Grace Weitz's Blog (8)

Tweet: Blowing the Whistle on Twitter--The NFL Has Stopped Using it During their Games Should Other Sports As Well?

In today’s social media networking world Twitter has become like an adult playground. We’ve all seen the Verizon commercial where the Dad is sitting on the patio tweeting “I’m sitting on the patio” while his son stands by, admonishing him. It’s taken over not only on the patio, but on the athletic field as well.

At the beginning of last month, the NFL took the axe to… Continue

Added by Grace Weitz on October 11, 2009 at 6:45am — 26 Comments

Star on the Field or Star of David

I feel like it’s not often that soccer and religion mix. Don’t get me wrong there are many, many great athletes who display their faith and use their faith on the field, but religion and sports are like the old oil and water analogy. There’s the sport you play on the field and… Continue

Added by Grace Weitz on July 30, 2009 at 4:46pm — No Comments

What if there were no cleats, no shin guards, and no soccer balls?

Mia Hamm was a U.S. soccer icon, but at some point even she had to retire from soccer. Where would the stars of today's WPS be if they weren't out on the pitch playing soccer? It’s hard to imagine… Continue

Added by Grace Weitz on July 24, 2009 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Following the Footprints

The recent slew of events surrounding the 2010 WPS expansion teams’ Atlanta Beat, which just announced its inclusion in the WPS… Continue

Added by Grace Weitz on July 14, 2009 at 12:30pm — 7 Comments

Translating Soccer

Take a look at the word we Americans know as soccer in six different languages: Le football (France) fotboll (Sweden) futebol (Brazil) サッカー(Japan) 英式足球 (China) football (Australia, England, Scotland and many others) Now ask yourself this: If the word soccer isn’t even the same in every language can you imagine how difficult it might be to try and teach an international player what it means to “step up”, “get wide”, or “pressure” ? As I mentioned in my previous blog, the international players i… Continue

Added by Grace Weitz on July 1, 2009 at 10:54am — 3 Comments

Party like its 1999: Happy Birthday to Title IX and the 1999 Women's National Team

It was hot. A humid palpable tension clung to the stadium air. 90,000 plus faces were plastered to the square of grass in front of them. Likewise, the same hypnotic trance had captured thousands of more beady eyes at home, people holding their breath, shielding their face away from the television screen in that… Continue

Added by Grace Weitz on June 25, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Who Knew the Funny Bone Could be so Dangerous?

Photo Source:my.opera.com Karen Carney’s red card in the 60th minute of the Chicago Red Stars game against the… Continue

Added by Grace Weitz on June 17, 2009 at 6:54pm — 5 Comments

Yes I do say Pop

Hey guys, My name is Grace Weitz and I just became an intern with Women's Professional Soccer. Just a little bit about me. I'm going to be a junior at Northwestern University come fall and I also play for the women's varsity soccer team there, so I'm quite excited to be interning at a place that focuses solely on soccer, a passion and staple of my life since I was five years old. I'm a Minnesotan originally and have a lot of Minnesota pride--snow, lakes Vikings and all, I love it. And, yes I do… Continue

Added by Grace Weitz on June 17, 2009 at 6:30pm — 3 Comments