Some Soccer News for Feb 11, 2016
du Nord, February 11, 2016
It's Day 42 of 2016. The USA Women got Olympic qualifying started in the right direction, beating Costa Rica 5-0 in game 1 of 3 in the Group Stage. The match featured a goal from Alex Morgon just 12 seconds after kick off! (2 teams from CONCACAF qualify, while a 3rd goes to a regional playoff for 1 final spot.) Here are match video highlights. Via CONCACAF. dN Fiorentina is trying to push the women's game forward in Italy, traditions be damned. By San Borden of the New York Times. dN The great songwriter Lucinda Williams describes the songs that formed and still form her life. From Entertainment Weekly. Thanks to Esa for the link. dN Is that a running shoe on the beach over there? Is that a foot inside the shoe? You found how many in this area over the past 10 years? 16!?!? What the hell is going on? By Yanan Wang of the Washington Post. dN Minnesota United is preparing to announce the signing of former Columbus Crew midfielder Ben Speas. He averaged 10 appearances per season (mostly as a sub) with the Crew.