Abby Wambach est « l’enfant chérie » et « la femme d’affiche » pour des athlètes féminins et le football américain de femme. Non seulement elle mène l’équipe les USA à la victoire à la Coupe du monde de femme, elle a aussi gagné la récompense pour le Joueur Mondial FIFA de l’Année en 2012 et a aidé le… Read More »
Despite a lackluster 17-65 farewell season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant capped off a stunning NBA career with authority on Wednesday April 14th. In front of a sold-out Staple Center crowd against the Utah Jazz, the Black Mamba ended the 1,346th and final game of his 20 year career (1) with 60 points on 50… Read More »
Aujourd’hui, le 12 Avril, est l’Equal Pay Day aux États-Unis. Il représente la façon beaucoup plus loin en 2016 que les femmes doivent travailler pour recevoir le même montant d’argent des hommes ont fait tout au long de 2015. Les femmes blanches gagnent 0,79 $ au dollar d’un homme et les femmes de couleur font… Read More »
Pour commencer, je dois déclarer mon nouvel intérêt au football américain, que les américains appellent « soccer ». Je ne suis alors pas un expert du « soccer » américain ; je ne suis non plus un expert du « soccer » en général, je ne suis qu’un fan passionné du sport. La création de la MLS en 1993 était un bon… Read More »
Nigel “The Destroyer” de Jong committed an awful foul, yesterday April 10th 2016, against Darlington Nagbe.The foul left Darlington Nagbe in a wheelchair and unable to put pressure on his ankle. Nagbe who was selected 2nd overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft is a young pacey winger who has a bright future for both the… Read More »
Aunque su equipo nacional de hombres no tiene mucho éxito en competencial internacional, los Estados Unidos siempre ha dominado el mundo del fútbol femenino. Desde el empiezo del Mundial femenino, por ejemplo, las americanas han ganado tres títulos en solo siete instancias del torneo. En contraste, los hombres no ganaron ningún partido de los 19… Read More »
The man, the myth, the legend, David Beckham has been a household name in the US since he and his wife, Victoria Beckham, moved here in 2007. Beckham has been touted as fashion icon, a heartthrob, and a soccer star. He is a man of many accomplishments. Today my friends we will look at this… Read More »
During Friday afternoon’s student protests at Duke University, the crowd approaching the Allen Building (which was occupied that afternoon by nine students, who are still in the building as of today), broke into a very particular chant, as seen here in a video posted by the Duke Chronicle. They repeated the chant on Saturday… Read More »
In the wake of the U.S. Women’s National Team filing a lawsuit demanding equal pay from the U.S. Soccer Federation during the past week, the USWNT and the soccer world received shocking news about one of its former superstars Sunday morning. After being pulled over at 11:05 p.m. Saturday, former U.S. forward Abby Wambach, 35,… Read More »
A few days ago, my colleague Seth Johnson wrote a great piece on the importance of the US Mens Team game against Guatemala last Tuesday. He made an excellent case for how important the game was to the US Men’s hopes for World Cup qualification, but also how important the game was to… Read More »
