The countdown to the women’s World Cup begins. We started with Alex Morgan today and now continue with Hope Solo.
Follow paulmbanksAlex Morgan: USA’s World Cup hero (photos and bio)
May 19, 2015 By 29 Comments
The countdown to the women’s World Cup begins. #13 Alex Morgan is the face of the U.S. Women’s National Team. She is the USWNT’s hero. To help you get ready for the summer soccer tournament spectacular, we’re going to profile some of the more important players on the roster, starting with Alex Morgan.
Follow paulmbanksAlex Morgan, Hope Solo Twitterverse Growning Exponentially
October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As USWNT members Hope Solo and Alex Morgan see their Q ratings soar into the stratosphere, their presence on Twitter grows exponentially as well. Morgan has over 233,000 Twitter followers, Solo has over 310,000.
With it has come the fan accounts, with goofy clever names, such as…
Follow paulmbanksAlex Morgan, USWNT Support Hope Solo on Dancing With The Stars
October 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Hope Solo DWTS Pics, Alex Morgan Talks Newfound Stardom
September 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
U.S. Women’s soccer was the water cooler talk of the summer just like Michael Phelps was the trending topic of summer 2008. The World Cup runner-up squad became new media darlings. Especially true for the team’s best player Abby Wambach, and the two extremely photogenic athletes, Hope Solo and Alex Morgan.
Solo is doing ABC’s “Dancing with Stars.” See here new pics from the show after the jump.
(h/t to Terez Owens)
Follow paulmbanksMLS Player Sings Love Poem, Rap for Hope Solo (Video)
September 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s a well established law of science that U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Goaltender Hope Solo is scorching hot. Not a hypothesis, theory, but law. Her body temperature must be 198 degrees. Since June, we’ve learned that the entire nation thinks so- here’s the proof
Sporting KC (that’s a MLS team…wait, that’s an American professional soccer team, let me make that clear) forward C.J. Sapong recites an original poem for Hope Solo following USWNT practice at the Sporting Club Training Center
Follow paulmbanksAlex Morgan and Hope Solo Reunite for First Time After World Cup
September 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As you can see from the photo, Alex Morgan and Hope Solo tweeted out today, the media darlings of U.S. Women’s soccer got together today for the first time since the World Cup. They attended a Seattle Sounders MLB soccer match at Qwest Stadium; and they were joined by Solo’s partner on “Dancing with the Stars” Maksim Chmerkovskiy (did I spell that right? I hope so)
You remember him? He was once rumored to be dating Erin Andrews. Lucky Bastard!
Follow paulmbanksU.S. Women’s Soccer Does Daily Show (Video)
July 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In the summer lull, in the sports media graveyard that is MLB All-Star week, (and with two lockouts in the NBA and NFL in top of it, meaning zero free agency news) THIS is what we needed. As Americans sports fans and sports news consumers, the U.S. Women’s soccer team stepped right in to fill the void.
And now they’ve become media darlings, appearing on talk shows everywhere, including the Daily Show with Jon Stewart (clip after the jump)
Follow paulmbanksUSA Soccer’s Alex Morgan to Appear in October Issue of Seventeen Magazine
July 18, 2011 By 6 Comments
For the past week or so, she’s been America’s collective crush. And when she scored the goal that put the USA up 1-0 over Japan in the World Cup Final, she became a household name. Unfortunately, we lost that match on penalty kicks. Had we won, then a new star would have truly been born yesterday.
Alex Morgan, the youngest member of the U.S. World Cup Soccer Team, will be featured in the upcoming October issue of Seventeen magazine. And The Sports Bank has acquired an excerpt for you.
Go here for the Alex Morgan photo gallery
And go here to see how Morgan fared in “hotness poll” versus Hope Solo.
Follow paulmbanksJapan Wins World Cup on Penalty Kicks; But USA Women Captured American Hearts This Week
July 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In the summer lull, in the sports media graveyard that is MLB All-Star week, (and with two lockouts in the NBA and NFL in top of it, meaning zero free agency news) THIS is what we needed. As Americans sports fans and sports news consumers, the U.S. Women’s soccer team stepped right in to fill the void.
Led by star player Abby Wambach, and her two extremely photogenic teammates Hope Solo and Alex Morgan, this team captivated a nation looking for sports conversation around the water cooler. The duo was also beloved by red-blooded American men everywhere. See the four links below for more evidence:
Hope Solo photo gallery
Reader Poll: Hope Solo hotter as brunette or blonde?
Follow paulmbanksU.S. Women World Cup Final vs Japan: what to watch for
July 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The U.S. Women’s soccer team has a 22-0-3 record versus Japan. So you can see why they’re heavily favored today. Of course, ESPN felt the need to give us YET ANOTHER one of those dumb-you-down “sports success remedies a natural disaster” stories this morning; where they dubbed Japan the “sentimental favorite.”
Sara Walsh, you are a hottie (see more pics here) but how could you deliver such mindless pablum on SportsCenter and keep a straight face?
25,000 people dying from an earthquake-tsunami-nuclear meltdown is an epic historical tragedy. It makes us realize how insignificant sports really are in the larger picture. Yet the media continues to feed us this horsecrap.
The New Orleans Saints were “America’s Team” after Katrina, the Michigan State Spartans were to alleviate poverty and crime in Detroit by reaching the 2009 Final Four in Motown. San Diego Chargers wins were to put out Southern California wildfires, and even the Oklahoma City Thunder’s playoff run in 2010 helped “heal” Oklahoma City from the 1995 Federal building bombing. (yes, believe it or not, I know a writer who actually published this).
Thank God, we had the Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup title last summer, to alleviate our community’s pain and suffering from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Let’s move on to the game.
Abby Wambach is the U.S. best player and spiritual leader. Homare Sawa is her counterpart on Japan.
Also Hope Solo is super hot, go here for more on that.
And Alex Morgan is also super hot, go here for more on that
Follow paulmbanksUS Women Advance to World Cup Final, Beat France 3-1, Await Japan/Sweden
July 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
The United States’ semi-final World Cup victory over France today was one of the biggest victories in U. history. And just like in the last round, it was the Abby Wambach and Goaltender Hope Solo show. The U.S. and A (as Borat would say) defeated France 3-1 on two late strikes, including a set piece goal.
Wambach seems to always be in the right place at the right time, and is playing like an MVP of U.S. Women’s soccer (or football as it may be called in your country).
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