GOALKEEPER Olivia McDaniel and midfielder Tahnai Annis were both asked what Filipino word came to mind in describing the Filipinas’ FIFA Women’s World Cup monumental 1-0 upset of co-host New Zealand in front of a packed hometown crowd at Wellington’s Sky Stadium on Tuesday. “Puso [heart]!” both McDaniel and Annis…
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For a nation more than 7,000 miles from the United States, the Philippines boasts a women’s national soccer team with a decidedly American feel. Of the 23 names on its Women’s World Cup roster, 18 belong to U.S.-born women. One of them, defender Hali Long, was born in Cape Girardeau and raised in a Filipino, or Pinoy, household.