Women’s World Cup | Fun Facts: Keepers Edition
Did you miss the previous Fun Facts? No worries! Here they are: Defenders edition, Part 1 (O’Hara, Sauerbrunn & Krieger) Defenders edition, Part 2 (Dunn, Sonnett, Davidson & Dahlkemper) Midfielders edition, Part 1 (Ertz, Horan, & Lavelle) Midfielders edition, Part 2 (Brian, Mewis & Long) Forwards edition, Part 1 (Rapinoe, Pugh, & Press) Forwards edition, […]
Goalkeepers Get Injured Too!
When we mention soccer and injuries in the same sentence we tend to think of ankle sprains, torn ACLs and other injuries that are specific to the lower body. Although lower body injuries are the most commonly seen soccer injuries- to the field players- we fail to include the incidence of injury to the last […]
Q&A with U.S. U-17 WNT goalkeeper Hillary Beall
On August 9th, the U.S. U-17 Women’s National Team started a training camp in Carson, California in preparation for World Cup Qualifiers. The camp runs from August 9th until the 16th. There are 24 players in the roster all led by head coach B.J. Snow. We were fortunate to be able to speak with Hillary Beall who plays for […]
CA native Nick Rimando incredible despite knee injury
SAN DIEGO – The Brazilian star Kaka won the MVP award at the MLS All-Stars game, but he said the player who literally saved the team was goalkeeper Nick Rimando in the defeat by 2-1 against Tottenham. [quote_box_center]“He was unbelievable. I think he saved the game,” said Kaka, who scored a goal and had an […]