2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

[gettlemanjack]

NBC:

Japan (ranked #4 by FIFA) is the reigning World Cup champion. Japan is one of the truly realistic favorites to win this World Cup ... Japan midfielder Homare Sawa seeks to become the first player (men or women) to play in six World Cups. ... Sawa captained Japan’s 2011 triumph and won the Golden Ball and Golden Boot.

http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/womens-soccer/womens-world-cup-100-things-know

[gettlemanjack]

NBC:

-The Dutch are the dark horses of the tournament ... Their star player is 18-year-old Vivianne Miedema (of Bayern Munich), who tied a European qualifying record with 16 goals.

http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/womens-soccer/womens-world-cup-100-things-know

[gettlemanjack]

NBC:

-If you don’t know Marta, you should. She is the female Pele,

without the World Cup titles. She is the five-time FIFA World Player

of the Year (she justed finshed #2 in the 2014 Women's World Player of the Year vote)... Brazil has long been a sleeping giant...and Brazil just spent big to house the team in an 18-month residency camp ahead of the World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

...

Men’s teams are known for having “base camps” at the World Cup, a place they call home for (they hope) over 30 days, even if that place is far from their matches. But the U.S. women, at least, will not have a base camp in 2015, instead choosing to travel to game destinations as they come.

http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/womens-soccer/womens-world-cup-100-things-know

[Ja Rhule]

After I seen Hopo Solo pussy, I won't be able to look at her the same. That thing looks like someone fuged her with a baseball bet,

[PandaPancake]

But did you see her pussy with the googly eyes?

[gettlemanjack]

NBC:

-Colombia features 21-year-old Yoreli Rincon, who has been referred to generously as ‘the next Marta.’

http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/womens-soccer/womens-world-cup-100-things-know

[gettlemanjack]

NBC:

-Failures of the 2014 World Cup aside, Spain’s men’s national team has been known over the past decade as one of the best teams in the world. This is the first time Spain’s women’s national team will play at the World Cup; coach Ignacio Quereda has held his job since 1988. Spain features one of the best players in the world – attacking playmaker Verónica "Vero" Boquete. (she finished #8 in the 2014 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year voting)

http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/womens-soccer/womens-world-cup-100-things-know

[Ja Rhule]

But did you see her pussy with the googly eyes?

No! What does it looks like?

[gettlemanjack]

NBC:

-Canada is home to the player who looks like the wunderkind of this generation: 17-year-old Jessie Fleming (who has verbally committed to play college soccer at UCLA). She is the player Canada will build around for the future, but whether or not she is ready for the big stage right now could determine Canada’s fate.

http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/womens-soccer/womens-world-cup-100-things-know

[gettlemanjack]

[gettlemanjack]

NBC:

-(Canada team captain and all-time leading goal scorer) Christine Sinclair (age 31) has an argument as Canada’s greatest athlete in history. She is only 5 goals from tying Mia Hamm as the second-best scorer in the history of soccer, behind only Abby Wambach.

[gettlemanjack]

CBC Sports:

Jessie Fleming: The next Christine Sinclair?

The combination of star Christine Sinclair and rookie Jessie Fleming represents the present and future of Canadian soccer

...

So who is Jessie Fleming?

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She was captain of Canada’s team that captured a silver medal at the 2013 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship.

Fleming was part of two World Cup teams — U17 and U20 — that both reached the quarter-finals in 2014.

She was also voted Canada’s top female soccer player under the age of 17 in 2014 by national team coaches, along with Canadian clubs and coaches.

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CBC Sports soccer analyst Nigel Reed expects her to be a major leader of Canada’s team once Sinclair decides to call it a career.

“She plays with a maturity beyond her years...I think she has the potential to be the player which the Canadian women’s team will be built around over the next five to 10 years. ... I do think she has the potential be the fulcrum for the team of the next generation."

http://www.cbc.ca/m/sports/soccer/jessie-fleming-the-next-christine-sinclair-1.2982275

[gettlemanjack]

NBC:

-The United States is grouped with #10 Australia, #5 Sweden and African Champions Nigeria, by far the toughest group. Every World Cup features a cliché “Group of Death,” and this is it for 2015. Finishing second likely means facing Brazil in the Round of 16.

http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/womens-soccer/womens-world-cup-100-things-know

BBC:

Coach Edwin Okon believes Nigeria can "shock the world" in the so-called 'Group of Death' at the 2015 women's World Cup in Canada.

"We qualified as African champions and that should worry the other teams in our group," Okon told BBC Sport. ... "Our squad is very strong...our opponents definitely respect us because we are not under pressure ... my players are well aware that the pressure is on the supposed big teams to deliver."

Nigeria won a record seventh African title when beating Cameroon 2-0 in the final of the African Women's Championship in October. Their overall record at the continental showpiece is a remarkable 36 wins and five draws in 45 matches. ... Nigeria is the only African team to have played in all Fifa Women's World Cup tournaments since 1991"

http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/30463647

David Ruckdeschel @ druck808

May 4

American Outlaw, Portland chapter,

http://www.aopdx.ecwid.com/

awesome scarf in the mail today! See you in Winnipeg!

#USWNT #groupofdeath

(Alex Morgan plays for the Portland Thorns)

[gettlemanjack]

NBC:

-Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala (who plays for Liverpool) is the best young player in the world. She lit up Canada last year at the U-20 World Cup as top scorer and best player (Golden Ball and Golden Boot and Nigeria finished 2nd to Germany. She is also the reigning African Women's Footballer of the Year). Americans will see her first-hand in the group stage this year.

http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/womens-soccer/womens-world-cup-100-things-know