Having read both autobiographies for Abby Wambach’s and Carli Lloyd in the same week, we can tell you that both are excellent reads. Both are truly inspiring, real motivational pieces. Both are honest discussions of great female athletes, gloabal soccer stars. These two titles are part of an incredible Cover Art Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt We thoroughly enjoyed Lloyd’s When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World. It recaps the brilliant life of one of the world’s
After a slow start on a warm night at RFK Stadium, the U.S. Women’s National Team exploded for five first half goals in a 30-minute span – which included four goals from forward Sydney Leroux – on the way to a convincing 7-0 victory against Mexico. Photo Credit: Jeff Gossel/ISNSoccer.com Leroux was making just her sixth start in her 39th game for the USA and upped her goal total to 21 in her career. Abby Wambach opened the scoring with her 161st career goal, extending
The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has announced the allocation of 55 National Team players to the eight clubs as 23 Americans, 16 Canadians and 16 Mexicans found out their teams for the inaugural 2013 season. The allocation process was conducted with assistance from a panel of experts familiar with the player pools, including individuals from the collegiate level, recent professional and semi-professional clubs, and the youth and senior national
No, it’s not a World Cup or Olympic final— heck, it’s not even a playoff or anything proportionate. Yet if one gets the feeling they’re witnessing something much more extraordinary than a run-of-the-mill regular season match up between Washington Freedom and league-leaders F.C. Gold Pride Saturday afternoon, that’s because they’re right. On the field, the world’s current two best players, Freedom’s Abby Wambach, whose leading the league in goals and assists, and Gold Pride’s four-time FIFA Player of the Year, Marta, will