Asa's Blog – September 2011 Archive (55)

Defending champion Brazil will open the women's tournament with their match against Argentina, while Canada will play Costa Rica, Mexico will play Chile and Trinidad & Tobago will play Colombia.

Mexico again tops Group A, along with Colombia, Trinidad and Chile, while Group B consists of Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Costa…

Saturday 1^st October

UEFA U17 Championship Women

Denmark U17 13: 30 Serbia U17

Greece U17 13: 30 Turkey U17

Finland - Naistenliiga

Honka 11: 00 Åland United

Nice Futis 13: 00 HJK

PK-35 13: 00 United Pietarsaari

TPS 13:…

Tuesday 27th September

UEFA Women's Champions League

Standard Liège 0 - 2 Brøndby

ASA Tel Aviv 0 - 2  Sassari Torres

Wednesday 28^th September

UEFA Women's…

Scotland - SWPL

Rangers 7 - 1 Kilmarnock

Scotland - SWFL

Troon 2 - 5 Cowdenbeath

Glasgow City II 0 - 8Aberdeen

Wishaw 1 - 10 Hibernian II

Scotland - SWF Scottish Cup

Hibernian 3 - 1 Spartans

Celtic II 1 - 0 Raith Rovers

Celtic 4 - 3 Toryglen

Glasgow City 4 - 1 Forfar Farmington

Glasgow,Hibernian,Celtic11,Celtic all progress into the…

Spain - Superliga

Real Sociedad 1 - 3 Athletic Club

Valencia 0 – 4 Espanyol

L'Estartit 2 - 0 Reocín

Llanos Olivenza 0 – 2 Sporting de Huelva

Prainsa Zaragoza 7 – 1 Collerense

Málaga 3 – 2 San Gabriel

Barcelona 3 – 2 Rayo Vallecano

FVPR El Olivo 1 – 1 Levante

Atletico Madrid 3 – 1 Lagunak

 …

Switzerland - Swiss Women's Cup 

Zollikofen 0 – 1 Yverdon

Sion 0 – 12 Basel

Münsterlingen 1 – 3 Malters

Rapid Lugano 0 – 1 Schwyz

Neunkirch 1 – 2 Kriens

Therwil 4 – 0 Femina Kicker

Rot-Schwarz 0 – 5 Aarau

Stade Nyonnais 1 – 8 Young Boys

Kirchberg 2 – 7 Staad

Gossau 3 - 1 Bülach

Schlieren 1 - 0 Grasshopper

Luzern 1 - 8 Zürich

Zuchwil…

PK-35 Vantaa grabbed a club history, the first Finnish Cup championship finals by pouring the lynx numbers 2-0 (1-0). Vantaa kinds of paints, Seppälä said Jenae and Emma Kete.

Deserved victory

PK-35 started the match mightily, and it went into a Lynx ensiminuutista onwards towards the finish. The first direct hit else is waiting for the five minutes. The angle of the situation in…

Saturday September 24^th 2011

Finland - SM Suomen Cup

PK-35 2 - 0 Ilves

France - Feminine Division 1

Stade Briochin 2 - 1 Rodez

Germany - Frauen Bundesliga

Freiburg 0 - 6  FCR Duisburg

Switzerland - Schweizer Pokal…

The USA remain top of the FIFA / Coca Cola Women's World Rankings

The top 20 as of September 23rd 2011

Ranking -Team -Points

1 USA 2151

2 Germany 2146

3 Brazil 2121

4 Japan 2106

5 Sweden 2085

6 England 1985

 …

USA 3– 0 Canada

A sell-out crowd of 18,570 came to watch the game.

Goals From:

Abby Wambach 63’ 70’ (USA)

Alex Morgan 90+2’ (USA)

The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Canada 3-0 with Abby Wambach scoring a pair of second half goals in front of an electric near sell-out crowd of 18,570 in the second match of the…

Arsenal and Birmingham will renew a season long battle in the final of the Continental Cup; Arsenal stalked Birmingham for most of the regular season and with just games to go leapfrogged them to take the first FA WSL title.

Now the two teams will go head to head once again at Burton Albion on Sunday 25th September 2011with Arsenal looking to seal a remarkable treble, while…

As part of the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year event we will once again be looking for some very special people who work in sport.

It's our 2011 BBC Sports Unsung Hero awards.

Do you know someone who helps others take part in sport within your community?

Someone who goes that extra mile to make a difference?

If so, why not nominate them for a BBC's Sports Unsung Hero award?

The awards have…

Goalkeeper Nadine Angerer has been determined by DFB coach Silvia Neid as the new captain of the women's national team. The 102-times national team will take over from Birgit Prinz, who resigned after the World Cup in the summer. For the first time the World and European Champion on Saturday (from 15.45 clock, live on ARD) carry the European Championship qualifying match of the DFB team against Switzerland in Augsburg at the captain's armband on his…

Monday September 19th

UEFA U-19 Championship 1ST Qualifying Round (Times in CET)

GROUP 1

Norway 7 - 1  Croatia (Georgi Benkovski Stadium, Tetven, 4)

Bulgaria 0 - 3  Netherlands (Lokomotiv Stadium, Mezdra, 4)

GROUP 2

Israel 1 - 5  Republic of Ireland (Stadium De Anadia, 5)

Hungary 3 - 3  Portugal (Dr. Américo Couto Stadium, Mealhada,…

The Americans played in a different formation than the Women’s World Cup, lining up in a 4-2-3-1, with Carli Lloyd, Lauren Cheney and Megan Rapinoe in the center midfield. Heather O’Reilly was in her usual position at right midfield, with Amy Rodriguez at left midfield and Abby Wambach as the lone striker. 

The back four was the same as fans saw in Germany with Christie Rampone and Rachel Buehler in the…

A second-half Linda Sällström goal saw Scotland slip to a narrow defeat against Finland in the first game of an international challenge match double-header.



With Glasgow City captain Rachel Corsie missing from the centre of defence, Rachael Small stepped in to partner Ifeoma Dieke, and Scotland initially coped well with Finland's long-ball tactics.



But after an even first half, Sällström broke…

Sunday 18^th

England - Combination - Midlands

Curzon Ashton 14: 00 Northampton Town

Dudley United 14: 00 Loughborough Students

England - Combination - Northern

Huddersfield…

USA 1– 1 Canada

Goals From:

Abby Wambach 10’ (USA)

Melissa Tancredi 42’ (Canada)

Photos: AP

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:…

The All Africa Games women soccer favorites, Ghana,hit a brick wall when they played against a robust Cameroonian team at the Estadio Nacional in Maputo. With the Ghanaians looking more like the dominant side, they pressed for early goals with beautifully strung passes with pin point accuracy but their efforts failed to pay off as the resolute Cameroonian defense will not cave in under pressure.

The game became a ding-dong battle with both sides probing for…

Ghana will play Cameroon in the All Africa Games' women's final on Saturday in the Mozambican capital Maputo. On Wednesday; the Black Princesses beat Algeria 3-0 in their semi-final.

Elizabeth Cudjoe grabbed a brace while captain Mercy Myles also netted. Ghana are enjoying a fine tournament, having gone unbeaten in their four matches. Saturday’s final will be played at the…