All Blog Posts Tagged 'Aya' (7)

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…

AFC National Team of the Year - Women

Presented to the women's national team which has performed outstandingly in AFC and/or FIFA Competitions.

AFC Assistant Referee of the Year - Women

This award is…

Homare Sawa has stepped down as the Nadeshiko Japan captain, Aya Miyama takes the captains armband.

Aya Miyama will take over the captaincy of Nadeshiko Japan as the FIFA women's World Champions look to…

AFC Woman Player of the Year

Winner: Aya Miyama (Japan)

"Winning this award is a big surprise for me and I would like to thank all those were involved with me during this wonderful year of football," Miyama said after the joint men and women's AFC…

Nadeshiko Japan trio Homare Sawa, Aya Miyama and Ayumi Kaihori have been nominated as the final three for the AFC Women’s Player of the Year, Asian football’s governing body announced Wednesday.

Sawa, won the honors as the MVP and the top scorer of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in the summer, while Kaihori and Miyama of…

The list of ten female candidates has been drawn up by experts from the Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ as well as by experts from France Football. The list of ten coaches has been drawn up by football experts from the Football Committee, the Technical and Development Committee and the Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup™, as well as by a group of experts from France Football. 



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The Game 1 will be held at Columbus Crew Stadium on May 14 and the Game 2 at Wakemed Soccer Park on May 18.

Squad:

Goalkeepers—Nozomi Yamago (Urawa Reds Ladies), Ayumi Kaihori (INAC Kobe Leonessa)

Defenders—Yukari Kinga (INAC Kobe Leonessa), Kyoko Yano (Urawa Reds…