Mia Hamm of the United States has been named as ambassador for the 2011 Women’s World Cup Games in Germany. The prestigious honor means that Hamm will be going around the world to represent the games and help promote women’s soccer. She was named world player of the year back in 2001 and has brought home gold medals for the United States for the last two summer Olympic games.
Mia Hamm was an obvious choice for FIFA as she has single handedly brought more attention to soccer as a professional sport in the United States than David Beckham. Despite what people …read more

Kirstina Kiss has announced today that she will be retiring from the Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team today. Kiss began her soccer career in Ottawa, Ontario after being a star player at the Holy Trinity High School. She was the team captain for Canada and helped her team win silver at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo and bronze in 2007 at the Pan American games in Rio de Janairo. She also represented Canada twice at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Games.
There was no reason given for her retirement, at just 28 she’s hardly over her prime. But …read more

The 2011 Women’s World Cup emblem was revealed in it’s host country of Germany yesterday, April 19, 2008. The emblem features an arena circled with the German flag colours. Germany of course is excited to host the biggest women’s soccer event. The German national team won the cup last year with the defeat of Brazil.
“I really like the logo, particularly because it expresses the enormous global development of women’s football and also its strengths, namely enjoyment, energy and elegance, as well as showing that football is something for all of society,” Tatjana Haenni

I’m not sure if I see all of …read more

A former professional soccer player from Sweden has been hired to replace superstar coach Greg Ryan for the U.S. National Soccer Team. Pia Sundhage was hired Tuesday by the association to help take the U.S. women’s soccer team through the 2008 Olympics. Though Greg Ryan had a near flawless coaching career of 45-1-9 he was blamed for the one deciding loss they suffered in the World Cup to Brazil.
Sundhage, who was the assistant for China at the World Cup, has never been a head coach before. Some may see this as a setback for the U.S. national team, but the …read more

Drama in the US is continuing for the women’s national soccer team as they are having trouble replacing their star coach.
The United States Women’s Soccer Team is still suffering from the loss at the World Cup. After Brazil shamed the “The Greatest Team You’ve Never Heard Of,” measures were taken to suspend their head coach. They blamed coach Greg Ryan, who had a 45-1-9 record, for their loss and now they are having problems having him replaced.
Well whatever they do they need to pull their heads out of their a**, get over their loss and be better prepared next time. …read more

FIFA President Sepp Blatter (R) poses with German Football Federation (DFB) Theo Zwanziger after the official unveiling of Germany selected to host the women’s 2011 World Cup 30 October 2007 at the World football’s governing body headquarters in Zurich. Germany, who hosted the 2006 men’s World Cup, was chosen over Canda with three other countries – Peru, Mexico and Australia – earlier withdrawing their candidacies. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI
Germany won the bid today to act as host of the FIFA 2011 Women’s World Cup. The FIFA executive committee had narrowed their final decision down to either Germany or Canada, …read more

Greg Ryan will not be returning as the coach for the United States women’s national soccer team next season, U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati announced Monday.
Team USA were just just a short victory away from clenching the World Cup. But their dream was crushed with a shocking Brazil win. Well, someone needs to take the blame, and right now the interogation light is on coach Greg Ryan.
In a contrevesial decision, Ryan benched star goalkeeper Hope Solo with Brianna Scurry who proceded to let in four goals. The players immediatly blamed Ryan, who defended his decision. His explaination doesn’t seem to …read more