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Hope Solo

PEOPLE Magazine staff writer Johnny Dodd @ Johnny_Dodd May 5 Just spent some quality time with Hope Solo, our planet's greatest female goal keeper, and her poultry!

NBC: -This will be the first World Cup – men’s or women’s – played on artificial turf [all six stadiums will have artificial turf) -Toronto is not one of the host cities, since the city is hosting the Pan-American Games a few days after the World Cup ends (i was wondering why Toronto wasn't one of them) -the official poster of this World Cup is a simple but artistic display that incorporates the six host cities: http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/womens-soccer/womens-world-cup-100-things-know

Associated Press Sports Writer for women's soccer Anne M. Peterson @AnnieMPeterson May 10 Hope Solo with her grandma grandma not quite as cute

On January 13, 2015, the judge dismissed the charges against Solo On January 21, 2015, Solo was suspended by the national team for thirty days. She's back now

Last Women's World Cup (2011), Japan was the Champions, defeating the US in the final

The top 6 seeds each headline a group of 4: (Listed is the current FIFA World Rankings) #1 Germany (drew #11 Norway, #29 Thailand, #67 Ivory Coast) #2 USA (drew #5 Sweden, #10 Australia, #33 Nigeria) #3 France (drew #6 England, #25 Mexico, #28 Colombia) #4 Japan (drew #19 Switzerland, #48 Ecuador, #53 Cameroon) #7 Brazil (drew #14 Spain, #18 South Korea, #37 Costa Rica) #8 Canada/host (drew #12 Netherlands, #16 China, #17 New Zealand) The Round of 16 will consist of the 6 group winners the 6 group runners-up 4 of the 6 group 3rd place finshers

The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup runs from June 6-July 5 and all 52 games will be shown live on FOX, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2 and on tablets and mobile devices through the FOX Sports GO app and FOXSportsGO.com 24 teams from 6 continents: (Listed is the current FIFA World Rankings) -North America: #8 Canada (host nation), #2 US, #25 Mexico, #37 Costa Rica -Europe: #1 Germany, #3 France, #5 Sweden, #6 England, #11 Norway, #12 Netherlands, #14 Spain, #19 Switzerland -Asia: #4 Japan, #16 China, #18 South Korea, #29 Thailand -South America: #7 Brazil, #28 Columbia, #48 Ecuador -Australia: #10 Australia, #17 New Zealand -Africa: #33 Nigeria, #53 Cameroon, #67 Ivory Coast The top two teams not in the World Cup: #9 North Korea - banned for testing postive for PEDs #13 Italy - in UEFA qualification, lost their group to #14 Spain, then were knocked out by #12 Netherlands in the play-offs that decided the eighth and final UEFA qualifier

the six venues for the 2015 Women's World Cup: Olympic Stadium (Stade Olympique) -home (big games only) of the Montréal Impact of the MLS -home (big games only) of the Montréal Alouettes of the CFL -Montréal (the 2nd-largest city in Canada) BC Place -home of Vancouver Whitecaps FC of MLS -home of the British Columbia Lions of the CFL -Vancouver (the 3rd-largest city in Canada) Lansdowne Stadium -home of Ottawa Fury FC of the NASL -home of the Ottawa Redblacks of the CFL -Ottawa (the 4th-largest city in Canada and Canada's capital) Commonwealth Stadium -home of FC Edmonton of the NASL -home of the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL -Edmonton (the 6th-largest city in Canada) Winnipeg Stadium -home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL -Winnipeg (the 8th-largest city in Canada) Moncton Stadium -home of the Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus (Blue Eagles) -Moncton (largest city in New Brunswick and 2nd-largest city in Canada's three easternmost provinces, the Maritime Provinces)

USWNT's history in the World Cup: 1991 - CHAMPIONS 1995 - 3rd place 1999 - CHAMPIONS 2003 - 3rd place 2007 - 3rd place 2011 - Runners-up 2015 - ?

yesterday on FS1, the USWNT beat #25 Mexico 5-1 at the StubHub Center (home to the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS). U.S. is 31-1-1 in the series, outscoring Mexico 139-12. Up next, the USWNT heads to the east coast for a game vs #18 South Korea (who the US is 9-0-1 against), and then it's to Canada to the World Cup: Sat May 30, 2015 (4:30 PM ET) - WNT vs #18 Korea Republic Red Bull Arena (home to New York Red Bulls of MLS) ESPN WORLD CUP, Group D Mon June 8, 2015 (7:30 PM ET) - WNT vs #10 Australia Winnipeg Stadium; Winnipeg, Canada FOX Sports Fri June 12, 2015 (8 PM ET) - WNT vs #5 Sweden Winnipeg Stadium; Winnipeg, Canada FOX Sports Tues June 16, 2015 (8 PM ET) - WNT vs African Champions Nigeria BC Place; Vancouver, Canada FOX Sports

ESPN 4m Most Recent NBA Championship Remaining Postseason Teams: Rockets 1995 Warriors 1975 Hawks 1958 Cavaliers Never

Houston Chronicle Dale Robertson @ sportywineguy 3h Eastern finalists Cleveland, Atlanta both chasing 1st-ever NBA title. Warriors have 3 (2 in Philly) and Rockets 2. 7m the last time the Rockets advanced to the Western finals: 18 years to the day. May 17, 1997 2h With Astros streaking, Rockets sweet-stroking, Texans have a tough act to follow in 2015.

