2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship: United States Final Roster

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

Morgan Brian

Position:
Midfielder

Height:
5-7

Birthdate:
2/26/1993

Position:
Midfielder

Hometown:
St. Simons Island, Ga.

Club:
Houston Dash

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Crystal Dunn

Position:
Defender

Height:
5-1

Birthdate:
7/3/1992

Position:
Defender

Hometown:
Rockville Centre, N.Y.

Club:
Washington Spirit

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Ashlyn Harris

Position:
Goalkeeper

Height:
5-9

Birthdate:
10/19/1985

Position:
Goalkeeper

Hometown:
Satellite Beach, Fla.

Club:
Orlando Pride

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Tobin Heath

Position:
Midfielder

Height:
5-6

Birthdate:
5/29/1988

Position:
Midfielder

Hometown:
Basking Ridge, N.J.

Club:
Portland Thorns FC

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Jaelene Hinkle

Position:
Defender

Height:
5-4

Birthdate:
5/28/1993

Position:
Defender

Hometown:
Denver, Colo.

Club:
Western New York Flash

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Lindsey Horan

Position:
Forward

Height:
5-9

Birthdate:
5/26/1994

Position:
Forward

Hometown:
Golden, Colo.

Club:
Portland Thorns FC

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Julie Johnston

Position:
Defender

Height:
5-7

Birthdate:
4/6/1992

Position:
Defender

Hometown:
Mesa, Ariz.

Club:
Chicago Red Stars

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Meghan Klingenberg

Position:
Defender

Height:
5-2

Birthdate:
8/2/1988

Position:
Defender

Hometown:
Gibsonia, Pa.

Club:
Portland Thorns FC

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Ali Krieger

Position:
Defender

Height:
5-6

Birthdate:
7/28/1984

Position:
Defender

Hometown:
Dumfries, Va.

Club:
Washington Spirit

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Carli Lloyd

Position:
Midfielder

Height:
5-8

Birthdate:
7/16/1982

Position:
Midfielder

Hometown:
Delran, N.J.

Club:
Houston Dash

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Stephanie McCaffrey

Position:
Forward

Height:
5-6

Birthdate:
2/18/1993

Position:
Forward

Hometown:
Winchester, Mass.

Club:
Boston Breakers

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Samantha Mewis

Position:
Midfielder

Height:
6-0

Birthdate:
10/9/1992

Position:
Midfielder

Hometown:
Hanson, Mass.

Club:
Western New York Flash

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Alex Morgan

Position:
Forward

Height:
5-7

Birthdate:
7/2/1989

Position:
Forward

Hometown:
Diamond Bar, Calif.

Club:
Orlando Pride

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Alyssa Naeher

Position:
Goalkeeper

Height:
5-9

Birthdate:
4/20/1988

Position:
Goalkeeper

Hometown:
Bridgeport, Conn.

Club:
Chicago Red Stars

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Kelley O'Hara

Position:
Defender

Height:
5-5

Birthdate:
8/4/1988

Position:
Defender

Hometown:
Fayetteville, Ga.

Club:
Sky Blue FC

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Christen Press

Position:
Forward

Height:
5-7

Birthdate:
12/29/1988

Position:
Forward

Hometown:
Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.

Club:
Chicago Red Stars

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Mallory Pugh

Position:
Forward

Height:
5-4

Birthdate:
4/29/1998

Position:
Forward

Hometown:
Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Club:
Real Colorado

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Becky Sauerbrunn

Position:
Defender

Height:
5-7

Birthdate:
6/6/1985

Position:
Defender

Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.

Club:
FC Kansas City

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Hope Solo

Position:
Goalkeeper

Height:
5-9

Birthdate:
7/30/1981

Position:
Goalkeeper

Hometown:
Richland, Wash.

Club:
Seattle Reign FC

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Emily Sonnett

Position:
Defender

Height:
5-7

Birthdate:
11/25/1993

Position:
Defender

Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.

