Wambach Talks Broken Noses
by tedski
Victory Celebrations
by Hoover Dam
I like to picture the entire WNT getting completely hammered and spending the whole night drunk dialing Greg Ryan.
Dodge Journey Ad
by tedski
I just caught this ad featuring the Distaff Nats:
Nice, but my question for Abby is, who is the goal keeper?
Sore subject
by Hoover Dam
Am I the only one who finds it disappointing when WNTers change their names upon marriage?
Cribbed From Elsewhere
by Hoover Dam
Ryan : 2007 WWC :: Little : 2003 ALCS
Just painful. Possibly more so than Nuremberg last year.
Losing Hope?
by tedski
This morning, word got out that Hope Solo would not be starting in goal in the semi-final against Brazil tommorrow. Instead, the team will be turning to veteran and World Cup ring holder Brianna Scurry.
Scurry, as has been pointed out by others, has faced and beaten Brazil on twelve previous occasions, and has dealt with Brazil phenom Marta.
That’s all well and good, but what does this do for team chemistry? They have gotten there with Solo in the goal. What sort of signal is this from their coach?
I heard it said by the commentators during the game this morning that the players know that they are a team and the coach decides who is in and who is out. Yeah, except Greg Ryan has been reluctant to sub anyone (even when Abby Wambach has looked hobbled near the end of matches), so him messing with line-ups is very unusual.
Is something else going on here?
Leave Brandi Alone!
by tedski
After Trinne Ronning’s own goal today, Tony DiCicco once again brought up Brandi Chastain’s own goal for Germany in the 1999 World Cup. Come on Tony! She also scored the equalizer in that game and, I know it’s hard to remember because no one talks about it, the winning penalty kick in the final. I think she’s made up for it, doncha?
What, is Chastain now the Mike Burns of the Women’s National Team?