[guignol]

Last year the OL women's team made quite a few headlines. in mid-season they recruited 6 players from the USNT, and not the least of them: aly wagner, hope solo, christie welsh, lorrie fair, danielle slaton and tara flint.

they finished the season on fire and made it to the cup final which they lost in a heartbreaker. they also finished 3rd in the league despite the slow start made before the americans arrived.

not all the americans stayed until the end of the season, and it's not clear how many will be back, although lorrie fair and danielle slaton, who provide and amazing midfield backbone are apparently going to arrive in lyon in the next few days. getting wagner back looks like an impossible dream, solo would be great to have in goal, but probably not in the cards.

still, they brought a lot to the team that stayed after they left; they showed the local women just what kind of level it takes to play at the top. here's to a successful season for the distaff squad!

[gaijin]

Photos pls.....

[guignol]

In their first official match the OL women went to Compiègne to face a side newly promoted to the top flight.

Farid Benstiti's ladies led 1-0 at halftime on a penalty by Sandrine Bretigny.

the second period was more delicate, especially playing at 10 after a rather harsh sending-off of de Laura Gandonou and a hotly contested equalizer.

next week-end is the home opener... against PSG!

allez les filles!

[guignol]

Originally Posted by ganu

Photos pls.....

i'm scandalized! who do you think you are, sepp blatter?

but here's a nice story from last year: http://www.ussoccer.com/editorial/fu...icategoryid=77

and pictures of the whole squad (again, from last year): http://www.webzinemaker.com/admi/m6/...br=3&id=257599

[gaijin]

Originally Posted by guignol

i'm scandalized! who do you think you are, sepp blatter?

No, just the regular board sex pest.

[guignol]

Originally Posted by ganu

No, just the regular board sex pest.

well in that case i can say that aly wagner's photos don't do her justice. in person she's a stone fox.

[guignol]

not thefreshest news on hope solo, but the best i could find

http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullsto...iNewsid=197748

[Gnafron]

“The communication was hard and it wasn’t a two-way street,” she said. “I would try to learn their language and the words they would want me to say, but in a game atmosphere, I would resort back to English and they would get mad and yell at me instead of just learning a few English words. It was a tough situation, but the hurdles that I was forced to overcome helped stretch me as goalkeeper.”

Typical mercenary state of mind ?

PS: Hello there this is my 1st post

[gaijin]

Ahhh Bienvenue Gnafron.

Reims fan eh? What do you reckon this season.... Think they'll go up?

[Gnafron]

Originally Posted by ganu

Ahhh Bienvenue Gnafron.

Reims fan eh? What do you reckon this season.... Think they'll go up?

I hope they'll stay 2 or 3 years in League 2 before thinking of joingning L1.

I would certainly enjoy Reims in League 1 instead of Ajaccio for eg.