It's International Women's Day and Danish sportswear brand Hummel has celebrated it by releasing the new Afghanistan national soccer team kit. The Afghanistan women's team kits feature a built-in hijab allowing female players to follow Islamic custom without having to don a regular scarf, which would often be difficult whilst playing in hot environments.
Not that Meghan Klingenberg would have had any trouble stealing our hearts normally, but today she especially stole our hearts with this video of the USWNT star accepting an award (sadly, not an Oscar).
Abby Wambach is the all-time leading scorer in international soccer. She has a stunning 184 goals; 23 more than her nearest female competitor, Christine Sinclair, and 75 more than her nearest male competitor, Ali Daei. No man alive today has a legitimate chance at breaking Wambach’s record. She originally claimed the record during a friendly against South Korea on June 20th, 2013. She scored four times as she did so. A feat that will remind some of Lionel Messi, who has a habit of scoring a hat trick when he breaks a record, and perhaps does so fittingly.
Alex Morgan is good at sports. In the USWNT's Olympic qualifier against Costa Rica Wednesday, Morgan scored a goal just 12 seconds into the match, the fastest goal in US Soccer history and one of the fastest goals of all time.
The last time a player on the USWNT scored a goal in their debut cap was all the way back in November. As predicted, another member of the youthful USWNT, Mallory Pugh, joined the First Cap, First Goal (1C1G) club this year.
In case you missed the US women’s rout of Ireland, here are the four biggest highlights:
1. Carli Lloyd took 28 minutes to score her hat-trick. She’s in a slump, but seems to be coming back.
2. Alex Morgan put an exclamation on her 100th cap with a goal and two assists.
I’m comfortable calling Tobin Heath the best dribbler on the USWNT. Ever since she dropped this ridiculous elastico before assisting Abby “The Legend” Wambach against Mexico, she’s had the title firmly in her grip…er, between her feet. Now that she’s the reigning queen of dribbling it seems that her reputation is getting her some interesting gigs. For instance, this video of Tobin Heath nutmegging everyone on the USWNT at a recent training camp.
Who wouldn’t want to be like Carli Lloyd? The 2015 FIFA Women’s Player of the Year and World Cup Golden Ball Winner has it all, barring the occasional misspelling of her name at Starbucks.
Carli Lloyd has won the award for FIFA Women’s World Player Of The Year 2015.
The Houston Dash and USWNT midfielder won the 2015 Women’s World Cup with the United States. She scored an absolutely stunning hat trick in the first half of the final against Japan; it was one of the most dominant displays in a final a player has ever put forth.
Lloyd beat out the likes of finalists Aya Miyama of Japan and Celia Sasic of Germany.
“This has been a dream of mine,” Lloyd said as she accepted the award. Lloyd was visibly emotional as she said her acceptance speech.
Carli Lloyd can't get no respect. In Starbucks of all places.
We're sure the barista meant no disrespect to the focal point of the USWNT's World Cup-winning attack, but "Nardley" is not a name.
Nardley is a new one. pic.twitter.com/6SVPYQeOEm
— Carli Lloyd (@CarliLloyd) January 4, 2016As perhaps the most famous face of the United States Women’s National Team today, Alex Morgan is one of the top forwards in the sport. Seeing the number 13 with the ponytail and pink headband couldn’t be more intimidating for opposing defenders – from the first time she announced her presence on the USWNT with a breakout goal versus Italy in 2010. She has an arsenal of skills to get past defenders, whether it being her speed, strength or touch.