Club:
Portland Thorns FC

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CONCACAF Olympic Championships Final Roster for Guyana: Lady Jags Coach Mark Rodrigues named his final roster; Olivia Gonsalves from University of Toronto in the team

 

CONCACAF Olympic Championships Final Roster: 
GK: Chante Sandiford, Simone Busby, Ruth George
Defenders: Julia Gonsalves, Kelly Pelz-Butler, Justine Rodrigues, Briana DeSouza, Bria Williams, Leah- Marie Ramalho, Kayla DeSouza
Midfielders: Mariam El-Masri, Alison Heydorn, Ashley Rodrigues (C), Kailey Leila, Ashlee Savona, Dana Bally, Olivia Gonsalves, Brittany Persaud
Forwards: Calaigh Copland, Otesha Charles
Staff: Head Coach – Mark Rodrigues; Asst Coach – Clement Brown; GK Coach – Richard Reynolds; Manager – Sheron Abrams; Physio – David Lawrence; Team Doctor – TBA.
Coach Mark: “We are very thankful for the great support that the Wayne Forde led administration has extended to the Lady Jags, and we will continue to be pace setters for women’s football in Guyana. The lady Jags will carve their place in history in Houston, Texas in February 2016”.

One on one with Lady Jags Captain – Ashley Rodrigues

Posted on January 15, 2016 Posted By: GxMediaCategories: News

Ashley Rodrigues

GFF: How do you feel about playing in your second CONCACAF Championships?
Capt: It’s a very exciting and proud feeling to be playing in our second CONCACAF Championship. I’m so proud of our team and what we have accomplished thus far, and I’m excited to get to Texas to continue to put our hard work into play.
GFF: Do you feel the team is ready for the challenge?
Capt: I feel that our team is very ready for the challenge. There’s an excitement among our squad, and a true sense of determination and will to give this our all.
GFF: How have the players responded to training and team preparations?
Capt: We’ve responded well to team training and preparations. We know that the time we have to train together leading up to competition is crucial and everyone puts a large emphasis on using the time as efficiently as possible. In addition, we talk a lot about lifestyle, and committing ourselves to the right changes, i.e. nutrition, conditioning, mental preparedness, especially when we are unable to be together in training camp. Everyone has taken on the responsibility to be prepared in the best way for Texas, and that makes us stronger and tougher.
GFF: Do you feel the team will do better this time around as compared to 2010?
Capt: Absolutely. We’ve always been an underdog in these competitions, and that hasn’t changed. The great part is, we like it that way. We know we’ve earned the right to be where we are, nothing has ever been handed to us, or been easy for us. It’s because of these things, that 6 years later, we’re determined to earn better outcomes this time around. We’ve come a long way since 2010, and we’re ready to show just how much we belong.
GFF: What advice would you give to young aspiring Guyanese female football players and females in general in our country?
Capt: Grab a ball and play football. If you can dribble, pass, kick a football everyday- you are doing something positive for yourself and for female football in Guyana. You can improve and impact this game with hard work and determination. You can be a part of setting higher standards in Guyana for female football, you can create history.
GFF: What would you like to say to Guyanese fans?
Capt: Thank you to the fans who have supported us, and continue to support us. We don’t play for the personal recognition; we play for you, for Guyana.

2016 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Futsal Championship: Cuba tops Curacao for CFU futsal crown

(ABOVE) Players from Cuba (pictured) gather for a team photo prior to a 2016 CFU Futsal Championship game in Havana.

HAVANA – January 28, 2016 Cuba got a pair of goals from both Fernando Chapman and Karen Mariño to earn a 5-0 win over Curacao in the final of the 2016 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Futsal Championship on Tuesday at the Sala Kid Chocolate.
The finalists also earned places in this year’s CONCACAF Futsal Championship, which will qualify four teams to the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia.
Chapman, who was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, opened the scoring in the fifth minute. Jhonnet Martinez made it 2-0 just before halftime, before Chapman netted his second in the 28th minute.
Mariño completed the scoreline with rapid strikes in the 33rd and 34th minutes.
In the match for third place, Trinidad & Tobago edged Guadeloupe, 5-4, on the strength of a Jerywn Balthazar hat-trick. Mickael Burlet also netted three goals for the Guadeloupeans in the loss.
2016 CARIBBEN FOOTBALL UNION FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Sala Kid Chocolate – Havana, Cuba
January 22-26, 2016
GROUP 1

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	P
Curacao	3	3	0	0	13	4	9
Trinidad & Tobago	3	2	0	1	13	7	6
Guyana	3	1	0	2	8	11	3
Antigua & Barbuda	3	0	0	3	3	15	0

