Women's Soccer United's Blog – July 2011 Archive (7)

USWNT to play the Football Ferns in two International friendlies

According to a New Zealand paper the Football Ferns are planning to take on the World's top ranked women's soccer team in September as part of their preparations for the London 2012 Olympics.

The article reports, the two countries are currently in negotiations and…

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Added by Women's Soccer United on July 27, 2011 at 12:00 — No Comments

1st Annual Soccer For The Cure: August 5th-6th, 2011

Jonathan Stein has come up with a great fundraising idea 'Soccer for the Cure' to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. Jonathan is trying for the World's longest pick up soccer game.

Jonathan has always had an involvement in soccer, whilst he…

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Added by Women's Soccer United on July 25, 2011 at 16:00 — No Comments

Brazil Women's Football Team Wins Gold At The Military World Games 2011

Brazil won the Gold today in the women's football event beating Germany 5-0 in the Final and completing an unbeaten run.

A good crowd gathered at San Gennaro to watch both the match for third place and the final. Holland and France were playing for the bronze in the earlier fixture of the day. It was France who dominated the game and had two good efforts denied by the post. These missed chances were to prove…

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Added by Women's Soccer United on July 24, 2011 at 22:30 — 1 Comment

England Women's Under 19 Training Camp Squad Announced

Image: The FA

The England women under 19 squad has been announced to take part in a five-day training camp in Loughborough this August.

The five-day camp will take place from Sunday 7th until Thursday 11th August, at Welbeck College, Loughborough.

England Under 19…

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Added by Women's Soccer United on July 22, 2011 at 13:49 — No Comments

USA remain top of the Women's FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings. View the latest edition, 22nd July 2011

USA remain top of the women's World Rankings after the updated list was released today. The recent women's World Cup in Germany has made an impact on the latest edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola women's World rankings.

Although there have been changes in the points in the top five, there have not been any movers. The women's World Cup finalists USA remain at the top, still followed by Germany (who were knocked out at…

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Added by Women's Soccer United on July 22, 2011 at 11:30 — 1 Comment

5th CISM Military World Games, Women's Football Event - Rio 2011

The 2011 Military World Games have officially kicked off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Military World Games will take place from July 15-24th 2011.

This will be the largest military sports event ever held in Brazil.

There are approximately 4,900 athletes from 108…

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Added by Women's Soccer United on July 16, 2011 at 21:30 — 2 Comments

24 Hour Charity Football Match

The 24 Hour Charity Football Match is to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care, they do an amazing job and they need all the support we can give them. On the day there will be ex-pro's, celebrities and some extra special guests coming down during the 24 hours to play, watch and support the event.

The concept of the match is simple - 2 teams…