USWNT

USWNT will be wearing special pink shirts for breast cancer awareness on 12th May (conicides with the US Mothers Day weekend). Game will be against Canada.
Heres a picture of the kits, 'keeper will be in green

Now wonder Solo wants to at least look like Byrnie,
after her fantastic performance at the UEFA Cup

Nice idea

I reckon they were old kits and they "accidently" put all the kits to wash in with a pink top and the color leaked so they had to think of a good way to still waer them

Can't trick me USWNT!

Not as pink as I thought they'd be. Solo looks like she's got the best deal out of that

I'd say Solo got the best deal but she wants a pink shirt:

Aww That's a nice thing to do, think the shirt's look alright

U.S. Women Defeat Canada, 6-2

- Tarpley, Lilly, Chalupny and O'Reilly Score for the USA; Wambach Gets Two

Write up

Photos

Kepper aint weraing green but is still in her blue.
Also in that game Mitts got injured and was replaced:


She's been doing well and been very consistant lately so hope its not too serious and she makes the World Cup - she already missed one WC through injury

I forgot we had a USWNT thread,
and posted the result in the Random News thread

Anyway well done USA
Can someone stop Lilly?!
And I hope Mittsy gets well soon.

Defender Heather Mitts Tears ACL, Will Miss 2007 Women's World Cup

CHICAGO (May 15, 2007) -- U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team defender Heather Mitts, a member of the USA’s Olympic gold medal winning team in 2004, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during the 25th minute of the USA’s 6-2 win over Canada on May 12 in Frisco, Texas, and will be sidelined for six-to-eight months, eliminating her from contention for a spot on the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup Team.

Mitts had an MRI on Monday and it confirmed the ACL tear. She will have surgery within the next 10 days.

“It is obviously very sad,” said Mitts. “I was definitely feeling good about my game and how much I’ve progressed as a player over the past few years and ready to make a contribution to the team in the Women’s World Cup. To have a setback like this is difficult to handle, but with the support of my family, my teammates, our medical staff and the coaches, I know I can come back strong. This team has become very special to me. I'm confident my teammates will bring home the World Cup, I just hope to be with them to bring home the gold in Beijing in 2008.”

Mitts has played 71 times for the USA and worked her way consistently into the starting line-up over the past four years, earning 64 of her 71 caps over that time as her feisty defensive play at outside back and ability to attack down the flanks had made her an important member of the USA’s back line. Against Canada, she registered an assist on the USA’s second goal in the 13th minute, the first of her international career, before going down with the injury.

The 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off in just under four months and will run from Sept. 10-30, 2007, in five Chinese cities. It would have been Mitts’ first Women’s World Cup. Mitts has become one of the USA’s most popular players over the past few years, in part due to her TV work as a commentator for ESPN on college football and Major League Soccer.

“Heather has played great for us in 2007,” said U.S. head coach Greg Ryan. “She put in one of the best crosses of the year on our second goal against Canada last Saturday night and we will definitely miss her at the outside back as we move forward in preparing for the Women’s World Cup.”

http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281935.html

Yep Mitts is out for 6-8 months.
That's a massive blow for Mitts - she's been very consistant lately
Showing that she's a fighter being more grity and determined - often the qualities people have stated she lacked.

Amazingly Mitts has never been to a WC even though she has over 70 caps to her name!
She did previously miss a WC through injury so you know this injury has got to hurt a little bit more as she was destined to be in the team.

The USA as a whole have enough defenders to cover, but I personally would have wanted Mitts there starting.

Video of the US girls introducing themselves, talking about stuff, strange dancing, etc... We Are...USWNT

That is one unlucky girl 2 World Cups in a row...
If the USA win the WC they should give her a medal too.

Extremely unlucky!!!

The USA are auctioning off the shirts they wore - the pink ones
Check out the bids

Pff some people have wayyyyy too much money
I'll sell them my shirt

j/k its for a great cause and I hope they raise bag loads of dosh for Charity

Ahh if only i had the money! id love to get Abby Wambach's shirt!

I'd love to splash out like that!!

Great cause though, so keep bidding you rich buggers

It's a big loss for the U.S to lose Mitts and for the player herself , she's real unlucky to miss out twice but will come back stronger for it.

Did think about bidding for a shirt until I saw the starting bid , way out of my league for any of them.

I once paid around £300 for my favourite volleyball player's
game-worn shirt which she won the Champions League in

I'd love a Wambach shirt too but it's not worth THAT much for me

£300!! Don't tell me you have now lost it

I think only that amount of money would go towards a K.Smith shirt actually worn by her AND if it was going to charity

I'd like the Lilly shirt I'll just remind everyone that my birthday it in June sooo ya know...

Oh, it was going to charity mate, that is my excuse and I'll stick to it

It is now proudly hanging on my wall next to Kelly Smith & Anne Makinen shirts

And Lilly shirt is the most expensive
- it would be cheaper to buy Kelly's one for you, I think

All bids started at $500!
Aint got that kinda money to waste on a footie shirt,
well not an American one (plus Solo was just wearing her usual blue - can get that cheaper normally)

Need to win the lottery if I wanna bid