the footy queen

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Great shot of Pinoe doing work against China in Sunday’s friendly versus China at PPL Park in Philly. Still in love with the new kits [and I just saw a tweet about them changing the name/number color soon!] and glad there was a live stream of the game [though bitter that it wasn’t televised!].

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Michelle Akers. HERO.

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TOP 40 FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE PAST 40 YEARS

#27: MICHELLE AKERS

Akers’ résumé should be required reading material for young soccer players. She was a four-time All-American at Central Florida. She scored 105 goals in 153 appearances for the U.S. She earned the Golden Boot as the leading scorer (10 goals, including five in one game) at the inaugural Women’s World Cup, won by the U.S. in 1991. She won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games and another World Cup in 1999. She was voted FIFA Woman Player of the Century, alongside China’s Sun Wen. And in 2004, Akers and Hamm were selected by soccer great Pele as the only women on his list of the 125 greatest living players.

Above all else, Akers is known in soccer circles for her relentless work ethic, for getting the most out of her size (she is 5-foot-10), strength and speed. “She always wanted more criticism,” says North Carolina head coach Anson Dorrance, who guided Akers on the 1991 World Cup squad. “She kept asking for more, and I was thinking at the time, ‘Are you kidding me?’ Any flaw I did mention, she would correct it immediately. I’d see her after practice, perfecting whatever we had talked about.” - (x)

Michelle. Fucking. Akers.

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USWNT to Face France, Colombia, & Korea DPR at 2012 London Olympics. →

vs. France
July 25: Glasgow, Scotland (Hampden Park)
5 p.m. local / 12 p.m. ET

vs. Colombia
July 28: Glasgow, Scotland (Hampden Park)
5 p.m. local / 12 p.m. ET

vs. Korea DPR
July 31: Manchester, England (Old Trafford)
5:15 p.m. local / 12:15 p.m. ET

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A few more years with Captain America? Fine by me!

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Indoor Soccer In Dallas.

Happy weekend, footy fans!

Do we have any footy fans in the Dallas [Texas] area? A friend is building a low division [aka: beginner, out of shape, or just for fun!] women’s indoor team to play at Inwood Soccer Center [Tollway & Inwood]. As of now, it looks like the games will be weeknights [possibly Tuesdays or Wednesdays] and the league should start sometime in June.

Feel free to message either of us [her Tumblr, my Tumblr] if you’re interested!

Thanks!

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It’s a Mia Hamm kind of Friday. Happy Weekend, everyone!

Footy love, nikhak

USWNT: Upcoming TELEVISED Games!

Hey footy fans,

In the coming days, our beloved USWNT will take on Japan and Brazil in the Women’s Kirin Challenge Cup in Japan. And guess what! The games will actually be televised! Here’s the lowdown:

Sunday 04/01: USA vs Japan

Time: 6:30am EST

Channel: ESPN2, ESPN3

Tuesday 04/03: USA vs Brazil

Time: 7am EST

Channel: ESPN2, ESPN3

Grab some breakfast and put on a pot of coffee, footy fans… It’s going to be an early one for us here in the states!

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Franz Beckenbauer about Prinz: “Most influential figure of German football”

“Birgit Prinz was certainly the most influential figure of the German women’s football in the last ten to 15 years, it has the women’s soccer in the public consciousness far brought forward and made presentable More than 200 international matches, which is incredible, especially for an offensive player.”

- Franz Beckenbauer (honorary captain of the national team)

On the German Football Association website there are a lot of German footballers talking about Prinz and the things she has brought to female football. The whole text was in German, but wSoccerNews does not have a German translator so we left it up to Google to translate so do not be surprised if something does not sound right.

[Story from Wsoccernews.com]

Footy love, nikhak

I really love Alex Morgan in this photo. While I don’t know the back story, I’d hope that this is her in pre-game mode, listening to whatever pumps her up. Just a cool shot I saw and wanted to share.

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Behind the scenes action from the #USWNT.

Footy love, nikhak