December 30, 2009 – 6:58 pm
In North America many coaches place premium on physically large, athletic players.
Most of my players tend to be smaller, quicker, with small turning circles. One of my players, Mexico international Fatima Leyva, has played for me for the last 5 seasons and according to 2 WPS coaches is too slow and has “no change of [...]
December 29, 2009 – 3:49 am
WPS draft day is only weeks away and everyone is wondering who will be picked first. Will it be Cheney, Heath, Nogueira or O’Hara?
Draft is like Cinco de Mayo: everyone is happy and not thinking about tomorrow. But eventually once pre-season begins, reality will set in. Coaches will immediately see that some players are much [...]
December 28, 2009 – 7:43 am
As a coach, I really appreciate midfielders who can create, score, defend, and make her teammates better. Here are the five best mids in the league, in my opinion (in no particular order):
Camille Abily – Good player who put a stamp on her team’s style and identity. Perhaps the best box-to-box midfielder in the [...]
December 27, 2009 – 3:29 am
Phil Simms, who led the NY Giants to two Super Bowl victories in the late ’80s and early ’90s, has this simple advice for Cowboys QB Tony Romo:
“When you are the starting quarterback of a NFL team, there will always be factions on your team that don’t like you. Some players are jealous [...]
December 24, 2009 – 4:48 pm
From PitchInvasion.net:
“So Messi won the FIFA Men’s Player of the Year Award, and Marta won the FIFA Women’s Player of the Year Award, and no-one was surprised. But should we have been? There’s enough out there about Messi, so let’s look at Marta and the women’s award for a moment. Shek Borkowski, former Indiana FC [...]
December 24, 2009 – 8:23 am
I like this quote by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a seven-time Mr. Olympia in Barbara Walters’ autobiography:
“What makes one guy a champion and the other one not?” Walters asked.
Schwarzenegger:
“It’s drive. It’s the will. There are certain people that grow up with a tremendous hunger and it’s usually kids that have struggled when they were [...]
December 23, 2009 – 5:43 am
Do you know and do you care about what social causes Kaka, Messi and Ronaldo are active in? Or what color shoe laces they wear? Neither do I.
It is a truism that sponsors line up to have their products endorsed by successful players because of their talent, ability and superb, consistent performances. I am not [...]
December 22, 2009 – 11:05 pm
Hosts Jeff Kassouf and Richard Farley interviewd me on their podcast. Listen to it here >>
December 21, 2009 – 6:22 pm
FIFA’s decision to expand the Women’s World Cup from 16 to 24 teams beginning in 2015 is a fantastic news for the women’s game.
Although the 2011 tournament in Germany will stay at 16 teams, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said that women’s soccer had advanced so much it made sense to add teams. Valcke also [...]
December 19, 2009 – 7:09 am
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