Kevin W. Parker's Page

"Ran across this summary shortly after I made my comment: http://www.bigsoccer.com/community/threads/week-1-pre-in-post-game-discussion.1985722/page-3#post-27604543 Assuming it's accurate, it confirms what I heard."

"Would it be possible to add a note about the field surface, i.e., whether it's grass or artificial turf? Someone's claimed that only Sky Blue and Washington will be playing on grass this year. Is that true?"

"The lurid pink jersey belongs to Western New York, not Washington. But I wish we did have something that colorful - I'm hoping they'll be more creative next year when there's more time to be so."

"US-Germany is at 1 pm Eastern Standard Time  (US east coast), 5 pm local time in Portugal. Kevin "

"Is it just me or does it cut out before the final goal?"

"None of the games I attended last year were at Albufeira, but this wouldn't have been a problem at any of the other stadiums. For one of the matches, I actually drove right  past the team bus right as Hope Solo was getting off! "

"Do you have any way of getting hold of the team's press officer? That's how I got into the USWNT's practice, by contacting their press officer and telling him I was covering the event for a soccer blog. "

"The USWNT has come into (deserved, I think) criticism over the years for focusing too much on winning as many games as possible and too little on developing younger players. Now would be the ideal time to take a young team to a significant…"

"They weren't last year. I got in to one practice because I had a media pass. "

"From the look of today's US Soccer video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-0P5_8Awq8&feature=youtu.be ), they were back at Estadio da Nora in Ferreiras, where they did their practices last year.  "

"Here's a photo from their first training session (posted by @USWNT on Twitter): http://instagram.com/p/WNBedmFu7r/"

"Last year they trained at the stadium in Ferreiras, but the practices were closed - I only got in because I had a media pass. They posted a photo on Twitter of their training the other day, and it wasn't Ferreiras, but I couldn't tell…"

"I had mixed success connecting from the stadiums - Lagos was great, Estadio Algarve was good once I hacked their password (:D), Bela Vista unfortunately was terrible. But I was always able to connect from my hotel and post my writeups from…"

"Google Translate can handle your blog (more or less), so it's not essential to do an English version. I look forward to reading either rendition. "

"Hi, Maryam, The Municipal Stadium is actually really easy to get to because it's on the edge of town right next to the road you'd take to get there. Here's directions from…"