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Michelle Akers

9 articles indexed from the She Kicks and Her Goal archive

Coach Kicks: James Clarkson (Houston Dash)

Interview She Kicks, issue 63, October 2020 pp.49–51

The magazine's regular coaches' questionnaire, taken by the coach who had just won Houston Dash their first trophy. His favourite thing to deliver is transition, and transition to goal above all, because he wants…

The Girl with the World at Her Feet (Sue Smith)

Interview She Kicks Special Edition, October 2016 p.18

An interview with the winger who, on Valentine's Day 1999, lined up in San Jose for the first FIFA Women's World Stars match, America against the Rest of the World, wearing a blue number…

FIFA Women’s World Cup 1999 / Joy Fawcett

Other She Kicks Special Edition, October 2016 p.18

A retrospective on the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States, an international women's sporting event on a scale never before attempted, from the opening 3-0 win over Denmark at Giants Stadium…

Stepping Into Europe (2001-2005 retrospective)

Other She Kicks Special Edition, October 2016 p.22

The second era section of the retrospective, covering 2001 to 2005, book-ended by European Championships. It describes slightly better coverage through newspaper columns, teletext pages and Eurosport, Arsenal as the team to beat followed…

She Reads: Kicking Reads – Books About the Women’s Game

Other She Kicks, issue 37, September 2016 pp.42–43

Natalia Sollohub compiles an annotated checklist of books about women's football, arranged by theme. Early pioneers are covered by Gail Newsham's In a League of Their Own on Dick, Kerr Ladies, with Tim Tate's…

FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: Factoids

Other She Kicks, issue 28, June 2015 p.28

A set of tournament facts compiled ahead of Canada 2015. It will be the first Women's World Cup with 24 teams, double the number at the first tournament in China 24 years earlier. Germany,…

Damallsvenskan — Swedish League Feature

Run-of-page feature She Kicks, issue SK11, November 2012 pp.36–37

Daniel Huledal opens a series on leagues around the world with the Damallsvenskan, watching the 2012 title decider in which visiting Tyreso beat LDB Malmo 1-0 through Madelaine Edlund's 82nd-minute header, before a crowd…

Stat Attack

Other She Kicks Special Edition, June 2011 p.29

A page of World Cup history and records assembled ahead of the 2011 finals. It notes that matches lasted only 80 minutes in 1991; that Silvia Neid played in the losing 1995 final alongside…

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