An exciting weekend in international sports as Beijing gets started. It’s only been just over three days and we’ve already seen some incredible performances. Below are some highlights of what’s happened for the women over the weekend, broken down by sport. I thoroughly enjoy the positive impact that Wikipedia has made on my life, as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Women’s Football’
Women’s Performances in Beijing Thus Far (some highlights)…
Posted in Cycling, Famous Women in Sports, Olympics, Other Sports, Sports Headlines, Sportsmanship, Swimming, Track and Field, Uncategorized, Volleyball, tagged United States, women, Swimming, Women's Football, Women's Soccer, Beijing, Soccer, Darra Torres, China, Summer Olympics, Wikipedia, Leni Larsen Kaurin, Germany, Brazil, archery, South Korea, Chen Xiexia, women's weightlifting, fencing, Mariel Zaguni, Norway, Katerina Emmons, Czech Republic, Olympic record, air rifle, air pistol, Guo Wenjun, Natalia Paderina, Nino Salukvadze, Georgia, Stephanie Rice, women's 400m individual medley, Kristy Coventry, Zimbabwe, Netherlands, Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, Nicole Cooke, Cycling, Guo Jinging, Wu Minxia, women's springboard, judo, Xian Dongmei, Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemsherk, Marleen Veldhuis on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jersey Shore’s Rampone Leads Women’s Soccer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged attacker, back, Basketball, Christie Rampone, defensive back, Monmouth, New Jersey, scholarship, Soccer, striker, Tony DiCicco, USA captain, USA Soccer, Women's Football on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, Christie Rampone, captain of the U.S. Women’s Soccer team, led our country’s finest soccer players to compete in the preliminaries against Norway at 7:45am ET. But back in 1997, Christie Rampone was not the leader of Team USA. In fact, she was a senior at Monmouth University facing a very difficult decision. Before [...]
Women’s Football? Apparently so…
Posted in football, Sports Headlines, tagged H-Town Cyclones, James Henry, Lucretia Gray, National Women's Football Association, North, NWFA, Popper, Roxy Griffin, South, sports blogs, West Michigan Mayhem, Women's Football, women's sports on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a bit of news that you wouldn’t find on any mainstream sports blogs… Claiming the 2008 World Championship of Women’s Football, the H-Town Cyclones beat the West Michigan Mayhem 39-10. This is the first time in history the South has won the Women’s Football championship. Rassin McIntosh took home Offensive MVP (first picture, below) [...]
Soccer, Wambach and 2008 Olympics
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, Soccer, Sports Headlines, tagged 2008 Olympics, Abby Wambach, Coach Sundhage, CONCACAF, goals, Olympics, Team USA, USA Women's Soccer, winning, Women's Football, Women's Soccer, World Cup, world title on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I say “soccer,” that’s really my ignorant American culture coming out. What I meant to say is “football,” as that is the official name for the 2008 competition on the national arena. This could be the year for USA. With a roster packed with a new coach (Sundhage) and a combination of youth and [...]
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