ESPN 23m A good day for Houston! Astros are 25-13 ... this matches the quickest they've ever reached 25 wins (also got there in 38 games in 1998)

Mike and Mike -- Mike Greenberg @ Espngreeny 2m All the credit to # Rockets . Came back from the dead. Don't think they beat GS. But I didn't think they'd do this either.

ESPN Darren Rovell @ darrenrovell 4m Teams in last 20 years to win after down 3-1: -Rockets ('14-15) -Suns ('05-06) -Pistons ('02-03) -Heat ('96-97) -Rockets ('94-95)

KHOU-TV in Houston Daniel Gotera @ DTGoteraKHOU 4h "Clutch City" is back in the house for Game 7. Toyota Center

Jalen Rose @ JalenRose 9m The 5 teams that led the NBA in made 3's are still playing. Rockets , Warriors, Clips, Cavs and Hawks. Game has officially changed.

ATL is basically just cursed. Crazy a city that big only has 1 title. As for Charlotte (2,380,314), that's the same size as: 2,348,247 - Portland Oregon 2,321,418 - Orlando 2,244,397 - Sacramento 2,069,681 - Las Vegas of those, only Portland has a title (Trail Blazers in 1977), so I guess they could talk smack, but I doubt people in North Carolina care as they have been spoiled with well more than their fair share of titles between Duke and UNC

in 150 combined seasons of the Hawks/Braves/Falcons playing in ATL, they have only brought home one title (the Braves, two decades ago). and it's 170 combined seasons if you include the NHL thats crazy, I didn't realize how awful ATL was in sports. ATL is the 9th biggest metro area in the US, you'd think they'd have a lot more titles. Look at the all the other big cities. The only other big city as bad as ATL in sports is Phoenix, but they've only had 90 combined seasons of NFL/NBA/MLB (110 if include NHL) and aren't as big a city as ATL (4,489,109 to 5,614,323 population) Biggest cities in the US: #1 NYC - 57 titles (35 MLB/2 NBA/9 NFL/11 NHL) #2 LA - 22 titles (6 MLB/11 NBA/2 NFL/3 NHL) #3 Chicago - 27 titles (5 MLB/6 NBA/11 NFL/5 NHL) #4 Dallas - 8 titles (1 NBA/6 NFL/1 NHL) #5 Houston - 4 titles (2 NBA/2 NFL) #6 Philadelphia - 16 titles (7 MLB/3 NBA/4 NFL/2 NHL) #7 Washington - 7 titles (1 MLB/1 NBA/5 NFL) #8 Miami - 7 titles (2 MLB/3 NBA/2 NFL) #9 Atlanta - 1 title <------------WTF?!?!?! 4.29 million to 4.73 million population: #10 Boston - 36 titles (9 MLB/17 NBA/4 NFL/6 NHL) #11 San Fran/Oakland - 16 titles (7 MLB/2 NBA/7 NFL) #12 Phoenix - 1 title #13 Detriot - 22 titles (4 MLB/3 NBA/4 NFL/11 NHL) 2.75 million to 3.67 million population: #14 Seattle 2 titles (1 NBA/1 NFL) #15 Minneapolis - 7 titles (2 MLB/5 NBA) #16 San Diego - 1 title #17 Tampa - 2 titles (1 NFL/1 NHL) #18 Saint Louis - 13 titles (11 MLB/1 NBA/1 NFL) #19 Baltimore - 9 titles (3 MLB/1 NBA/5 NFL) #20 Denver - 4 titles (2 NFL/2 NHL) some from the less than 2.38 million population cities: Pittsburgh - 14 titles (5 MLB/6 NFL/3 NHL) Green Bay - 13 titles (all NFL) San Antonio - 5 titles (all NBA) Cincinnati - 5 titles (all MLB) Cleveland - 12 titles (2 MLB, 10 NFL)

we need a lot more posts about Depay, as we don't know anything about him. i appreciate your honesty that you like being dumb/ignorant, but that's not cool to push that on others.

after football, baseball, basketball, soccer is still a 4th-rate sport at best along with tennis, golf, hockey, volleyball, NASCAR, and so on. Put in this way: a lot of our major colleges don't even field a men's soccer team while they field like ten other men's sports teams. But at least we don't wet the bed like England has been doing for what seems like forever now. lol