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ASN Morning Read: Oh Boy, Mr. Sepp Blatter

There's a coming battle between the stars of the women's soccer world and the FIFA President, and some stories reveal exactly how much he cares about the women's game; whither Chivas USA?
BY Noah Davis Posted
September 15, 2014
8:11 AM
  • Oh boy: U.S. forward Abby Wambach tells one from the time she and her now-wife, Sarah Huffman, were backstage in a VIP room in January 2013 before the World Player of the Year awards gala in Zurich, Switzerland. “[FIFA president] Sepp Blatter came into our little area, and he walked straight up to Sarah and thought she was [Brazilian star] Marta,” says Wambach.
    “Marta!” Blatter said, hugging a bewildered Huffman, who doesn't look much like Marta. “You are the best! The very best!”
    “He had no idea who Marta was, and she’s won the award five times,” says Wambach. “For me, that’s just a slap in the face because it shows he doesn’t really care about the women’s game.”

  • Meanwhile, the United States woman whooped up on Mexico, winning 8-0 on Saturday:
  • Dek of the day: "Sounders FC’s most-celebrated homegrown soccer star, O’Dea graduate DeAndre Yedlin, has risen above some serious family issues—with the help of his grandparents, an uncle and a fierce focus to succeed—to go where no local player has ever gone before.

  • The best from MLS? Sure:
  • Chivas USA might not play next year. Um, okay.

  • No more Gus Johnson. Good:
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