Portugal -Ladies Soccer around the world

[Frank Cunha]

more punishment on the 6 of December
it looks like Nuno Cristovao got a job for life
here is a list of players called for the game
1º de Dezembro: Ana Rita, Carla Couto, Carla Cristina, Paula Cristina e Silvia Brunheira.

ADRC Fonte Boa: Dani, Kikas e Mónica Ribeiro.

ARC Várzea: Marina Ferreira.

AD Corderex P.La Antigua: Edite Fernandes.

Boavista FC: Sandra Silva.

C. Zona História Soure: Inês Silva.

CF Benfica: Susana Lourido.

Escola FC: Ana Santos.

FC Avintes: Carla Monteiro.

Odivelas FC: Sofia Amorim.

SM Murtoense: Raquel Pessoa.

Vitória de Setúbal: Sónia Silva.



Convocatória para a Selecção feminina



O responsável técnico da Selecção Nacional feminina de futebol, Nuno Cristóvão, divulgou hoje a lista de 18 convocadas para o encontro que a equipa lusa irá disputar no próximo dia 6 de Dezembro, ante a Rep. Checa, referente à fase de qualificação para o Euro2005.


Naquele que será o quarto encontro de Portugal no Grupo 4 da fase de qualificação, as futebolistas lusas vão procurar apagar a má imagem deixada no último jogo disputado, na Alemanha (campeã mundial em título), em que perderam por expressivos 13-0.

Portugal soma, nesta momento, apenas três pontos neste agrupamento, resultantes da vitória «caseira» ante a Ucrânia (1-0). No outro encontro disputado, Portugal perdeu por 8-1 frente à Escócia.

[Frank Cunha]

U.S. WNT In Group A at Algarve Cup 24/02/04

The U.S. Women's National Team will have a short turnaround for the 11th Algarve Cup as the team will depart for Europe four days after returning from Costa Rica and the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament. U.S. head coach April Heinrichs will name a 20-player roster for the Algarve Cup after Olympic qualifying is completed and those players will leave for the southern coast of Portugal on March 10.

The USA has been placed in Group A and will face France on March 14, Denmark on March 16 and 2003 Women’s World Cup runner-up Sweden on March 18. The placement matches will be contested on March 20. Group B features Norway, Finland, Canada and China. Group C, which consists of four European lower tier teams, features host Portugal, Wales, Greece and Northern Ireland. The competition will run from March 14-20 with four match days, featuring six matches each day. Venues and match times have not yet been confirmed, but all the games will be played at small venues spread out across the Algarve region.

This marks the ninth trip to the Algarve Cup for the U.S. women, who won the world’s most prestigious invitational women’s tournament last year, defeating China 2-0 in the title game. The Algarve Cup was one of the few missing trophies in a very crowded case as the U.S. women went four straight tournaments without an Algarve title before winning in 2000 behind a Brandi Chastain penalty kick for a 1-0 victory over Norway. The USA has an 18-8-5 all-time record in the Algarve Cup, which is perhaps the world’s most competitive women’s international event outside of the Women's World Cup, the Olympics and the European Championship.

None of the matches will be televised in the United States, but fans can follow the USA’s grueling schedule of four games in seven days online at ussoccer.com's MatchTracker, presented by Philips Electronics.

Since the expansion from eight to 12 teams three years ago, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows. The teams in Group A and B will compete for the title as the group winners will play in the championship game on Saturday, March 20. The two second-place group finishers in Groups A and B will play for third place, while the third-place finishers will play for fifth place. The Group C teams will be competing for a chance to play for spots 7-12 as the winner of Group C will play the fourth place team in Group A, the second place team in Group C will play the fourth place team in Group B, and the third and fourth place finishers in Group C will play each other again.

The USA has not faced Denmark since a hard-fought 3-2 win in the fifth-place match of the 2002 Algarve Cup as Shannon MacMillan registered the only hat trick in U.S. Women’s National Team history that came in a one-goal win. The USA has played France eight times, but it has been almost seven years since the last meeting against the French, who qualified for their first Women’s World Cup in 2003. The USA is developing quite a rivalry with Sweden, meeting in the opening match of the 2003 Women’s World Cup as well as the last five Algarve Cups. The two teams also met on Jan. 30 at the Four Nations Tournament in China, a 3-0 U.S. win.

