red card Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Sweden announced their World Cup squad a few hours after Japan. Seger wiil take part in her fifth World Cup while Hanna Glas is out due to injury. It's essientially the group that played Canada at the Tokyo Olympics. 8 players from Allsvenskan, 7 from WSL, 2 each from Frauen Bundesliga/Serie A/Liga F and one each from NWSL/D1 Arkema. Edited June 13, 2023 by red card Olympique_de_Marseille and narduch 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 The Super Falcons released their 23 player squad. In terms of club affliation, they are most diverse so far with 5 each playing in France/Spain, 4 in USA (NWSL/NCAA), 2 each in Nigeria/Turkey and 1 each in England/Sweden/Portugal/China/Russia. A few aren't playing in the D1 league of the country. They're arriving in Australia on July 4th for a 15 day camp. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 Jamaican players state all is rotten. They have concerns about subpar planning, transportation, accommodations, training conditions, comp, communication, nutrition and access to resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) The last of Canada's group stage foes puts out their 29 player provisional squad. 10 Matildas are from WSL. Can be 13 as 3 listed as unattached are because their WSL contracts have expired. 6 play in Damallsvenskan, 4 in A-League, 2 each in NWSL & Eliteserien (Norway) and 1 each in France/NCAA. Like Canada, their training camp is in the Gold Coast. And like Canada, they're playing a friendly on July 14 but vs France at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium. Edited June 19, 2023 by red card narduch and Olympique_de_Marseille 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) Norway announced their 23 player World Cup squad. Similar to Canada men, they have a top tier front line but weak in the back. 9 players are in WSL (with one on relegated Reading), 7 in their domestic Eliteserien, 3 in Serie A, 2 with Barcelona and 1 each in France & Germany. Manager Hege Riise says goal is to win group of SUI, NZL & PHI and then see how we do against ESP or JPN. Edited June 19, 2023 by red card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) Marking 1 month to go, Tourism New Zealand working with the Maori built a pitch by hand in front of their tallest mountain in the South Island. In the first match on the pitch, two local girls team played to 1-1 draw. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/soccer-womens-world-cup-new-zealand-mount-cook-1.6882016 Edited June 20, 2023 by red card Jedi Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 FIFPro released a report on World Cup qualifying. For player profiles, only 40% were pros while 16% were semi-pros. In terms of being paid by federations, 29% weren't paid. 29% took unpaid leave and 20% left their jobs/studies to play in qualifying. For in tournament experience, the bad was 26% said no gym provided and 20% said no recovery facilities provided. 62% travelled by economy/premium economy. 54% didn't have a pre-tourney medical. 39% had no access to mental health support. For areas of improvement. 60% said match scheduling, 69% said travel arrangements and 72% said accommodations. Concacaf specific qualifying last year in Monterrey, the areas with the highest total of very good to excellent ratings were stadium/pitches and accomodation (both at 71%), meeting/dining facilities (59%), and food (58%). The worst areas were training pitches, gym facilities and recovery facilities. 83% flew by economy. Areas with highest levels of extreme improvement needed are pay (42%), training pitches (29%) and travel (21%). Concacaf W tourney was rated very good to excellent by 42% of the players which ranked third behind CAF & UEFA qualifiers. Conembol ranked last at 24%. Only UEFA provided a stand alone World Cup qualifying process. https://fifpro.org/en/who-we-are/what-we-do/foundations-of-work/new-fifpro-report-warns-of-uneven-women-s-world-cup-qualifying-across-confederations/ rkomar and Olympique_de_Marseille 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 US celebrity culture permeates their roster announcement. All from NWSL ex Horan (but on loan from the Thorns). Only new name is uncapped Savannah DeMelo of Racing Louisville FC. Aside from injured players like Macario, most complaints are about no Hatch, Coffey & Krueger. And the usual segment saying they won't watch because Rapinoe is on the roster. 