CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers roundup

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The CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament starts today in Vancouver. The top two teams will qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. Here's a news roundup, the schedule, and some ways to watch.

* Full Tournament Schedule

* Homicide Occurs in Hotel Housing USWNT
- the players were tweeting about this and then deleted everything, probably to avoid causing panic or confusion

* The Return of MagicJack
- not CONCACAF related, but the big story in American women's soccer right now, and directly related to USWNT players

* Christine Sinclair and John Herdman interview

* Abby Wambach interview

* Fierce Hope Solo interview


Universal Sports Network is broadcasting the USWNT games

CONCACAF TV is streaming ALL games live
- you have to register on the site to watch, but registration is free
- no geoblocking
- also they have a great archive of past games

Residents of CANADA, Sportsnet should be broadcasting all games in HD
This schedule should tell you which Sportsnet channel is broadcasting which match

If none of these seem like a good option for you, check the "uswnt" or "canwnt" tumblr tags on game days. Someone will inevitably post a streaming link.


ETA: THE SPORTSNET LIVESTREAM IS NOT GEOBLOCKED.

I'm personally rooting for the US to sweep the tournament, but I wouldn't mind if Canada came out on top.

Comments

[arcticmeangirl.livejournal.com]

You guys also got Christen Press, another great young attacking player. I'm really curious to see how ATL does this year, it was miserable watching poor Chups work her heart out last season just to lose over and over again.

[la-fiora.livejournal.com]

that's good to hear about her! I saw her name was new but I haven't heard of her before. I'm excited for next season.

[arcticmeangirl.livejournal.com]

I'm not an expert on her, but she played for mJ last season and won rookie of the year(beating out Alex Morgan), and played for Stanford University, winning the Herman trophy award for best college player(again beating out baby horse). From what I've seen of her she's good.

[harrypotterlvr3.livejournal.com]

omggggg she is seriously my favorite player I love her so much :) she's been a superstar her whole life lol. She really deserves a NT call up!

[arcticmeangirl.livejournal.com]

Has she played much for the u-23,u-21,u-18, etc. teams? I remember seeing her up for a roster on the U-23 camp a few months back, but I don't know how much experience with those teams she has. I think that might be holding her back if she doesn't have that experience. Both Alex and Sydney had a lot of experience on those teams and were the highest goalscorerers at the u-20 world cup, which they won.

If Pia does leave after the olympics, like she says she plans on doing, I can see Christen getting the call up when a new coach evaluates the forward situation.

[la-fiora.livejournal.com]

I never heard about her winning rookie of the year! that's awesome

[harrypotterlvr3.livejournal.com]

She's been one of the best (if not the best) forwards in her age group for the last few years. She played with Kelley at Stanford, and those two were consistently unstoppable together. They were one of the most powerful offensive forces in the nation. When Kelley graduated, she ofc did her thing with FC Gold Pride and kept excelling as a forward. Christen continued to deliver at Stanford, became the all-time leading scorer for the school, tied Kelley's record for goals scored in a single season, and really established herself as one of the best. She rightfully won every award under the sun, and went on to play incredibly well with magicJack last season. She is crazy good.

Sooo with Kelley, Christen, and Sydney at ATL, RIP everyone's defense etc etc. I expect big things from them all!

[la-fiora.livejournal.com]

she sounds so cool, I will definitely be paying attention to her!