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Holiday Cheer
Hello Friends, It is a bit late to be writing, but I had to send you a note. It is easy to be happy and hopeful at this time of the year, but I really have to say that I just love the SPIRIT of the holidays. The Season of…
read this...0 CommentsCategories: SoccerThoughts After The NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship
Since I am an ambassador for The Capital One Cup, it is my responsibility to go to the women’s soccer championship weekend. As you all know, I am a Santa Clara University volunteer assistant and FAN. So I thought it would be hard to see other teams there vying for…
read this...1 CommentsCategories: SoccerRemember To Breathe!
It has been a while since we have talked. I hope you are all doing well and enjoying as beautiful a late summer, early fall as we are having in California. Lots of things have been happening and I feel like I haven’t been able to get off the treadmill…
read this...0 CommentsCategories: SoccerDr. Colleen M. Hacker Joins Our Medical Advisory Board!
Hi Friends, We are pleased to announce that Dr. Colleen Hacker has agreed to join our medical advisory board on Brandisworld! Brandi and Dr. Hacker first met when she worked with the U.S. Women’s National Team as a Mental Skill Coach.…
read this...2 CommentsCategories: SoccerMy Thoughts Beforw The USA-Japan World Cup Final
Hours are counting down til kick-off and I am sitting next to my friend, teammate and lead game analyst Julie Foudy. We have been batting back and forth ideas of what could happen, what will happen and how the game will be concluded. It is fun, and I say that…
read this...1 CommentsCategories: SoccerJuly 10 Will Be US Women’s Soccer History Day
July 10 will go down in history as US Women’s Soccer History Day. It was 12 years ago today the my teammates and I put US Soccer in the history books with a PK victory over China with 90,000+ fans watching in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. Fast forward…
read this...5 CommentsCategories: SoccerShould Abby Wambach Play With Achilles Tendonitis?
Well, in interest of full disclosure, I should tell you that I’m not going to answer that question. Listening to all of the commentary (including Brandi’s) surrounding the WWC made me think about a broader question. When should a player be allowed to play with…
read this...2 CommentsCategories: SoccerOpening Day of the World Cup in Germany
Mia, Jules and I catching up after the opening game of the World Cup in Berlin. We laughed and laughed and laughed about some of the best times (and potentially the most embarrassing) moments of our times off the field together. It is amazing how those stories never get old.…
read this...1 CommentsCategories: SoccerCan the world’s best defenders stop the world’s best attackers? Read the new blog on brandisworld!
The flights from San Francisco to Philly, and then onto Frankfurt were uneventful (this is a great thing). I did meet Mike, who is a proud father of two boys who play football. He is a doctor of radiology and he indulged me in my interest in the human physiology. …
read this...5 CommentsCategories: SoccerBring Your Competitiveness!
I am just back from Michael Jordan’s golf tournament at one of the most spectacular golf courses in the country, with some of the best athletes the world has ever seen. WOW! I will admit that I haven’t played all the courses the country has to offer, but having played…
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