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March 15, 2002
WSW's
Italian correspondent is let loose at Algarve Cup 2002
January, 2002
A
nice holiday story as Real Madrid leads the way for women referees
November 30, 2001
Italy's
ancient scenery?
Mario
Rimati
While
reviewing UEFA Technical Report on the recent European Women's
Championship held in Germany from June 23rd to July 7th, your correspondent
could not help notice the following data: the oldest team out of
the 8 participating nations was once again....Italy with an average
age of 27.45 years.
November 4, 2001
Is
women's soccer in Italy finally on the move, or just more talk?
Mario
Rimati
An
important press conference regarding women and sports took place
last week on the outskirts of Rome at the conclusion of a three-day
national team training camp organized by head coach Carolina Morace.
The central theme of the conference, which was presented by officials
of the Italian Ministry for Equal Opportunity and the Italian Female
Soccer Division, was how to give more attention to women’s
sports in Italy.
October 25, 2001
THE
BEST BARGAIN IN TOWN
By
Rick Crow
One
of the best bargains on the local and national sports scene is a
ticket to a men’s or women’s collegiate soccer match.
On the women’s side, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Julie Foudy,
Tiffeny Milbrett and Briana Scurry are just a few of today’s
top professional players who starred on college campuses across
the country.
October 15, 2001
Going
nowhere! Chronic lack of proper promotion for women's soccer in
Italy
Mario
Rimati
Two
of the biggest complaints heard in the circles of Italian women’s
soccer is that the game has difficulty catching on in the world
of Italian sports, and that it gets very little attention from both
the media and fans alike. One of the major problems though is that
there appears to be a lack of marketing know-how in order to find
a solution towards the general apathy surrounding the women's game......
September 8, 2001
Foreword
to The Frailty Myth
Tiffeny
Milbrett
Every
year we’re learning more about what women are capable of,
physically. The myths about female weakness – that our reproductive
systems are fragile and dictate that we not be too active, that
we have no endurance, that we can’t do anything requiring
upper-body strength – have slowly but surely been shot down
during the last century.
August 20, 2001
W-League
Commentary : TIMING IS EVERYTHING
Rick
Crow
Over
the years, the Maryland Pride has earned a reputation as one of
the most successful women's teams in the history of U.S. Soccer.
Since taking the field in 1994, Maryland has advanced to the W-League
championship finals six times, and brought home the national title
in 1996. more
July 14, 2001
Coverage
of women's international soccer in England
Steven Ridgeway
The coverage
of the England Womens National Team was just as non-existent as
the apathy shown by the Italian media,. A few brief newspaper column
inches regarding the upcoming matches
What
the WUSA Means to Me
By Julie Kotz
Richie
I recently
watched an old videotape of my twelfth birthday party. Twenty screaming
girls from my soccer team hammed it up for the camera, arm in arm,
singing songs about soccer and shouting that our team was "number
one!" In the last scene
....continued
WUSA's
arrival has come and gone (at least in Italy) Some
observations on Italy's perspective of the recent WUSA inaugural
match, and thoughts about the girls' game there
By Mario Rimati
A few weeks
ago your correspondent contacted several Italian women's soccer
clubs from the 1st division to the 3rd one, and asked them for an
opinion on the new WUSA league and the eventual impact that it might
have one day on the women's game in Italy. Representatives of the
Italian Female Soccer Division were also contacted...continued
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From
athletics to women's soccer in Egypt, the story of referee Hanan
Khalid
By Eric
Asomugha.
Hanan Khalid
is a household name in women's sports in Egypt. Her decision to
join women soccer before becoming a referee ...continued
Great
Expectations for WUSA
By Christopher B. Smith
Hats off and
congratulations to the founders of the WUSA League. The hard work
of so many will finally pay off as the league starts its inaugural
season on April 14th. The formation of this league is a staggering
accomplishment and everyone involved can take great pride in getting
the new league off the ground. ...continued
The other side of victory
Hilary Braysmith
We called
you champions and role models but now, finally, we can call you
heroes. Until Sydney, we measured your greatness by clean and elegant
play on the pitch and gracious winning. But you taught us that the
true gauge lies on the other side of victory. ...continued
When the final whistle
sounds on the final match of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games for the
United States national team, what then?
BY GRAHAME
L. JONES
Every red-white-and-blue-blooded
American fan hopes it won't be until the gold-medal game, and that
the reigning world and Olympic champions will have successfully
defended their title. But that's not the point here. The point is,
what comes next?
Do the ``magnificent
six'' ride off into the sunset, their two world championship gold
medals and their one or two Olympic gold medals flashing in the
waning light? That's the conventional wisdom. That's what is expected
of Mia Hamm, Carla Overbeck, Kristine Lilly, Joy Fawcett, Julie
Foudy and Brandi Chastain.
. . . continued
Italian media views
female referees around the world
By
Mario Rimati
"A look into
the world of female referees: they're beautiful, they're good
and they chain themselves" is the rather original title which appeared
in
the "Il Giornale" newspaper the other day . . . continued
A Chit-Chat With Pisa's Jill Rutten
By Mario Rimati
We caught up with American
star Jill Rutten after a rather long yet successful season with
Italian 1st division club Pisa. Here are her thoughts on playing
in Italy and the new and exciting WUSA league . . .
Complete interview
Women's Soccer in the Hispanic Community
of Southern California
Part I: Media Coverage
and the Fans
By Hilary Braysmith
I wanted to investigate
the state of women's soccer in the Hispanic community of Southern
California. I was curious about what impact, if any,the WWC '99
had had on a population devoted to the men's game.Complete
story
Veteran Australian
National Team Player Anissa
Tann-Darby challenges senior players and administrators to think
about the future of the women's game after the tremendous success
of the Women's World Cup in the USA. Complete
story
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