Tag: Anson Dorrance
WOMEN’S SOCCER HISTORY MONTH (Day 19): On top of the world: Akers-Stahl’s late goal gives USWNT title with 2-1 win over Norway (1991)
It was an incredible sight, something U.S. Soccer officials had dreamed about for years.
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ON TOP OF THE WORLD: 30 years ago today, the USWNT captured the 1st Women’s World Cup
It was an incredible sight, something U.S. Soccer officials had dreamed about for years.
Read MoreAKERS-STAHL: The woman with the golden touch (1991)
When she started soccer at the ripe young age of eight in Santa Clara, Calif., Michelle Akers-Stahl found herself stopping goals instead of scoring them.
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MUTED RECEPTION: When the USWNT returned home as world champions
After countless hours of traveling back from the other side of the world, a bunch of travel weary warriors trudged through customs at the International Arrivals Building at JFK Airport Monday, Dec. 2, 1991.
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SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO: Dorrance becomes an advisor to the Spirit
The Washington Spirit announced Friday that University of North Carolina women’s head coach Anson Dorrance will become an advisor to the team owners, investors,and National Women’s Soccer League club.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Nothing can be finer than college soccer in North Carolina
Say what you want about the NCAA – and there’s a lot of things you can say about the organization that isn’t on the flattering side – the decision to hold the men’s and women’s Division I soccer tournaments in North Carolina is a good one.
Read MoreWOMEN’S SOCCER HISTORY MONTH (Day 19): On top of the world: Akers-Stahl’s late goal gives USWNT title with 2-1 win over Norway (1991)
It was an incredible sight, something U.S. Soccer officials had dreamed about for years.
Read MoreWOMAN’S SOCCER HISTORY MONTH (Day 3): The 1993 Concacaf women’s championship: a coach’s ejection and another title
K, it’s time to take the U.S. women’s national team quiz.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH (SPECIAL): Here, there, everywhere: Crystal Dunn arguably is the most versatile player in the world (2019)
Everyone, it seems has a different opinion, as to what is Crystal Dunn’s best position....
Read MoreMUTED RECEPTION: When the 1991 USWNT returned home as champions
After countless hours of traveling back from the other side of the world, a bunch of travel weary warriors trudged through customs at the International Arrivals Building at JFK Airport Monday, Dec. 2, 1991.
Read More27 YEARS AGO TODAY: When the USWNT won the 1993 Concacaf women’s championship on Long Island
OK, it’s time to take the U.S. women’s national team quiz.
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IT HARDLY WAS A FIELD DAY: In 1993, the pitch certainly was not championship caliber
Before her team took on Trinidad & Tobago in the opening match of the Concacaf Women’s Championship on Aug. 4, Canadian coach Sylvie Beliveau made an unusual request of her team at the Town of North Hempstead Park.
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