USA Deaf Women's National Team

The US Deaf Women’s National Soccer Team won the gold medal in the 24th Deaflympics held in Brazil this past May. https://www.ussoccer.com/teams/womens-deaf-national-team

Apparently, they won 4-2 in penalty kicks (KFTPM) after the game against Poland ended 2-2. [After much web searching, I could not find an account of the game; even the Deaflympics web site failed to post the pdf of football results, which are available for all the other sports].

Prior to US Soccer’s Annual General Meeting on March 4, 2022, the USDWNT played under the USA Deaf Soccer Association https://usdeafsoccer.com/; so the program is brand new to the federation organization, even though the USDWNT has won several gold medals over the years.

So why post now? It is “old” news.

Every year I scan the NWSL draft list for non-D1 players and look them up. Yesterday, for the 2023 draft, I found Erin Cembrale, senior midfielder for D3 Huntingdon College in Montgomery, AL. It turned out that she was on the 2022 USDWNT gold medal squad in Brazil.

Another D3 player on the gold medal squad is Mia White, who I saw play for the Rochester (NY) Institute of Technology 2016-2019. She was RIT team captain and Liberty League Player of the Year for 2019. She is now a Player Representative on the Board of Directors for USA Deaf Soccer Association.

The 2022 team was coached by Amy Griffin and assisted by Joy Fawcett.

Some highlights of the gold medal game are shown at 12:40, with Mia White speaking post-game at 13:00:
Closed captioning works when people are signing to the camera, for those who do not know ASL.

If anyone can post a full team roster and/or game box scores, that would be terrific.

Thanks,
CJ

 

Thanks @lil_one for the information! When I was assembling a list from the twitter posts and looking up players, I found this page: https://usdwnt.weebly.com/

It has the roster, USA game lineups, scores and scorers for 2022 and going back to 2005.
I copied the roster info and put it in the table below. Quite an eclectic group!
The age range is 18-42, 5 are Deaflympic veterans and 16 are rookies in the competition.

No.	Name	Position	Age	Hometown
1	Taegan Frandsen	GK	18	Centerville UT
2	Kate Ward	MID (Captain)	28	El Paso TX
3	Paige Beaudry	DEF	19	Riverview MI
4	McCall Madriago	MID	26	Folsom CA
5	Gracie Fitzgerald	DEF	23	Georgetown IN
6	Mia White	FWD	23	Littleton CO
7	Olivia Makey	DEF	30	Puyallup WA
8	Erin Cembrale	MID	21	Palm Harbor FL
9	Ani Khachadourian	MID	20	Cary NC
10	Anessa Campos	FWD (injured)	20	Riverside CA
11	Sydney Andrews	DEF	28	Aptos CA
12	Sophia Post	FWD	18	Murray UT
13	Ashley Derrington	MID	31	Playa Vista CA
14	Paris Price	MID	17	Fall City WA
15	Elizabeth Feustel	DEF	42	Atlanta GA
16	Krystyna Miller	FWD	20	Plainville CT
17	Nicole Nunes	DEF	20	Santa Clara CA
18	Faith Wylie	FWD	18	Dripping Springs TX
19	Ella Sheridan	GK	16	Dallas TX
21	Emily Cressy	FWD	33	Huntington Beach CA
22	Nicole Koehn	FWD	27	San Jose CA

The 2023 Deaf Women’s World Cup is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia September 20 – October 8. The US won both previous world cups it entered (2012 and 2016).

Let us hope the US Soccer Federation doesn’t screw it up this year.

-CJ

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Nice! I think they look good in the US Soccer gear.

