All Entries in the "Women's Football" Category
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 [...]