Monthly Archives: April 2010

Zvezda-2005 v Rossiyanka

We begun our season with a 3-0 win over Energia Voronezh at home. I’m delighted that we’ve won but not with how we played. Experts expect Energia to compete for the UEFA Champions League spot so the win was very good for us but we have much work ahead of us.
One bright spot is that [...]

Season kickoff press conference

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UEFA association WCL rankings

In order to determine the number of places allocated to an association in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, a performance table (UEFA association coefficient rankings) is drawn up in accordance with the principles contained in Annex I of these regulations. For access in the 2010/11 season, the performance table is calculated on the basis of [...]

Zvezda-2005 will be difficult to play against

With ten days to our season opener on 18 April against Energia Voronezh, everything is progressing well.
My players made excellent progress in physical preparation and technical preparation, and tactically we are improving each and every day.
Psychologically we are strong and can recover even when behind as we did twice against Malmo. That pleases me because [...]

Americans in Europe

Weekly information about Americans competing professionally in Europe:
Leila Brewster/Sonderjyske (DEN) – did not play
Autumn Browning/Trondheims Orn (NOR) – did not play in 1:1 tie with Kattem
Melissa Cary/Bardolino (ITA) – did not play
Arianna Criscione/ASD Torres (ITA) – did not play
Kelli Cronkrite/1 FC Saarbruecken (GER) – no games
Juliana Edwards/1 FC Saarbruecken (GER) – no games
Amanda Feight/TeBe Berlin [...]

Женский футбол – прекрасeн!

Мне часто говорят, обычно люди нeдалeкиe, что женский футбол уступает футболу мужчин, потому что мужчины быстрее и сильнее, и женщины не могут сорeвноваться с ними или против них.
Но, используя такую аргументацию, надо заключить, что американский защитник Огучи Оньеву или немецкий игрок Роберт Хут из “Сток Сити” лучше, чем Лионель Месси. Они оба точно побeдят [...]

Women’s football IS beautiful

I am frequently told, by those who expose their ignorance, that women’s football is inferior to men’s football because men are faster and stronger, and women could never compete with or against men.
But using this reasoning is faulty based on the fact that by utilizing critics’ criteria, one must conclude that American defender Oguchi Onyewu [...]

Predicting champions

Predicting champions of leagues slated to kickoff this month.
Norway – Last season’s champions Roa, simply lost too much to overcome; six starters are gone and replacing that quality and experience is impossible.
PREDICTION: Stabæk, who nearly done it in ‘09, will win their first title.
Russia – There is little separating Zvezda-2005, Rossiyanka, Voronezh, Izmailovo and Ryazan. [...]

Americans in Europe transfer rumours

Katie Kelly (Marquette University) will reportedly sign with Swedish club Kristianstad DFF.
Amanda Becker (Seton Hall) will sign with Russian club Energia Voronezh pending visa approval.

Getting ready for 2010

Goals from last season’s Zvezda-2005 2:1 victory over Rossiyanka