Senior defender Marissa Abegg is headed to Falun, Sweden for the 2008 Nordic Cup, as head coach Bill Irwin included her on the 18-player U.S. Under-23 Women's National Team Nordic Cup roster released today. Abegg becomes Stanford's newest addition to a Nordic Cup roster, maintaining a 13-year streak in which at least one Cardinal athlete has represented the United States at the annual northern European tournament. >> Read More
U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 18-player roster for the 2008 Olympic Team, and two Stanford alumni, goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart and defender Rachel Buehler, have each earned a spot on the squad that will head to Beijing. Sundhage made her final selections after the USA's 1-0 victory over Canada in the 2008 Peace Queen Cup championship game on June 21 in Suwon, South Korea. >> Read More
Junior Ali Riley will be heading to Beijing as the New Zealand Olympic Committee has named the women who will be the first football players to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games. After ending a 16-year absence from the world stage at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the Football Ferns return to China with their strongest squad in John Herdman's two-year tenure as head coach. >> Read More
The U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team fell to Canada, 1-0, in the CONCACAF Championship Final at Estadio Cuauhtemoc in Puebla, Mexico. The lone goal scored by Canada in the 45th minute was the only goal allowed by the United States in five games of the tournament. >> Read More
Former Cardinal standouts Nicole Barnhart and Rachel Buehler helped lead the U.S. Women's National team to a 1-0 victory over Canada in the championship game of the Peace Queen Cup. The match was played in Suwon, South Korea in front of 25,280 fans at the Suwon World Cup Stadium. The win moved the USA to 17-0-1 in 2008 with only four friendly matches remaining before the 2008 Olympic Games. >> Read More
Cardinal incoming freshman Teresa Noyola and sophomore Kelley O'Hara have been named as two of the 24 players that will head to Park City, Utah for a training camp from June 8-13, which will serve as the final preparation before the squad enters CONCACAF Qualifying for the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. >> Read More
