Weekend Women’s Football Fixtures 16th and 17th August 2014
(All Matches are in British UK Time, All Kick-Off’s at 14:00 Unless Stated)
Saturday 16th August
Denmark Women’s Elitedivisionen
BSF 0 – 0 KoldingQ
Team Viborg 0 – 2 OB
Vorup 3 – 0 B93 / HIK / Skjold
Brøndby 4 – 0 Skovbakken
Fortuna Hjørring 5 – 1 Vejle
Japan’s Nadeshiko League
Elfen Sayama 3 – 3 NTV Beleza
JEF United 2 – 0 Vegalta Sendai
Kibi Univ 0 – 7 Yunogo Belle
Norway Women’s Toppserien
Lillestrøm 1 – 4 Røa
Arna-Bjørnar 5 – 0 Vålerenga
Grand Bodø 1 – 1 Medkila
Trondheims-Ørn 2 – 1 Avaldsnes
Amazon Grimstad 1 – 5 Stabæk
Sweden Women’s Damallsvenskan
Piteå 2 – 4 Rosengård
Kristianstad 1 – 1 Eskilstuna United
AIK 0 – 3 Göteborg FC
Jitex 0 – 8 Linköping
Switzerland Women’s Nationalliga A
Luzern 1 – 2 Neunkirch
Staad 1 – 0 Basel
Grasshopper 0 – 2 Yverdon
Young Boys 4 – 0 Rapperswil Jona
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup – Quarter Final
Korea DPR 1 – 1 United States
(Korea DPR win on penalties)
Sunday 17th August
Japan’s Nadeshiko League
Urawa Reds 0 – 1 INAC Kobe Leonessa
Albirex Niigata 0 – 1 Iga Kunoichi
Norway Women’s Toppserien
Klepp 2 – 3 Kolbotn
Switzerland Women’s Nationalliga A
Zürich 7 – 0 St. Gallen
USA National Women’s Soccer League
Washington Spirit 0 – 1 Sky Blue
Chicago Red Stars 3 – 3 Western New York Flash
Portland Thorns 1 – 0 Seattle Reign
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup – Quarter Final
Germany 2 – 0 Canada
Nigeria 4 – 1 New Zealand
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Nadeshiko League August 17
[Week 18] (final week of the first stage)
Urawa Reds 0 – 1 INAC Kobe
Kobe: 52’ Rika Masuya
Attendance: 5,126
Shots: Urawa 13 – 3 Kobe
Corners: Urawa 3 – 1 Kobe
Albirex Niigata 0 – 1 Iga Kunoichi
Iga: 9’ Saki Tsutsumi
Attendance: 881
Shots: Niigata 6 – 3 Iga
Corners: Niigata 5 – 2 Iga
#1 Yunogo: Pts=36, W=11, D=3, L=4, GF=37, GA=25, GD=+12
#2 NTV: Pts=35, W=10, D=5, L=3, GF=36, GA=14, GD=+22
#3 Urawa: Pts=35, W=10, D=5, L=3, GF=30, GA=11, GD=+19
#4 Niigata: Pts=32, W=10, D=2, L=6, GF=30, GA=18, GD=+12
#5 Kobe: Pts=29, W=9, D=2, L=7, GF=33, GA=18, GD=+15
#6 Chiba: Pts=28, W=8, D=4, L=6, GF=27, GA=23, GD=+4
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#7 Sendai: Pts=25, W=7, D=4, L=7, GF=23, GA=17, GD=+6
#8 Saitama: Pts=17, W=5, D=2, L=11, GF=30, GA=47, GD=–17
#9 Iga: Pts=16, W=4, D=4, L=10, GF=24, GA=29, GD=–5
#10 Kibi: Pts=1, W=0, D=1, L=17, GF=11, GA=79, GD=–68
Yunogo Belle wins the First Stage and a berth in the Mobcast Cup. They will start the Second Stage with 6 points. NTV Beleza is the runner-up and will have 5 points to start the Second Stage. Urawa Reds, with 4 points. Niigata, with 3. Kobe, with 2. Chiba, with 1.
Ugggghhhhhh…..
But I still praise the Reds Ladies. Even if they could have won the First Stage by a draw their roster for today is definitely attack-oriented (playing Rie Usui instead of Naoko Wada, for example.) They never aimed at a draw. It is obvious the coach Yasushi Yoshida thinks more of the future of his young players (youngest of the league) than winning only half of the 2014 season.
And I also praise Yunogo Belle. Do not forget their entire squad was reduced to NINE players in January. Who could anticipate this miracle?
Big Thank you to Ken for the great match updates and results throughout the whole Nadeshiko season
Thank you Ken for all the updates.
Urawa Reds were so close to winning the first stage, and with such a young squad. It is all very positive.
Yunogo Belle have showed tremendous resilience after their squad issues at the beginning of the league!
Of course, anything can happen and nothing can be ruled out. Urawa may lose to Kobe and end as the third.
However, in my eyes, it looks INAC is destroying themselves in the last five/six games. We know their supporters keep saying “Wait and see. When Naho and Bev are back….” all time and. finally, the team itself is plagued by the same mindset. “When they are back” kind of mind can easily lead to another mind of justifying their poor performance “before they are back.” Too many INAC supporters just want to forget the current league and have only the next one in sight. Are the team any different?
The Urawa vs. Kobe is 5pm kickoff (8am GMT).
Thank you Ken for the updates
Nadeshiko League August 16
[Week 18] (final week of the first stage)
Elfen Saitama 3 – 3 NTV Beleza
Saitama: 9’ & 59’ Rie Azami, 90’ Kanako Ito
NTV: 40’ Mizuho Sakaguchi, 67’ Yui Hasegawa, 75’ Yuka Momiki
Attendance: 621
Shots: Saitama 7 – 22 NTV
Corners: Saitama 0 – 11 NTV
JEF United Chiba 2 – 0 Vegalta Sendai
Chiba: 31’ Yuka Anzai, 56’ Yuika Sugasawa
Attendance: 1,189
Shots: Chiba 12 – 5 Sendai
Corners: Chiba 4 – 2 Sendai
Chiba won the big game and will play in the upper league. Sendai, in the lower league.
Kibi Univ. 0 – 7 Yunogo Belle
Yunogo: 7’ & 61’ & 64’ Aya Miyama, 22’ & 84’ Manami Nakano, 29’ Saori Arimachi, 32’ Miki Matsuoka
Attendance: 2,999
Shots: Kibi 2 – 19 Yunogo
Corners: Kibi 0 – 2 Yunogo
As of today,
#1 Yunogo: Pts=36, W=11, D=3, L=4, GF=37, GA=25, GD=+12
#2 NTV: Pts=35, W=10, D=5, L=3, GF=36, GA=14, GD=+22
#3 Urawa: Pts=35, W=10, D=5, L=2, GF=30, GA=10, GD+20
and Urawa Reds Ladies will play INAC Kobe tomorrow. Their minimum requirement to win the First Stage is a draw not win (all thanks to the Kanako Ito’s 90’ equalizer against her previous team.)
What a regret Elfen Saitama will compete in the lower league !! Their last five games are all against teams who will be in the upper league. The results are:
Saitama 2 – 1 Niigata
Saitama 4 – 2 Chiba
Saitama 1 – 2 Yunogo
Saitama 1 – 0 Kobe
Saitama 3 – 3 NTV
3 wins, 1 defeat, 1 draw. And they will be joined by the New Zealand international Sarah Gregorius for the Second Stage.