Julie Johnston: World Cup Breakout Star and SC del Sol Alumni
During the group stage match in which the United States faced Nigeria, the US needed a win in order to ensure that they were going to top their group table. Nigeria needed a win from the match to keep their World Cup hopes alive. Abby Wambach broke the stalemate in the 45’ minute and the […]
USWNT victory against Nigeria takes them to next round
With the 1-0 win against Nigeria, the USWNT finishes up as the lead team in group D for the 2015 Women’s World Cup. There was a lot of expectation for Alex Morgan, as this was the first game in 2 months that she actually started. Even though she had missed a few opportunities throughout the […]
USWNT breaks viewership records again
Yesterday, the U.S. game against Nigeria broke records with an audience of 5 million spectators, making it the most-watched Women’s World Cup group stage match AND the most-watched soccer match ever on Fox, with its peak at 6.3 million viewers. The audience for this World Cup has been increasing game after game. It started at […]
USA vs. Nigeria: Preview of the final Group Game
This is the last match for the U.S. in the group phase and probably the most important for them so far. This may prove to be the match that either makes or breaks the campaign. As of now, the USWNT is first in the group, however if they tie or lose to Nigeria, there is […]
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. National Teams had some important games going on. For the USWNT, the U.S. played against Sweden in the Women’s World Cup, then there was a friendly match for USMNT against Germany and the […]
Women’s World Cup: Preview of U.S. vs. Sweden
The USWNT goes into their next match against Sweden as the top ranked team in Group D after the 3-1 victory against Australia; however they should not let that interfere on their attitude, as this game will be probably the toughest match they will have in the group phase. This game against Sweden is going […]
California Homegrowns: What have they done lately?
A full recap of this past week’s events on a national stage. Players included are all Californian or considered so for one reason or another. Match recaps from June 2-9. Men’s National Team Gyasi Zardes: Started, played 80 minutes and SCORED A GOAL in the 4-3 win against Netherlands on Friday Bobby Wood: Came […]
USWNT open up Canadian Campaign with Victory v Australia
This was a tough match for the Americans, who had their defense challenged many times by the Australian attack. However, if it wasn’t for Hope Solo, who managed to put her personal life to the side, the result would have been different as she made some great saves and prevented Australia from scoring any more goals. During the […]
USWNT Prepares for first game at the 2015 Women’s World Cup
The U.S. Women’s National Team has not won a title in this tournament since *that* famous victory in 1999 against China. Even though they won the gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics tournament, they still harbor hurt feelings about the last World Cup when they lost to Japan in PKs four years ago. 2015 in […]
USWNT draw 0-0 against S. Korea
The U.S. definitely did not get the result they wanted to head to the first World Cup game with confidence. However, it is not the end of the world either. It was not the most exciting game to watch, the pace was slow, South Korea was very compact in their defense and did not leave […]
FOX Soccer Plus: the official Women’s World Cup channel
It was just announced today that the Fox Sport’s premium television network was re-branded to become FIFA Women’s World Cup™ at least during the duration of the Cup, from June 6th to July 5th of 2015. Their mission is to deliver world’s best soccer and international sports to fans. [quote_box_center]“Our goal during FIFA Women’s World […]
Carli Lloyd launches N+TC Fitness Diary workout
The USWNT center midfielder Carli Lloyd hasn’t always been the fitness fanatic that she is now. In fact, she really struggled with her own physical fitness in the early stages of her career. As a lot of female players do, she relied on her ability more than anything and left the fitness to the side. […]
LAST USWNT FRIENDLY MATCH BEFORE THE WORLD CUP
On May 30th The U.S. Women’s National Team will play against Korea Republic at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey, as their last game in preparation for the 2015 World Cup. In the past two friendly matches against Ireland and Canada, the Americans have had favorable results, winning 3-1 against Ireland and 5-1 against Mexico. Athough […]
Mallory Pugh: a promising soccer star
If you have not heard of Mallory yet, you soon will. She is already standing out at such at the tender age of 17 as the best high school soccer player in the country and a star on the U-20 U.S. Women’s National Team. Mallory has been having a great junior year so far, winning […]
EA Sports announces women’s national teams will feature in FIFA 16
The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be the largest ever, with 24 teams competing in Canada after previous editions included 16 participants in the tournament. The women’s soccer footprint is also expanding in – and to – the realm of video games, with EA Sports announcing on Thursday that the next edition of its […]
Alex’ Morgan’s memoir ‘Breakaway’
As the start of the Women’s World Cup looms, this book’s release has expertly timed it’s run. Breakaway, Alex Morgan’s memoir will be released on June 2nd, just four days onside of the tournament beginning. Alex Morgan is an inspiration for many female soccer players and female athletes, particularly the youth who want to be […]