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Preseason Games Across NorCal/SoCal
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FC Gold Pride has announced its preseason schedule, and none of them are at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara. In fact, none are in the South Bay.
The team opens its exhibition schedule against the California University Golden Bears on March 11 at 7:15 pm in Danville’s Mustang Soccer Complex, with free enrty in [...]
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Almost a Full Team … complete with Hotel
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Just days before Training Camp officially opens next week, FC Gold Pride is looking more like an actual pride, more than doubling their official roster of players under contract this week.
Following the recent approval of the standard contract terms for players from the US Womens National Team, defensive midfielder Leslie Osborne & goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart [...]
Category: Gold Pride Team NewsDid We Say the Skort Was in The Kit?
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By “we” I mean WPS, and yes, you did.
Today, Womens Pro Soccer is doing a full court press kickback to the goalkeeper in response to the universal outcry over the skorts that appeared in the “official home and away kits” modeled by three teams’ players. Less than 24 hours after celebrating their new jerseys, [...]
Category: Gold Pride Team NewsUnderwhelmed by The Skort
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FC Gold Pride — and the other six WPS teams — revealed official home and away jerseys tonight in a fancy New York Fashion Week shindig, and the team has managed to turn the fashion world on its ear, grabbing the spotlight with a stunningly brilliant twist on the traditional football kit. … drumroll [...]
Arakawa Now Among the Pride
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The FC Gold Pride have announced the signing of three new players today, including Japanese National Eriko Arakawa.
Arakawa, an established star on the Japanese national team, has been playing for her country’s senior women’s national team since 2000, making her debut in the Pan Pacific Games on June 10 against Canada. Since then, she has [...]
Category: Gold Pride Team NewsWPS Draft Video: Coach Montoya
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WPS — and the FC Gold Pride — have released a video that follows the first few rounds of the WPS Draft, held back on January 16. The video includes “behind the scenes” type footage from FCGP coach Albertine Montoya and Chicago Red Stars coach Emma Hayes.
The video includes Montoya’s analysis of Christina DiMartino: [...]
Category: Gold Pride Team NewsHow Badly do the Quakes Want Me Back?
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Yeah, this is a blog about the Womens Pro Soccer’s FC Gold Pride, but a true fan needs to also stay on top of the other teams in town, right?
Technically, yes, I did have season tickets to the San Jose Earthquakes last year. Actually, I’ve had Quakes tickets on-and-off since like 1975 (with my [...]
Category: Soccer Dads UniteWatch USA-Mexico With FC Pride Staff
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No gender discrimination with the FC Gold Pride — and definitely no voodoo.
We’re all soccer fans here! …
The FC Gold Pride has invited all of its friends to join front office staff for a viewing party to watch the Mens World Cup Qualifier between USA and Mexico on Wednesday!
Celebrate Soccer with FC Gold [...]
Category: Gold Pride Team NewsHumble Blogger’s Season Schedule
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Oh, sure … you could read the official FC Gold Pride schedule on their website, but the original format makes my brain hurt. And since I’ll be planning my entire summer around the mostly-Sunday home schedule,** we can’t start the season with a migraine, now can we?
So, here’s my humble attempt at a schedule I [...]
Category: Soccer Dads UniteLost in the Japanese Translation
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Someday, FC Gold Pride fans hope to have a second international player join Formiga on the roster — It’s not like any of the FC Lionesses come with contractually-obligated girlfriends, afterall.
The team is expressing serious optimism, however, over the prospect of signing Eriko Arakawa – #9 pictured here, with her hair … and her national [...]
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