The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 begins this Saturday at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada and football (or you prefer, soccer) fans around the world can monitor every match, goal and all the headlines on Twitter.
Join the discussion
Baseball followers, stick to the official FIFA competition handle (@FIFAWWC) and plunge to the worldwide discussion using the hashtag #FIFAWWC.
FIFA, the teams and players are encouraging young women and women throughout the world to live their dreams and breakdown obstacles. Join the discussion utilizing #LiveYourGoals.
Hashflags
After their initial appearance throughout the 2014 Men’s World Cup, we’re taking hashflags back for this year’s Women’s World Cup. This can be a fun and easy way to atart exercising . shade to your Tweets. Make use of a hashtag as you're watching relevant three-letter nation code, which country’s flag will show up after your message. Besides, Tweeting using formal tournament hashtag (#FIFAWWC) will unlock a particular basketball image hashflag to commemorate the event.
Yesterday, Canadian GRAMMY champion Sarah McLachlan (@SarahMcLachlan) established hashflags via #CAN and #FIFAWWC:
The groups
The groups are actually engaging making use of their Twitter followers prior to the tournament: 22 regarding the total of 24 are energetic now, and you may find team-related reports about this Twitter number.
Host nation Canada (@CanadaSoccerEN) is encouraging fans to Tweet pictures and communications towards team with #CanadaRED, the team’s rallying cry.
And fans have joined the discussion:
The players
Over 270 people are on Twitter also. You will find and follow #FIFAWWC players on this Twitter number.
Creating off of the U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer_wnt) team’s #SheBelieves campaign, players appeared #SheBelieves messages from youthful followers Tweeting as to what they aspire to be when they mature. The group Tweeted videos which had players read off a fan Tweet and adopted with advice:
A new player taken care of immediately a thankful young fan, too:
And what If Twitter users could choose an all-star 11 the starting lineup? This Twitter 11 squad the following comprises players talked about probably the most (by position) on Twitter over the past 3 months, developing a team that will certainly be the envy of every manager in Canada:
Canada travel guide
If you’re traveling to Canada to experience the activity directly, here are a few neighborhood records to help you get acquainted with each one of the six cities in which suits happen.