From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Chicago Fire’s Section 8 Helps Form Red Stars Supporters Group

August 22, 2008

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Section 8 faithful Tom Dunmore shows his support for the Red Stars.
The guys and gals in the Chicago Fire Supporter’s organization, Section 8, have taken a HUGE initiative here in Chicago:

Part in parcel with the enthusiasm [...]

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News Video From The ‘Golden Globe’ Pub Olympic Viewing Party

August 22, 2008

USA soccer fans gathered at the Globe Pub in Chicago to watch the Olympic team defeat Brazil for the Gold Medal! The breakfast was sponsored by the Chicago Red Stars.

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Competitive And Competing Women’s Professional Soccer Leagues Will Help Develop The Global Game

August 20, 2008

This post was written in response to a Guardian.co.uk article published on August 18th titled, “New US league targeting our players, Arsenal warn.” I believe that the advent of Women’s Professional Soccer here in America, which sets as its mission to be “the global standard by which all leagues around the world are measured,” will do more to encourage women’s leagues, teams and players than anything else the world over.

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Pirate Day at the Chicago Red Stars Office

August 15, 2008

Emma Hayes and Peter Wilt arrived back from their respective travels yesterday, so we put together a serious office party to celebrate.

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How Did The Germans Get So Darn Good At Soccer?

August 11, 2008

Emma Hayes, the Head Coach of the Chicago Red Stars, is in China at the Olympic Games. Today, she blogged about the growing parity among teams at the world level. This post is my response to that blog. Here, I will look at the growth of women’s world soccer, the German development of the game in their home country, and what this means to the American market.

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Quote from Red Stars Head Coach Emma Hayes about WPS

August 11, 2008

Emma Hayes is in China to watch the Olympic Games. She says, “Unlike economies of this world where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, the Women’s game is developing at a rate where teams are getting closer to each other with every passing year.” She delivers a strong quote about the future of the US soccer program in this post.

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08.08.08. The Global Growth of Women’s Soccer from China 1991 to Today

August 8, 2008

Today is the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, so I thought it would be fun to visit the history of women’s soccer – China is where it all (technically) began back in 1991. This post references two documents, please take a moment to download them. They’re worth the read :-)

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Olympic Women’s Soccer Post-Game Quotes

August 6, 2008

I’ve compiled FIFA’s official post-game quotes here.

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Beijing Now. WPS Next. Women’s Pro Soccer Video.

August 4, 2008

This is a video clip of several of the USWNT players voicing the message of “Beijing Now. WPS Next.”

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Pics of Barcelona Training Tonight at Toyota Park, Home of the Chicago Red Stars

August 1, 2008

Tonight we hosted a quaint and friendly group in the Chicago Red Stars suite for the FC Barcelona training session at Toyota Park. Barcelona was preparing to play Chivas on Sunday at Soldier Field.

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