Thursday, April 25, 2013
Lady Panther star to host camps and leagues with Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Sky Blue FC
Christie Rampone made a name for herself on the soccer fields and basketball courts of Point Boro High School and Monmouth University. After taking her soccer skills to the professional and international levels, Rampone recently announced that she will spend her summer not only playing on the new Sky Blue FC squad of the National Women's Soccer League but also giving back to her local community. One session of the Christie Rampone and K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital Girls Soccer Camp will be held June 24-28 at Sunshine Village Fields in Neptune. Campers who take part will also be invited to see the Sky Blue team in action at Rutgers University. Also that week, a 7v7 league will begin and will be held every Tuesday for a six week season…
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The Point Boro H.S. graduate gets another gold in what is her last Olympics
The US Women's Soccer team, including Point Borough High School graduate Christie Rampone, gets the gold in an Olympic re-match with Japan. The game, aired on NBC Sports, Ch. 69 on Comcast, just ended (4:36 p.m.). Team members are pulling on white T-shirts that say "Greatness Has Been Found" and posing for photos with the American flag. Rampone, clutching a corner of a flag, ran across the field, with a teammate holding the other side of the country's banner. The U.S. Women's National Team now has its fourth gold medal and third straight. This was the much-hyped and anticipated re-match with 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup champion Japan in the soccer finale at Wembley Stadium in London. Japan narrowly beat the U.S. in last summer's World Cup…
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Manasquan's Christie Rampone teams up with Jersey Mike's Subs for ad campaign
Locally-bred U.S. women's soccer star Christie Rampone has teamed up with Jersey Mike's Subs to provide a series of free instructional videos for kids on the sub chain's website, according to a company release. The first in a series of 10 instructional videos is expected to go live on the Jersey Mike's website on Tuesday, May 1, and each week a new video will be posted leading up to Rampone's appearance at the summer games in London, the release says. Rampone, a Manasquan resident and captain of the the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, is the sub chain's first spokesperson in its 56-year history, the release says. The series will feature Rampone, a mother of two, teaching important soccer skills including dribbling, shooting and …
