Emilie Haavi announced her retirement from the national team. She's 32 now and has played for Norway since 2010 winning 103 caps. https://www.vg.no/sport/i/zAV9R1/haavi-gir-seg-paa-landslaget
Doesn't surprise, since no coach seems to consider her, despite her being at one of the most brilliant points of her career.
It's weird cause she got good chemistry with Roman Haug. She has even showed it on one of the few occasions they've played together in the NT..
It's a case of Haavi clearly not fitting in Grainger's plans, she hasn't called her up at all since she took charge of the team and Haavi also wasn't in the squad for any of the Nations League games in 2023 under the previous coach. In fact you have to go back to the World Cup and the round of 16 game against Japan to find the last time Haavi was in the squad let alone in the starting 11.
TOPPSERIEN - Pro/rel play-off matches - 2nd leg: Bodø/Glimt 1 - 1 aet (3-1 ap) Åsane Falch 53 --- Sangolt 5 Penalties: Åsa - Evensen (saved) B/G - Dissing (goal) 1-0 Åsa - Veivåg (goal) 1-1 B/G - Brudvik (goal) 2-1 Åsa - Sunde (saved) B/G - Holmstrøm (goal) 3-1 Åsa - Svanes (saved) The North is back on the map in Toppserien after a seven year absence! Bodø/Glimt are in the women's top flight league for the first time ever. A dramatic second leg ends with a Bodø/Glimt win on penalties with an American goalkeeper as the decisive player. Aubrei Corder from West Virginia, who was awarded the 1st Division's MVP before the match, stepped up and saved three penalties in the shoot-out. Kick-off was at midday,12 noon, but it feels like an evening game watching the highlights. Northern Lifestyle. Åsane along with their Bergen neighbours Arna Bjørnar are relegated to the 1st Division. It's refreshing with two new clubs, Hønefoss and Bodø/Glimt, competing in Toppserien 2025.
It will make for an interesting season next year for sure, expect potentially a lot of postponed fixtures in Bodø.
Nah. Remarkably few matches in Norway are postponed due to bad weather. If there is heavy snowfall, they just bring out the snow plowers on these astroturf pitches.
That's why I said 'potentially', I'm aware that in reality very few games are postponed though I can't imagine playing at -10 degrees is fun for players or for fans.
You're right. A debate pops up in Norwegian football from time to time, usually during summer, about introducing a regular European season from August to May up here. Some pundits believe it will make the Norwegian game more competitive, as the winning teams go straight into the European club competitions instead of waiting 9 months and several transfer windows like it is now. But when winter arrives in full strength, usually in December, the pro European season voices usually turn quiet. One thing is safety of the players, another is fans. Who wants to sit on a plastic seat for two hours in temperatures around -15C? Attendances will drop drastically.too of course.
Yes these are all valid points, a regular season from August to May like in most leagues would not work in Norway. I was at the Austria-Norway game last year for instance which was played in December at around -3C and it was very unpleasant for fans. Before that game, Norway played Portugal in Oslo at -10C and only about 2,000 fans came to see the game at Ulleval which has a total capacity of 28,000. Even when it's summer it's often hard to get more than 10,000 to show up, imagine in below freezing conditions.