Balls and Boots and Bangers and … Golden Tweets?

I’m late bringing you this as I was waiting for a Women’s World Cup all-star team to be announced first. One hasn’t been and likely won’t be. I guess FIFA just wasn’t interested in doing this anymore. Oh well. At least we still have the individual awards to celebrate and debate.

Lyon’s Sexist Faux Pas

Oh…hell to the no. These were photos captured from the MEN’s Ligue One game between Olympique Lyon (OL) vs Lille on the weekend. And who quickly called them out on it? The captain of the OL women’s team and world-class defender, Wendie Renard.

CONCACAF Rio 2016 Bound!

The 2016 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship wrapped up on February 21 with more whimper than bang. Unless you were on the USA team then you may have a few bruises which would suggest otherwise. Nevertheless, as expected the final featured USA vs Canada and while the former team showed up to play, the latter, well, were tactically wanting. And that’s all I’ll say on this particular topic.

The Daily Drool – Epic Bromance Month USWNT Week: Talley (Tobin Heath, Alex Morgan & Kelley O’Hara)

Tobin, Alex & Kelley all made their senior national team debut in 2010. These three besties fromance, if not all together, are usually paired up. They are adorably goofy.

The Daily Drool – Epic Bromance Month USWNT Week: Sydney Leroux & Alex Morgan

Syd & Alex have played together at Seattle Sounders Women and the U-20 and senior level. They share a love of legendary Halloween costumes and teeny weeny bikinis as well as soccer.

Tuesday In Melbourne

Another driveby as I’m heading out to meet watishistas Shigs & ForzaSusan for a spot of dinner before the PSG/Fiorentina game tonight.

2015 WWC: Huge in the US, Sidelined in the UK

A few days ago I brought you an article detailing why Brazil doesn’t care about women’s football. Here’s a similar article from The Guardian, focusing on a similar situation in the UK. You’d think the UK would be more progressive when it comes to football, and they are in some respects. Just not necessarily with developing their female players.

2015 WWC: Where The Money’s At

Here’s a story from The BBC which caused some discussion earlier this week. Who is the best-paid women’s footballer right now? The answer may be surprising, and yet maybe not so much when you consider why this player earns as much as she does.

One Nation. One Team. 23 Stories. (Part V)

Featured in Part V are Meghan Klingenberg, Christen Press, Alex Morgan and Ali Krieger.

Updated: Mazel Tov! Abby Wambach & Sarah Huffman Tie The Knot

In awesome news, USWNT rock star Abby Wambach has married her longtime girlfriend and Western New York Flash teammate Sarah Huffman according to TMZ.