Beckie’s Brace Takes The Plaudits

Chile 1-2 Canada By Catherine Paquette Pictured above: Janine Beckie, who had a dominant game for Canada. Photo: Getty Images. This match was arguably a must win for both teams.  Chile lost its opening encounter to Team GB while Canada dropped two points late in their game against Japan when the host nation equalized.   Canadian coachContinue reading “Beckie’s Brace Takes The Plaudits”

Olympics Group E Round-Up

Catherine Paquette reviews all the action in Group E at the Olympics and looks ahead to tomorrow’s second round of action in the group. Group E at the Olympic women’s football tournament contains Japan, Canada, Chile and Great Britain. The group got underway with the clash between Great Britain and Chile (pictured above – Ellen White and StephContinue reading “Olympics Group E Round-Up”

Olympics Preview: USA

Impetus’ North American women’s football expert Catherine Paquette details the United States (pictured above by USA Soccer), who are one of the red hot favourites to take the gold medal in Tokyo. Squad News:  The final US Olympic roster was largely unsurprising.  Nearly all players brought to Tokyo were those who had seen the most gameContinue reading “Olympics Preview: USA”

Olympics Preview: Canada

Catherine Paquette provides an in-depth preview of the Canadian national side ahead of the Olympic Games. The squad are pictured above after receiving their bronze medals at Rio 2016 (Picture: Canada Soccer). Squad News:  Canada’s squad announcement did not have many surprises, both in its exclusions or inclusions.  As it has for many years, the CanadiansContinue reading “Olympics Preview: Canada”

Notes From North America

Catherine Paquette casts her expert eye over Round Eight of the NWSL and highlights all the moments that mattered. All ten National Women’s Soccer League matches took place last weekend.  At this point in the summer, all Olympic bound internationals, except two Kiwis who were controversially held back by their clubs, were missing from the starting line-ups. While manyContinue reading “Notes From North America”

Impetus Announces Olympic Games Coverage

With the Women’s Football competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games just a couple of weeks away, Impetus unveils its team of writers for the event and outlines our in-depth coverage of the event. The forthcoming Olympic Games is the first major international women’s football competition since Impetus‘ founding in September 2019. We are delighted toContinue reading “Impetus Announces Olympic Games Coverage”

Notes From North America

Catherine Paquette casts her expert eye over Round Seven of the NWSL and highlights all the moments that mattered. This past NWSL weekend was a foresight, arguably of things to come.  It was the first weekend where some of the internationally selected Olympic players were absent on national team preparation duty.  The remaining Olympians departed thisContinue reading “Notes From North America”

The NWSL – Nine Years Strong

Impetus is delighted to welcome Catherine Paquette, of Her Beautiful Game as our newest writer. Catherine will be producing weekly round ups of the NWSL as well as playing a leading role in our coverage of next season’s FAWSL, international football and many other aspects of women’s football. Here, Catherine gives us all the backgroundContinue reading “The NWSL – Nine Years Strong”