Historic day at both Cyprus Cup and Algarve Cup

Kelly Smith won her 100th cap with England and scored in a 2-0 win over Italy at the Cyprus Cup, while Iceland beat Sweden for the first time ever, shocking the No. 4 FIFA ranked team in the world, 2-1, at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. In other action today at Algarve, the U.S. Women’s National Team beat Japan (2-1), Norway beat Finland (2-1), Denmark beat China (1-0), Portugal beat Wales (3-1), and Romania beat Chile (2-0). In Cyprus, Canada, France, South Korea, and the Netherlands won, while Russia and Mexico played to a scoreless draw. (more…)

March 2, 2011 | Categories: Canada, Denmark, England, England, Finland, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, USA | Tags: 100th cap, Algarve Cup, Carla Couto, Cyprus Cup, Emily Zurrer, Iceland, Kelly Smith, LdB FC Malmö, Manon Melis, Sweden | Leave A Comment »