The past week has seen a huge amount of international women’s football. Ben Gilby rounds up the action in detail from Europe, Asia, South America, and North America. Our French editor Jean-Pierre Thiesset provides a special feature on France’s two matches. Above: Carli Lloyd waves to the crowd ahead of her final international appearance forContinue reading “International Round-Up”
Tag Archives: North American Women's Football
One Step Forward, Three Steps Back
Impetus’ North American correspondent, Catherine Paquette details the quite staggering arrangements for this year’s NWSL Championship Final which has been saddled with arguably the least player and fan friendly kick-off time of any major women’s football match ever. All leagues conclude their season with a team as their champion. For the National Women’s Soccer LeagueContinue reading “One Step Forward, Three Steps Back”
Notes From North America
Impetus’ North American Women’s Football expert Catherine Paquette brings us up to date with all the action from the NWSL. Above: Washington Spirit celebrate Ashley Sanchez’s winning goal against Orlando Pride. Photo: Washington Post. The past week in the National Women’s Soccer League was an odd one. Racing Louisville and the Chicago Red Stars participated in the inauguralContinue reading “Notes From North America”
The Women’s Cup: Racing Louisville Mixing With The Big Guns
Racing Louisville started playing in the NWSL this year. The club was built on ambition: the ambition to win, the ambition to raise standards and ultimately the ambition to be the best in the world. This week they welcomed three of the world’s top teams for The Women’s Cup, proving that their ambition can beContinue reading “The Women’s Cup: Racing Louisville Mixing With The Big Guns”
Major International Club Tournaments Kick-Off
by Catherine Paquette Above: Fans gather for The Women’s Cup. Photo: Dash Photography The upcoming week will see two National Women’s Soccer League clubs host two major invitational women’s cups. The first, The Women’s International Champions Cup, will be held in Portland, Oregon to crown the world’s best club. The second, the Women’s Cup, willContinue reading “Major International Club Tournaments Kick-Off”
Notes From North America
Impetus’ North American Women’s Football expert Catherine Paquette brings us up to date with all the action from the NWSL. Above: England star Jodie Taylor who made a big impact for Orlando Pride in the latest round of matches. Photo: Orlando Sentinel. Five National Women’s Soccer League matches were disputed last weekend. As has been the situation forContinue reading “Notes From North America”
Notes From North America
Impetus’ North American Women’s Football expert Catherine Paquette brings us up to date with all the action from the NWSL both on and off the pitch Above: Fifteen year-old Olivia Moultrie, who made her NWSL debut for Portland Thorns last weekend. Photo: Equaliser Soccer. It has been a busy week and a half in the National Women’s SoccerContinue reading “Notes From North America”
Canada Get It Spot On
Sweden 1-1 Canada Canada win 3-2 on Sudden Death Penalties. Above: Canada’s players mob Julia Grosso after she scored the winning penalty in the sudden death shoot out. Photo: Reuters. By Ben Gilby Canada won their first ever major international women’s football competition with victory in an Olympic Gold medal match of quite staggering drama.Continue reading “Canada Get It Spot On”
Sinclair Verses Seger: A Battle of Legends
Catherine Paquette previews tomorrow’s Olympic Games Gold Medal match between Sweden and Canada by examining it through the lens of each nation’s most experienced players before looking at each side’s biggest threats and summarising what they need to do in order to win. Above: Canada celebrate their semi-final win over the USA. Will they be celebratingContinue reading “Sinclair Verses Seger: A Battle of Legends”
The #ImpetusFamily Previews The Olympic Final
Impetus presently sponsor seven players and have a further four content partner clubs at grassroots level. Here, for the first time, each of the players, clubs and our editorial team come together to each predict who will win the Gold medal and who they thought was the best player in Tokyo. Above: Olympic Medals areContinue reading “The #ImpetusFamily Previews The Olympic Final”
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