With the second overall selection in the inaugural National Women's Soccer League college draft taking place at the NSCAA convention in Indionapolis, IN, the Washington Spirit have chosen Tiffany McCarty (forward / Florida St.).
Tiffany McCarty Bio
The Spirit also selected University of Virginia forward Caroline Miller with the second pick of the second round. Miller ranks second all-time with 45 career goals at Virginia. The club selected former D.C. United Women's player Holly King in the third round.
Caroline Miller Bio
UCLA forward,
Zakiya Bywaters was selected 1st overall by the Chicago Red Stars.
NWSL First Round Draft Selections
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Oct 26, 2012
D.C. United Women player Joanna Lohman running training center for young women in India
Former Washington Freedom player and current member of D.C. United Women of WPSL, Joanna Lohman is part of a duo that founded the JoLi Academy, a training centre for young female footballers in India.
According to the official Joli Academy website, the founders vision is:
Founded by footballer businesswomen with World Cup and Olympic playing experience, JoLi Academy has the resources to bridge the gap between the harsh realities facing millions of young girls around the world and the dreams they aspire to. JoLi Academy brings mentorship, education, and accessibility to young athletes the world over, from the deserts of Middle East to the forests of South America. Raising women around the world using soccer as our vehicle, JoLi Academy levels the playing field by placing passionate hopefuls face to face with the people and tools to help them grow into world-class leaders and athletes.
Jul 25, 2012
D.C. United Women Head Coach Mike Jorden named Coach of the Year Finalist
D.C. United Women head coach Mike Jorden has been named a finalist for 2012 W-League Coach of the Year. Jorden will be leading his team in semifinals action this upcoming weekend in Ottawa, Ontario.
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| D.C. United Women Head Coach Mike Jorden |
TAMPA, Fla. – The W-League today announced the finalists for its 2012 regular season honors. The awards for Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Defender of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year and Coach of the Year will be presented at Saturday’s Media & Awards Banquet at the 2012 W-League Championship presented by Umbro in Ottawa, Ontario.
A total of nine W-League teams are represented among the finalists, with the Pali Blues leading the way with six nominations. Pali goalkeeper Anna Maria Picarelli, named to the All-League Team Tuesday, is a nominee for both MVP and Goalkeeper of the Year. Ten of the nominees will participate in the 2012 W-League Championship final four Friday and Sunday in Ottawa.
The host Ottawa Fury boast a pair of award finalists – Katrina-Lee Gorry for Rookie of the Year and Jasmine Phillips for Goalkeeper of the Year. The Seattle Sounders Women, North Jersey Valkyries and Charlotte Lady Eagles also have a pair of finalists each.
Votes for W-League honors are submitted by W-League team management and finalists are determined by All-Conference voting.
2012 W-League Award Finalists
MVP
Grace Hawkins, Long Island Rough Riders
Veronica Perez, Seattle Sounders Women
Anna Maria Picarelli, Pali Blues
Rookie of the Year
Katherine Courter, North Jersey Valkyries
Katrina-Lee Gorry, Ottawa Fury
Michelle Pao, Pali Blues
Lynn Williams, Pali Blues
Defender of the Year
Sasha Andrews, Pali Blues
Stephanie Cox, Seattle Sounders Women
Cindy Walsh, Laval Comets
Goalkeeper of the Year
Robyn Jones, Charlotte Lady Eagles
Jasmine Phillips, Ottawa Fury
Anna Maria Picarelli, Pali Blues
Coach of the Year
Samir Ghrib, Quebec City Amiral
Lee Horton, Charlotte Lady Eagles
Mike Jorden, D.C. United Women
Charlie Naimo, Pali Blues
Mark White, North Jersey Valkyries
Trio of D.C. United Women named to Super-20 All-Tournament Team
Mónica Mendes (D), Lindsey Lane (M), and Stephanie Hamilton (F) where all named to the Womens' Super-20 All-Tournament Team.
