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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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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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Hot Off The Press at Chicago Red Stars: The WPS Timeline

July 9, 2008

CHICAGO (July 8, 2008) –Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) announced today the details of its player selection process leading into the kickoff of its inaugural season in April 2009. The Chicago Red Stars and all other WPS teams will build their rosters through an allocation of U.S. Women’s National Team stars, a draft of international players, combines, additional League drafts and local team tryouts.

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Seeking LTR in USA – Thoughts on Cubans Abandoning Soccer Team for Personal Freedom

March 28, 2008

The conflict between the Olympic movement’s high ideals and the commercialism or political acts which accompany the Games has been noted since ancient times. But how interesting is it to watch this play out in modern-day soccer? Since the Cubans deserted their national soccer team this week, I’ve done a bit more research [...]

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