World Cup of Womens Soccer

Last May 20th my posting served as an introduction to International Women's Soccer for those who, perhaps, were not familiar with the sport. I invited you to meet the USA team who were competing in the Algarve Cup in Portugal - which they won.

Canada is the host country for the 2015 tournament, and yesterday the USA team advanced to the final sixteen round which will begin on Saturday 6-20-15 at 1.00pm. Make no mistake about this competition, it's not frivolous by any stretch of the imagination. These world class players make the kind of effort that all of their supporters can be proud of - and even be in awe of. Each game is 90 minutes, with a 15 minute interval at half-time. All of the matches are televised on Fox and Fox Sports 1 and 2. These links will provide you with all the information in great depth.

http://cal.foxsports.com/fifa-womens-world-cup

http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/

Here are several pictures from the US game against Nigeria at B.C. Stadium in Vancouver which the US team won by a score of 1-0 and they qualified to advance to the next round.

Some of the enthusiastic supporters among the 53,000 capacity crowd.

This is Amy Rodriguez of the US team with her two children prior to the match.

I hope this will whet your appetite to at least take a look at the next US game and maybe cheer them on to win the World Cup 2015.