Courtesy of USLSoccer.com
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Super-20 League announced its 2012 North American Finals All-Tournament Team today, honoring Colorado Rapids forward Karisa Price as the Finals’ Most Valuable Player for leading her team to the championship this past weekend at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Price scored four goals in group play and assisted the game-winning goal in the Final for Colorado, just missing out on the Golden Boot Award. Her tireless work-rate in tracking back defensively and chasing down every loose ball stood out to observers. She is joined on the All-Tournament Team by two teammates: defender Renee Hurd and Safe Hands Award-winning goalkeeper Hannah Clark. USL National Technical Director Peter Mellor characterized the three players’ performances throughout the tournament as vital to the Rapids’ championship.
“Renee is very tactically aware,” Mellor said. “She was able to win the ball and knew where to go with it. Karisa Price can run for days and has the ability to beat defenders and get to goal.”
D.C. United, which lost to Colorado in the Final 1-0, is represented on the All-Tournament Team by defender Mónica Mendes, midfielder Lindsey Lane, and Golden Boot Award-winner Stephanie Hamilton. Hamilton recorded four goals and two assists, including a hat trick in D.C.’s 5-1 win against TSF Academy. Mendes scored the late, game-winning goal in United’s first group match against the Ottawa Fury and was part of a back line that conceded only five times in four games.
Defender Marisa Kozikowski and midfielder Julianne Boyle helped Force Football Club Academy remain undefeated during group play, as Boyle scored two goals and Kozikowski linked play from the back well. Midfielder Emily Gingrich of Reading United AC recorded two goals and an assist and put in three outstanding performances for the Mid Atlantic Division club.
Triangle FC forward Ashley Clark could not help her team to a back-to-back championship, but was able to score two important goals to keep Triangle from an early exit. Midfielder Sydney Braun-McLeod was a constant threat to the Ottawa Fury’s opposition with her speed, earning her berth to the All-Tournament Team based on her group-play performance.
Women’s Super-20 League All-Tournament Team
GK – Hannah Clark, Colorado Rapids
D – Renee Hurd, Colorado Rapids
D – Mónica Mendes, D.C. United Women
D – Marisa Kozikowski, Force Football Club Academy
M – Julianne Boyle, Force Football Club Academy
M – Emily Gingrich, Reading United AC
M – Lindsey Lane, D.C. United Women
M – Sydney Braun-McLeod, Ottawa Fury
F – Ashley Clark, Triangle FC
F – Stephanie Hamilton, D.C. United Women
F – Karisa Price, Colorado Rapids
Courtesy of USLSoccer.com
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Super-20 League announced its 2012 North American Finals All-Tournament Team today, honoring Colorado Rapids forward Karisa Price as the Finals’ Most Valuable Player for leading her team to the championship this past weekend at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Price scored four goals in group play and assisted the game-winning goal in the Final for Colorado, just missing out on the Golden Boot Award. Her tireless work-rate in tracking back defensively and chasing down every loose ball stood out to observers. She is joined on the All-Tournament Team by two teammates: defender Renee Hurd and Safe Hands Award-winning goalkeeper Hannah Clark. USL National Technical Director Peter Mellor characterized the three players’ performances throughout the tournament as vital to the Rapids’ championship.
“Renee is very tactically aware,” Mellor said. “She was able to win the ball and knew where to go with it. Karisa Price can run for days and has the ability to beat defenders and get to goal.”
D.C. United, which lost to Colorado in the Final 1-0, is represented on the All-Tournament Team by defender Mónica Mendes, midfielder Lindsey Lane, and Golden Boot Award-winner Stephanie Hamilton. Hamilton recorded four goals and two assists, including a hat trick in D.C.’s 5-1 win against TSF Academy. Mendes scored the late, game-winning goal in United’s first group match against the Ottawa Fury and was part of a back line that conceded only five times in four games.
Defender Marisa Kozikowski and midfielder Julianne Boyle helped Force Football Club Academy remain undefeated during group play, as Boyle scored two goals and Kozikowski linked play from the back well. Midfielder Emily Gingrich of Reading United AC recorded two goals and an assist and put in three outstanding performances for the Mid Atlantic Division club.
Triangle FC forward Ashley Clark could not help her team to a back-to-back championship, but was able to score two important goals to keep Triangle from an early exit. Midfielder Sydney Braun-McLeod was a constant threat to the Ottawa Fury’s opposition with her speed, earning her berth to the All-Tournament Team based on her group-play performance.