 January 22, 2016
Trinidad & Tobago-Antigua & Barbuda 7-1 (4-0)
Kerry Joseph 1:46; Jerwyn Balthazar 10:28, 31:46, 39:34; Jameel Neptune 13:46; Colin Joseph 15:15, 33:12 / Shavorn Philip 37:57
Curacao-Guyana 5-2 (2-0)
Everon Espacia 17:22, 24:06; Ashar Bernardus 18:32; Rudrick Pop 36:02; Shurwendel Roosje 37:55 / Konata Mannings 21:34; Eusi Phillips 22:19
January 23, 2016
Guyana-Trinidad & Tobago 3-4 (0-3)
Konata Mannings 32:33; Eusi Phillips 32:45, 36:08 / Kerry Joseph 4:39; Jerwyn Balthazar 6:19; Ishmael Daniel 19:44; Jameel Neptune 31:07
Antigua & Barbuda-Curacao 0-5 (0-0)
Everon Espacia 26:46, 37:14; Ashar Bernardus 27:34, 27:52; Shurwendel Roosje 38:49
January 24, 2016
Guyana-Antigua & Barbuda 3-2 (2-2)
Konata Mannings 4:01; Travis Grant 17:58; Jermine Jeffrey 32:42 / Eugine Kirwan 03:46; Novelle Francis Jr. 15:07
Curacao-Trinidad & Tobago 3-2 (0-1)
Jean Pauletta 23:03, 30:12; Ashar Bernardus 39:13 / Ishmael Daniel 14:13; Jerwyn Balthazar 39:39
GROUP 2

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	P
Cuba	3	3	0	0	14	1	9
Guadeloupe	3	2	0	1	15	10	6
St. Maarten	3	1	0	2	6	13	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	6	17	0

January 22, 2016
Jamaica-Guadeloupe 3-9 (2-7)
Michily Waul 9:05, 25:04; Anthony Marks 9:55 / Mickael Burlet 2:59, 12:32; Rohann Rambojan 3:17; Samuel Lantidor 3:55, 7:53, 21:19
Cuba-St. Maarten 5-0 (3-0)
Ricardo Castillo 12:00; Jhonnet Martinez 19:07, 34:30, 35:40; Sandy Dominguez 19:41
January 23, 2016
St. Maarten-Jamaica 3-2 (2-1)
Raymond Wolff 0:34, 39:49; Rick De Punder 11:02 / Marvin Morgan 19:09, 37:07
Cuba-Guadeloupe 4-0 (1-0)
Sandy Dominguez 8:57; Karen Mariño 24:00; Brenieht Suarez 37:38; Ricardo Castillo 38:53
January 24, 2016
Guadeloupe-St. Maarten 6-3 (5-3)
Samuel Lantidor 0:14; Mickael Burlet 4:02, 38:09; Manuel Chaffort 11:38; Yvan Chicate 15:29; Ludovic Malacquis 19:41 / Raymond Wolff 4:29; Julius Richardson 9:28; own-goal, Benoite Lacazette 12:30
Cuba-Jamaica 5-1 (5-0)
Karen Mariño 1:01; Ricardo Castillo 7:14, 10:45, 17:14; Jhonnet Martinez 18:26 / Kemeel Wolfe 39:00
MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE
January 26, 2016
Trinidad & Tobago-Guadeloupe 5-4 (2-1)
Jerwyn Balthazar 5:17, 32:58, 37:21; Kerry Joseph 13:13; Jameel Neptune 38:05 / Benoite Lacazette 4:24; Mickael Burlet 23:47, 36:46, 39:51
FINAL
January 26, 2016
Curacao-Cuba 0-5 (0-2)
Fernando Chapman 5:06, 28:17; Jhonnet Martinez 19:02; Karen Mariño 33:09, 34:28
GOALSCORERS
EIGHT
Jerwyn Balthazar, Trinidad & Tobago
SEVEN
Mickael Burlet, Guadeloupe
FIVE
Ricardo Castillo, Cuba
Jhonnet Martinez, Cuba
FOUR
Ashar Bernardus, Curacao
Everon Espacia, Curacao
Samuel Lantidor, Guadeloupe
Karen Mariño, Cuba
THREE
Kerry Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago
Konata Mannings, Guyana
Jemeel Neptune, Trinidad & Tobago
Eusi Phillips, Guyana
Raymond Wolff, St. Maarten
TWO
Manuel Chaffort, Guadeloupe
Fernando Chapman, Cuba
Ishmael Daniel, Trinidad & Tobago
Sandy Dominguez, Cuba
Colin Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago
Ludovic Malacquis, Guadeloupe
Marvin Morgan, Jamaica
Jean Pauletta, Curacao
Shurwendel Roosje, Curacao
Michily Waul, Jamaica
ONE
Yvan Chicate, Guadeloupe
Novelle Francis Jr., Antigua & Barbuda
Travis Grant, Guyana
Jermine Jeffrey, Guyana
Eugine Kirwan, Antigua & Barbuda
Loic Labuthie, Guadeloupe
Benoite Lacazette, Guadeloupe
Anthony Marks, Jamaica
Shavorn Philip, Antigua & Barbuda
Rick De Punder, St. Maarten
Rudrick Pop, Curacao
Rohann Rambojan, Guadeloupe
Julius Richardson, St. Maarten
Brenieht Suarez, Cuba
Kemeel Wolfe, Jamaica
own-goal in favor of, St. Maarten
 

