Women's Soccer United's Blog Posts Tagged '2012' (51)

Abby Wambach wins the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year 2012! 

Abby Wambach was presented her award by team mate Hope Solo and President Sepp Blatter. 

Abby Wambach is a striker for the USWNT, and is currently just six goals behind the US record of 158 international goals, currently held by Mia Hamm. Wambach has reached the final of the FIFA Women's World…

The USWNT 'Fan Tribute Tour' concludes tonight with USA v China PR at the Florida Atlantic University Stadium in Boca Raton, scheduled to kick off at 7pm ET live on the NBC Sports Network.

USA began their 'Fan Tribute Tour' in September 2012, to celebrate winning the Gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics.…

USA will take on China PR in the second leg of a three-game series on Wednesday 12th December at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston at 7:30pm ET.

USA beat China PR 2-0 in the opening match between these two sides, and they will be hoping to continue…

It's been another amazing year for women's football! We have enjoyed sharing every moment with you... But what has been your memorable highlight of 2012?

As we near the end of 2012, we have been looking back at what has been another brilliant year for women's football. It seems the world is finally beginning to realise what we have all been trying to promote for years - the sheer brilliance of the women's…

The first of three matches between USA and China PR in the 'Fan Tribute Tour' will take place this Saturday 8th December at Ford Field in Detroit at 1:30pm ET.

USA head into this match unbeaten in the 'Fan Tribute Tour', their most recent results was a double win against Republic of…

The next stop of the 'Fan Tribute Tour' is the University of Phoenix Stadium; Glendale, Ariz, where the rematch between USWNT and Republic of Ireland will take place on Saturday 1st December 2012 at 7:30pm MT. 

These two teams played against each other on Wednesday 28th November 2012. USA…

The AFC annual awards 2012 took place today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to salute and honour excellence in sport in Asian football.

Recap on all of this…

FIFA have revealed the final nominees for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award 2012 and the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football 2012 in a press conference today attended by FIFA President Joseph Blatter.

The three nominees for FIFA Women's Player of the Year are Abby Wambach (USA), Alex Morgan (USA) and Marta (Brazil)

They were selected from the …

US Soccer have announced the nominations for the Female Athlete of the Year 2012.

The five finalists are Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe and Hope Solo.

Voting is underway, you can register your vote at the official Facebook page of US Soccer. 

Good luck to all the nominees, who do you think deserves to win this award?…

USA play hosts to Republic of Ireland in the first of two international friendly matches on Wednesday as part of their 'Fan Tribute Tour', celebrating their Olympic gold medal win.

The game will take place at the JELD-WEN Field, Portland on Wednesday November 28th at 7pm (local time).

Sue Ronan has…

France have an exciting challenge ahead when they face the FIFA World Rank number 2 team Germany in a international friendly on Thursday 29th November 2012.

Over recent months, France have been a dominating force on the international stage, despite their recent successes they were unable to bring home a medal at the recent Olympics and were held to a draw in…

FIFA have announced the names of players and coaches who have made the shortlists for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year and the FIFA World Coach of the year for women's football for 2012.

The final decision will be made by the captains and head coaches of the women’s national…

USA and Germany meet for the second time in four days at 7:30pm ET on Tuesday 23rd October 2012 as part of the US Fan Tribute Tour.

The match will be broadcast live on the NBC Sports Network.

In their first meeting on Saturday, the game ended 1-1 as Anja Mittag…

Sweden will take on Switzerland in a women's International friendly match on Tuesday 23rd October 2012, in what will be Pia Sundhage's first game as the Swedish women's national team head coach.

Pia Sundhage recently left the US national team after a very successful five years as their head coach to become the head coach of her home country, Sweden. Sundhage has appointed Lilie Persson as her assistant coach…

Netherlands women's national football team will play France at the Jan Louwers Stadium (home of FC Eindhoven), on Wednesday 24th October 2012 at 19:00 CET.

This will be the first international friendly match the Netherlands have competed in since qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2013 Women's…

France women's national football team play hosts to England at the Charlety Stadium in Paris this Saturday 20th October 2012 at 7.50pm BST. 

Bruno Bini named his selection for the French national women's team earlier this month with the surprise absence of Sonia Bompastor.…

USA will take on Germany in the first of two matches at 5:30 p.m. CT on Saturday 20th October 2012, at the home of MLS club Chicago Fire.

The top-ranked US will host FIFA's number 2 ranked team Germany in what promises to be an exciting fixture. The two teams will meet again on 23rd October at 7:30pm ET at Rentschler Field in East Hartford,…

USA will take on Australia Matildas for the second time in the US Fan Tribute Tour on Wednesday 19th September 2012 at 10 pm ET.

These two teams met on Sunday 16th September, in what was an excitingly close game. Australia fielded a very young team including 17 year old…

Thomas Dennerby's last game as the Swedish women's national team coach is against Netherlands in tomorrow's international friendly at the Gamla Ullevi Stadium (15:00 local time).

Swedish captain Nilla Fischer has been ruled out of this fixture because of an injury she picked up in a recent…

The USA Women's National Soccer team will play Australia Westfield Matildas in the second USWNT Fan Tribute Tour match on Sunday 16th September 2012 at 12:30pm PT.

The match will be broadcast live on NBC.

The gold medal winners have met Australia 21 times, their last meeting was at the Peace Queen Cup on 15th June 2008 in Suwon, South Korea, with the US winning 2-1.

This is the…