On Saturday, October 13th, France claimed its first Women’s World Cup title at any age level by knocking off North Korea on penalties in the final of the 2012 Under-17 Women’s World Cup. In the earlier Third Place Match, Germany lost to Ghana 0:1, even though Ghana played with 10 win for the last 58 minutes of the match. Continue reading
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U-17 WWC: Guess Who Will Be in the Final…
North Korea and France. Both squads that the United States Under-17 Women’s National Team tied in their matches during the group stage of this tournament, the Under-17 Women’s World Cup. Continue reading
U-17 WWC – The Quarterfinals: France, North Korea, Germany, and Ghana Advance to the Semifinals
The quarterfinals of the Under-17 Women’s World Cup were contested on Thursday and Friday. Here’s the scores… Continue reading
U-17 WWC: Match Days 5 and 6: USA and Mexico Eliminated; Canada Makes It Through
Scores for the final days of group play, along with the knock-out round schedule… Continue reading
U-17 WWC: Match Days 3 and 4: USA and Canada Win, Mexico Falls – Plus Advancement Scenarios
Just the score lines, along with summaries of the advancement scenarios for each group going into the final days of group play… Continue reading
U-17 WWC: Match Days 1 and 2: USA and Canada Each Tie, Mexico Wins
Just a recap of the scores from the first two match days… Continue reading
The Under-17 Women’s World Cup Kicks-Off on Saturday: Match Day 1 Preview
The 2012 Under-17 Women’s World Cup, hosted by Azerbaijan, kicks-off on Saturday, September 22nd. Among the teams playing on Saturday are the United States in Group B (5:48 a.m. EDT, ESPN3.com) and Canada in Group A (7:48 a.m. EDT, ESPN3.com). Both teams face stiff opponents in their opening matches. For the United States, their opposition is France, who narrowly lost to Germany on penalties in the final of the UEFA Championship. Meanwhile, Canada will play Nigeria, the top team from Africa. The third team from CONCACAF, Mexico, begins group play on Sunday against New Zealand. Continue reading
The Under-17 Women’s World Cup Begins September 22nd: All Matches Will Be Streamed Via ESPN3
The 2012 Under-17 Women’s World Cup kicks off on Saturday, September 22nd. Every match of the group stage, along with all of the knock-out matches will be streamed online via ESPN3 on WatchESPN. The United States is in Group B and will face France, Gambia, and North Korea. Also participating are Canada, who are in Group A, and Mexico, who are in Group C. Continue reading
Under-17 Women’s World Cup: Official Rosters Released By FIFA
On Friday, FIFA.com published the roster for all sixteen teams on its micro-site for the U-17 WWC. The rosters are also available in a single document as a PDF file. The rest of this post examines the teams’ age and height statistics, primarily for Group B, which includes the United States, along with France, Gambia, and North Korea.
(For the United States’ roster, please also see this earlier post, which also has some notes on the likely preferred starting line-up.) Continue reading
U-17 USWNT: Roster for the 2012 Under-17 Women’s World Cup Named
On August 29th, the United States Under-17 Women’s National Team roster for this year’s Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan was released by U.S. Soccer. From the team’s CONCACAF qualifying roster, the only player to not make the U-17 WWC roster was midfielder Sarah Robinson, apparently due to an unspecified “medical issue,” while centerback Claire Wagner and third goalkeeper Morgan Stearns were added. Continue reading
