In what sounded like a wild and woolly second half, Christine Latham and Kristin Luckinbill were major contributors in a nifty 3-1 win for the Boston Breakers.
The Breakers scored first, on a PK by Kelly Smith in the 54th minute after Scurry fouled Hucles in the box.  Lori Lindsey equalized soon after, and Abby had [...]

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JordanCornblog on April 17th, 2009

HollyCornblog probably won’t like this post … but here goes.
First we have an interview with Pia, who talks about the USWNT and her take on the WPS — tough to hear in parts, but interesting.  Looking for someone to step into Kate’s spot … among other things.  (Sounds pretty tepid about Milbrett there at the [...]

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JordanCornblog on August 7th, 2008

Norway 2, USWNT 0. The laments and wailing, the recriminations, the rending of clothes and gnashing of teeth have all begun and will continue until the USWNT plays like they can. Norway did it to us again … or perhaps more accurately, we did it to ourselves. According to many on-line pundits, the US program [...]

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JordanCornblog on July 9th, 2008

In the run-up to the Oly’s it’s interesting to read the analysis being posted about the whole Solo-Scurry-Ryan episode at the 2007 Women’s World Cup. Following on the heels of the SI piece by Grant Wahl, we have commentary from:

Sideline Views – in which Andrea Canales cites Anson Dorrance and the way he tapped into [...]

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JordanCornblog on June 25th, 2008

Yup, that’s six in a row – and 8 out of their last 10. They lost to the Athletics last night 5-2. Anyone who grew up in Philly – or has spent any amount of time there – probably knows the feelings of panic and depression that are beginning to rear their ugly heads right [...]

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