Women’s Super-20 League All-Tournament Team
GK – Hannah Clark, Colorado Rapids
D – Renee Hurd, Colorado Rapids
D – Mónica Mendes, D.C. United Women
D – Marisa Kozikowski, Force Football Club Academy
M – Julianne Boyle, Force Football Club Academy
M – Emily Gingrich, Reading United AC
M – Lindsey Lane, D.C. United Women
M – Sydney Braun-McLeod, Ottawa Fury
F – Ashley Clark, Triangle FC
F – Stephanie Hamilton, D.C. United Women
F – Karisa Price, Colorado Rapids
Jul 23, 2012
D.C. United Women Advance to W-League Semifinals
D.C. United Women won two games this past weekend setting themselves up for a W-League semifinals match against Ottawa in Ontario next Sunday.
TAMPA, Fla. – The participants for the 2012 W-League Championship presented by Umbro have been set, with the D.C. United Women, Quebec City Amiral and Pali Blues set to join the host Ottawa Fury for Friday’s semifinals at the Algonquin College Soccer Complex in Ottawa, Ontario. The semifinal winners will advance to the 2012 W-League Championship final at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Both of Friday’s semifinal matchups and Sunday’s championship will be available live on USL Live on UNATION (www.uslnation.com).
The Pali Blues earned their third trip to the final four in their five-year history thanks to a 1-0 victory against the Seattle Sounders Women in Sunday’s Western Conference Final. Lynn Williams scored the lone goal of the match for Pali, which used the league’s stingiest defense to keep Seattle off the board.
Pali will enter the championship weekend as the top seed and will face the No. 4-seeded Quebec City Amiral, who earned their first trip to the W-League Championship via a thrilling penalty-kick victory against the Laval Comets in the Central Conference playoffs Sunday. With the game knotted at 1-1 following regulation and overtime, Quebec City prevailed 5-4 on PKs to advance.
The No. 2-seeded D.C. United Women captured their first Eastern Conference title in only their second season Sunday with a clinical 3-0 victory against the Charlotte Lady Eagles, and will face No. 3-seeded Ottawa, which finished the regular season atop the Central Conference standings at 10-2-0. Ottawa is always formidable on its home turf, having its 30-game home undefeated streak snapped the final weekend of the regular season.
Of the participants, Pali is the only squad to have captured a W-League title, having taken back-to-back crowns in 2008-09. Ottawa previously hosted the W-League Championship in 2004, with the Vancouver Whitecaps taking the crown. Since joining the W-League in 2000, the Fury have amassed a record of 126-25-16 collecting nine division titles, five conference championships, seven final four appearances and three appearances in the championship final.
The Algonquin College Soccer Complex is the year-round home of the Fury, and the $5.4 million soccer-specific facility provides an intimate environment for fans.
2012 W-League Championship presented by Umbro
At Algonquin College Soccer Complex
Ottawa, Ontario
Semifinals
Friday, July 27
#4 Quebec City Amiral vs. #1 Pali Blues, 4:30 p.m. ET
#3 Ottawa Fury vs. #2 D.C. United Women, 7:30 p.m. ET
Consolation
Sunday, July 29, 1 p.m. ET
Championship
Sunday, July 29, 4 p.m. ET
W-LEAGUE
The W-League is the first and longest-standing women’s soccer league in North American, featuring the highest level of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. With emphasis on quality ownership, retention, league standards and player development, the W-League is the strongest, most sophisticated and best organized women’s league on and off the field. The 2012 W-League campaign features 30 teams in three regional conferences playing 12-14 regular season matches. In addition to the league’s international and professional stars, elite amateur players have the opportunity to compete in the W-League while maintaining their collegiate eligibility. The league is recognized throughout the world for providing superior competition for female players, while offering affordable family entertainment for fans throughout North America.
Jun 8, 2012
Preview: D.C. United Women at Fredericksburg Impact
Fredericksburg, VA. - This Saturday D.C. United Women travel to Fredericksburg, VA to face the Impact in W-League action. United feature Forward Mikaela Howell who was named to the Team of the Week after notching three assists in her last match.
See game information below:
See game information below:
Jul 26, 2011
Abegg, Goddard named to 2011 W-League All-Conference Team
The W-League has announced their selections for 2010 All-Conference Teams and D.C. United Women Defender Marisa Abegg made the Eastern Conference along with Stephanie Goddard of the Virginia Beach Piranhas.
