Pia Sundhage On The USA Womens Soccer Team
On the difficult choices she had to make regarding the roster, particularly with the younger players:
“If you look at all three of them (Rachel Buehler, Tobin Heath and Amy Rodriguez), they each offer something different. It’s good to have some youth players coming with a lot of energy. If you look at Buehler she’s [...]
The Basics Before You Learn Awesome Soccer Moves
When starting out in the game of soccer, before you can learn some really awesome soccer moves, you need to get the basic ones down first. Learning the basics is not hard but as with anything it does take practice. It is vital that you learn the moves laid out below as they will [...]
Kristine Lilly Will Miss Olympics
Forward Kristine Lilly, who captained the U.S. team at the 2007 Women’s World Cup, is pregnant and will not be on the roster for this summer’s Beijing Olympics as part of the USA Womens squad. She of course will miss the competition but has chosen to start a family. All the best to her.
It’s [...]
US Womens Team - Are They Ready?
Caoch Pia Sundhage was asked the difference between this team going into the Olympics undefeated and the U.S. WNT team going undefeated before the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup:
“The difference, I would say it’s hard to explain, but we’ve been talking about being more patient in the attack and being brave playing through the [...]
Briana Scurry Left Off US Olympics Squad
The US women will travel without one of their longtime GKers to this years Beijing Olympic Games as Briana Scurry (veteran of three World Cups’) was left off the team by coach Pia Sundhage. Instead Hope Solo will retain the starting position for the US women.
Sundhage commented on Briana’s reaction to being left off [...]
