Category Archives: FIFA

My unsolicited advice to American players wanting to play in Europe

June 24, 2010 – 7:51 pm

With more and more American female players making Europe their destination I have heard of and have seen some troubling situations when it comes to agreements and understandings. As women’s football in Europe grows, bigger resources are available. Yet, in many countries American players are stereotyped as cheap, eager, naive and willing to take any [...]

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Bravo FIFA!

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 [...]

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FIFA demonstrates its ignorance of women’s football

December 8, 2009 – 5:22 pm

Doing little research and demonstrating its ignorance of women’s football, FIFA announced a list of 5 contenders for this year’s FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award.
The list clearly demonstrates the influence that Marta’s and Cristiane’s agent Fabiano Farah has in the halls of FIFA, and how little national team coaches participating in voting [...]

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