12 players from Tokyo Olympics & 14 players from WC 2019 rosters excluded due to injury, retired or not selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) Canada has kicked off their prep at BMO Training Ground in Toronto. Six players from prelim squad of Buchanan, Gilles, Riviere, Zadorksy, D. Rose & Alidou are in training along with a number of youth players including Anna Karpenko. NWSL players aren't released till next Monday. Edited June 21, 2023 by red card narduch, Canuckia and rkomar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) After being down 1-0 at the half due to an own goal, Ireland came back to defeat Zambia 3-2 in South Dublin before 5.7k. Ireland didn't play the Champions League Best 11 & their team captain McCabe and their 3 NWSL players weren't released yet. https://www.fai.ie/ireland/match/55501/2023/999948616?tab=report Edited June 24, 2023 by red card The Ref 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Looks like Amandine Pierre-Louis has filed her one time switch from Canada to Haiti: https://www.canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=2562 https://lenouvelliste.com/article/242909/football-nahomie-ambroise-revient-amandine-pierre-louis-enfin-grenadiere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) FIFA isn't pleased with the ticket sales in Aotearoa. 1.1 million tickets have been sold so far but Aotearoa accounts for only 23% of the number while hosting 45% of the matches. They're blaming the modest selling power of the Football Ferns who are on a 10 match winless streak. Tix are priced to go. $10 NZD for kids and $20 NZD is the lowest for adults. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/492443/fifa-concerned-about-world-cup-ticket-sales-in-nz Edited June 23, 2023 by red card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) WAFCON Champions announced their World Cup squad at a ceremony held at the Presidential Guest House. They started with prelim squad of 36 players for a June 12 camp start. They're leaving on July 3 for New Zealand and will play a friendly vs Costa Rica. South Africa comes with a largely a domestic-based squad but there 1 player each from Spain, Italy, Scotland, South Korea, Mexico & USA. Edited June 24, 2023 by red card Canuckia and Olympique_de_Marseille 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) The last country to qualify announced their squad for their first ever World Cup. The majority of Las Canaleras play abroad with 4 in Costa Rica, 2 each in Mexico/Italy/Spain/USA and 1 each in Colombia/Portugal/Ecuador. Panama tied Colombia 1-1 in a June 21 friendly. They're scheduled to play away at Gibraltar & in Spain next week. Then, they'll have a camp in Saudi Arabia. They'll also play Japan on July 14. Edited June 24, 2023 by red card Canuckia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) Another Concacaf entrant & Panama's group stage foe, the Reggae Girlz released their World Cup squad. 11 are returning from France 2019 while 5 are making their World Cup debuts. NCAA leads with 5 players, 4 are unattached, 3 each from WSL/D1 Arkema, 2 each from SWPL/NWSL/FA Championship and 1 each from Czechia/USA youth soccer. Former Canadian u17 international along with 3 senior Canada caps in 2013, unattached Tiffany Cameron made the squad. One of Jamaica's assistant coaches is also listed as Canadian. No friendlies have been scheduled. Edited June 24, 2023 by red card Canuckia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 #CANWNT social media types said Canada Soccer wouldn't do this for the women. But it's coming. rkomar, kobasew19, Kent and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 26, 2023 Author Share Posted June 26, 2023 (edited) FIFA engagement ramp up continues with march of nations across Sydney Harbour Bridge and release of the official chant. Edited June 26, 2023 by red card Goal_Kick and Canuckia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 Japan remains the only major market without a WC broadcast deal. The issues being faced sound similar. The impasse highlights the sport’s struggle to find a broader foothold in Japan, two years after the launch of a professional league that was heralded as a pathway to mainstream recognition and over a decade since the national team’s historic triumph at the 2011 Women’s World Cup. The Japan Football Association never developed a true plan for building on that momentum, eventually leading to declining interest in the domestic game. “We didn’t think we needed to do something special (right away) for women’s football because we misunderstood that the movement would last a long time,” Norio Sasaki, Nadeshiko Japan’s head coach between 2008 and 2016 and currently the director of women’s soccer at the JFA. In fact it was Sasaki’s reliance on his 2011 stars, rather than developing new talent, that led to Nadeshiko Japan’s shock failure to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics, resulting in a four-year gap between major tournaments and forcing the team further out of the limelight. The WE (Women's Empowerment) League has been hamstrung by a reduced pandemic-era budget under the JFA, a struggle to attract big-name sponsors and stagnant crowds. One key miscalculation has been the decision to adopt a fall-spring calendar to ease transfers. But even special funds established by the league and the JFA