All Entries in the "Women's Football" Category
Bye bye LA Sol. Hello F.C. Gold Pride
The Women’s Professional Soccer League here in the US is going into its second year, and things are not going nicely for some. LA Sol, last season’s most popular team, got shut down because they could not find any owners to… uh… own the team. Yeah, that bad.
The league had to dispense all LA [...]
Santos wins women’s Libertadores.
If Santos’ fans are not so happy with the men’s team in the Brasileirão, the Santos’ ladies are giving fans total happiness: the team took home on Sunday the title for the women’s Libertadores Cup. This is the first edition of the tournament and Santos brought in big names such and Marta and Cristiane to [...]
Girls Can Also Pick Fights on the Pitch
It seems the evolution of women’s football in Brazil reached another stage. Female footballers can also put on a good and old fight on the pitch. It all happened in the match Cesmac 2 – 1 Sóesporte for the Alagoas state championship. The video is below. And no, don’t expect just hairs being pulled or [...]
Video: Marta Debuts at Santos Like a Rockstar
Wednesday night marked the debut of the best woman footballer at Santos. In a friendly match, her club defeated Comercial from Mato Grosso 10-0, and she scored twice. The most remarkable, however, was how she drove fans crazy, as if she belonged to The Beatles. Even the players of Comercial took pictures with her, as [...]
Photo: Now, Santos Has the King and the Queen
Marta was introduced to Santos fans today. She will be the main name of the side in the women’s version of Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores. She will be on loan for 3 months from Los Angeles Sol. The Copa Libertadores will be from the 4th to the 18th of October. The Copa do [...]
Spain beats South Africa 2 – 0. New Zealand and Iraq are out after a 0 – 0 tie.
Today was a great day for South Africans in Confederations Cup. Despite the 2-0 loss to Spain, the team from Joel Santana has qualified to the semi-finals and should face Brazil (give they end first in their group after tomorrow’s match against Italy).
After a scoreless tie, New Zealand and Iraq are out of the competition. [...]
Marta going to LA. Hooray!
The female version of Pele is joining the Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) league. Marta is leaving Sweden’s Umea and bringing a lot of good football to America. She’s joining Los Angeles Sol (the female equivalent of LA Galaxy), and will be like the Beckham of women’s football. Her contract is good for 3 years and [...]
A thought on women’s football.
I was talking to a friend last week about something that deeply bugs me: Why is women’s football so depreciated? We’ve seen some great matches during the Women’s World Cup in China. Yet, once that was over, the noise was sushed and will only revive in 4 years. That’s bad. It got me thinking into [...]
Unfair. Brazil 0 – 1 USA.
It was unfair. Unfair in so many levels. But we all know football is not fair. Brazil lost the Olympic title to the US today, 1 – 0 on overtime. The Brazilian ladies played with heart, passion and skill. A true portrayal of Brazilian football (something yet to be seen from coach Dunga’s team). Marta [...]
Brazil women’s beat Germany with beautiful football.
Ronaldinho who? I didn’t get to see Pele play. Instead I saw Marta and Cristiane. Today I watched one of the most beautiful football matches of my life. On the pitch were the women’s teams of Brazil and Germany playing for a spot on the Olympic games final. Brazil had never won a single official match [...]