WOMEN'S SOCCER 2016: U.S. to host four-team women’s tournament in Florida and Nashville

Action from the FIFA Women's World Cup semifinal between Germany and the USA (white jersey) on June 30, 2015, in Montreal, Canada. (Photo: FIFA via Getty Images)
CHICAGO -- U.S. Soccer will hold an elite, four-team international tournament featuring four of the top five ranked women's national teams in the world as England, France and Germany join the United States for the SheBelieves Cup to be held from March 3-9, 2016, at three venues in the southeastern portion of the country.
The SheBelieves Cup underlines U.S. Soccer's continued commitment to investing in the growth of women's soccer and will be the globe's premier women's soccer tournament staged in advance of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Conceived and developed by the U.S. players, #SheBelieves is a movement to inspire young girls with a positive message, encouraging them to accomplish all their goals and dreams, athletic or otherwise. The campaign launched in the run-up to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and has grown since then as the team and its fans have taken its powerful message into their communities.
The Americans will also host the 2016 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship, February 10-21, in two Texas cities.
2016 SheBelieves Cup
Schedule
March 3, 2016 (Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, Florida)Germany v France, 5:00 p.m. ET
USA v England, 7:30 p.m. ET
March 6, 2016 (Nissan Stadium – Nashville, Tennessee)USA v France, 3:00 p.m. ET
Germany v England, 5:30 p.m. ET
March 9, 2016 (FAU Stadium – Boca Raton, Florida)France v England, 5:00 p.m. ET
USA v Germany, 7:30 p.m. ET

WTA AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2016: New Career High For Angelique Kerber

On the back of her career-best Grand Slam results, Angelique Kerber will become only the 58th woman in WTA history to break into the Top 4 at No.4 on Monday.

