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The Curious Case of Sydney Leroux

July 25, 2010 – 5:41 pm

I have watched and followed Sydney Leroux’s progress during the last two years.
At the 2008 FIFA U20 World Cup in Chile, Leroux won the Golden Ball Award as the tournament’s top player.
Fast forward to 2010 and it is difficult not to notice that Leroux’s progress had halted. There are no doubts she has one strength [...]

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Igor Shalimov and Ukraine FA

June 20, 2010 – 8:45 am

Two things today.
Ukraine traveled to Bosnia-Herzegovina and comfortably beat the hosts 5:0. Dasha Apamaschenko scored twice and Vera Djatel added one goal for Ukraine which sits third in Group 4. To say that this match was difficult for Anatoliy Kutsev’s team would be exaggeration.
I believe it was irresponsible to play both for nearly 90 minutes [...]

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International break

June 17, 2010 – 9:49 am

Petra Hogewoning
Not such a good week as a defeat to Izmailovo mean we head into the international break wondering what could have been.
The game against Izmailovo was quite simply ‘one of those days’. We did everything but score, and their keeper has had one of those inspired games.
That said we acknowledge it’s [...]

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ESPN exploiting human tragedy

June 11, 2010 – 10:52 am

Oh how ESPN viewers’ habits and interests have changed.
In 2008 FC Indiana had two South African players, Lena Mosebo and Veronica Phewa, on its roster. Both were members of South Africa WNT and close friends of Eudy Simelane, 31, who was murdered by five men on April 27th, 2008 in Kwatema, east of Johannesburg, South [...]

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