I want Momoko Tanikawa and Manaka Matsukubo to be given a chance in Nadeshiko Japan for June friendlies. I love watching these two in action.
meanwhile in WE League... the timeless Eriko Arakawa 🎊 New Record 🎊 At 44 years and 202 days old, #ErikoArakawa becomes the oldest player to take the field👏@elfen_official #WELeaguepic.twitter.com/0vCjXjpO4S— WE League International (@WE_League_INTL) May 21, 2024 Sud Ladies Cup starting next week Japan squad:
If you remember, I had the feeling something of the kind was happening, when I noticed the fact that Eriko Arakawa had entered the pitch in the last game.
Wow, 2 World Cups, 2 Olympics, 72 Nadeshiko Japan appearances. She must have been a fantastic player!
She scored the winner in Japan-Sweden 1-0 at 2004 Olympics (I couldn't find the highlights! ) She also scored at the Olympics 2008 in a 2-4 loss vs USA; one year later she became one of the first Japanese players to play in the USA at club level. See her score while playing in the same team as another "eternal" player, Christine Sinclair:
Happy to see Remina Chiba's name Live stream on JFA TV You Tube...but "JFA TV can only be viewed in Japan"....why?
Momoko Tanikawa in the squad makes me happy. I wonder if there will be stream for U20s tourney with my new fave prospect Manaka Matsukubo.
22 players Ayaka Yamashita (INAC Kobe Leonessa) Chika Hirao (Albirex Niigata) Shu Oba (Univ. of Mississippi) Risa Shimizu (West Ham Utd.) Miyabi Moriya (INAC Kobe Leonessa) Hikaru Kitagawa (INAC Kobe Leonessa) Moeka Minami (AS Roma) Hana Takahashi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Rion Ishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Toko Koga (Feyenoord) Saki Kumagai (AS Roma) Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City) Honoka Hayashi (West Ham Utd.) Fuka Nagano (Liverpool FC) Hinata Miyazawa (Manchester Utd.) Aoba Fujino (NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza) Momoko Tanikawa (FC Rosengard) Mina Tanaka (INAC Kobe Leonessa) Kiko Seike (Urawa Red Diamonds) Remina Chiba (Eintracht Frnakfurt) Riko Ueki (West Ham Utd.) Maika Hamano (Chelsea FC) 18 on Olympic roster + 4 on reserve list (including 1 goalkeeper).
It's quite puzzling come to think of it. I'm not Sugita fan but Nadeshiko left flank needs all the help they can get, especially after Endo's injury.
I really hope this will be streamed... I heard the rights holders changed this year. If anyone finds any info, it'd be welcome.
It's still on Youth Foot Arena: https://youthfootarena.tv/page/645e4b9ce16d2229811345e3 Links for the group stage games are already set.
I am happy if he plays her forward as opposed to the last match against the US where she played as a holding midfielder and was quite poor. Of course the US is a much better team than New Zealand. To be fair to him she has not been that good when she has played for Nadeshiko. However, I think she should be in the squad because she can play on the left and in central midfield. I think she is a very useful option if Nagano is not playing well. At the moment who plays instead of Nagano in her position? Hayashi. I like Hayashi, but she is a similar player to Nagano. I think that the Olympics will be Kumagai's last rodeo. If she is not going to play as a centre-half then I am not sure where she plays for Nadeshiko. Of course I could be wrong about Kumagai, but if she continues to play the way she has been playing for Nadeshiko then I think she will end up like Sugita. He certainly has a thing for Takahashi, which I find perplexing. I get it, she is big and strong, but I am not convinced she is a good defender and is prone to injury.
Miharu Kobayashi played whole first leg of relegation play-off for Napoli at Ternana and played big part in scoring the winning goal.
I don't have particular complaint about this selection, but I want to strongly recommend one player maybe even in the future. She is an attacking threat and in the defense nullified some wing players like Kitagawa or Nakashima. Do you know who I'm suggesting?
End of an era as Aya Sameshima retires at the end of the season 鮫島彩 選手 現役引退のお知らせ2023-24シーズンをもって、鮫島彩 選手が現役を引退することになりましたので、お知らせします。詳細はこちら▶️ https://t.co/QK3B6qdd0H#大宮アルディージャVENTUS #ardija #WEリーグ pic.twitter.com/IO6ypZb6in— 大宮アルディージャVENTUS (@Ardija_VENTUS) May 23, 2024
Damallsvenskan - round 7 Hammarby 0 - 1 FC Rosengard Tanikawa 70' (att: 2 916) Linkoping FC 0 - 2 Djurgarden IF Asland 35', S.V Johansson 66' (att: 408) Momoko Tanikawa and Mai Kadowaki both played full 90 for Rosengard. Tanikawa socred the wining goal. Shinomi Koyama played full 90 for Djurgarden. 1. FC Rosengard ----------- 7m ----- 21p ----- 23-2 2. Hammarby --------------- 7m ----- 18p ----- 12-3 3. BK Hacken --------------- 7m ----- 16p ----- 15-8 --------------------------------------------------------- 4. Kristianstad -------------- 7m ----- 15p ----- 15-10 5. IFK Norrkoping ---------- 7m ----- 13p ----- 13-12 6. Djurgarden --------------- 7m ----- 13p ----- 11-10 (...) Top Scorers 8 Momoko Tanikawa (Rosengard) 5 Sara Kanutte Fornes (Norrkoping) (...) 3 Shinomi Koyama (Djurgarden) 1 Mai Kadowaki (Rosengard)