Following is the complete Algarve Cup schedule:

Group A
Denmark
France
Sweden
USA

Group B
Canada
China
Finland
Norway

Group C
Greece
Northern Ireland
Portugal
Wales

Sunday, March 14
USA vs. France
Denmark vs. Sweden
Norway vs. Finland
Canada vs. China
Portugal vs. Wales
Greece vs. Northern Ireland

Thursday, March 16
Denmark vs. USA
Sweden vs. France
Norway vs. Canada
Finland vs. China
Portugal vs. Greece
Wales vs. Northern Ireland

Thursday, March 18
Sweden vs. USA
Denmark vs. France
Norway vs. China
Finland vs. Canada
Portugal vs. Northern Ireland
Wales vs. Greece

Saturday, March 20
Placement Matches

Press

[Lemmy]

The finals will be USA vs Sweden/Norway.

[Frank Cunha]

U.S. WNT In Group A at Algarve Cup 24/02/04

The U.S. Women's National Team will have a short turnaround for the 11th Algarve Cup as the team will depart for Europe four days after returning from Costa Rica and the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament. U.S. head coach April Heinrichs will name a 20-player roster for the Algarve Cup after Olympic qualifying is completed and those players will leave for the southern coast of Portugal on March 10.

The USA has been placed in Group A and will face France on March 14, Denmark on March 16 and 2003 Women’s World Cup runner-up Sweden on March 18. The placement matches will be contested on March 20. Group B features Norway, Finland, Canada and China. Group C, which consists of four European lower tier teams, features host Portugal, Wales, Greece and Northern Ireland. The competition will run from March 14-20 with four match days, featuring six matches each day. Venues and match times have not yet been confirmed, but all the games will be played at small venues spread out across the Algarve region.

This marks the ninth trip to the Algarve Cup for the U.S. women, who won the world’s most prestigious invitational women’s tournament last year, defeating China 2-0 in the title game. The Algarve Cup was one of the few missing trophies in a very crowded case as the U.S. women went four straight tournaments without an Algarve title before winning in 2000 behind a Brandi Chastain penalty kick for a 1-0 victory over Norway. The USA has an 18-8-5 all-time record in the Algarve Cup, which is perhaps the world’s most competitive women’s international event outside of the Women's World Cup, the Olympics and the European Championship.

None of the matches will be televised in the United States, but fans can follow the USA’s grueling schedule of four games in seven days online at ussoccer.com's MatchTracker, presented by Philips Electronics.

Since the expansion from eight to 12 teams three years ago, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows. The teams in Group A and B will compete for the title as the group winners will play in the championship game on Saturday, March 20. The two second-place group finishers in Groups A and B will play for third place, while the third-place finishers will play for fifth place. The Group C teams will be competing for a chance to play for spots 7-12 as the winner of Group C will play the fourth place team in Group A, the second place team in Group C will play the fourth place team in Group B, and the third and fourth place finishers in Group C will play each other again.

The USA has not faced Denmark since a hard-fought 3-2 win in the fifth-place match of the 2002 Algarve Cup as Shannon MacMillan registered the only hat trick in U.S. Women’s National Team history that came in a one-goal win. The USA has played France eight times, but it has been almost seven years since the last meeting against the French, who qualified for their first Women’s World Cup in 2003. The USA is developing quite a rivalry with Sweden, meeting in the opening match of the 2003 Women’s World Cup as well as the last five Algarve Cups. The two teams also met on Jan. 30 at the Four Nations Tournament in China, a 3-0 U.S. win.

Following is the complete Algarve Cup schedule:

Group A
Denmark
France
Sweden
USA

Group B
Canada
China
Finland
Norway

Group C
Greece
Northern Ireland
Portugal
Wales

Sunday, March 14
USA vs. France
Denmark vs. Sweden
Norway vs. Finland
Canada vs. China
Portugal vs. Wales
Greece vs. Northern Ireland

Thursday, March 16
Denmark vs. USA
Sweden vs. France
Norway vs. Canada
Finland vs. China
Portugal vs. Greece
Wales vs. Northern Ireland

Thursday, March 18
Sweden vs. USA
Denmark vs. France
Norway vs. China
Finland vs. Canada
Portugal vs. Northern Ireland
Wales vs. Greece