 

I have been delinquent, even knowing the world championships were coming in the Fall 2023, I missed the action until today. Today US beat England 10-1 and play Turkey in the Final on October 6.
https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...rld-championship-final-in-10-1-win-vs-england

Friday, Oct. 6. Kickoff of USA-Turkey is set for 8:30 a.m. ET (8:30 p.m. local) from Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium and the match will be streamed live via the Malaysia Deaf Sports Association’s YouTube Channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@malaysiandeafsportsassocia4712/featured

Since last I checked, ussoccer.com has updated their site to provide more information about the US Women’s Deaf National Team: The Current Roster, of course; but also the 2023 Schedule with results, recaps, videos, and box scores; 2023 Stats; and All Time Results, going back to the 2005 Deaflympics in Melbourne, Australia. Nice.
https://www.ussoccer.com/teams/womens-deaf-national-team

Here is the Current Roster, still eclectic, with NAIA, D1, D2 & D3 athletes, plus some that did not play in college. Ages 18-43. I love it.

No.	Name	Position	Age	Hometown
1	Taegan Frandsen*	GK	19	Centerville, UT
2	Kate Ward*	M	29	Atlanta, Ga.
3	Paige Beaudry*	D	20	Riverview, MI
4	McCall Madriago*	D	27	Sacramento, CA
5	Gracie Fitzgerald*	M	24	Georgetown, IN
6	Mia McMurry	D	30	Asheville, NC
7	Sabina Shysh	M	20	Tucson, AZ
8	Erin Cembrale*	M	22	Oyster Bay, NY
9	Ani Kachadourian*	M	21	Cary, NC
10	Emily Cressy Spreeman*	F	34	Fountain Valley, CA
11	Sydney Andrews*	D	29	Wichita, KS
12	Sophie Post*	F	19	Murray, Utah
13	Ashley Derrington*	M	32	Alpharetta, GA
14	Paris Price*	M	18	Fall City, WA
15	Beth Barbiers Feustal*	D	43	Atlanta, Ga.
16	Emma Neff*	M	18	Oakwood, OH
17	Mia White*	D	24	Littleton, CO
18	Faith Wylie*	D	19	Decatur, TX
21	Payton DeGraw	GK	22	Salt Lake City, UT
22	Nikki Koehn*	F	28	Fremont, Calif.
23	Casey King	F	23	Bexley, Ohio
24	Holly Hunter	M	20	Temecula, CA
	*2022 Deaflympics in Brazil

Amy Griffin is still head coach and Joy Fawcett is assistant coach. They have added Gallaudet University's 7-year assistant Meghan Maiwald as goalkeeper coach.

 

The US Deaf Women’s National Team won the World Deaf Football Championship by beating Turkey 3-0 in the Final yesterday.
https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...third-womens-world-deaf-football-championship

Emily Cressy Spreeman (34, Fountain Valley, CA) won the golden boot, having scored 13 goals and made 5 assists over six games and she won the golden ball as the tournament’s best player.

Balled out 🔥

Congrats to Emily Spreeman, winner of Women’s World Deaf Football Golden Ball and the Golden Boot as the tournament’s top scorer! #USdeafWNT pic.twitter.com/bGyclMF9hS

— U.S. Soccer Extended National Teams (@ussoccer_ENT) October 6, 2023

Taegan Frandsen (19, Centerville, UT) earned the Golden Glove as the best goalkeeper.

Huge saves and stellar play throughout Women’s World Deaf Football. Congrats to Golden Glove winner Taegan Frandsen! 🧤🇺🇸#USdeafWNT pic.twitter.com/Ytmng2ngOx

— U.S. Soccer Extended National Teams (@ussoccer_ENT) October 6, 2023

I watched the replay on youtube. It was evidently hot and humid – there were puddles in the assistant referee runway along each sideline, but not on the field, and there was a hydration break at about 28 minutes into the first half (but not second half).

As evidence of the continued growth of women’s football worldwide, 3 of the 4 referees wore a hijab, as well as one of the Turkish bench players.

There was a contingent of Turkish men wearing red shirts in the stands who contributed organized and enthusiastic vocal support to their team.

Music, which was likely Malaysian – certainly not American pop- was played over the PA system throughout the match. Not having been at deaf matches in person, this was a little surprising to me. However, having attended Rochester Lancers women’s games locally where music is played throughout the game, I feel it adds positively to the atmosphere.

I thought Turkey midfielder #6 Havane Dilbe was a warrior – she was everywhere all the time, involved in many tackles and had to be attended to for injury a handful of times, and kept getting up and getting back into the fray.