Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com Allstate, a sponsor of both the USMNT and USWNT, has provided ISN with more great tickets as a reward to our readers. We have two tickets to the USWNT match against the Korea Republic at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ on June 20. We also have three tickets to the USMNT match against Honduras at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, UT on June 18. How can you win these great seats from our friends at Allstate? Simply answer
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
U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati announced today the hiring of Tom Sermanni as seventh head coach in U.S. Women’s National Team history. Sermanni, 58, comes to U.S. Soccer with 11 years of experience as a head coach in international women’s soccer – all with Australia – a period during which he led the Matildas in three Women’s World Cup tournaments. Sermanni will officially begin his tenure as the WNT head coach on Jan. 1, 2013. U.S. Soccer Women’s Development Director Jill Ellis, who
The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team: An American Success Story by Clemente A. Lisi is one of the latest titles to take advantage of the buzz created by the London Olympics. While other authors focus on the current status of the national team program, Lisi goes back to where it began, where the program became a model for other nations. The U.S. Women’s National Team deserves the attention as they have experienced success on a global level, providing dominance and
ISN had the privilege of speaking with USWNT legend Kristine Lilly, who currently serves as a brand ambassador for Korrio and assistant head coach of the Boston Breakers, about the future of the professional women’s soccer in North America. No one knows the game better than an athlete with 352 caps with the U.S. national team, claiming 2 Olympic gold medals and 2 World Cup championships in the process. 1. What was your initial reaction to the announcement of WPS folding? Well obviously I wasn’t happy
1. I really question the NCAA’s decision to have tournament matches on MLS Cup Sunday. It is hard for a game like Akron v. SMU to get any attention when it starts at 8 pm ET and the MLS Cup coverage starts at 9pm ET. There should be no NCAA soccer matches on MLS Cup Weekend. 2. Somebody at U.S. Soccer needs to push for all national team matches to be televised. Last night’s USWNT match had a record crowd in
The U.S. Women’s National Team drew 1-1 with Canada in front of a boisterous crowd of 16,191 in its first match since its dramatic run to the championship game of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. U.S. forward Abby Wambach buried a penalty kick in the 10th minute while Canadian forward Melissa Tancredi equalized just before halftime. The match marked the fifth for the U.S. WNT in Kansas City, but first in seven years, and first at the spectacular new LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. It was
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With a regular season record of 13-2-3, the Western New York Flash has been crowned Women’s Professional Soccer’s (WPS) 2011 Regular Season Champions. As the winners of the regular-season title, the Flash have earned the right to host the WPS Championship presented by Citi at their home field, Sahlen’s Stadium on Saturday, August 27 at 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT, where they will await the winners of the WPS Super Semifinal. In the closest race for the regular season crown