CALIFORNIA HOMEGROWNS: WEEKLY UPDATE
USMNT – U.S. played a friendly match against Guatemala on July 3rd and won 4-0. Chris Wondolowski – F – San Jose Earthquakes: Chris subbed in for Jozy Altidore in the 68th minute and scored the fourth and last goal for the U.S. in the 86th minute. Nick Rimando – GK – Real Salt Lake: […]
USWNT back in the U.S. with first stop in LA
The U.S. Women’s National Team is back in the U.S. to celebrate their long-awaited title. Their first stop was in Los Angeles, where there were over 10,000 fans waiting for them at the fan rally. Some of them got there as early as 4:30 am to make sure they had a good spot. California natives Megan Rapinoe […]
USWNT wins their third world Cup in incredible final against Japan
The final of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup was played on Sunday July 5th in Vancouver, in a match between the 2011 champions Japan and the United States who last claimed the title 16 years years ago. These two teams were facing each other in a major tournament final for the third time in recent history. […]
Women’s World Cup Final: U.S. gets second chance against Japan
This will be the third time in recent memory that the United States and Japan have met in the final of a major tournament. In the 2011 World Cup Japan won when the match went to kicks from the mark after 120 minutes, then a year later in the 2012 Olympic games the U.S won […]
USWNT already sold out tickets for match after the World Cup
The U.S. Women’s National Team is still in the World Cup, actually playing the final match this Sunday, July 5th, but they already have two games scheduled for after the tournament, both against Costa Rica. The first one will be in Pittsburg on August 16th and the second in Tennessee on August 19th. The 20,668 […]
USWNT breaks record again: 8.4 million view U.S. vs. Germany
This was the match that everybody was expecting to watch in this World Cup: Germany vs. United States. Germany was the No.1 ranked team and U.S. was the No. 2. Both teams were candidates to win this tournament, but only one was going to get out of this semifinal and have the chance to win […]
USWNT beat Germany and move on to the World Cup final
[quote_box_center]“It’s not about the system. It’s about the players on the field. They played their hearts out tonight.” – Head coach Jill Ellis.[/quote_box_center] The U.S. played a very exciting match against Germany this Tuesday afternoon, putting in their best performance of the competition so far. The Americans beat No. 1 ranked Germany by a 2-0 scoreline […]
CA Homegrowns
USMNT – U.S. play next July 3rd against Guatemala Miguel Ibarra – M – Club León: Did not have any games this week. Michael Orozco – D – Club Tijuana: Did not have any games this week. Nick Rimando – GK – Real Salt Lake: started and played for the entire 90 minutes on June […]
The USWNT v Germany in the semi final of the Women’s World Cup
The match between the United States and Germany is arguably more worthy of a final than a semifinal, since Germany is ranked No. 1 and the U.S. is ranked No. 2 in the world. This is the way the bracket broke down though so the U.S. will need to beat the best in order to be the best. […]
USWNT beats China and advances to semifinal
The United States played against China in the quarterfinal of the 2015 Women’s World Cup this Friday and beat them 1-0 with a goal from midfielder Carli Lloyd, who was voted Player of the Match. The goal came in the second half, but the U.S. was clearly the better team throughout the match. After a […]
WWC2015: U.S. vs China Preview of the quarterfinal
The USWNT is a few hours away from taking on China for the quarterfinals, after they beat Colombia by 2-0, and China beat Cameroon by 1-0. China is a team with a very similar style as the United States. They are very organized and played really well defensively. However, Chinese players are much younger with an […]
From SC del Sol to the Women’s World Cup – Sydney Leroux
Considered to be one of the best US strikers in the world, Sydney Leroux started her American playing foundation in Arizona with the SC del Sol. Leroux, known for her physical game has started against Australia and Sweden in the 2015 Women’s World Cup before losing her starting spot to Alex Morgan. Afterwards, she came […]
Who is going to replace Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Holiday?
The next match for the U.S. against China on Friday will be a very interesting one filled of tough decisions to make for coach Jill Ellis. Californian native and midfielder Megan Rapinoe and also midfielder Lauren Holiday received their second yellow cards of the tournament last game against Colombia and will be out of this […]
California Homegrowns: Weekly Update
In this Homegrown’s section, we will update you and track progress of the professional soccer players from California. This week the U.S. Women’s National Teams played two games in World Cup, against Nigeria and Colombia. The Men’s Senior National Team and Men’s U20 got back from international duty to their respective clubs and played matches […]
USWNT moves on to the quarterfinals
The first half of the U.S. vs. Colombia game was very even and tough on both sides. The Colombians attacked with style and swagger but the USWNT snuffed out every advance. As a result, goalkeeper Hope Solo was largely a spectator in this match. The U.S. built most of their attacking opportunities down the flanks and […]
WWC 2015 Round of 16: U.S. vs. Colombia Preview
After the U.S. victory against Nigeria, the USWNT finished Group D (Group of Death) in first place and move on to a relatively easy path into the semi finals. From now on in the knockout stage, there will be no room for mistakes. The next USWNT match will be on Monday 22nd against Colombia who […]