue reading...

Germany's women football team successfully defended their European championship crown by humbling England 6-2 in the final of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 tournament in Helsinki earlier today. With today's victory the German women are now unbeaten at European Championships since 1993 with 26 consecutive wins. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow England and Germany will compete for the European Championship. Germany rules the hen house and has for far too long - having won every European Championship since 1995.
The annoyingly titled Die Besten Frauen der Welt (subtitled in English) shows the level of their training, and that pretty much says it all. Click to continue reading...

Substitute Jill Scott's header four minutes from the end of extra-time gave England's women a 2-1 victory over Holland Tampere, Finland today to take their place in the final of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 tournament. England opened the scoring against the Dutch with a Kelly Smith goal from Eniola Aluko's pass in the 61st minute. Click to continue reading...

A brace from Inka Grings gave holders and tournament favourites Germany a comfortable victory over Italy on Friday in the quarter-finals of UEFA Women's Euro 2009/ Germany will now meet either Sweden or Norway in the semi-finals Monday in Helsinki. Posted in Videos, Women's Soccer Tagged: Euro 2009, UEFA Women's Euro 2009, Video, Women's Soccer [. Click to continue reading...

England eliminated hosts Finland in the quarter-finals of the UEFA European Women's Championship 2009 on a brace from from Eniola Aluko earlier today. Fara Williams added to Aluko's tally. Substitute Annica Sjölund goal for Finland in the 66th-minute and Linda Sällström's late effort rallied the hosts. Click to continue reading...

I've just arrived home in San Francisco and am about to start working on some video footage from the All-Star Awards dinner. But before I do, I thought it would be nice to pick up where I ended my blog yesterday and share a bit more from the WPS All-Star weekend.

Saturday night, we held the First Annual WPS Awards Dinner in the Versailles Ballroom at the Chalet Hotel in St.

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WPS stars, execs and staff have all arrived in St. Louis for the WPS All-Star game this weekend. Thought I'd drop a note to share the events of the weekend. (Karina LeBlanc is my inspiration for posting something she blogged late last night after the All-Star Awards Dinner. Check out www.

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* This is the last time I'll write on WPS for a while, I swear. Unless SI hires me to do "The Marta Experiment" or something.

American citizens pay more attention when Lady Gaga burps on television than when New Jersey's Sky Blue FC wins the WPS championship.

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We were at the first game of the WPS season as well as the last (and many inbetween). And what a season' it's been.

Sky Blue FC completed its storybook rise from bottomfeeder to league champion with a dramatic, 1-0 victory over a valiant, 10-woman Los Angeles Sol side, whose remarkable season ended in bitter disappointment at their home park.

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We were at the first game of the WPS season as well as the last (and many inbetween). And what a season' it's been.

Sky Blue FC completed its storybook rise from bottomfeeder to league champion with a dramatic, 1-0 victory over a valiant, 10-woman Los Angeles Sol side, whose remarkable season ended in bitter disappointment at their home park.

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Walking into Carson stadium for the WPS final, I found myself thinking that a win for Sky Blue would be good for the league, and perhaps even good for the Sol. The WPS needs to get rid of the impression that there is one team that is far and away better than the rest. The playoff structure, which guaranteed a place in the finals for the regular season champs, did that by clearing a path to the final for the Sol, as if they deserved a free pass. Click to continue reading...

Los Angeles Sol striker Marta plays with the baseball as if it were a soccer ball before throwing out a ceremonial first pitch in Dodger Stadium at the MLB National League baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, California, August 17, 2009.

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Los Angeles Sol striker Marta plays with the baseball as if it were a soccer ball before throwing out a ceremonial first pitch in Dodger Stadium at the MLB National League baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, California, August 17, 2009.

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The topic of gender testing in sports has become a headline again. South African sprinter Caster Semenya became a news story when she went to Berlin and claimed the world championship in the 800, crossing the line at 1:55.45, two seconds faster than her nearest rival. She announced herself to the global press only a few weeks earlier at the African junior championships with what had been (until her race in Berlin) the fastest time in the world this year (1:56. Click to continue reading...

It's Playoff Time!

The WPS Championship Game will take place this Saturday, August 22, at 1pm Pacific at the Home Depot Center. The Los Angeles Sol will host the Sky Blue FC (Watch on Fox Soccer Channel at 7pm EST).

Women Talk Sports' Ann Gaffigan will be there to see the action in person and get updates to those of you without Fox Soccer Channel (or those of you who have it and would like to join the conversation!

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It's Playoff Time!

The WPS Championship Game will take place this Saturday, August 22, at 1pm Pacific at the Home Depot Center. The Los Angeles Sol will host the Sky Blue FC (Watch on Fox Soccer Channel at 7pm EST).

Women Talk Sports' Ann Gaffigan will be there to see the action in person and get updates to those of you without Fox Soccer Channel (or those of you who have it and would like to join the conversation!

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Sky Blue's presence in the final is a bit of a surprise as they just barely qualified for the playoffs. Of course, in a league of seven teams playing a fairly short season I'm not sure the standings mean all that much. They had a rocky season - they fired their coach at the start, and the next to take the job quit just a few weeks ago. Click to continue reading...

Some teams are fun to play whether you win or lose. In June, I was lucky enough to play in a women's 5 aside tournament outside of Barcelona, hosted by F.C. Anguera Femení. Players came from the first and second divisions of the region's womens football leagues, some sides even featured players from Barça's women's program. Click to continue reading...

Our most viewed post of the past week featured pictures of the Australia vs. China Women's AFC Under-19 Championship post-match brawl. In the aftermath of the incident, Football Federation Australia will has stated that it will interview players, coaching staff and management of the Young Matildas in an investigation. Click to continue reading...