VIDEO: Abby Wambach & Winter Vinecki – 2011 Women Sports Foundation Award Winners
Abby Wambach, Winner of the Sportswoman of the Year Award (Team Sport)
Abby Wambach received the esteemed Sportswoman of the Year Award, given to an individual athlete in a team sport who exhibits exceptional performances over a 12-month time span. Wambach earned this award for her triumphant season including being named the 2010 [...]
SOCCER: U.S. Women’s National Team Ties Sweden To Close Out 2011
U.S. WNT midfielder Tobin Heath scores the tying goal for the USA in their 1-1 game with Sweden on Nov. 19, 2011 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Nov. 19, 2011) – The U.S. Women’s National Team came from behind to earn a 1-1 tie with Sweden in front of a [...]
SOCCER: WNT vs. Canada: Highlights – Sept. 22, 2011
The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Canada 3-0 to wrap up the Celebration Series in front of a typically loud crowd at JELD-WEN Field in Portland, Ore. Abby Wambach (2) and Alex Morgan grabbed the goals for the WNT.
U.S. WNT Forward Abby Wambach opens the scoring for the USA in their match against Canada at [...]
Soccer: LAUREN CHENEY LEADS BREAKERS INTO PLAYOFFS, WINS WPS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (August 17, 2011) – Lauren Cheney came up big in Boston’s final regular season game, helping the Breakers clinch the fourth and final spot in the Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) playoffs. Her performance has been honored with the Player of the Week title for Week 18.
Cheney scored twice in the first 18 [...]
FINAL DAY OF WPS REGULAR SEASON WILL DETERMINE PLAYOFF SEEDINGS, REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION
San Francisco, CA (August 12, 2011) – Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) enters the final weekend of the regular season schedule with some of the season’s most significant games still yet to be played. This Sunday, the final day of the regular season, all six teams will be on the pitch with the Regular Season Championship [...]
FIFA WORLD CUP 2011: JAPAN WINS IN SHOOTOUT
Japan edge USA for maiden title
courtesy fifa.com
Japan are FIFA Women’s World Cup™ champions for the first time after a penalty shootout victory over USA, following a drama-charged 2-2 draw in Frankfurt.
Defender Saki Kumagai had the honour of hitting home the decisive spot-kick as Japan triumphed 3-1 in the shootout. USA were twice pegged back but [...]
VIDEO: Pressure Makes Us – Abby Wambach
Scoring goals. Playing defense. It doesn’t matter.
Abby Wambach will do anything for her team.
She doesn’t feel pressure. She overpowers it.
Need proof? Check out the quarter-final match vs Brazil.
The Drama of the Women’s World Cup 2011: Wambach Goal in the 122nd Minute is Latest Goal in Women’s World Cup History; Score Comes in [...]
Women’s Professional Soccer – Week 3 Goals
The stars of WPS were shining in the final full weekend of April, as Ella Masar (not shown), Christine Sinclair (WNY), Lori Chalupny (ATL), Marta (WNY) and Carly Lloyd (ATL) each scored a goal for their team in Week 3.
Women’s Professional Soccer :: Week 2 Goals
New stars emerged as WPS week two saw four goals [...]
SOCCER: OFFENSIVE MINDED | MEET THE YOUNG GUNS OF THE WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM
With Abby Wambach back in the USA, four young forwards will take center stage at the Four Nations Tournament. All are 23 or younger, all played in the Pac-10 Conference — for one year at the same time — and all are looking to make a big impact on the U.S. team [...]
WPS: EXPANSION FLASH MAKE CALS ALEX MORGAN TOP PICK
JUST CALL HER FLASH
The Western New York Flash selected California and U.S. national team forward Alex Morgan the top overall pick in the Women’s Professional Soccer draft.
Philadelphia Independence, last year’s runner-up in the WPS Championship, took local Havertown, PA-product and all-ACC midfielder from Virginia, Sinead Farrelly with the second overall selection. MAC [...]