GK – Ashley Baker, Atlanta Silverbacks
D – Sue Weber, Long Island Rough Riders
D – Blakely Mattern, Charlotte Lady Eagles
D – Ashley Swinehart, Charlotte Lady Eagles
D – Marisa Abegg, DC United Women
MF – Megan Tomlinson, Atlanta Silverbacks
MF – Samantha Huecker, Charlotte Lady Eagles
MF – Brittany Persaud, Dayton Dutch Lions
F – Stephanie Goddard, Virginia Beach Piranhas
F – Danielle Schulmann, North Jersey Valkyries
F – Tiffini Turpin, Atlanta Silverbacks
Jun 10, 2011
D.C. United Women surrender late goal, draw 1-1 with New Jersey Wildcats
By: Rick Allen
Overextended soccer player & avid soccer fan always in search of a good game while finding room for life in between.
Quarter Volley
After what had been 78 minutes of even soccer, D.C. United Women looked to earn all three points in their first ever home game by taking a 1-0 lead over the New Jersey Wildcats through substitute forward Christie Welsh’s goal in the 79th minute. Six minutes later the score was 1-1, which is how the game would end as the teams split the points.
Overextended soccer player & avid soccer fan always in search of a good game while finding room for life in between.
Quarter Volley
Jun 8, 2011
Piranhas' Goddard is W-League Player of the Week
Jun 7, 2011
D.C. United Women get first win, beat New York 3-0
With the benefit of a goal in the first five minutes, the D.C. United Women intensified the offensive pressure in the second half on their way to a 3-0 road victory over the New York Magic. The Penn State duo of Christine Nairn and Bri Hovington provided the fireworks for D.C., combining for all three goals on the evening in the first win in club history.
Next Up For D.C. United Women - Home Opener, June 9th vs. New Jersey
Full Game Recap: HERE
May 31, 2011
May 27, 2011
D.C. United Women - Support OUR Team!
There is plenty of bad blood left over from the way Dan Borislow took the Washington Freedom away and the complete mess he has made of the once great franchise. Luckily fans of top level women's soccer still have a team to cheer for and follow and better yet they are associated with D.C. United and will be playing their home games at the Maryland SoccerPlex.
Now all that is left is for the fans in this area to show support and make sure this team, D.C. United Women of the USL W-League, have no desire to leave us any time soon.
Be sure to buy tickets to the first D.C. United Women home game on June 9th, follow them on Twitter @DCUWomen and say hello to them on Facebook.
May 23, 2011
USL W-League Round-up
Fredricksburg Impact win 1-0 vs Northern Virginia Majestics
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — The Fredericksburg Impact scored early and used a solid defensive effort to earn the first win in franchise history with a 1-0 victory against the Northern Virginia Majestics in their inaugural game in the W-League on Saturday at the University of Mary Washington.
Full game details HERE
Virginia Beach Piranhas fall 2-1 to Dayton Dutch Lions
The W-League Piranhas are still on the search for their first win after losing their season opener last week, and they came close to at least a draw Saturday night. But the Dayton Dutch Lions mustered an 84th minute goal on an unstoppable shot by Ashley Botts when she found space in the center of the Piranhas' penalty area and left the Sportsplex with a 2-1 victory. Brittany Persaud had given the Dutch Lions an early lead before Samantha Hare equalized for the Piranhas in the 22nd minute.
Full game details HERE
Up next in W-League action:
Wed. May 25th - D.C. United Women at New Jersey Wildcats
*D.C. United add Christie Welsh
Apr 19, 2011
Former UVa standout Cindi Harkes named to D.C. United Women coaching staff
GERMANTOWN, MD - Former college standout and W-League Champion Cindi Harkes has been named as the first assistant coach of D.C. United Women, joining head coach Michael Jorden in leading the new W-League team when it begins its first-ever season in May.
Mar 30, 2011
Professional Women's Soccer returns to D.C.
D.C. United Women join USL W-League
Washington, D.C. (March 30, 2011) - D.C. United announced today the launch of D.C. United Women into the United Soccer Leagues (USL) W-League for the 2011 season. Under a partnership agreement with the Nothern Virginia Majestics, United Women will represent the Black-and-Red in the competitive Northeast Division of the league.
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