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Red Nation and Rhian discuss National Team Coach Carolina Morace, the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Germany, Christine Sinclair...

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Welcome to my website and thank you. Since 1st March 2006, we have received 170,000 hits, so there's an obvious need for National Women's team soccer news. This site is now the longest running WNT players' blog in Canada with over 1,000 written entries.

I started playing soccer at 5 years old, and I have been fortunate to play for, and against, some of the world's best teams and players. As women's soccer continues to grow, many young women have set their sights on the game at the highest level. My site will provide regular news, not just about Canadian soccer matches, but insights into what it means to be a woman player. I will post background stories about my Clubs, my travels, my teams, FIFA World Cups, Tournaments, test matches and the Olympic Games.

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HOMELESS PERSPECTIVE 25th January 2012

Soccer has enabled the athletes of the Canadian Women's national team to travel to all parts of the world and to play the game they love. But the "beautiful game" has helped many other players also realize their dreams, national team players or not. READ MORE

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FOCUS ON MEXICO 25th January 20121

(From Toronto Star, The Province)

Mexico head coach Leonardo Cuellar has thrown down the gauntlet for Friday's 2012 Olympic qualifying match against Canada. "I feel that the (Mexican) team, after this experience, is going to be ready for the challenge," he said after a 4-0 loss to the U.S. Tuesday before a noisy throng of Mexico supporters who dominated B.C. Place's crowd of 7,599. "I know we are playing away, but you saw the crowd," he added. "Don't be surprised if we have more Mexicans than Canadians on Friday." The whole lower bowl may be opened up and a crowd of 20,0000 is possible. READ MORE

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CANADA ROUTS COSTA RICA 23rd January 2012

( From Canoe and Canada.com)

It was supposed to be Canada's toughest test of the group stage.

But the Canadian women's soccer team cruised to an easy 5-1 win over Costa Rica on Monday, setting up a likely Canada-Mexico semifinal showdown at the CONCACAF women's Olympic qualifying tournament at BC Place. Monday's game drew a crowd of 8,105, down from the 12,417 in Game 2 Saturday against Cuba. School nights mean a smaller crowd. READ MORE

Vancouver Sun

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CAN FUND 25th January 2012

CanFund has been at all of Canada's games in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. For the Fund to continue its good work in providing bursaries for Canadian Olympic athletes, Canada soccer needs to spread awareness of the CAN Fund and right now the biggest way to help is by spreading word of Christine Sinclair's $12 for 2012 campaign. This asks Canadians to donate the amount of her jersey number $12 to CAN Fund. READ MORE

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COSTA RICA CONTAINED 23rd January 2012

Guest Journal from Diana Matheson

Canada played a great game tonight against Costa Rica. We won 5-1 and finished first in our group, which means we will play the second placed team in the other group (to be determined by the games between the United States and Mexico tomorrow). READ MORE

RHIAN SOCCER AND MEDIA REPORTS

READY FOR COSTA RICA 22nd January 2012
From: bconstantineau@vancouversun.com & Voageurs

If Canada defeat or tie Costa Rica, they win their group and probably avoid playing a powerhouse American squad in the semifinals of the CONCACAF women’s Olympic qualifying tournament. If they lose, a Canada-U.S. semifinal showdown is likely on Friday, with the winner earning a berth to London 2012 and the loser getting shut out of the Olympic tournament. READ MORE

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CUBA AT BAY 21st January 2012

We defeated Cuba 2-0 tonight and a big thank you to the over 12,000 fans who came out to cheer us on. Apparently this is a record for a senior women's soccer game in Canada. Cuba is not ranked very highly, but I thought that while they did not really challenge us in attack, they played a strong game against us READ MORE