Tag Archive | soccer
NWSL Releases Schedule
The new National Women’s Soccer League has released their schedule for this inaugural season. Games will be played at the following locations: Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kan. Benedictine University Sports Complex (Lisle, I.L.) Yurcak Field (Piscataway, N.J.) Dilboy Stadium (Somerville, M.A.) Maryland SoccerPlex (Boyds, M.D.) Jeld-Wen Field (Portland, O.R.) Sahlen’s Stadium (Rochester, [...]
National Women’s Soccer League Takes Shape
As we mentioned on the blog a few weeks ago, a new women’s soccer league in the United States is being subsidized by the USSF (U.S. Soccer Federation) in the U.S., and the Mexican and Canadian national teams. That league now has a name: the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL.) The league will have the [...]
Women’s Professional Soccer Returning (in Some Form) to the U.S.
Great news today: U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati held a conference call to announce the launch of a new women’s professional league. The league is expected to have 8 teams in cities Seattle W.A., Portland O.R., Chicago I.L., Kansas City M.O., Rochester N.Y., Boston M.A., Piscataway N.J. and Washington, D.C. Teams will play a 22-game season [...]
Olympic Round-Up
As we’ve stated previously, here at Bloomer Girls Blog, we’re obsessed with the Olympics and so excited to get together tonight to watch the (taped) Opening Ceremonies with our friends. So today, for our usual Friday Links, we’re sharing our favorites from posts leading up to the opening of the games. Sporty Style: 7 Inspiring [...]
Saudi Arabia’s Secret Soccer League for Women
File this under badass. Although team sports are illegal for women in Saudi Arabia (which does not have a women’s delegation in the Olympics), an underground league has emerged giving women and girls an opportunity to play. Public Radio International reports: It was a soccer match. One team wore bright yellow T-shirts and navy blue shorts. [...]
Sky Sports Prioritizes League One Final Over FA Women’s Cup PKs
The UK news outlet Birmingham Mail reported Monday on a broadcasting decision by Sky Sports, a large British media company that airs sports content across several channels. The FA Women’s Cup Final was broadcast on Sky Sports 2, and was an exciting match between the Birmingham City Ladies and the Chelsea Ladies. Birmingham City tied the match 2-2 in [...]
Women’s Professional Soccer Folds
Last Friday, Women’s Professional Soccer announced it was officially folding after three years of operation. The announcement seemed all but inevitable, as the league was embroiled in a legal battle with one of its team owners and had already announced it was suspending this year’s season. But still, barf. Inevitability is the consensus around the [...]
Weekend Links Post
As we often do on Fridays, here are some links to articles we’ve found particularly interesting this week: Two updates on the Montana football rape cases we’ve previously discussed here: at Title IX blog, they’re discussing how the Department of Justice has started an investigation into how Missoula, Montana has handled rape and sexual assault [...]
MLS Writer Simon Borg Gets a Red Card
Today we have a guest post from our friend Marie! Marie is crazy about soccer, but would prefer that you refer to it as football. Although Marie is an avid supporter of Clube de Portugal (the Portugal National Football Team), her favorite WAG is Sylvie van der Vaart. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband [...]
