by Tiffany Weimer
Through Twitter, I came across Omolyn Davis’ account with a Tweet saying she was playing in Kazakhstan. With not much known about women’s soccer in the country and she likely being one of the first North Americans to play there, I had to learn more. Check out my interview with the Jamaican international previously of George Mason University as well as magicJack SC of WPS, and Energiya Voronezh of Russia. Read more
As Rachael Caldwell posted last week, tomorrow is the first leg of the quarterfinal round of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. Read more
by Tiffany Weimer
The second part of our season in Denmark’s 3F Ligaen starts next week. We have a long break that spans from the end of November until the end of March. For the most part, aside from the internationals that have a break for the holidays, the teams stay and train together during the “offseason”. This is a different idea than what we have seen in the US professional/semi-professional leagues. The only comparable organization to this system would be the NCAA where teams stay together most of the year. Read more
North Americans are scattered all over Europe and a couple are even in Asia for the 2013 season. See where they all will be playing this season with the ultimate list of players abroad. Read more
by Tiffany Weimer
The game against Scotland went as it should for a first game back. The teams last met in 2002, where the US won 8-2. Since that time, the Scotland Women’s program has gone through changes and there are better systems in place for youth players as well as a more stable and competitive league. (Check out the article in our December Issue dec 2012 scotland). Read more
by Tiffany Weimer
Over the weekend, Americans Danielle Johnson and Jessica McDonald finished their season in Australia on an unfortunate note with a 3-1 loss in the Grand Final to Sydney FC. Johnson played a full 90 minutes while McDonald came out in the 72nd minute. The players are now looking to join teams back in the states as mentioned in my previous post. Read more
by Tiffany Weimer
The big news of the day goes to USWNT midfielder Tobin Heath after she signed for Paris Saint-German (PSG) of the Féminine Division, France’s top league. Heath, allocated to the Portland Thorns in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), is set to finish the season with the club, which ends in June. Read more
by Tiffany Weimer
There are several players I’d personally like to see in the 2013 version of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Read more
by Tiffany Weimer
Germany
Some interesting news came out of Germany this week when FCR 2001 Duisburg announced they were filing for bankruptcy. Currently, there are two Americans on that team, Ashlyn Harris and Elli Reed. Although Harris was recently allocated to the Washington Spirit of the Nationals Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), she was to finish out her season with Duisburg and join the Spirit in late May. Read more
by Tiffany Weimer
Preseason Tournaments
Over the weekend, Weltklasse 2013, an international indoor tournament hosted by “Tus Jöllenbeck” a small club that didn’t participate, took place. Here are all the results from the weekend matches. Throughout the weekend, approximately 2,000 people attended the games. The tournament was dominated by VfL Wolfsburg and Turbine Potsdam, as expected, but ended with a surprising winner: SC 07 Bad Neuenahr. Read more