22 days ago by World Cup

Fulham striker Clint Dempsey and Abby Wambach, who helped the Americans reach last year's FIFA Women's World Cup final, were named by US Soccer as 2011 Athletes of the Year.

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118 days ago by Keri McKibbin

We always go on here about the preference towards short intense workouts, rather than long drawn out low quality sessions when it comes to big results. Still though, there seems to be resistance to it, especially when it comes down to time more than anything else, or supposed lack of it!!! A remarkb ...

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193 days ago by Mark Thompson

Roberto Baggio's reaction after his missed PK in the 94' World Cup Final. (c) bigsoccer.com With the Women’s dramatic World Cup loss in penalty kicks, I thought I would reflect on the psychology of taking a penalty kick. While many onlookers see it as an “automatic”, there’s much more to it than sim ...

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206 days ago by Nancy Colasurdo

Years ago after interviewing Michelle Akers – a star of the 1991 and 1999 World Cup championship U.S. teams – I described her as “a mane among ponytails” and I remember thinking what a uniquely feminine image that was on the sports page. At that time, we were transitioning from people frowning upon ...

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207 days ago by nic kon

this article is part of the post titled: ' World's fastest football players' Modern football requires speed and Frank Ribery is one of the representatives of fast running. His top speed reached 9.7m/s (21.7mph, 35.0km/h) in the World Cup Final, not in a random game! He sprinted on counter attack lea ...

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207 days ago by Mark Thompson

USA fans during the World Cup final vs Japan. (c)bksoccer What an emotional rollercoaster the USA Women’s National Team (USWNT) provided us with this past Sunday in the World Cup Final. I had the privilege of watching the game with my entire family; my one sister sitting in the corner of the couch b ...

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207 days ago by annie

I watched most of the final Women’s World Cup game with my Mom and Dad on Sunday when the United States lost to Japan in penalty kicks, after a long, dramatic over time. Over time and penalty kicks that resulted from the U.S. losing its lead twice during regular play. The opportunity was there, but ...

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208 days ago by Carbonated.TV

Twitter makes “fat kid” caught lifting up his shirt after Alex Morgan goal in World Cup final instantly famous for his celebration. See the video of his interesting, shirt-lifting celebration below. The thing we keep asking ourselves about the following video is WHY? MORE

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208 days ago by Ethics Bob

The USA women’s soccer lost to Japan in the World Cup final on penalty kicks, but what a show they put on! It really seemed like watching a game, complete with sportsmanship and good feelings all around. No diving, no faking injuries, lots of smiles, and a helping hand whenever an opposing player wa ...

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208 days ago by john ramey

Talk about reaching critical mass. The Women’s World Cup Final between the U.S. and Japan set a record for most tweets per second about a single event. According to Twitter, the match elicited 7,196 tweets per second. The Paraguay win over Brazil in the Copa America tournament later on Sunday nearly ...

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