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Perfect Pali win W-League championship
The Pali Blues triumphed 2-1 over FC Indiana in the W-League Championship game Saturday.
The Pali Blues came out loose and relax and it showed early in the contest. Pali was in control of the game early and dominated possession. However, FC Indiana scored the first goal of the match. Midfielder and Mexican international Fatima Leyva sent a dangerous curling corner in the 47th minute that found the head of Jessica O'Rourke to make it 1-0 FC Indiana.
Bay Area could score women's pro soccer
With a professional women's soccer league launching next year, Scott Kucirek wants to get into the game.
Kucirek, co-founder of online real estate brokerage ZipRealty Inc., hopes to operate a Bay Area franchise of the Women's Professional Soccer league scheduled to begin play in spring 2009.
Q & A with Olympian Shannon Boxx
A gold medalist in soccer, Boxx tells us all about her goals for Beijing, her game-day superstitions, and how being an Olympic champ runs in her family
Soccer star Shannon Boxx was part of the 1st place U.S. team in Athens, and, four years later, she's stronger than ever. She tells us all about her two-a-day training sessions, her game-day rituals, and how Olympic gold runs in the family.
U.S. Women's National Team Assistant Coach Phil Wheddon Named Orange Head Coach
SYRACUSE – Phil Wheddon, an assistant coach and the goalkeeper coach for the United States Women's National Soccer Team, is Syracuse University's new women's soccer coach, director of athletics Dr. Daryl Gross announced today. Wheddon will join Syracuse full-time after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, providing the U.S. Women's National Team qualifies in April.
Mami Yamaguchi Signs Professional Contract With Umea IK
Tallahassee, Fla. - Florida State University and head coach Mark Krikorian has announced that junior forward Mami Yamaguchi will forgo her senior season to pursue her professional soccer career.
Former U.S. international Fair joins Chelsea Ladies
Chelsea Ladies announced Thursday that former United States international Lorrie Fair, the youngest member of the U.S. World Cup-winning team in 1999, will be joining the London-based team.
First Lady of U.S. soccer
Hamm dishes on Team USA, the new women's league
When the logo for Women's Professional Soccer -- the new top-flight league starting in 2009 -- was unveiled this week, the player silhouette in the middle was unmistakable.
It's Mia Hamm. (Jerry West now has some company as The Logo.)
Player, UNC settle; Dorrance apologizes
A sexual harassment lawsuit against University of North Carolina women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance has been settled, with the university agreeing to pay former player Melissa Jennings $385,000 and Dorrance issuing an apology to all his players for inappropriate discussions about sex.
The deal also requires the university to conduct a comprehensive review of its sexual harassment policies and procedures, according to a copy of the settlement obtained by The News & Observer. The settlement was approved last week by members of the UNC Board of Governors.
Putting Her Best Foot Forward
Women’s soccer has not been a booming business—but former player and Web-content maven Tonya Antonucci has a plan to bring it back and make it work.
Two weeks after she left her job running Yahoo Sports in October 2004, Tonya Antonucci attended a Stanford University soccer alumni party at Lake Tahoe.
After a few drinks, Julie Foudy, the former U.S. women’s national team captain, asked her old friend and teammate if she was interested in heading up the relaunch of a professional women’s soccer league in the U.S.
Women of Troy follow first-year coach to first national title
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Almost a year after they learned the name of their new coach, three and a half months after they played their first game for him and almost four weeks after they commenced a long postseason march to the College Cup, USC's Women of Troy finally stopped running.
And they started celebrating.