Two Wisconsinites received prestigious national awards for their work in soccer Friday night in Los Angeles, one for excellence in the beginning stages of his career and the other for her many contributions to the sport.
Lauren Sesselmann (Green Bay Notre Dame) played the full 90 minutes in her Women's World Cup debut Saturday as Canada got past China 1-0, but needed to persevere through a rough stretch in the first half that nearly saw her taken out.
Oak Creek's Margaret Domka (Stevens Point/UW-Stevens Point) was a referee at the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup last summer in Canada. She's headed north of the border again this summer for a bigger assignment: the FIFA Women's World Cup.