USWNT News

Only one of these players is having a good hair day.

Not new news, but news to me.

The former captain of the Norway WNT, Olympic Gold Medal and World Cup winner Hege Riise has been named Assistant Coach of the USWNT.

Abby Wambach is back training with the national team. She's featured in the 2nd half of this Studio 90 piece (the 1st half is on Frankie Hedjuk of the men's team.)



And finally, from the USWNT's blog, photos of Heather O'Reilly with Nando, Kaka and Messi. Wow, soccer royalty meets soccer royalty.

El Nino, Age 12

Torres makes look easy in this video of an Athletico Madrid - AC Milan youth match from 1996.

Poetry in Motion

[Fernando] Torres executes a perfect chip over the onrushing Lehmann to give Spain the lead
Photograph: Jamie McDonald/Getty Images

Spain defeated Germany 1-0 in the Euro 2008 final this afternoon. A well-deserved win by Spain which played beautiful attacking football throughout the tournament.

The goal came from Liverpool striker Fernando Torres who dominated the first half. Perhaps inspired by the Spanish fans who according to the Telegraph sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" before the game. The article also notes:

It was a glittering goal that echoed another final gem by a Liverpool striker, Kenny Dalglish's elegant chip over the Bruges goalkeeper, Birger Jensen, to win the 1978 European Cup.

After the game was over, Sergio Ramos celebrated in a white no. 16 shirt in tribute to his fellow Sevilla youth system friend Antonio Puerta, who died tragically at the age of 22 after suffering a heart attack during a game last year.



Guardian (uk): Viennese waltz for Spain as Torres goal wins Euro 2008

Telegraph (uk): Fernando Torres' strike wins Euro 2008 for Spain as Germany say goodnight Vienna

Independent (uk): Germany 0 Spain 1: Torres' flash of steel and skill dispatches laboured Germans

Goal.com: Player Rater

Telegraph (uk): Picture Gallery

BBC Sport: Photo Gallery