Official highlights of nine Women’s Euro qualifying matches, featuring Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Austria, and more, plus the two England friendlies (versus Belgium and Norway) and the France-Spain friendly.
Most videos are from YouTube, while some are embedded inside Twitter tweets or Instagram posts. If I find any more notable highlights for this qualification window, they will be added to this post.
Updated 30-Sep-2019: U.S. Soccer has quietly published back-dated match reports for the U-23 USWNT’s Nordic Cup matches.
Between August 28th and September 2nd, the United States Under-23 Women’s National Team participated in the 2019 edition of the Nordic Cup, which was hosted by England. The roster of players featured mostly professional players, with UNC junior Emily Fox the only collegiate player. Youth team standout Sophia Smith (Stanford) was in the original roster, but had to be replaced due to a “minor quad injury” (Twitter). Also, NWSL-standout Kristen Hamilton was on the original roster, but was called up to the senior USWNT for its Victory Tour friendlies against Portugal.
Under coach B.J. Snow, who took over from Mark Carr earlier this year, the U-23 USWNT won its first two matches against Norway and England, then drew with Sweden. Jordan DiBiasi scored the game-winner against Norway and had a penalty kick equalizer against Sweden, while Imani Dorsey scored the game-winner against England. Goalkeeper Casey Murphy played all 270 minutes in the three games, only allowing one goal, which came in the final match, against Sweden.
Qualification for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 kicked off today (August 29th). To help interested fans keep track of all 200 matches that will be played by the 47 teams involved, I created a downloadable and printable reference guide, which summarizes all the teams (current rankings, performance in past Women’s Euros, performance in recent qualifying), as well as lists all matches (by group) and summarizes the matches for each day matches will be played.
The 21-page PDF file can be downloaded via this link:
UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 Group Qualification Stage Reference Guide (PDF, 1.72MB)
Continue reading “UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 Reference Guide (August 2019)”
The United States Women’s National Team’s Victory Tour for winning the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup continues this Thursday, in Philadelphia, with the first of two matches against 30th-ranked Portugal, followed by another match on Tuesday, September 3rd, in Saint Paul Minnesota.
DETAILS: International Friendlies vs. Portugal
When: Thursday, August 29, 2019
Where: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kick-Off: 7:05 PM EDT
TV Window: 6:30 PM EDT to 9:00PM EDT (half hour of pre-game coverage)
Channel: Fox Sports 1 (FS1)
When: Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Where: Allianz Field, Saint Paul, Minnesota
TV Window: 8:00 PM EDT to 10:00PM EDT
Channel: ESPN2
Continue reading “USWNT on TV: Friendlies vs. Portugal (29-Aug-2019, 03-Sept-2019)”
On Saturday, August 3, 2019, the United States Women’s National Team will play in their first “Victory Tour” match after winning the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
DETAILS:
Continue reading “USWNT on TV: Friendly vs. Ireland (03-Aug-2019, ESPN2)”
CONCACAF’s qualification tournament for the 2015 Women’s World Cup, the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship (official website), kicks off today (Wednesday, October 15th), with all matches being shown live on the FOX Sports networks. In addition to the live airings, FOX Sports will also have a substantial number of re-airings for these matches available. The full schedule of live matches and all listed re-airs are included below. Continue reading “2014 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying TV Schedule”
News of Note for the National Women’s Soccer League… Details on the upcoming college draft, along with free agent status, international player quota and status, and initial roster structure, plus Seattle Reign FC names first head coach.
Continue reading “NWSL News of Note: College Draft and Roster Details, Seattle Announces Head Coach”
News of Note for the United States Women’s National Team: 2013 Algarve Cup matches may be available online… Nashville to host the USA and Scotland on February 13th. Continue reading “USWNT News Of Note: 2013 Algarve Cup Matches May Be Available Online, Second Scotland Match Confirmed”
News of Note relating to the National Women’s Soccer League from the past few days: Seattle Team Name Unveiled: The Seattle Reign FC… Cindy (Parlow) Cone to helm Portland Thorns FC… Only a draft for college players… Mexico has been asked to up its sponsoring commitment to 16 players… League Twitter handle changed… League LLC created and trademarks filed. Continue reading “NWSL News of Note: Seattle Team Name Revealed, Cindy Parlow Cone To Coach Portland, The Return Of Ali Krieger”
News of Note: USWNT defeated China 4:1 in its Final Fan Tribute Series match of 2012… USWNT versus Scotland in Jacksonville on February 9th… The name of the new women’s professional soccer league is the “National Women’s Soccer League,” or “NWSL”… Player allocation for new league planned for late December... Sarah Hagen scores four goals in German Cup quarterfinal… Mexico falters, Brazil rebounds. Continue reading “News of Note: December 16, 2012 – Weekend Round-Up”
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