Tasha scored in the 90th minute – on what sounds like an absolutely brilliant goal (assist from Rampone). This pulls out the 1-0 win for the USWNT who continue undefeated in the 2009 Algarve. Hope somebody posts video of this goal soon – it sounds like a stunner!
“A spectacular late goal from substitute Natasha Kai [...]
First off, our friend Alice (who suffers good-humoredly my unrelenting pressure to become a JordanCornblog contributor) is off to tour Florence today. Happy travels, Alice!
Happily, she will not have to leave before the USWNT faces Iceland in their second game at the Algarve. She (and the rest of us) will be able to follow it [...]
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Phew – I feel like it’s been a long time since I sat down with some good strong coffee and just caught up here.
There’s lots of news in the soccer world as the WPS season kick-off is just weeks away! March 29th, to be exact. (I should probably think about taking a day or two [...]
Michael Phelps broke Mark Spitz’ gold medal record last night -an amazing feat, indeed. I don’t know about you, but I find such milestones diminished by the hype … the marketing … the hoopla … the commentary. The events and the raw footage about the events is enough. The look on Michael Phelps’ face (or [...]
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First (from The Writer’s Almanac), a wonderful poem by Marge Piercy to start your day with something introspective – before diving into the usual sports-centric deluge! This poem runs along the thought-path I was pursuing last night just before sleep. Guess it may be time to get reacquainted with myself … as soon as the [...]
Wow, wow, wow. Even the Phillies’ loss has not dampened my amazement and feeling of great good fortune. The USWNT is through to the quarterfinals (not too surprising) and has won their group (pretty darn surprising) and is starting to score some goals (excellent news). To date, five different people have scored, and I’m hoping [...]
HollyCornblog has sent me a couple of photos of her growing hops (remember that huge hop trellis?). They’re looking nice and healthy, don’t you think?
(It’s also very important that I get HollyCornblog’s name in here more frequently – because with the Olympics underway, Pia is appearing all the time – and that pisses HollyCornblog off!)
So [...]
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I’m back from my quick road trip … which was very successful and included a drive through the Delaware Water Gap region – an area I haven’t visited in years. It was quite beautiful – more so than I remembered (from driving through in my childhood). Much of it has been reclaimed as park land [...]
Even as we celebrate women athletes heading to Beijing to compete in the Olympics, it must be sadly noted that domestic violence and deaths of US women at the hands of those “closest” to them is on the rise. With the blindly bullheaded Bush steering our ship, we arrogantly export “democracy” and tout “family values” [...]
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In a game featuring lots of possession, lots of tough tackles, and lots to build on, the USWNT prevailed over Brazil, again by a 1-0 score. Unfortunately, they lost stalwart forward Abby Wambach who went down after a first half collision and, as it turns out, broke two bones in her leg. She’s gone for [...]
The USWNT defeated Norway 4-0 yesterday in Fredrikstad, and Abby Wambach scored her 99th career goal! Next up is Sweden on July 5th. Interestingly, the US had not defeated Norway in Norway before – losing and tying their two previous matches there. The Norwegians must love it that the USWNT’s first win on their home [...]
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This is an awesome article about the new firebrand on the soccer block … Natasha Kai. After a rocky start, Pia is pleased … and when Pia’s pleased, I do believe that we all are.
(All of us, that is, with the exception of HollyCornblog, of course … who is going to have a very tough [...]
Here’s a feel good piece if I’ve ever seen one! It’s about a Bush-McCain Fundraiser that had to be scaled back due to poor ticket sales.
But enough about the guys. Nothing about HollyCornblog today … sorry. But Hillary is doing a pretty okay job of explaining her very, very unfortunate remarks about Bobby Kennedy’s assassination [...]
Fair Game Magazine has, in this issue, a nice article about the recent documentary featuring the German Women’s National Team. Apparently the documentary has had English subtitles added .. and is available on You-Tube in multiple segments. Cool.
It’s been confirmed that the USWNT will play Brazil twice in July … and BOTH GAMES WILL
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The USWNT faces Canada tonight for the CONCACAF Qualifying Championship. Game time is 7:30 PM MT and it looks like MatchTracker is again the only venue for following the match. No, I take that back. It looks like you might be able to subscribe to the live feed via JustinTV. Check it out!
And while you’re [...]
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No, these two facts are not related. Yes, the USWNT won their Olympic qualifying match 3-0 against Costa Rica. All of the goals involved Natasha Kai and all were scored in the second half, as Costa Rica successfully bunkered in for the entire first half and then some. The US adjusted, though, taking it to [...]
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The US women defeated Mexico 3-1 on first half goals by Natasha Kai (2) and Abby Wambach (1). Check back for details once US Soccer shares something! Mexico scored their goal in the first half, too … and it sounds like the US dominated the second half, but there was no more scoring. [...]
So here’s what I know: After a scoreless first half, Natasha Kai opened the floodgates, scoring on a poor play by the Norwegian goalie. Unfortunately, the Fed’s MatchTracker was down for most of the second half … but below is information transcribed from MatchTracker by a BigSoccer dude (after the match). And before you head to the game [...]