Saturday, March 20
Placement Matches

Press Release courtesy of www.ussoccer.com

[Lemmy]

Finals will be USA vs Sweden/Norway

[Frank Cunha]

too bad one of the top tournaments in the World get very little press in Portugal

[Frank Cunha]

Coach Nuno Cristovao in the USA to look for players
Portuguese Womens coach Nuno Cristovao in the USA to check on Portuguese American, young ladies
the young portuguese american players will play in a tournament in Boston, Newark New Jersey

the invitation was made by the President of the USL Francisco Marcos W1 Leagues, and W2

when Portugal got trash by Germany I send a email to the Portuguese federation, letting know we couldn't continued getting beat 13-0 when we have so many portuguese americans the can beat the portuguese national team.

the players will be from local HS and Universities

Nuno Cristovao will also wants to arrange for the players to come and go between the USA and Portugal, for games and tournaments

Nuno Cristóvão nos Estados Unidos para observar futebolistas luso descendentes



O seleccionador nacional de futebol feminino está nos Estados Unidos desde hoje com o intuito de observar algumas futebolistas luso descendentes que vão participar num torneio de futebol em Boston, New Jersey e Newark.


A informação foi hoje avançada pela Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, revelando que a presença de Nuno Cristóvão em solo norte-americano surge na sequência de um convite para o efeito formulado pelo Presidente da United Soccer League, Francisco Matos.

O torneio em causa vai ser organizado pela comunidade portuguesa de Boston, New Jersey e Newark, estando garantida a presença de clubes de futebol e universitários, dos Estados Unidos e do Canadá.

Para além da observação a atletas que possam vir a integrar futuras convocatórias da selecção feminina portuguesa, Nuno Cristóvão irá, também, estudar a possibilidade de equipas norte-americanas poderem disputar jogos no nosso país ou de se realizarem, no futuro, intercâmbios de estágio entre futebolistas dos dois países.

[Frank Cunha]

Coach Nuno Cristovao in the USA to look for players
Portuguese Womens coach Nuno Cristovao in the USA to check on Portuguese American, young ladies
the young portuguese american players will play in a tournament in Boston, Newark New Jersey

the invitation was made by the President of the USL Francisco Marcos W1 Leagues, and W2

when Portugal got trash by Germany I send a email to the Portuguese federation, letting know we couldn't continued getting beat 13-0 when we have so many portuguese americans the can beat the portuguese national team.

the players will be from local HS and Universities

Nuno Cristovao will also wants to arrange for the players to come and go between the USA and Portugal, for games and tournaments

Nuno Cristóvão nos Estados Unidos para observar futebolistas luso descendentes



O seleccionador nacional de futebol feminino está nos Estados Unidos desde hoje com o intuito de observar algumas futebolistas luso descendentes que vão participar num torneio de futebol em Boston, New Jersey e Newark.


A informação foi hoje avançada pela Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, revelando que a presença de Nuno Cristóvão em solo norte-americano surge na sequência de um convite para o efeito formulado pelo Presidente da United Soccer League, Francisco Matos.

O torneio em causa vai ser organizado pela comunidade portuguesa de Boston, New Jersey e Newark, estando garantida a presença de clubes de futebol e universitários, dos Estados Unidos e do Canadá.

Para além da observação a atletas que possam vir a integrar futuras convocatórias da selecção feminina portuguesa, Nuno Cristóvão irá, também, estudar a possibilidade de equipas norte-americanas poderem disputar jogos no nosso país ou de se realizarem, no futuro, intercâmbios de estágio entre futebolistas dos dois países.

[Lemmy]

If it will improve Portugal's national team, I'm all for it :thumbsup:

[Lemmy]

Yay, improvement on the Portuguese national womens team :danc: :danc:

[Frank Cunha]

its about time, we lost 10 years, did you know Simoes was the women's portuguese coach once he left the USA
instead of improving we got worse, under Cristovao

Francisco Marcos the President of the USL from the A-League to the Youth divisions, made a great move by inviting the portuguese coach

[Frank Cunha]

its about time

[Lemmy]

The proble, is that no-one in Portugal cares about womens football, unlike here.

[Frank Cunha]

here, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, etc.

[Lemmy]

I don't even think that teams in Portugal such as Porto or Benfica even have a womans football team, unlike teams in England.