Abby Wambach begins final World Cup journey
Posted on 06/06/2015 3:25:29 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada is the biggest tournament ever for women’s soccer.
Expanded to 24 teams for the first time in history, the action begins on Saturday, June 6 and the final is on July 5. It promises to be a spectacular month of soccer north of the border.
... Below is a look at the day-by-day schedule for each group game, including where you can watch the games in the U.S. on TV, followed by the schedule for the knockout stages. All times listed are Eastern Time.
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Soccer sucks.
J/K...women’s soccer is the one sport where watching the ladies version is as enjoyable as watching the men’s version.
Go USA!
As a first for the FIFA Women’s World Cup™, adidas is proud to announce that it has produced a bespoke Official Match Ball to be used in the Final at Canada 2015. The Conext15 Final Vancouver Official Match Ball bears the vibrant red of tournament hosts Canada, combined with a gold trim representing the Final match to be held on Sunday 5 July in Vancouver.
To pump you up, we've provided a laundry list of Australian transgressions — inspiration to fuel fans of the U.S.A., to make Australians kanga-rue the day they messed with America.
http://us.women.soccerway.com/international/world/womens-world-cup/2015-canada/group-stage/r20925/
They all will have some smashing looking females I’m sure.
For the American team, my favorite remains as in previous years, Tobin Heath. Really, she’s not caught up in this stuff like some of the others. She’s pretty low-key. Not all this rowdy rubbish with her.
http://www.footballzz.com/img/jogadores/93/126493_ori_tobin_heath.jpg
USA vs. Australia on Fox Sports; 219 for direct tv this evening.
Without the arm extension, the Canadian player would probably have slid around the defender. Whether she might have made a play or not is unknowable, but she would not have gone down.
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