Women's Professional Soccer News
SOCCER: Women’s National Team vs. Japan: Highlights – April 1, 2012
Highlights of the USA’s 1-1 tie with Japan at the Kirin Cup in Sendai, Japan. Alex Morgan grabbed the tying goal for the USA in this rematch of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final.
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Yukari Kinga gets the opening goal for Japan in their 1-1 tie with the U.S. Women’s National Team in [...]
VIDEO: U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Takes Third Place at 2012 Algarve Cup with 4-0 Win Against Sweden
The U.S. WNT defeated Sweden 4-0 on a hat trick from Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach’s 134th career goal to take third place in the 2012 Algarve Cup.
The U.S. WNT captured third place at the 2012 Algarve Cup with a 4-0 victory against Sweden. Alex Morgan registered her first career hat [...]
SOCCER: USA defeats Costa Rica and qualify for the 2012 London Olympics
2012, Vancouver, Canada, FIFA Olympic Women’s Soccer Trials, Costa Rica applied some early pressure, but is wasn’t enough as Team USA is confirmed for the Olympics winning 3-0.
The U.S. WNT advances to its fifth straight Olympic Games after defeating Costa Rica 3-0 in the first semifinal of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament. Tobin [...]
Abby Wambach & Sydney Leroux Named 2011 U.S. Soccer Athletes of the Year
U.S. Soccer has announced the 2011 Athletes of the Year. Clint Dempsey, Abby Wambach, Brek Shea and Sydney Leroux give their acceptance speeches as the winners of this prestigious award.
CHICAGO (Jan. 20, 2012) – For their excellence at the highest levels of the sport, U.S. Soccer named U.S. Women’s National Team [...]
SOCCER: CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Jan. 19-29, Vancouver – USA crushes DOM in Olympic Soccer Trials
2012, Vancouver, Canada, FIFA Olympic Women’s Soccer Trials, within minutes, the top ranked USA was scoring points, the 88th ranked Dominican Republic muster little offend, losing 14-0.
U.S. WNT Scores Seven Goals in Each Half to Pass Previous Record of 12 Goals in a Game
Rodriguez Ties U.S. [...]
SOCCER: The 2011 U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year Nominees Are…
The candidates for the 2011 U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year are as good as ever and truth be told, all five would be deserved winners.
Christie Rampone – 2011 U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year Nominee
Christie Rampone, Defender
U.S. captain put in another stellar year of work marked by leadership and consistency.
Abby Wambach – [...]
ABBY WAMBACH: Women’s Sports & Entertainment Network Female Athlete of the Year
The U.S. Women’s National Team earned one of the most dramatic wins in FIFA Women’s World Cup history, scoring the tying goal in the dying seconds of overtime while playing with 10 players for more than 55 minutes. Abby Wambach, the most accomplished player on the United States roster to never have [...]
Abby Wambach wins AP Female Athlete of 2011
The 31-year-old forward spearheaded USA’s inspirational run into the Final, nodding home an extra-time (122′) equaliser against Brazil in the quarter-finals, the latest goal scored in World Cup history. The goal not only levelled the score at 2-2 to send the match into penalties, where the Americans eventually [...]
WAMBACH, MARTA & SAWA NOMINATED FOR FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2011
The contenders for this year’s FIFA Ballon d’Or Award for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2011 award were announced today at a press conference held at the headquarters of France Football magazine in Paris, France. Marta (Brazil), Homare Sawa (Japan) and Abby Wambach (USA) will contest for the award.
WAMBACH-Her 2011
Lauded [...]
