May 2012 Blog Posts (61)

Canada women's national team will play China tonight (30th May 2012) in an international friendly match at Stade Moncton Stadium in Moncton, (kickoff 20.00 local).

Tonight's match will be the first Canadian match to be staged at the Stade Moncton 2010 Stadium and will allow the Canadian Soccer Association to share its 100th anniversary with the soccer community in Atlantic Canada.

This year…

Photo / Newcastle United Women's Presentation Night & Civic Reception At The Mansion House In Newcastle With The Lord Mayor Councillor Jackie Slesenger..

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger !

It’s true – Newcastle United Women’s Football Club are living proof of that statement…

Monday 28th May

Germany - Frauen Bundesliga

Essen-Schönebeck 1 - 1 Wolfsburg (13:00)

USV Jena 3 - 0 Freiburg (13:00)

Bad Neuenahr 0 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen (13:00)

Bayern München 4 - 1 Hamburger SV (13:00)

Turbine Potsdam 8 - 0 Lokomotive Leipzig (13:00)

FFC Frankfurt 5 - 3 FCR Duisburg (13:00)

Iceland - Úrvalsdeild…

USA 4 – 1 China

Goals From:

Zhang Rui 23’ (China)

Alex Morgan 34’ 50’ (USA)

36’ (own goal)

Abby Wambach 83’ (USA)

The U.S. Women’s National Team fell behind early but roared back to score four unanswered goals to defeat China 4-1 in the second-to-last domestic match before the team leaves…

Canada's roster for the upcoming International friendly in Moncton against China PR on 30th May 2012 at 20:00 (local time) has been announced.

The match will serve as part of…

Switzerland 1 - 0 Ireland Republic

Goals From:

Ramona Bachmann 48’ (Switzerland)

Scotland 1 - 4 Sweden

Goals From:

Lotta Schelin 13’ 22’ (Sweden)

Kim Little 45+1’ (Scotland)

Sofia Jakobsson 52’ 62’ (Sweden)

Austria 5 - 0 Serbia

Goals From:

Cornelia Haas 7’…

England – FA Cup

Birmingham 2 – 2 Chelsea (after extra time)

(Birmingham win 3 – 2 on penalties)

Goals From:

Helen Lander 70’ (Chelsea)

Rachel Williams 90+1’ (Birmingham)

Kate Longhurst 101’ (Chelsea)

Karen Carney 112’ (Birmingham)

Attendance:…

Scotland women's national team play hosts to Sweden today in a women's International Challenge match at Stark’s Park, Kirkcaldy.

Scotland are preparing for their upcoming Euro 2013 qualifier against Israel at Tynecastle on Saturday 16 June 2012. Sweden are getting lots of game play before the…

Women's Super League teams Birmingham City Ladies and Chelsea Ladies will compete for the FA Women's Cup on Saturday 26th May 2012.

The winning club will receive a £5000 prize fund from The FA.

The Cup Final will be broadcast live on Sky Sports 2 at 12:15pm (local time) on Saturday 26th May 2012. 

TEAM…

Saturday football 26th May

England – Women’s FA Cup Final

Birmingham 2 - 2 Chelsea (AET)

(Birmingham Win 3-2 on penalties)

Denmark – Elitedivisionen Championship Play-Offs

Brøndby 1 - 1 Skovbakken (12:00)

Fortuna Hjorring 3 - 2 BSF…

The penultimate stage of preparation for the London Olympics in 2012 of Brazil-WNT will take place 4-29 June at the Granja Comary. Then, before traveling to London, the women's delegation has a commitment: Women's Soccer Tournament, in Switzerland in 2012.



The competition will take place 8-17 July in Savièse, Switzerland. Brazil, New Zealand, Canada and Russia will…

Yesterday’s training session for the USA consisted of a 90-minute behind closed-door’s training match against China, both teams will meet again for the main game on May 27th at PPL Park in Chester, Pa.,more than 15,300 tickets have now been sold for the this match, it should be a great atmosphere.

Goals from:

 Abby Wambach 9’ (USA)

Heather O'Reilly 75’ (USA)…

Banyana Banyana midfielder Kylie-Ann Louw has been honoured as the Southland Conference League Female Athlete of the Year for a third consecutive season. Louw now holds the record for being the first player in history to win the award for the third successive year.

To add to her achievements, Louw scooped up two more awards – Soccer’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Athlete Scholar of the Year for excelling on the field as well as in the classroom.

Louw…


The US Women's National Team will host China on 27th May 2012 at 7pm (ET) in an International friendly match.


The match will serve as preparation for the
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Tuesday 22nd May

Sweden – Damallsvenskan

Göteborg FC 6 - 0 Linkoping (18:20)

Iceland - Úrvalsdeild Women

Selfoss 2 - 1 FH (20:15)

Wednesday 23rd…

Finland – Naisten Iiiga

Aland United 8 - 0 ONS

Goals From:

Engman 15’ 30’ 45’ 71’ (Aland United)

Makoski 16’ (Aland United)

Ruotsalainen 57’ 63’ 90’ (Aland United)

Kokkola F10 3 - 0 llves

Goals From:

Okonkwo 1’…

Austria - OFB Frauenliga

Sudburgenland 1 - 3 Neulengbach

LUV Graz 4 - 5 Wacker Innsbruck

Ardagger /Neustadtl 0 - 2 Spratzern

USC Landhaus 4 - 1 Union Kleinmünchen

FC Bergheim 1 - 1 Neu Veit/Glan …

Two down...

One to go...

To probably 90% of the individuals who pay attention to women's soccer in the United States, the discussion of the end of the WPS [Women's Professional Soccer] may have came to a surprise to...no one.

With a league in legal battles with a former owner, teams folding left and right over the years, and a 'national' league only existing along the east coast; it was only time before this program was pulled from life support.

That time was this…

Belgium - 1e Nationale

Club Brugge 0 - 3 Zulte-Waregem

Standard Liège 5 - 0 OH Leuven 

White Star Woluwé 0 - 2 Beerschot AD

Eva's Tienen 3 - 0…

Swede Signeul's home nation finished third in last year's Women's World Cup, and will provide a tough test ahead of Scotland's Euro 2013 qualifier against Israel at Tynecastle on Saturday 16 June.

The Scottish FA East Region has organised supporter’s buses to Stark's Park from the following locations:

Ethiebeaton Park, Monifeith 

Lynch Sports Centre, Dundee…