Friday, March 4, 2011

Our Neighbor to the North

Kicking Back's Comments: In an unsurprising (but good for CONCACAF) move by FIFA, Canada has been selected to host the 2015 Women's World Cup. It was disappointing that where there were seven bidders originally, only Canada remained after Zimbabwe dropped out on March 1st, making FIFA's decision a Hobson's Choice


While our FIFA Women's panel is not very large, it is led by one of the best (IMHO) woman international referees, Kari Seitz. I am interested to see, who will be picked for this prestigious tournament, and equally interested to see if Pia's salary goes up in 2015, her World Cup Year.


FIFA passes off to Canada

FIFA HAS KICKED the ball into Canada’s corner. Now it’s up to Canadian soccer to do something with it.

Thursday’s announcement that Canada will host the 2015 Women’s World Cup was hardly unexpected since the Canadian Soccer Association was the sole bidder remaining from the seven that originally showed interest, but its selection will have a ripple effect across the country. ...

See the full story here, courtesy of ChronicalHerald.ca.

2 comments:

  1. Why has Jen Bennett (formerly of Massachusetts, recently of NoCal) dropped off the FIFA Panel for 2011?

    Has she reached retirement age?

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  2. Anon,

    She has not, but has decided to retire to peruse personal interests. A great loss to the program to be sure ... but I am happy for her.

    I touched on it here:
    http://kicking-back.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-comes-up-comes-down.html

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