All-Encompassing Womens Soccer Thread

[John Price]

I'm on the train back from US Costa Rica,the last send off game before the Paris games start next week. us looked pretty mid. they dominated possession and had dozens of shots on goal but ended up 0-0. Attitudes are not positive at all going into Paris.

 

[John Price]

USWNT head for Paris Olympics with question marks in attack

Caution and context are especially required in send-off games, but another toothless USWNT display is certainly cause for concern for Emma Hayes.

www.espn.com

The landscape has changed drastically since then, as Hayes has regularly reminded the world. The Americans are not the favorites at this Olympics, and a group of Zambia, Germany and Australia will challenge them every step of the way. There have been plenty of signs of progress under Hayes, counting her time overseeing the team from afar in the spring alongside interim coach Twila Kilgore. Hayes pointed to the variety of challenges they have faced recently, from Mexico's individual marking to different defensive blocks.

 

[kingsboy11]

I'd be more concerned with the US if they weren't creating chances, which they created plenty of last night. I'm confident that Swanson, Smith and Rodman can find the back of the net soon. But they have Zambia, Germany and Australia in their group, all of which are miles better than Mexico and Costa Rica. So they got to convert their chances when they get them because Banda, Kundananji, Popp and Kerr will score their chances.



Some good news for the US (and unfortunate news if you're German) is that Oberdorf could be out for Germany.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[kingsboy11]

Lots of autonomy being given to the players this time around. Abolishing the draft and universal trade protection is huge. Curious to see how that's going to unfold over the next coming years.

 

[robertmac43]

Lots of autonomy being given to the players this time around. Abolishing the draft and universal trade protection is huge. Curious to see how that's going to unfold over the next coming years.

Overall happy for the players, they deserved a better deal.

I think this makes the NWSL the firs league in NA to abolish their draft. Kind of cool

 

[John Price]

Happy Trails to Alex Morgan who is pregnant and retiring from soccer

https://x.com/i/web/status/1831709310436700386

 

[kingsboy11]

Happy Trails to Alex Morgan who is pregnant and retiring from soccer

https://x.com/i/web/status/1831709310436700386

I was genuinely sad when I woke up to this this morning. I knew it was coming one day, but I didn't expect it this year and didn't expect her to not finish out the season.

The contributions that she made to sport either on the field or the off the field is immense. 2 World Cups, 1 Gold Medal, 123 international goals. Helping lead the fight for equality, standing up for teammates Mana Shim and Sinead Farrely to help stop the abuse in the NWSL. Her legacy will felt for a long time.

 

[CuuuJooo]

Did anyone watch the Hope Solo documentary on Netflix?

It was. . . a take.

 

[PanniniClaus]

North Korea are in the U20 Final against Japan. I find this absolutely remarkable.. a movie will probably need to be made about it because North Korea have not shown and sign of being at the peak of any sport. To be in an age group final just seems Leicester City or Greece to me.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Just tuning in now to see what the heck is going on here. N Korea up 1-0 near half.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Fresh off a home win over Real Madrid, Chelsea claim an early but crucial 3 points for the WSL title race away at Arsenal. 2-1 off early goals from Mayra Ramirez and Sandy Baltimore.

Getting ready to add another "TO BACK" to my "CHAMPIONS: BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK" Chelsea women's t-shirt.

 

[kingsboy11]

Boston is getting a new NWSL team in 2026 with perhaps the dumbest team name I've ever heard.



Seriously how does this shit ever get approved. Haven't seen 1 person say anything positive about how they're branding it.

Also the video above completely neglects the only other women's professional sports team in town with the Boston Fleet.

 

[robertmac43]

First signing in the Canadian pro league. Seems strange to make it a 6 am Monday announcement haha.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1848304317964365844

 

[gary69]

Swedish team Angelholms must have mixed feelings about how their season went. They drew only three games and won all the other matches, with a goal difference of 78 -0, so didn't concede even a single goal.

But that record was only good enough for 2nd place in the league.

 

[robertmac43]

Great test today for Canada.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Former Fulham women’s captain alleges sexual assault by Mohamed Al Fayed

Ronnie Gibbons, a former captain of Fulham women’s team, has alleged she was sexually assaulted by the club’s late owner Mohamed Al Fayed

www.theguardian.com

 

[John Price]

good get for USWNT

 

[kingsboy11]

good get for USWNT

Massive W for the future of this team

 

[Ben Grimm]

The 50 best women's soccer players in the world, ranked!

Here are the best 50 women's soccer players in the world for 2024, as ranked by an expert panel of coaches, GMs and journalists.

www.espn.com

What do @robertmac43 and the rest of you think of that?

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

The 50 best women's soccer players in the world, ranked!

Here are the best 50 women's soccer players in the world for 2024, as ranked by an expert panel of coaches, GMs and journalists.

www.espn.com

What do @robertmac43 and the rest of you think of that?

Nothing truly bonkers in it, to my eyes (other than the fact that I think it over-punishes players who were injured, we can still reliably say that Sam Kerr is one of the best players in the world). At a glance it feels like it slightly overrates the NWSL and underrates the WSL and UWCL - though that is perhaps a consequence of England's failure to qualify for the Olympics and Spain's disappointment at the Olympics (as, unsurprisingly, ESPN is going to give considerable weight to the NT tournament).

The only two that extremely jump out at me are that Paralluelo seems conspicuously low to me, and Girma conspicuously high.

Erin Cuthbert should be higher, but she's a player who will never get the full recognition she deserves.

 

[robertmac43]

The 50 best women's soccer players in the world, ranked!

Here are the best 50 women's soccer players in the world for 2024, as ranked by an expert panel of coaches, GMs and journalists.

www.espn.com

What do @robertmac43 and the rest of you think of that?

I don't have too many issues with it. I feel like there should be more than 1 Canadian making the list but we have also had a lot of injuries recently and that whole scandal which may have turned people off our program.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

I don't have too many issues with it. I feel like there should be more than 1 Canadian making the list but we have also had a lot of injuries recently and that whole scandal which may have turned people off our program.

Hard to think of who another Canadian on the list would be, tbh. Potentially Buchanan?

 

[robertmac43]

Hard to think of who another Canadian on the list would be, tbh. Potentially Buchanan?

Buchanan and Fleming came to mind, although I don't Fleming has been a standout star for club.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Buchanan and Fleming came to mind, although I don't Fleming has been a standout star for club.

I thought Fleming was fairly quiet at the Olympics, and I don’t pay enough attention to NWSL to know how she’s been doing in Portland. A year ago, she would’ve assuredly been in my top 20.