were not enough to draw any marquee foreign players to Japan. Meanwhile, winter breaks lasting as long as three months have resulted in significant declines in attendance in the spring, indicating that casual fans have been disconnected as a result of the lack of games. That disconnect has extended to the national team. Between 2010 and 2022, Nadeshiko Japan played just 23% of games in Japan — less than half of the men’s team’s 47%. Nadeshiko has played in the capital just twice since 2011, depriving the team of much needed media exposure. With so many Nadeshiko friendlies taking place overseas, broadcasters have struggled to get viewers to tune in. Not many nations can claim to be women’s world champions; it’s an elite group that Japan are part of, and for the first time in 16 years, the matches will be taking place in a time zone that’s favourable for Asia. But where’s the hype? Where’s the buzz around a team stacked with talent? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/06/27/soccer/womens-world-cup/japan-wwc-broadcaster-standoff/ rkomar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) Brasil's World Cup squad is out. 7 play for domestic clubs, 6 each in liga F & NWSL. Brasil has third highest NWSL representation after the USA & Canada. Debhina and Kerolin have been lighting up the NWSL so far this season. Marta makes her 6th World Cup. 2 players are from liga BPI and one each from WSL/Serie A. 3 alternates were also named. Brasil will play Chile on July 2 in Brasilia before heading off to Australia. Edited June 28, 2023 by red card Canuckia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) Ireland trims their provisional list down to 23. Just over 40% weren't born in Ireland. Just over 60% play in England with 8 in WSL and 6 in the Championship. Then, we have an assorted mix of 3 in NWSL, 2 each in SWPL/League of Ireland and 1 each in 2. Bundesliga/NCAA. Canada's squad is set to be announced Sunday, July 9 1300EDT on TSN1&3. Edited June 28, 2023 by red card Canuckia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 In seeing BMO ads first at Nations League finals and now at the Gold Cup, I thought Scotiabank had been Concacafed. But Scotia is still with Concacaf while BMO's deal is the first company to sign a FIFA + Concacaf combo deal. FIFA's sponsorship have typically been global but now they have introduced regional packages. BMO is an offcial sponsor of the 2023 World Cup & 2026 World Cup for North America only. And BMO is the official bank of the Men & Women's Gold Cup and Nations League Finals from 2023-25. https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/bmo-is-first-brand-on-board-under-new-fifa-concacaf-pact/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 On 6/25/2023 at 9:21 PM, red card said: FIFA engagement ramp up continues with march of nations across Sydney Harbour Bridge and release of the official chant. Official chant? Is this something they have done in the past or is this new? I don't remember there being official chants in World Cups in the past. I wonder if they are going to be pumping it in stadiums or if they are just hoping to convince fans to adopt the chant. I presume it will be some sort of pre-game chant played in the stadium to try to hype the crowd up for the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, Kent said: Official chant? Is this something they have done in the past or is this new? I don't remember there being official chants in World Cups in the past. I wonder if they are going to be pumping it in stadiums or if they are just hoping to convince fans to adopt the chant. I presume it will be some sort of pre-game chant played in the stadium to try to hype the crowd up for the games. There has been official songs which has more recently morphed into albums. There has been entrance anthems. There has been broadcaster theme music. Usually chants are left to the supporters imagination. But chants haven't been as prevalent at women's World Cups. Now, we have a World Cup with travelling support tempered. This might be FIFA's way of nudging neutral fans. Official song is now out. Do It Again. Benee Ft. Mallrat. Edited June 29, 2023 by red card Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) No surprise here. Chronic NFF issues. Edited June 29, 2023 by red card Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 Football Ferns whānau trim 38 players down to their 23 World Cup squad. 10 will make their World Cup debut. Prospects will never look good when Unattached FC leads with 8 players. At the other end of spectrum, 4 play in the WSL. Then, 3 Australia, 2 Scotland and 1 each spanning NCAA, NWSL along with Iceland, Sweden, Finland & Denmark. They will play Vietnam on July 10 in Napier. Opening match vs Norway at Eden Park is still a few thousand away from a sell-out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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