Published January 28, 2016 12:14

Angelique Kerber

MELBOURNE, Australia - Twenty years after the last German (Anke Huber) and last lefty (Monica Seles) competed for the Australian Open crown in 1996, German lefty Angelique Kerber is just one match from her first major title, but already achieved a major milestone by winning Thursday's semifinal over Johanna Konta, and will rise to a career-high ranking of No.4 next Monday.
One of only 58 women to earn a career-high ranking in the Top 4, Kerber is the fourth German after Steffi Graf (No.1), Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (No.4) and Huber (No.4) to be ranked so high. Should she win her next match, the final against World No.1 Serena Williams, she would rise to No.2, a ranking achieved by only 33 women in WTA history.
"That's a special moment, a special feeling to get there right now, to be in the final," she told press after her her win. "I mean, I've been in the Top 10 for four years, but I was not playing so good in the big tournaments last year. That was my focus, to play better in the bigger ones.
"Now I'm in the finals here. So that means, of course, a lot."
Kerber burst onto the scene back in 2011 a mere two weeks after Andrea Petkovic predicted big things for her friend and countrywoman. Ranked No.92 in the world, she roared into the US Open semifinals with wins over Agnieszka Radwanska and Flavia Pennetta, and began a meteoric rise up the rankings - one that took her up to a previous career-high of No.5 in October of 2012.
"I was No.100 in the world and I lost 11 times I think in the first round. Then I came to New York, and I get to the semifinals. That was where a new career where started, and from there I spent four years in the Top 10."
Coached by Torben Beltz, she earned eight Top 10 victories in 2012 - including wins over Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Petra Kvitova - reached a second Grand Slam semifinal at the Wimbledon Championships - where she won a classic quarterfinal encounter against compatriot Sabine Lisicki - and qualified for her first of three WTA Finals appearances.
In the Top 5 as recently as the start of the 2013 season, the German has been a consistent force in the Top 10 since her initial breakthrough, but struggled to maintain that world-beating form over the next two years - dropping as low as No.16 last spring.
"There was one year where I reached four finals, and I lost all four. We had a lot of tough moments then. I've also had tough matches where I was up but I was losing in the end."
Inspired by the opportunity to train with in Las Vegas with Graf, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, and reuniting with Beltz, Kerber went on a tear at WTA tournaments in 2015, winning four Premier events in Charleston, Stuttgart, Birmingham, and Stanford. Still, success on the biggest stages eluded her, and a heartbreaking loss to Lucie Safarova at last year's BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global proved to be a turning point heading into the 2016 season.
"I think my nerves were actually the big challenge for me today. In Singapore I was not able to control them against Safarova.
"After this match I told myself that I will learn from that match and hope this will never happen again."
Up against pre-tournament favorite and former No.1 Victoria Azarenka, she held her nerve in emphatic style, winning the last five games to defeat the Belarusian for the first time in seven meetings, and remained solid against a surging Konta who was playing with house money in her first Grand Slam semifinal.
"It was a tough match today mentally, because I played a very good match against Vika yesterday, and I knew today I must go out there and play again good, be aggressive. I also knew that she had beaten a lot of good players these two weeks, and it would be not easy.
"But I handled it and my nerves from the beginning of the match. It feels really good to be for my first time in the final."
The fortnight is a full-circle moment for Kerber, who was spurred on by her idol and now finds herself the only player left to prevent Williams from tying that very idol's record Grand Slam total. She jokingly pleaded with Graf to send her some advice on how to beat the defending champion, but given her win over the American at the height of her 2012 peak, she might not need too much outside assistance.
"I remember that I was serving very well," she said of their match at the Western & Southern Open, exactly one year after Petkovic's prescient prediction. "I remember also a lot of matches against Serena, that we have great and close matches in the past.
"I think and I hope that she will also have respect for me. I must play my best tennis to beat her."

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BUNDESLIGA 2016: La molestia del plantel de Bayern Munich con Guardiola

Según informó Kicker, el entrenador le exige a sus dirigidos que le comuniquen dónde pasarán sus días libres, su dieta y sus horas de sueño.

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Pep Guardiola en un entrenamiento junto al chileno Arturo Vidal. Foto: Archivo.

Un jugador del Bayern Münich que no quiso identificarse habría revelado al medio alemán Kicker que en el camarín no están conformes con su técnico Pep Guardiola.
En la semana previa al partido con el Hamburgo el pasado viernes, el ex estratega del FC Barcelona se quejó frente a su plantilla por el sobrepeso de algunos jugadores y por la falta de profesionalismo.
Para intentar frenar esto, Guardiola y el club enviaron un correo a los jugadores en que se les exige avisar cómo y donde pasarán sus días libres a fin de evitar viajes inneceasrios, así cómo también la planificación de sus dietas y horas de sueño, según detalla la fuente a Kicker.
El periódico germano especula con que el DT de Arturo Vidal está bajo mucho presión tras anunciar su salida del cuadro teutón a final de temporada. Se quiere ir con títulos, especialmente con uno que le ha sido esquivo en sus dos años y medio en Baviera: la Champions League.
"Anteriormente, de una forma un otra, la indisciplina se había ignorado", escribió el deportivo. La fuente citada amenazó con que "cuando todos estén sanos, esto revienta", aunque también asumió responsabilidad por la situación. "Podríamos tenerlo más fácil si estuviéramos todos en forma. Es deber de los jugadores estar al 100", expresó el incógnito jugador.