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Happy New Year Haiti!

January 1, 2013 – 2:16 pm

Happy New Year Haiti WNT!
Compared to other nations, we lack in resources. Human, financial, technological. That’s our reality.
We don’t have to like reality…just accept it and overcome it.
Technological, scientific and tactical advances in women’s football should never be underestimated. The advancements of the last 5-10 years are impressive. A technology and scientific advantages cannot be [...]

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2012 Awards

November 23, 2012 – 5:31 pm

While national team coaches and captains vote for the FIFA Player and Coach of the Year, this year I focus on best of everything else related to the women’s game.
My picks.
Top forward – Christine Sinclair, Canada.
She is a finisher and no other forward in the world is as important to her team as Sinclair and [...]

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Women’s football keeps growing

October 27, 2012 – 9:59 pm

Watching the Euro 2013 playoffs, one gets an indication that the technical and tactical sophistication of previously marginal teams such as Austria, Scotland, Iceland and others is growing. The work done with small player pools available in these countries is impressive.
Spain, which qualified over Scotland, looks to have loads of talent at the senior level. [...]

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Growing women’s football in the CONCACAF region

March 14, 2012 – 9:26 pm

With changes in the CONCACAF leadership afoot, an opportunity exists for the new President to present and implement a new vision for the game in the region. From 23 May, the new CONCACAF leader will have a rare opportunity to capitalize on the dormant, yet growing potential of women’s football in the Caribbean Football Union member [...]

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No need to change the CONCACAF qualification process

January 25, 2012 – 5:48 am

Big margins of victories in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament have generated criticism of the qualification process and calls for a change in the process, including giving top teams an automatic bye to semi-finals.
I have a different view.
Having been involved in this game for a long time, I am encouraged by what I have [...]

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The leadership gap

January 23, 2012 – 8:19 pm

Both Dominican Republic and Guatemala were outmatched. Both matches were easy. They were easy physically, technically and tactically for the US.
Both Dominican Republic and Guatemala have 3-4 technically very good players, on par or even above the US players. However, the differences in strength, acceleration, change of speed, and general match fitness were [...]

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The secret is in doing it organically.

December 22, 2011 – 9:53 pm

Tell you a little story – I call this “living below your revenue” story:  I know a small club owner in another country.
He operates his club in a town of 10,000, competing at a third or fourth level of competition. Promotion and relegation is a constant but my friend concentrates on successful runs in cup [...]

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Great and phenomenal

November 25, 2011 – 5:55 am

I am very leery of coaches who liberally use words ‘great’ or ‘phenomenal’ to describe players and or performances.
These adjectives should only be used in only the rarest of circumstances.
I have never seen a great youth, high school or college player, only players with good potential. If they were great or phenomenal, chances are high [...]

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Sepp Blatter and racism

November 17, 2011 – 12:11 pm

“There is no racism [on the field], but maybe there is a word or gesture that is not correct,” FIFA President Sepp Blatter told CNN. “The one affected by this should say this is a game and shake hands.” http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15757165.stm
Blatter’s reply came as a result of a recent claim by Anton Ferdinand that he was [...]

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Repetition is the key

November 17, 2011 – 9:55 am

What allows good players to successfully respond/react to a given situation?
What allows one player to calmly finish a goal-scoring opportunity and another to miss it? Training.
The objective of training is to develop techniques, the muscle memory, those instinctive values, to ingrain them into player’ muscles and minds, to develop the conditioned response.
It is a lot [...]

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