For anybody who watched the semifinal and final matches for the U.S. Women’s National team, seeing the U.S. Men’s National team survive through the group stage at this year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup has been a stark reminder about just how far we have to go as a nation to really get into the top football/soccer … Continue reading “USMNT’s Gold Cup Struggles Frustrating, but Just the Start of Larger World Cup Cycle”
Just over a week ago, the United States Women’s National team wrapped up almost a month of great women’s soccer with a 5-2 trouncing of Japan to win the World Cup title. In between the time when Canada kicked it all off with a 1-0 stoppage time win over China on June 6, there was … Continue reading “Despite Great Hosts, FIFA Still Manage to Keep Women’s World Cup From Reaching Potential”
For much of the first half of the World Cup, the U.S. Women’s National team did not look like a team that could win the World Cup. Despite the 3-1 scoreline, the U.S. didn’t have a great opener against Australia. Then they got shutout against Sweden. And the Round of 16 match against Colombia was … Continue reading “USWNT Save Their Best for Last to Take World Cup Title”
Four years later, Japan and the United States find themselves with a case of deja vu. After almost a month of battling out other teams in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the same two teams that squared off in the 2011 title match, as well as the 2012 Olympic championship, will face each other for … Continue reading “Same Story, Different Result for USWNT in World Cup Final?”
After looking incredibly sluggish through the first four matches of this year’s World Cup, manager Jill Ellis finally made a change to her starting 11 that wasn’t forced because of suspensions. Ellis chose to start Amy Rodriguez, a newcomer to the Women’s World Cup, in place of iconic star Abby Wambach Friday evening against China. … Continue reading “Better Offenseive Showing Gives USWNT Hope Against Germany”
Somehow, someway the U.S. women’s national team is into the quarterfinals in the Women’s World Cup. But if you watched each of the matches without the goals, you might think otherwise. Through four games in this tournament, the U.S. has scored just six goals — one of which came on a penalty and two that … Continue reading “USWNT has to Change Offensive Formation, Tactics to Have a Chance”
The U.S. Women’s National team managed to survive the proverbial “Group of Death” and survive is absolutely the correct for how they performed in those three matches. The U.S. didn’t exactly look like the dominating team that came so close to taking the World Cup four years ago. Yes, the defense was much improved, allowing … Continue reading “After Escaping ‘Group of Death’, U.S. has Great Chance to Make Run”
The U.S. Women’s National team has amassed a grand total of four points and three goals. They were shut out in a poor offensive showing against Sweden and were lucky to get two goals against a stout Australian side. Despite the fact that they are in a good spot in the proverbial “Group of Death” … Continue reading “USWNT Needs to Find Offense For World Cup Success”
Given all of the pressure of being the United States in the World Cup and the location of this year’s tournament, it’s easy to understand why the U.S. Women’s national team showed so many jitters early in the Group D opener against Australia Monday. The nerves, both of the players and supports, were quelled for … Continue reading “With Win in Opener, Path Clear for USWNT to Win ‘Group of Death’”
Dear Sepp Blatter, Congratulations. You managed to tick off one the largest countries and one of the best investigative bodies in the world and now you and FIFA are going to pay for it. And you’re going to have zero sympathy from the people who support the game which you and your minions have destroyed. … Continue reading “An Open Letter to Sepp Blatter and FIFA”
