Bookshelf: The National Team (Chapter 15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer (Caitlin Murray)

Chapter 15: "Okay, This Is Our Payback"

After describing the warm homecoming the USWNT team received following their second-place finish in the 2011 World Cup, she spends most of the chapter focusing on the team's Gold Medal run in the 2012 Olympics.

And she closes the chapter with the familiar post-competition coaching change, when Pia Sundhage leaves the USWNT to become the head coach of the women's national team in her home country Sweden.

RSC 365: Sunday, April 19 (Day No. 322)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A day-to-day look at being the chairman and a co-owner of the Rosevelt Soccer Club, a soccer club based in Gorham, Maine.)

• Handicapped soccer games
• Watched second half of Portland Hearts of Pine game

IPS 365: Sunday, April 19 (Day No. 121)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(This is a day-to-day look at being the founder and managing partner of the Ivory Pine Syndicate, a Maine-based horse racing partnership.)

• Didn't do any work related to the Ivory Pine Syndicate

Road to the NHC: Sunday, April 19 (Day No. 30)

                            

(This series will feature practice mythical $2 Win and $2 Place wagers each day at Throughbred race tracks.)

Bankroll: $95.80

Win Wagers: N/A

Place Wagers: N/A

Win %: 12% (4/33)

Place %: 42% (14/33)   

Countdown: Monday, April 20, 2026

 

Tally: Sunday, April 19, 2026

 

Soccer Weekend: Sunday, April 19 (Wager No. 72)

    

 

 

 

 

 

(This feature will focus on a $1 parlay wager every Saturday and Sunday through the end of May.)

Game No. 1 (11:30a)

Men's Bundesliga (Germany)

FC Bayern München (-250)

Game No. 2 (3p)

Men's USL League One (United States)

Portland Hearts of Pine (+135)

Pick Success Rate: 59% (84/142)

Total Bankroll: $44.31 (+ 10.8%)